{"id":18038,"date":"2024-06-28T07:28:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=18038"},"modified":"2024-06-28T10:13:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T14:13:56","slug":"afdcs-counting-down-to-member-30000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=18038","title":{"rendered":"AFDCS Counting Down to Member 30,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

[press release]<\/em><\/span>
\nAFDCS Counting Down to Member Milestone<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nAwarding 30,000 Pennies to Lucky New Member And Proposer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The American First Day Cover Society will give a lucky new member and whoever proposes that member each a $300 credit \u2014 the equivalent of 30,000 pennies \u2014 to \"\"<\/a>welcome member #30,000.<\/p>\n

The winners can spend their prizes on the AFDCS.org website, buying FDCs, catalogues and handbooks; joining, renewing or upgrading their memberships; paying for successful AFDCS auction bids; and more. The complete rules are on our website<\/a>. (No, you cannot join, quit, and join again to try to hit #30,000! And your dog is not eligible.)<\/p>\n

The AFDCS today does not have 30,000 members: It is closer to 1,200. Some numbers may have been skipped; some people may have received more than one number over the years; and, of course, some former members no longer collect.<\/p>\n

Member #1 was Richard S. Bohn, who was one of the philatelic leaders who came up with the idea of a national society for first day cover collectors. Unfortunately, he passed away within a year after the founding in 1955. The earliest still active membership number is 10, \"\"<\/a>Gerald Strauss [left], the first editor of First Days.<\/p>\n

The AFDCS is the largest not-for-profit first day cover society in the world, with members in more than a dozen countries. It publishes an award-winning journal, First Days, six times a year, as well as handbooks, catalogues and You-Tube videos; holds fundraising auctions; is a co-sponsor of the annual Great American Stamp Show, conducts an annual cachetmaking contest; and encourages philatelic exhibiting and writing about FDCs.<\/p>\n

For more information about the AFDCS, visit www.afdcs.org<\/a>, e-mail afdcs@afdcs.org<\/a> or write the AFDCS at Post Office Box 27, Greer, SC 29652-0027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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