Apr 20, 2019 | Sequoia Stamp Club
By Shav La Vigne Here is an interesting old Tuck & Sons postcard showing the crew of the U.S.S. Chicago wrestling with their mascot, Brinski the black bear! It was mailed from Brooklyn, New York on November 14, 1906. U.S.S. Chicago was ordered on March...
Mar 23, 2019 | Sequoia Stamp Club
by Ken Perkins Situated on a hill not far from the Italian city of Cassino with a clear view of the Abbey of Monte Cassino about 3/4 mi. away is a typical old stone Italian farmhouse. Severely damaged during WWII and now rebuilt, on one wall is a plaque in English and...
Feb 2, 2019 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Cheaper by the Dozen? by Ken Perkins Things are ‘Cheaper by the dozen’, or so goes the old saying. Stores and websites are filled with “BOGO” offers and other enticements to buy more than one of everything. Accompanying the November 2018 edition of the monthly version...
Dec 29, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
by Marsha Brandsdorfer Franz Kafka stamps contribute to such topical collecting as Famous Jewish People and Famous Authors on Stamps. German author Reiner Stach’s book, Is that Kafka? 99 Finds (translated by Kurt Beals), gives interesting details about the...
Nov 28, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
2018 PENPEX Auction Lots (pdf) The file linked above is the PENPEX 2018 auction lots which you can bid on this weekend. It is recommended that you examine all lots before bidding as the descriptions are brief. You can view the lots on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 11 am to...
Sep 16, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
By Ken Perkins By Ken Perkins This handsome fellow is Ferdinand II, ruler of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1830 to 1859. Created in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars in 1816 by the union of the realms of Naples and Sicily, the joint kingdom ruled all of...
