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A new video presentation on YouTube looks at Whooping Cranes on stamps and first day covers for the U.S. issue of 1957. In her program, Susan Jones, calls Sc. 1098, “one of the most beautiful stamps the Post Office Department put out.”

The quickest way to “The Whooping Crane“ and other videos on the American First Day Cover Society YouTube channel is www.afdcs.org/videos.html

Jones presented a talk at a virtual meeting of the Claude C. Ries Chapter (Southern California) of the AFDCS in November 21. In addition to discussing and showing various cachets and postmarks, she also talks about the postmarks and poster stamps associated with the issue, and why it was issued.

Membership in the AFDCS is not required to view the videos, but with memberships starting at $24 for Internet-only access or $35 with the printed magazine, it is very affordable and a good asset for any first day cover collector, anywhere in the world.

The AFDCS also publishes handbooks, catalogues, directories and a bimonthly award-winning journal, First Days. The society also advocates for first day cover collecting and exhibiting, and is a co-host of Great American Stamp Show, which next will be held August 25-28, 2022, in Sacramento, Calif.

For more information on the AFDCS, visit its website www.afdcs.org, email afdcs@afdcs.org or write to the society at Post Office Box 246, Colonial Beach, VA 22443-0246.