The Dallas Metroplex Postcard Club got started in June 11, 1983, as a neighboring club to the Cowtown Postcard Club in Fort Worth, started in 1954.Jack Thornhill, Club founder, with James McMillin, founder of the first postcard club in Texas, The Lone Star Postcard Club and then The Cowtown Club and 33 other postcard dealers and collectors of cards, met at the George Dealey Recreation Center to organize the non-profit club, June 11.Of the 35 present, June 11, Larry Seymour is the only member still very active with the Club.The first official Club meeting was held, September 21, 1983, at the Walnut Hill Recreation Center. Meetings have also been held 3 times in a church, in members homes for special holiday parties and regularly held meeting at the Farmers Branch Library for 15 years. Club membership is 52.The Club meets at a new location, Timberglen Recreation Center, 3810 Timberglen Road, Dallas, Texas 75287. Phone 972-306-1090, second Saturday of every month at 1:00 P.M. No meetings are held in July and August. There have been 15 Club sponsored postcard shows and sales inviting dealers from across the country to sell their cards. For the shows, Club members prepare postcard exhibit boards that display their cards, featuring a variety of subjects.

Show promoter, Jim Taylor, started handling the shows in the year 2000 and since then there have been 8 more shows and sales. Usually 2 per year. Information about shows can be obtained by calling 888-451-0340 or email: postcards@courthousequare.net, or website: www.courthousesquare.net.

Lots of extra special postcard presentations at the meetings have been prepared by members sharing their postcard interests and knowledge of what they collect. There are show and tell sessions helping everyone learn more about values and general information about postcards. Also buying, selling, trading and giving away cards, sessions are included. No one has ever regretted getting involved with the Club.

Joining the Dallas Club or any club is educational, informative and fun. It is unbelievable how many postcards relate to and parallel other collecting interests.

There is a postcard for anything you can think of and probably many places and cities you have visited.

There is an annual membership roster, listing all members and their collecting interests. A free reference library and free annual Christmas buffet.

The membership fee is currently $6.00 and has been the same since 1983.

Dallas Metroplex Postcard Club is a non-profit organization promoting an appreciation of history and culture as depicted in postcards by bringing together people who wish to share and learn from this collecting interest.

The Club meets monthly at Timberglen Recreation Center, 3810 Timberglen Road, Dallas, Texas 75287. Phone 972-306-1090, second Saturday of every month at 1:00 P.M. No meetings are held in July and August.

For more information contact the Club president, Al Asprion. email: dallaspostcardclub@comcast.com or call 817-267-5920.

The Capital of Texas Postcard Club is in its fourteenth year. The Club meets monthly, usually on the second Wednesday evening of each month (except for July and August when we are on summer break) from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. In June we normally have an ice cream social on a weekend instead of our monthly meeting.

Our monthly meetings are held at the Senior Activity Center, 2874 Shoal Crest Ave. near 29th and Lamar in Austin. Enter the parking lot from Shoal Crest Ave., which is behind the building and parallels North Lamar one block to the east. We meet in the room at the south end of the building. Our annual postcard show is held in February. The next Capital of Texas Postcard Show will be held February 24th & 25th 2006. Our club is recreational for the most part, but we do invite dealers to our meetings who provide access to postcards; we share our collections and interests; and best of all, we make new friends while we exchange postcards, ideas and information.Our next get-together will be our Holiday Party, Wednesday, December 14th.

As usual, you are invited to bring along any postcards that you would like to sell, trade, or show-and-tell, so round 'em up and bring 'em in!

If you have a collecting interest you would like to share with the group at a future meeting, please let us know and we will schedule you in! Remember - this opportunity to share with the club is informal, informative, and it's infrequent!

DEL'S PAPER TREASURY

Real photo postcards, photography, printed postcards, posters, covers, broadsides.

All types of collectible paper goods. DEL's Paper Treasury will soon be offering an online auction of real photo postcards and photography. These auctions will be held online at their website delspapertreasury.com. Lyn Knight's 40 + years experience in building collections of U.S. currency and coins as well as 20 years in the auction business, helps make this a great opportunity to build your collection. Sales will be online, and catalogues will be available to subscribers. DON'T Miss This Opportunity.

Just Click here to Visit DEL'S PAPER TREASURY,, complete form to get on his list.

We get lots of inquiries for the latest in reference material for both postcards and postal history collectors. Here are some of the new releases, as well as links to other references. These are available now HERE

The newest postal history reference book complete with a scarcity index is HERE!

