Scott #2968 32¢ State of Texas Sesquicentennial

Mid-Cities Stamp Club

of ARLINGTON and IRVING, TEXAS

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Welcome to the Mid-Cities Stamp Club Website. Whether you're a member or a visitor, thank you for taking the time to visit. We hope you'll find interesting and useful information at this site.

The The Mid-Cities Stamp Club, now in its 36th year, is one of the largest and most active local stamp clubs in Texas. MCSC counted 139 members as of December 4, 2009. The club hosts two meetings a month (one in Arlington, one in Irving) in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We also have an affiliate club in Granbury, TX., which meets once a month. More.

MCSC EXPO 2009

Grapevine TX

NOV 14 - 15    More.

 

MCSC MEETINGS

ARLINGTON - FEB 3

The program for the February 3 Arlington meeting is Show and Tell, where you can show and tell about a favorite or unusual philatelic item. Prize awarded for most interesting item. Members may also turn in lots for the Irving March auction. The meeting will be held at the Bob Duncan Community Center, 2800 S. Center Street in Vandergriff Park (Mapsco 97A), at 7:30pm (with meeting room available from around 6:30pm). Ray Cartier will continue a series of brief presentations which take place prior to the regular meetings at Arlington. These start around 7PM at the back of the meeting room, and are designed for those interested in some of the basics of stamp collecting and related topics (including exhibiting). If interested, be there by 7pm. Tonight's topic: Digging into the Scott Catalogue’s Wealth of information.

IRVING - JAN 20

The Jan. 20 meeting for Irving will feature a "Clean Out the Closet" program. Members are encouraged to bring philatelic material for trade or sale. Mixture Pick will be a foreign mix.

This meeting will be held at The Irving Garden and Arts Building at 906 Senter Street, three blocks north of Shady Grove Road. Meeting begins at 7:30 pm. The room will be available from around 7 pm.

GRANBURY - JAN 26

Program is Clean Out Your Closet Night, a chance to sell or trade your excess philatelic material. Also, we will have our Annual Stamp Ballot, where you get to indicate your choice for the BEST and WORST stamps the US Post Office released during 2009. The meeting will be held at Tarleton State University"s Langdon Center, in the Rock House (corner of Bridge and Stockton Street) at 7:00 pm.

VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME

MEET'N'EAT

ARLINGTON - FEB 3

Buck N’Loons, 3517 Cooper, Arlington, 817-466-2825; (Fort Worth MAPSCO 96F).
More details.

IRVING - JAN 20

Angelo’s Pizza and Pasta Restaurant, 1330 Pioneer Drive, Irving (972-254-7242). More details.


EXPO DONORS

MCSC thanks:

Paul Ashley
Cindy Delaney
Alliene Franklin
Tom Little
Brian Smith
Fernando Torres
Bob Weidman
Ken Wills

For recent contributions to MCSC EXPO 2009.

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES NEEDED

MCSC Newsletter editor Peter Elias reports the need for items to put in the club newsletter. Peter suggests that member biographies would be appreciated, as well as articles of general interest.

QUICK INFO LINKS

Irving Meeting
              dates and locations
Meet'N'Eat
              dates and locations
Newsletter
              full-graphics vers.
Stamp Show
              EXPO 2009 info
MCSC Auctions
              Auction Sheets

BOD & EXPO MTGS

BOD 08-22-09
              notice
EXPO 09-26-09
              notice

TSDA STAMP SHOWS

The Texas Stamp Dealers Association (TSDA) sponsors a series stamp shows in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

NEXT SHOW

Dallas - Feb 12-13
Richardson Civic Center

Houston - Jan 9-10
Ramada Plaza Hotel

San Antonio - Feb 6-7
Norris Conference Center

For more information (addresses, hours, etc.).

 

 

EXPO 2009
QUICK INFO LINKS

Items Currently Available:

President's Letter    
Advance Flyer    
Official Program      
Official Hotel    
Alternate Hotel    
EXPO Prospectus    
EXPO Mini Prospectus    
TPA Promotional Article     
Dealer List     
Chairman's "Thank You"     
Palmares     

Items To Be Added:

Schedule of Events      
EXPO Show Committee
Awards List     
EXPO Cachet/Cancel     
MCSC 2009 Officers     

EXPO 2009 PALMARES

The EXPO 2009 Palmares is now available.

MCSC EXPO 2010

MCSC EXPO 2010 will be held Nov. 13-14, 2010, and once again at the Grapevine Civic Center.

2009-10 MID-CITIES STAMP CLUB
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Susan Baker - pres
Ken Wills - 1vp
Ken Aldridge - 2vp
Skip Ely - sec
Cindy Delaney - trea
Dick Phelps - ipp
Herman Dallof - v/dir
Peter Elias - v/dir
Tom Turner - v/dir
Stanley Christmas - nv/dir
Jerry Potter - nv/dir
Dave Stockton - nv/dir