{"id":14760,"date":"2022-10-09T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T18:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=14760"},"modified":"2022-10-09T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T18:56:16","slug":"afdcs-zoom-talk-on-weird-fdcs-oct-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=14760","title":{"rendered":"AFDCS Zoom Talk on Weird FDCs Oct. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><strong>AFDCS Zoom Program: Unusual FDCs<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><strong>Free Online Presentation October 16<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A first day cover may be just a stamp and postmark on an envelope, with maybe a design on the envelope, but FDCs can be so much more. Lloyd de Vries will present some of those possibilities live on Zoom on Sunday, October 16, at 8:00 pm EDT, in a program <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/real_cover_zoom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14759\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/real_cover_zoom-178x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/real_cover_zoom-178x300.png 178w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/real_cover_zoom-606x1024.png 606w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/real_cover_zoom-89x150.png 89w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/real_cover_zoom.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>titled &#8220;Weird Stuff FDCs.&#8221; It will be offered afterward on the American First Day Cover Society&#8217;s YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p>De Vries recently presented some of his collection in an exhibit at the Great American Stamp Show 2022, where it won a large silver medal. It includes FDCs with moving parts, materials seldom used in FDCs, and unusual artistic techniques. Shown here is a &#8220;cover-cover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president of the AFDCS, de Vries writes the first day cover column for Linn&#8217;s Stamp News and manages The Virtual Stamp Club, a philatelic news and information website. Before retirement, he was a writer-producer for network radio, television and website news operations: ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR. He also hosted and produced a nationally-syndicated philatelic radio feature for CBS News from 1997 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Zoom address for &#8220;Weird Stuff First Day Covers&#8221; is <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/88594826222?pwd=RVQ5SEFTeDlwODJ6ei9zMkFHdkJQQT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/88594826222?pwd=RVQ5SEFTeDlwODJ6ei9zMkFHdkJQQT09<\/a> or the meeting ID 885 9482 6222 with a passcode of 724390.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lloyd-2020aug20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14761\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lloyd-2020aug20-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Membership in the AFDCS is not required to attend the seminar, 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.<\/p>\n<p>The AFDCS 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.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the AFDCS, visit its website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afdcs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.afdcs.org<\/a>, email <a href=\"mailto:afdcs@afdcs.org\">afdcs@afdcs.org<\/a> or write to the society at Post Office Box 246, Colonial Beach, VA 22443-0246.<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14762\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web.png 2048w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web-1024x491.png 1024w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web-150x72.png 150w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web-1536x736.png 1536w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/exhibit_sac_web-500x240.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFDCS Zoom Program: Unusual FDCs Free Online Presentation October 16 A first day cover may be just a stamp and postmark on an envelope, with maybe a design on the envelope, but FDCs can be so much more. 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