Lloyd A. de Vries
2010-08-01 21:05:12 UTC
Proving there’s a silver lining in every cloud, the July 15, 2010, issue
of First Days magazine is available to the public free online.
The printer of the award-winning journal of the American First Day Cover
Society announced more than a week after the cover date that it had gone
out of business. Not only hadn’t it mailed the issue as scheduled, it
hadn’t even printed it.
The AFDCS is now looking for another printer, and already in talks with
several, and the issue will be mailed to its members.
Meanwhile, the issue is available on the Society’s AFDCS.org website, to
members and non-members alike. If you don’t see it on the home page,
check the News Blog. The direct link to the .pdf file is
www.afdcs.org/July15FirstDays.pdf
The AFDCS leadership felt an obligation to make the issue available in a
timely manner to its members, and hopes non-members will take a look at
the magazine and see what a great publication it is. A subscription to
First Days is one of the principal benefits of membership in the AFDCS,
and membership is the only way to get a subscription.
While you’re at the AFDCS website, you can apply for membership right there.
The American First Day Cover Society is the only not-for-profit FDC
society in the world, and has members all over the world, not just the
U.S. Besides First Days, it publishes handbooks, sponsors Americover, an
annual World Series of Philately show dedicated to FDCs, and organizes
an annual contest for the best cachet art.
For more information, visit www.AFDCS.org, e-mail ***@afdcs.org, or
write the AFDCS at PO Box 16277, Tucson, AZ 85732-6277.
of First Days magazine is available to the public free online.
The printer of the award-winning journal of the American First Day Cover
Society announced more than a week after the cover date that it had gone
out of business. Not only hadn’t it mailed the issue as scheduled, it
hadn’t even printed it.
The AFDCS is now looking for another printer, and already in talks with
several, and the issue will be mailed to its members.
Meanwhile, the issue is available on the Society’s AFDCS.org website, to
members and non-members alike. If you don’t see it on the home page,
check the News Blog. The direct link to the .pdf file is
www.afdcs.org/July15FirstDays.pdf
The AFDCS leadership felt an obligation to make the issue available in a
timely manner to its members, and hopes non-members will take a look at
the magazine and see what a great publication it is. A subscription to
First Days is one of the principal benefits of membership in the AFDCS,
and membership is the only way to get a subscription.
While you’re at the AFDCS website, you can apply for membership right there.
The American First Day Cover Society is the only not-for-profit FDC
society in the world, and has members all over the world, not just the
U.S. Besides First Days, it publishes handbooks, sponsors Americover, an
annual World Series of Philately show dedicated to FDCs, and organizes
an annual contest for the best cachet art.
For more information, visit www.AFDCS.org, e-mail ***@afdcs.org, or
write the AFDCS at PO Box 16277, Tucson, AZ 85732-6277.