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CONTACT ADDRESS
CPC
P.O. Box 744
Geneva OH
44041-0744
jpb4stamps@windstream.net
Revised:
03/27/2014
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Celebrate Christmas
all year long...
Join the
Christmas Philatelic Club
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Review of the January/February 2002 Yule Log
Feature Articles
Christmas First
Day Cancel on a Postcard of Wood by Pastor
Wilmer Bloy, CPC #1363 . . . describes and illustrates a favorite Christmas philatelic
find - a Christmas 1976 first day of issue postmark on a piece of veneer.
CPC Meeting
Update - Plymouth Show 2002 - April 27-28, 2002 by Charles Waterstradt, CPC
#1546...more information about the upcoming CPC gettogether at the Plymouth Show. If you plan to arrive at the show a day early
a trip to Canterbury Village could be
organized. Illustrations of the Show Covers and Cancels are included. Also maps with
directions to the show and Holiday Inn-Livonia West.
"50¢
Treasures" by Christina
Howland-Stitt, CPC #810 . . . describes two treasures - a 1935 Santa Claus, Indiana
cover with an unusual purple hand-stamp from Louisville, Kentucky and a 1988 Luxembourg
Christmas stamp Christmas card. Christine also suggests a visit to the Luxembourg post
office's website. www.philately.lu
"'Round the
World Christmas Covers" by Richard L. Beecher, CPC #987. . . discussion
on the 1976 and 1977 Christmas stamps issued by Guernsey. Covers with the stamps are
shown.
"Special
stories lie behind Christmas postage stamps" by Fred Ziemann . . .
discussions on the world's first Christmas stamp; the USA's first Christmas stamp; the
evolution of an icon; and the story behind the Christmas carol Silent Night.
"My First
Christmas Stamp ERROR!" by Christina
Howland-Stitt, CPC #810 . . . describes and illustrates her best Christmas present - a
block of nine Christmas stamps with an error.
"Bob's
Column" by Robert A.
Haslewood, CPC #860 . . . Bob illustrates and describes additional one-of-a-kind
Canadian Christmas stamp freaks from the G.D. Mass collection.
 To see some of the regular columns in the Yule Log,
return to the Yule Log page.
The Yule Log is edited by Jon Mills of Ottawa, Ontario. Christine Sanders of Englewood, Florida is the club's
current president.
The invitation to
membership in the Christmas Philatelic Club is open to any Christmas topical philatelist
who is seriously interested in associating with those who collect likewise.
Current dues are $20 per
year for persons living in North America. Other Countries: $30.00 (US funds). Send an
international money order in US dollars.
Applications for membership
are available from Secretary/Treasurer Jim Balog, PO Box 744, Geneva, Ohio 44042-0744 USA or complete this Application Form and send it to the secretary's address..
For a sample issue of the Yule Log, send
$3.00 to
CPC
P.O. Box 744
Geneva OH
44041-0744
jpb4stamps@windstream.net
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