Tidewater Stamp Club

Tidewater Stamp Club is a philatelic organization serving the Eastern Shore of Maryland, including Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Talbot, and Dorchester Counties.

Meetings

Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Mayor and Council Building, 14 S. Harrison Street, Easton, Maryland, on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

Members collect a variety of stamps, including those of the United States, Canada, Bosnia, Ireland, Wales, and Asia, plus revenues, duck stamps and topicals, such as kingfishers, lighthouses, balloons, Disney cinderellas, and Princess Diana. Members also collect postal history, such as advertising covers and postmarks.

Waterfowl fest covers

In conjunction with the U. S. Post Office, the club offers souvenir covers and pictorial cancels for the November Waterfowl Festival. It has been doing so continuously since 1985.

Special event covers

In addition to Waterfowl Festival covers, the club also offers special event covers with special cachets and postmarks.

Programs

Typical programs offered by the club include: Exhibiting,: An Introduction; Scavenger Hunt; Perforations; Mystery Night - Bring an Unidentified Philatelic Object (UPO); Club Show; Show Awards; My Find at the Show; Collecting with a Twist; Watermark Identification; The First Philatelic Thing I Collected; NAPEX, Club van on one of these days; and Bidding in Auctions, Using Agents.

Membership

Membership may be obtained through the club website or may be obtained at club meetings.

See also

• Stamp collecting