The West Essex Philatelic Society 75th Anniverary Page
The West Essex Philatelic Society (WEPS) will be 75 years old this year!!!
To celebrate this monumental event, WEPS is planning a:
75th Anniversary Dinner Meeting
Souvenir Label (Cinderella)
The dinner meeting will be held on Monday October 24, 2005 at the Russian Hall in Little Falls, NJ beginning at 6:00pm.
Our guest speaker will be Robert Lamb, Executive Director of the American Philatelic Society (APS). Members of all NJFSC
stamp clubs and their guests are invited to attend. For tickets and information please contact Ron Gollhardt at (973) 890-1888.
As more details become available they will be announced in future issues of the NJFSC Bulletin. We hope to see you all
at this special occasion, so please put this date on your calendar right now: OCTOBER 24, 2005.
Russian Hall
4-6 Woodhull Ave.
Little Falls, NJ
The Special Cachet Cover will be issued on October 24, 2005 with pictorial cancels issued at Caldwell, Montclair and Verona,
NJ. These three cancels represent the towns where WEPS meetings have been held since the society was incorporated in 1930.
The covers will be franked with three different stamp designs from the American Advances in Aviation set wich is to be issued
on July 29. The designs represent vintage U.S. aircraft of the 1930's. The covers may be ordered in advance for pick up
at the dinner meeting on October 24 or you may have them sent to you by mail. The covers will be available for puchase at
the dinner meeting while supplies last. Only a limited number will be produced, so place your order NOW!!!!
Click here to download an Advanced Reservation and Order Form.
Scott Catalogue values in 1930, the year that WEPS was incorporated and the year that the ZEPPELIN AIRMAIL
STAMPS were issued.
US FIRST GENERAL ISSUE, SCOTT 1 AND 2 MINT $185.00
US COLUMBIAN SET, SCOTT 230-245 MINT $79.00
US TRANS-MISSISSIPPI SET, SCOTT 285-293 MINT $38.00
WEPS also welcomes you to visit us at our regular meetings which are held at the Verona Public Library, 17 Gould Street,
Verona, NJ at 7:00pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month.
