Review of the September/October 2002

Feature Articles

• "The Ghost of Christmas Past" by Suzanne Yankowski, CPC #849 . . . an interesting letter of experiences written by young Milo on Christmas Day 1910, Portland, England to  "Muzzy and all of you."

• "A Note from Linda Lawrence" ....a message to CPC members.

• "Member News"

• "Jotted by June" ... an update from former editor June Berwald

• "Congratulations" to award-winning Christmas exhibitors.

• "Plan on Exhibiting at the Minnesota Stamp Expo" ...the next CPC meeting will be held at the Minnesota Stamp Expo in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. CPC members wishing to exhibit in the show are asked to contact June Berwald, 1821 Zanzibar Lane North, Plymouth MN 55447-2850 to receive a prospectus. Please indicate the number of frames you wish to reserve. June can also be contacted by email at Stampstack@aol.com

• "Official Christkindl Market Postmark a Canadian First" . . .description of the Christkindl Market Postmark being used in Kitchener, Ontario during its Christkindl Market Dec. 4-8, 2002... See announcements for details.

• "Bob's Column" by Robert A. Haslewood, CPC #860 . . . Bob illustrates and describes the 2002 Christmas stamps of Canada

• "U.S. Christmas Stamps will be a challenge! by Linda Lawrence, CPC #1040 . . .with 17 varieties in all, Linda surmises they will be difficult to collect in used condition. Linda describes how you can tell each of the stamps apart.

• The CPC "Top 50" . . . a bit of history about the Club and a listing of 50 members who have belonged to CPC for the longest time.

• "2002 CPC Cover" . . . the cacheted cover designed by President Ed Kalasa will be given away to the first 100 people who pay dues. The cachet in four colours depicts a snowman and has the words Christmas Philatelic Club above the design and the year 2002 below the design. The covers will be franked with the vending machine version of the snowman stamp and first day cancelled.

• "Christmas Market Place" ... ads

• "Christmas Philatelic Club Auction #79" by Mary Turner, CPC #720 ... Auction Deadline December 31, 2002. A 122 lot auction which includes a variety of Christmas items: worldwide Christmas stamps, United States and a few worldwide First Day Covers; United States Ship Covers; Christmas postmarks; Silent Night covers and chrome postcards.

• Yule Log Index and Cross Reference...information how to obtain a copy of the Index from CPC President Ed Kalasa. The index is a listing of articles which have appeared in the Yule Log from 1969-1999. Index Ordering Information

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
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