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Show Time stampshow@stamps.org The “Show Time” Calendar features a list of upcoming shows and APS events (shown in green). To obtain a listing, please submit a “Show Time” form, available online at www.stamps.org/ Show-Calendar or by mail from APS headquarters. Information must be received 60 days before desired publication time. The listings are free to World Series of Philately and other shows that are sponsored by an APS chapter or affiliate. Other shows/bourses may purchase listings for the month of the show/ bourse and the month prior only. The listing fee is $25 per show per issue. Shows designated *B* are bourse only. Grand award winners from *WSP* shows (shown in blue) are eligible for the annual APS World Series of Philately Champion of Champions competition. Visit www.stamps.org/Show- Calendar for a complete listing of shows and APS events. Pennsylvania January 5 APS Virtual Course: Philatelic Research: Best Practices and Best Resources, Part 1 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Pennsylvania January 12 APS Virtual Course: Philatelic Research: Best Practices and Best Resources, Part 2 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.or Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Indiana January 16-17 Indiana Stamp Show Ann Arbor Stamp Club, Northside Events & Social Club, 2100 E. 71st Street, Lawrence. *B* Contact: Rusty Shoaf Email: rusty.shoaf@rshoaf.com Pennsylvania January 19 APS Virtual Course: Philatelic Research: Best Practices and Best Resources, Part 3 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Florida January 22-24 Virtual Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition Sarasota Philatelic Club, Philatelic and Literature Exhibits & Seminars *WSP* Contact: Liz Hisey Email: lizhisey@comcast.net Website: www.sarasotastampclub.com/ the-exhibition/general-info/ Pennsylvania February 1 APS Virtual Course: Pressing Issues: An Introduction to Printing Types, Part 1 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Michigan February 13-14 Ferndale Stamp Show Birmingham Stamp Club, Royal Oak Elks Lodge # 1523, 2410 E. Fourth Street, Royal Oak. *B* Contact: Fred Como Email: karate1dad@netscape.net Pennsylvania February 15 APS Virtual Course: Pressing Issues: An Introduction to Printing Types, Part 2 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Louisiana February 26-27 2021 New Orleans Stamp Show Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd, Kenner. *B* Contact: Eric White Email: ericwhitegypsymoth@yahoo.com Website: ccsc.nola@org Nebraska February 28 LINPEX 2021 Lincoln Stamp Club, College View Adventist Church, 4801 Prescott Ave, Lincoln. Contact: Dale Niebuhr Email: dale.niebuhr@gmail.com Website: www.lincolnstampclub.org Oregon March Virtual Willamette Valley Stamp Exhibition Greater Eugene Stamp Society and Salem Stamp Society. Contact: George Struble Email: gstruble@willamette.edu Website: www.salemstampsociety.org/WVExh1. html Pennsylvania March 1 APS Virtual Course: Pressing Issues: An Introduction to Printing Types, Part 3 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Ohio March 6-7 McKinley Club Stamp Show McKinley Stamp Club of Canton OH, St. George Serbian Orthodox Social Hall, 4667 Applegrove St. NW, North Canton. Contact: Dave Pool Email: lincolnway@sssnet.com Website: http://www.mksc.<strong>web</strong>s.com Pennsylvania March 8 APS Virtual Course: Getting the Most Out of the Scott Catalogue, Part 1 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Illinois March 13-14 Rockford 2-3-4 Stamp Expo Rockford Stamp Club, Forest Hilla Lodge, 1601 West Lane Rd, ATTENTION: The APS Events Calendar (aps.buzz/ Calendar) remains fairly sparse as COVIDrelated restrictions continue, but is regularly updated with cancellations and postponed show dates. We encourage readers to stay updated on the status of future shows. This is an opportunity for stamp clubs to consider how they can gather safely for events and meetings by using video conferencing tools like Zoom or GoToMeeting. To see how the APS is meeting this challenge, visit stamps. org/news and check the “Video” tab for recent recordings of APS Stamp Chats and register to attend future Chats. We are happy to offer our expertise and the APS video conferencing platforms to help clubs connect. For more information, please reach out to APS Community-Grassroots Specialist Heidi Lauckhardt-Rhoades for more information at heidi@stamps.org. Loves Park. Contact: Tim Wait Email: t.wait@comcast.net Website: http://www.rockfordstampclub.com Pennsylvania March 15 APS Virtual Course: Getting the Most Out of the Scott Catalogue, Part 2 American Philatelic Society, Educational Offering. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning Website: http://www.mksc.