- "United States Post Office Volume 7: The Lower Mississippi Valley." (Richard W. Helbock.) The NEWEST book in this useful and popular series contains an alphabetical listing of all independent post offices that ever operated in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. In addition to post office names, the list includes location by county and state, years of operation and a scarcity index for every entry, relative to the most common postmark for each town. This is the first such scarcity information EVER published for these five states. 320-pages. Softbound. Price: $27.50 plus $5 priority p/h, use paypal here

1. Ebay, Ralph Bowman, thousands of listings, click on thepapergallery2 05.06
2. Playle, Ebay, Skurfan Postcards, state views by the thousands, click on /SKURFAN/ or seach seller id "skurfan" on ebay 05.06
3. Ebay, Hal Ottaway, Ebay , great postcards and other fabulous collectibles, click on taos 05.06
4. Ebay Ron from Holland, click on GLOBALHISTORY Views and Topicals Worldwide, every month 1000 plus cards in auction. Email EURODELTIOLOGY@wanadoo.nl 05.06
5. Ebay, sebagopaper great real photo postcards and other paper 05.06

Our friend Jim Mehrer conducts bimonthly Postal History Mail Bid Sales containing thousands of individually described covers and postcards. Jim also offers a wide selection of reference literature titles and storage supplies for collectors and dealers. To visit Jim Mehrer's Postal History, click HERE.

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Dear Postcard Dealers and Collectors,I invite you to advertise in Postcard Collector, the best monthly publication, for 23 years, dedicated to your postcard business and collecting. I have all kinds of advertising options to fit your budget. Call or Email me at 1-800-482-7151 or Lenore.Howard@fwpubs.com , Postcard Collector

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 Are you looking for a postcard show or stamp show near you? Visit Jim Mehrer's Show Calendar for Collectors of Stamps, Postal History and Postcards by clicking HERE.

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Looking for a series of Santa Fe, New Mexico postcards made with woodcut printing technique and identified by Gustave Baumann on the reverse side of the postcard. Hal Ottaway, PO Box 780282, Wichita KS 67278. hottaway@cox.net ... 06.06

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I'm always buying better U.S. Postal History material. What do you have for sale? Email Jim Mehrer at mehrer@postal-history.com ... 06.06

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WANTED TO BUY: PRE-1950 VINITA OKLAHOMA POSTCARDS AND OTHER ITEMS. Jim, jmtaylor@ipa.net....05.06

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WANTED TO BUY: TEXANA, OLD EARLY TEXAS HISTORICAL ITEMS PHOTOS AND POSTCARDS. Wallace, rebltexn@comcast.net 05.06

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FOR SALE: Newsletter Classifieds, see below, or email for details Classifieds@CourthouseSquare.net, Newsletter is Free, Classifieds are inexpensive. 05.06

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WANTED TO BUY -  Veterinary Related Postcards & Trade Cards including the topics of animal freaks, animal welfare,  antivivisectionists, pet cemeteries, rendering, lice, insecticides, pesticides and parasitology.   Trenton Boyd:    BoydT@missouri.edu 07.06

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BUYER: We are always buying collections and accumulations, all state views and topical postcards, also travel, photos, brochures, movie, Hollywood, props, costumes, stills, call Ralph, Paper Gallery, 1-760-749-9737, ralph@papergallery.com 05.06

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WANTED "HALL PHOTO CO." CARDS

I am working on a book about the postcard photographer George E. Hall. He was in business from 1906-1918 and worked exclusively in Stone and Taney Counties, Missouri. He made approximately 900 real photo view cards of the Shepherd of the Hills area which includes the towns of Branson, Hollister, Galena and Reeds Spring. I am seeking examples of his work and would like to purchase what you have. If you have something and do not wish to sell then I would appreciate having a scan or a photocopy of the image. This would help document our checklist of his output. Contact: C. Trenton Boyd 09.06

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$15 for 12 issues or until show dates, which ever is first. Text is subject to our approval. Paypal payment preferred. We reserve right to refund and/r refuse ads. Email your ad to ShowListing@Courthousesquare.net. To pay by paypal use "Pay Now" button on website or mail payment to showlisting@CourthouseSquare, PO Box 399, Neosho MO 64850. We will confirm your listing before placement. It will then appear in next 12 issues of the free newsletter "Postcard News from Courthouse Square," both in the email text and on the web page.

Before reproducing or quoting from Postcard News from Courthouse Square, credit and permissions will be required. Email us at PostcardNews@courthouseSquare.net with request. Thanks, Jim

 

 

 

Jim Taylor

Courthouse Square Antique Cards

PO Box 399

Neosho MO 64850

Member APS IFPD

Specializing in Mail Approvals, Sales, and Shows, of Antique Postcards,

Historical Photographs Paper Americana and Archival Supplies

Visit the front page of our Web site at:

http://www.CourthouseSquare.net

email: Postcards@CourthouseSquare.net

 

Welcome to Courthouse Square.......

Helping build great postcard collections is our speciality...

• Postcard/Paper Show Schedule
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• Rick Geary Check List/Order Form
• Mail Approval Order Form
• Credit Card Charge Authorization
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Email: jmtaylor@ipa.net.

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PO Box 399

Neosho MO 64850

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