DPCPS Fourth Quarter Auction

The Dallas-Park Cities Philatelic Society will hold its fourth Quarterly auction this Wednesday starting at 7:30. The DPCPS meets at the Edgemere which is located at 8523 Thackery.

NPM Postmark E-Mail Newsletter

The National Postal Museum is offering a free monthly newsletter. Sign up within the next two weeks, and you could win a free year to your favorite philatelic society (this information is from the Virtual Stamp Club message board, thanks to Alex HaimannProject Consultant, National Postal Museumhaimanna@si.edu):

American First Day Cover Society --- Promotional Code: AFDCSNPM
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To subscribe to Postmark and enter for the free society membership, visit http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/Postmark/index.html before September 15, 2008. Individuals should include the promotional code for the society of interest on the Postmark signup page. Winners will be contacted on Sept. 16. Only one entry per unique name and email address. The National Postal Museum will not give the names and email addresses it receives through this promotion to any third party. They will only be used for subscribers to receive the Museum's e-newsletter

DPCPS Meeting Wednesday August 27

The next meeting of the Dallas-Park Cities Philatelic Society will be Wednesday August 27 @7:30 pm. The society meets at the Edgemere (Northwest Highway and Thackrey). Come join the group for a mini-auction and the philatelic spotlight. The spotlight will shine on Sam Philippi. The safe bet is that he will discuss his love of Irish philately.

TPA Youth Holiday Stamp Design Contest!

TPA and DPCPS announce the 20th Youth Holiday Stamp Design Contest

The Texas Philatelic Association (TPA) and the Dallas-Park Cities Philatelic Society (DPCPS) announce the 20th Youth Holiday Stamp Design Contest. The contest encourages youths from ages four to eighteen to design a postage stamp to celebrate the winter holidays. The artwork can relate to any winter holiday the participant wishes to recognize. The artwork should include a denomination and country name. The winner of the contest will have their artwork featured on the cover of the November/December 2008 issue of The Texas Philatelist, the official journal of the TPA. First, second and third place winners by age group will be recognized in a feature article in the journal.

All entries must be received by October 1, 2008. Each entry will receive a prize of stamps from the TPA and the DPCPS. All entries will be returned. The winners of each age category will receive additional philatelic prizes. A new feature of the contest this year is that all entries will be posted online at the TPA website in a PDF document.

For the official entry form and more information about the contest, please go to http://www.texasphilatelic.org/. You can contact Douglas Moss at tpeditor@sbcglobal.net or mail him 305 Saint Luke’s Drive, Richardson, Texas 75080-4830. Winners will be announced on TPA web site on November 1, 2008.

First August DPCPS Meeting

Wednesday, August 13 at 7:30 the Dallas-Park Cities Philatelic Society will have the first meeting of the month! See you at the Edgemere, 8523 Thackeray St, Dallas.

DPCPS Meeting Tonight: QUARTERLY AUCTION!

Wednesday, July 23 at 7:30 the Dallas-Park Cities Philatelic Society will have their Quarterly Auction! See you at the Edgemere, 8523 Thackeray St, Dallas. Bring your lots, bring some $ to bid on the lots!

DPCPS Special Event June 11

The Dallas-Park Cities Philatelic Society is proud to announce that Mr. Charles Shreve will be the guest speaker at the June 11 meeting. Mr. Shreve's topic will be The World's Greatest Stamp Collection Assembled by William Gross. All philatelist in the area are invited. Wine and light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP for this special event to harrypedersen@tx.rr.com.