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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 141 members as of October 19, 2011. 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 2011

Grapevine TX

NOV 12 - 13  

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MCSC MEETINGS

ARLINGTON - DEC 7

The program for the December 7 Arlington meeting is the Annual Christmas Party. The meeting will be held at the Bob Duncan Community Center, 2800 S. Center Street in Vandergriff Park (Mapsco 97A), with the room being available around 6pm, and the buffet line starting around 7pm. Beginning around 8pm we will play Shainghai Bingo. To play Shanghai Bingo, we ask that each member and their guests bring three philatelic-type items in plain envelopes or boxes (wrapped is OK, too). Each gift should be in the $3-$5 value range.

(NO) IRVING - DEC 21

There will be NO Irving meeting for December. Next Irving meeting will be Jan. 18, 2012.

(NO) GRANBURY - DEC 27

There will be NO Granbury meeting for December. Next Granbury meeting will be Jan. 31 (NOT Jan. 24), 2012.

VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEET'N'EAT

ARLINGTON - JAN 4

Grand Buffet Chinese Rest.
2390 E. Lamar Blvd, Arl.
Phone 817-640-3350
north side of I-30

IRVING - JAN 18

Pappy’s Catfish
831 North Beltline, Irving
Phone 972-790-7650.
south side of 183

More details.

FIRST ARLINGTON MEETING

The first Arlington meeting for 2012 will be held on Jan. 4th. The program for this meeting is the annual Clean Out Your Closet. 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).

FIRST IRVING MEETING

The first Irving meeting for 2012 will be held on Jan. 18th. The program for this meeting is the annual Clean Out Your Closet. Mixture pick will be a US Mix. The meeting will be held at the at Garden & Arts Center at 906 Senter St., Irving. (From 183 (the Airport Freeway), go south on O’Connor until it dead end’s at 6th St. West. Turn east a short block and a half, and turn right (south) at the light (Senter). The building will be about a quarter mile south, on the left (set well back from the road). The regular meeting will begin at 7:30 pm (with meeting room available from around 6:30 pm).

MCSC DUES FOR 2012

Club dues for 2012 are due as follows: $12 for adults, $6 for additional adults in the same household, and $4 for youths (under age 18). A sponsor membership is just $25, which helps to defray the cost of the newsletter, which runs about $14 a year per household. Any additional donation is welcome. The club thanks you for your continued membership.

QUICK INFO LINKS

Meet'N'Eat
              dates and locations
Newsletter
              full-graphics vers.
Stamp Show
              EXPO 2011 info (incomplete)
MCSC Auctions
              Auction Sheets

BOD & EXPO MTGS

BOD 01-21-12
              notice
EXPO 03-05-11
              notice

TSDA STAMP SHOWS

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

NEXT SHOW

Dallas - Mar 2-3
Richardson Civic Center

Houston - Jan 21-22
Holiday Inn (Hotel 31) - Galleria

San Antonio - Feb 18-19
Norris Conference Center

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

NEW TSDA Website

BOARD MEETING JAN 21

There will be a Board of Directors Meeting at the Pizza Garden Restaurant in Bedford on Saturday, January 21. Please submit agenda items to Susan no later than Wednesday, January 18.

W A N T E D:
OLD NEWSLETTERS

MCSC Newsletter Editor Peter Elias is searching for certain older issues of the club newsletter - can you help ? ... complete text.

EXPO 2011
QUICK INFO LINKS

Items Currently Available:

President's Letter    
Advance Flyer    
Schedule of Events      
Press Release    
EXPO Prospectus    
EXPO Mini Prospectus   
Baymont Hotel Flyer   
   (Official Hotel)   
Dealer List   
   (a/o 11-05-2011)   
TPA Promotional Article
Show Program      
Chairman's "EXPO Wrap Up"
MCSC 2011 Officers     

Items To Be Added:

Silent Auction News      
EXPO Cachet/Cancel     
Awards Dinner      
Judges    
Awards List     
Texas Philatelist Ad     
EXPO Palmares      
Post-Show Debriefing      

2011-12 MID-CITIES STAMP CLUB
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Susan Baker - pres
Ken Wills - 1vp
Ray Cartier - 2vp
Skip Ely - sec
Cindy Delanoy - trea
Dick Phelps - ipp
Judy Christmas - v/dir
Alliene Franklin - v/dir
Tom Turner - v/dir
Mike Smith - nv/dir
Richard Hildebrandt - nv/dir