2021 Meeting Schedule .

• Feb. 17 – Swap and talk

• March 3 – WSCC’s third meeting of the new year will be our annual Herbert Cover Contest.  The first was held 11 November 1959 and was called The Popular Cover Contest by the WSCC‘s predecesor club, the Washington Philatelic Society.  The second WPS cover contest was held 9 November 1960 and was dedicated to pioneer cover collector, Joseph R. Herbert, as have been all following contests.

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  The 2021 contest categories are as follows:

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  CATEGORIES TO BE JUDGED BY A PANEL OF JUDGES:
  1          Earliest cover with a flag cancellation.
  2.         Cover with the most forwarding markings.
  3.         Cover with the smallest stamp (one stamp only on the cover).
  4.         Cover with the longest town name.
  5.         Cover with the earliest  pictorial stamp (monarchs, symbols, numbers, or text are not  acceptable).
  
  CATEGORIES TO BE JUDGED BY MEMBERS AND GUESTS PRESENT
  6.         Cover with the most ornate town post mark (can be manuscript, machine, or handstruck marking).
  7          Most interesting cover which traveled at least part way by diplomatic pouch.
  8.         Most overpaid cover for the distance traveled.

• 9.         Cover with the most interesting advertising.

• 10.       Cover with the most attactive stamp issued in 2020 (one stamp only on the cover).

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Face masks and social distancing will be the order of the day.

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