Stamptrotters Society of the Hudson Valley
President's Message
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STAMPTROTTER NEWS - April 2026
Hello all,
Here's a rundown on last night's business meeting.
15 members attended
Ed reports that 3 new members - Kathi Kreig and her granddaughters Ella are returning along with Ella's sister Lilah.
Craig reports a healthy bank account with no outstanding bills.
Brad is consolidating "stamptrotter" domain names and will soon transfer ownership to the club.
Brad is also working to get our meeting announcements in the local papers.
A motion was made by David to reduce our annual dues to $10. The motion was discussed and passed by unanimous vote. This goes into effect on 1 July, creating an overpayment of $5 in 2026. This $5 will be applied to 2027 dues.
The club is reserving a 3rd table at the Fort Orange shows going forward, more space for members to sell to a new and wider audience. The next show is on Sunday the 19th, still time to participate this month.
We will also be bringing unsold club material not already in the Red Boxes to business meetings. These items have already been to auctions and shows. "Stand alone" material has been discounted. Individual stamps in albums, on pages and stock cards are 5 cents each. We had 4 tables last nights and a lot of interest. The next "5 cent night" will be in July.
We will try a new project to give our website a boost. At business meetings a letter will be chosen. Members can scan a stamp from a country starting with that letter and send it to Bill McCoy who will prepare them for inclusion to the website. A brief description can be included. Hopefully give passers-by a reason to stop and take a look. Participation is voluntary.
Next big item on the horizon is our June dinner meeting. This year on the 11th at Craig's.
David will again be in charge of organizing. This is open to all members and guests. Send your head count and what you would like to bring to David as soon as possible. More details to follow.
Coming Up:
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19 April - FOSC Show
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23 April - Trotter auction
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14 May - Trotter business/auction
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23-30 - Boston International
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11 June - Summer dinner meeting
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25 June - Trotter auction
Hope to see you soon.
Charlie
STAMPTROTTER NEWS - March 2026
Hello all,
Attached are the secretary's minutes of last night's meeting. A pretty busy hour or so.
First a message from the infirmary: Paul is doing nicely after the stroke but is now having a reoccurrence of Lyme Disease. Doc was in the hospital as well recently but home now and recovering.
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery guys and hope to see you soon.
Only 7 folks last night but we covered some ground.
Ed is going to put out a query to members about their collecting interests after tax season is behind us. I had mentioned this before; any information provided will be for in-house distribution only. Voluntary only.
Craig reports we have $8.400 in the bank and only owe our rent, otherwise all caught up.
Both Bill and I have sent boxes to Stamps for the Wounded this past month. Thanks to all who have donated their "spares".
Our May auction meeting date is changed due to the International Show in Boston at the end of the month. We will move our auction forward to the 2nd Thursday. So short business and right to auction.
Ed and Bill have finished sorting Rosemary's donation and this material will be finding it's way to auction and the club Red Boxes soon. Thanks to Rosemary and to Ed and Bill for their work.
We have been getting quite a few calls asking for help with inherited collections. We are currently working on 2 good sized consignments with some stuff we don't normally see and a 3rd is waiting in the wings.
We're working through it and it be coming up soon.
Bill has offered to help catalog and sort with this pile as well, thanks Bill.
To give you all a heads up and opportunity on better and unusual club material, I will start notifying everyone, through auction announcements, when these larger lots and special items are coming up to auction.
Finally, Brad has offered to transfer the Stamptrotter domain name to club ownership. Thanks Brad.
Coming up:
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Trotter auction 24 March
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Trotter business 16 April
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Albany Show 19 April
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Trotter auction 30 April
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Trotter bus/auction 14 May
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Boston 23-30 May
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Summer
Hope to see you soon.
Charlie
STAMPTROTTER NEWS - January 2026
Hello all,
8 attended last night's meeting.
The freebie table was cleared out. As I continue to sift through the consignment remainders I am sure to generate more gently used philatelic items, so we will do this again.
Ed reports that only about 50% of the club has renewed their membership as of last night.
If you haven't renewed, you can give your check made out to Stamptrotters in the amount of $15 to Ed at any meeting or auction. You can also mail him at: Ed Canfield 38 Wildflower Ridge, Poughkeepsie NY 12603.
Craig was unable to attend but let me know that our checkbook balance is close to $8,300.
I am unsure if we have any outstanding bills at this time.
Bill McC brought along 3 letters he has received from Stamps for the Wounded, thanking him and the club for our donations. Garry, Shari and I have dropped off a few things for the next shipment.
Thanks go to Bill for doing this for the members and SFTW.
A motion was made and seconded to pay Bill for the postage required to get send these donations.
Those attending agreed with a unanimous show of hands.
Ed is updating the membership roster and will share his efforts after the dust settles from our 2026 renewals.
The creation of a member collecting interest list was discussed. It was agreed that this would be for "in house" dissemination only.
This information could help sellers organize their auction lots and improve the opportunity of buyers seeing more material they need.
Along the same lines, Ed will work on a basic club application / contact form for new members.
The Boston World Expo, 23-30 May was discussed.
A number of members will be attending, It was suggested those attending might get together for lunch, happy hour, supper or all 3. If you are going and would like to participate let us know the dates you will attend and we can try and put something together.
Also, the APS has announced that more discounted hotel rooms have been opened for Expo attendees. Here's a link for the Expo, scroll down to latest news and click the hotel link. https://www.boston2026.org
Last thing - As part of my consignment clean up efforts starting in February the club will make available US and worldwide stamps to club members.
They will be packaged in 1 quart, numbered zip locks. Take home whatever you can go through in a month, keep what you need for 5 cents each or 25 for $1 and return the leftovers at the next meeting. All on the honor system. You just might fill in some stubborn blanks that just don't show up at auction or shows. Expect duplication and don't expect to hit the jackpot.
Be well and hope to see you soon.
Charlie