Northwoods Philatelic Society

APS Chapter #1477

IRON MOUNTAIN, MI
First Lutheran Church, 1210 So. Stephenson Ave., 3rd Tues., 7:00 pm
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Officers:
John Klenovich, President
Steve Kluskens, Vice-President
Mark Pleyte, Treasurer
Jim Stearns, Secretary/Bulletin Editor

Our next meeting is Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 7pm in the First Lutheran Church (1210 S. Stephenson Avenue, Iron Mountain, MI). This meeting will feature our club auction, with a fine assortment of Sedona lots. Remember to bring your own auction lots, and to arrive just a bit early to help set up the bid sheets.

Coming auction highlights: Tom tells us that the April auction will include a few exciting, special items: a lightly hinged Scott #560, the eight-cent regular issue cataloging at $50, as well as two nice Washington Franklins #85 and #391 used, which catalog $25 and $17 respectively, a nice used #214, which catalogs $62.50, and a Luxemburg O51, unused hinged, which catalogs $110.

The March meeting was convened by acting president Tom Pleyte. 17 members were in attendance. We were pleased to meet new member Tony and his son Anthony, as well as Michele Basal, who joined us from the Marquette area. Michele has been with us before, and we hope they all will become regulars. Anthony could stay for the entire auction, but he went home a happy camper with many new acquisitions from his enthusiastic bidding.

Under old business, Milt, Ellsworth, and Jim will attend the Green Bay Philatelic Society's meeting and dinner with Wayne Youngblood. The Escanaba Stamp & Coin Club recently held their quarterly auction and several NPS members were in attendance.

Under new business, Tom will be providing "coming auction highlights" to our editor, who will incorporate those into the meeting announcement section of the newsletter. Across the Fence Post was distributed, and special kudos go to our own member, Jim Byrne, for his article in the March ATFP. Jim wrote a very nice piece on flowers as a topical stamp collection.