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October 2019 Events

October is National Stamp Collecting Month as well as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As of today, we have three events where we will have pop-up exhibits highlighting Hattie McDaniel who battled breast cancer. She was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. The organization started the Hattie McDaniel Breast Cancer Initiative in her honor. We are bringing awareness to disparities in diagnosis and treatments among women of color.

Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Gone With The Wind but was not able to attend the Awards Show due to racism.  

October 6 – Stridin’ and Survivn’ Pink Vendor Fair 

October 15 – SIUE Diversity and Inclusion Day

October 19 – Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Bagels and Bras event. Hosted by Alpha Upsilon Sigma Chapter.

The items in the picture above will be on display along with some new pieces. This beautiful cover below can be purchased on Ebay for about $15.00.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-HERITAGE-Gone-With-the-Wind-Mammy-HATTIE-McDANIEL-Won-OSCAR-FDC/382893676524?hash=item59263dd7ec:g:wo8AAOSwOwNcoXEw

 

 

Types of Stamps

Commemoratives – (for example – Black Heritage/Presidents)

  • Stamps that honor anniversaries, important people, or special events.

  • Sometimes issued in sets of stamps.

  • Larger than definitives

  • Printed in smaller quantities

Definitives – (for example – Flags/Butterflies)

  • Regular issues of postage stamps, usually sold over long periods of time.

  • No special purpose for the stamp except to pay postage.

  • Smaller stamps

  • Often printed in very high quantity – billions 

Source The Magical World of Stamp Collecting. 2018, ATA

Stamp Collecting Tools

ToolDescription
A. Stamp TongsI will use this to handle my stamps so that I don’t get them dirty or damage them.
B. Glassine EnvelopesIf I want to store lots of stamps without having to get a stock book, I can use these
see-through envelopes.
C. MountsI might use these to protect expensive stamps when I put them in an album.
D. Stamp AlbumThis is what I can put my stamps into once they are organized and I am ready to show them off.
E. Magnifying GlassWhen I want to look at my stamps closely, I can use this.
F. Perforation GaugeWhen my stamps have different sized perforations, I can use this to tell them apart.
G. Watermark TrayWhen I have stamps that look the same, but may have different watermarks as pictured in a
catalog, here is what I’ll use.
H. CataloguesI need this to tell how old my stamps are, what their designs show, and what their values
are.
I. Stock BooksI can use this to store my duplicates, or stamps waiting to be put into my album.
J. HingesI can use these to put my stamps into my album.
Happy Collecting
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