Welcome!

Lloyd A. de Vries, manager & president
Mike Lampson, U.S. New Issues & Stamp Schedules
Al Gore, Links Editor
Foster E. Miller III, Discussion Leader
Ada Prill, Discussion Leader
Ed Ozmun, Discussion Leader
Dennis Gilson, Discussion Leader
Charles Posner Discussion Leader
Todd Ronnei Discussion Leader
Jeff Hayward, Stamp Show Schedule
Stephen Ross, HTML editor

Welcome to the Virtual Stamp Club! We're sort of an on-line philatelic newspaper or magazine, with a VERY active "Letters to the Editor" section. In our Forum, you'll find news, information, opinions and advice. [message board rules]

And, we hope you'll add YOURS to the mix! Our participants range from the very-experienced to the inexperienced; most of the former enjoy helping the latter, so please don't think "I don't know enough to post a message."

We're (still) a friendly bunch, so if you say something outrageous or tongue-in-cheek, please remember to include an "emoticon" so we'll know you weren't entirely serious ;)

Please come to one of our Chats -- live discussions about stamps, philately, and postal services. Many are informal. It costs less than driving to a club meeting, and you don't have to dress up. On the other hand, you have to supply your own doughnuts and coffee.

In the Article Archives, you'll find articles, earlier discussions, transcripts of Conferences, press releases, and many, many stamp illustrations. If you have something of that nature you think might be of interest to your fellow compu-philatelists, please email Lloyd.

If a topic seems "slow," the best way to get it moving is to post something there yourself. Many of us tend to forget about certain topics until we see a message in them.

Thanks for stopping in, and we look forward to seeing you again!

Virtual Stamp Club members at Sweatpex (ROPEX 2005) in Rochester, NY: Back row, from left: Jack Flannery, Al Parsons, Barry Southard, Chris Lazaroff, Tom Fortunato.
Front row, from left: Lloyd de Vries, Jim Taylor, Paula Leszak, Ada Prill, George Fekete.

Message Board Rules:

To make our message board more enjoyable and informative for everyone, we have a few simple rules:

No libel, slander or personal attacks. We can express opinions without 'em.
No plagiarism. If you wish to cite a published report, write a short summary and provide a link to the full story.
No obscenity.
No pornography.
No scams or frauds.
Buy, Sell and Trade messages are permitted, but only in the Stamp & Cover Exchange folder.
Please do not post excessive Buy, Sell or Trade messages.

Our message board is provided by DelphiForums, and its Terms of Service also apply (although we have an exemption for Buy, Sell and Trade messages). Registration with DelphiForums is required in order to post messages.

DelphiForums takes privacy seriously, and even The Virtual Stamp Club staff won't know your real identity or e-mail address, unless you divulge it.

Lloyd A. de Vries, Forum Manager

lloyd@virtualstampclub.com

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