<strong>web</strong>s.com Missouri March 19-21 St. Louis Stamp Expo, Area Clubs, St. Louis Renaissance Airport Hotel, 9801 Natural Bridge Rd., St. Louis. *WSP* Contact: Mike Peter Website: http://www.stlstampexpo.org Washington March 27-28 Apple Blossom Inland Empire Philatelic Society, Eagles, 16801 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane Valley. *B* Contact: J Wilson Palmer Email: ICKYBURG@COMCAST.NET Website: http://www.ieps-stamps.com The Gold Standard in ERIC JACKSON the hobby’s premier dealer of revenue stamps since 1975 Holloway & Co., New York, N.Y. 1862-83 1c black die essay on india, 89 x 40mm, VF • $600.00 (INV-034707) PA residents add 6% sales tax. Visit us online at www.ericjackson.com Browse our amazing stock — 73,000+ items, including first issue revenue stamps. Buying & Selling Eric Jackson P.O. Box 728 • Leesport PA 19533-0728 Phone: 610-926-6200 E-mail: eric@revenuer.com Online: www.ericjackson.com Established 1914 90 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / JANUARY 2021 2020 Jackson ad for December AP.indd 1 10/18/2020 5:25:23 PM
Books & Catalogs BY Gary Wayne Loew gary@stamps.org Generally Speaking – All 33 columns, plus a few philatelic words from Keller by Lawrence Block. 286 pages, 6 x 9 inches, published by LB Productions, January 7, 2020. Available from amazon.com in print, audiobook and eBook formats. Philatelic columnists have long collected their writings in books and thus revealed their writings to broader audiences. Some of these writers wrote columns of lasting interest and the resulting books remain in demand. The most notable of these, perhaps, is Herman Herst, Jr., whose books The Best of Herst’s Outbursts and Nassau Street recount the philatelic scene of the mid-20th century. Although written in the moment, Herst’s collected columns represent a charming history of the period. Other authors write columns that are intended to serve as educational guides for collectors. Some retain their value retrospectively while other such columns are dated. But sometimes a philatelic columnist comes along and simply shares their individual collecting experiences as a month-to-month stream of personal vignettes. One such author is Lawrence Block, the internationally acclaimed mystery writer. Block is also the author of many nonfiction books on writing as well as a writer-in-residence at Newberry College in South Carolina. Lawrence Block collected stamps as a child, stopped, and resumed his collecting as an adult. Most of us can relate to that philatelic evolution. Block returned to collecting in the 1990s and, as the first decade of the new millennium drew to a close, found himself writing a monthly column for Linn’s Stamp News. I almost said a “stamp column,” but that is not quite right. Although he writes about stamps, Block’s writings are more about collecting. More specifically, about his collecting. There was no particular theme to the columns and that is reflected best by the column’s title, “Generally Speaking.” Block’s string of columns lasted for nearly three years, until he ran out of motivation to continue his musings. There were a total of 33 columns and in 2019 he assembled them into an eponymous book, the eponym being to the column’s name and not the author’s. Many of you will know Block best (or solely) as the author of the Keller series of novels. Keller is the assassinfor-hire who is also a dedicated stamp collector. I would hope that we don’t relate well to Keller via his vocation, but his avocation renders Keller as someone that we can understand. There are five novels and one novella in the “Keller’s Greatest Hits” (if you’ll excuse the expression) series: Hit Man, Hit List, Hit Parade, Hit & Run, Hit Me, and Keller’s Fedora. Block thought it appropriate to include vignettes from each of the novels in “Generally Speaking.” Keller’s development as a stamp collector seems remarkably similar to Block’s own philatelic evolution. But while Block eventually stopped collecting and sold his many stamp albums, Keller has remained doggedly devoted to his collecting. At one point, Keller had considered retiring from his rather stressful career. But once he caught the collecting bug, he decided to continue his profession as a means to afford slaking his philatelic passions. If one were seeking to learn about philately, perhaps one would not think to turn first to “Generally Speaking.” That might be a mistake. Stamp collecting centers around gaining knowledge and then buying wisely. But every hobbyist understands the self-actualization and fulfillment that arises from time spent with the hobby. Reading Block’s 33 columns will reaffirm why we do what we do. Oh, and you might also pick up a few pointers about gaining knowledge and buying wisely. Of equal importance, you might learn how to avoid not buying wisely. The book begins with Keller walking into a stamp store JANUARY 2021 AMERICAN PHILATELIST 91
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