Washington City Despatch
The WSCC's newsletter, Washington City Despatch, consists of member news, articles on Washington, D.C. postal history, information on upcoming events, meeting minutes, and want-and-swap ads. The newsletter's title recalls John Wiley's Washington City Despatch local post, which issued a one-cent stamp in 1850 (pictured in our club logo). The nineteenth century spelling of 'dispatch' has been retained.
In May 2010, newsletter editor Jeff Meade transitioned the Despatch into a digital publication. This method promises to get more information out to members more quickly and with less effort. The new URL is http://wsccdespatch.wordpress.com.
The former, hard copy publication remains archived here for reference.
Archive of Past Issues
Bill and Janet Hughes, editors:- March 2010 Interim Bulletin (Unnumbered)
- January-February 2010 (№ 25)
- November-December 2009 (№ 24)
- September-October 2009 (№ 23)
- July-August 2009 (№ 22)
- May-June 2009 (№ 21)
- March-April 2009 (№ 20)
- January-February 2009 (№ 19)
- November-December 2008 (№ 18)
- September-October 2008 (№ 17)
- July-August 2008 (№ 16)
- May-June 2008 (№ 15)
- March-April 2008 (№ 14)
C.A. Stillions, editor:
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January-February 2008 (№ 13)
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November-December 2007 (№ 12)
- September-October 2007 (№ 11)
- July-August 2007 (№ 10)
- May-June 2007 (№ 9)
- March-April 2007 (№ 8)
- January-February 2007 (№ 7)
- November-December 2006 (№ 6)
- September-October 2006 (№ 5)
- July-August 2006 (№ 4)
- May-June 2006 (№ 3)
- March-April 2006 (№ 2)
- January-February 2006 (№ 1)
These files are presented in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. If you do not already have it installed on your computer, you can download it here.
The
final issue in the 4-stamp Lincoln sesquicentennial series, this 4¢ dark blue
features a pastel illustration by Fritz Busse of the seated Lincoln in the
Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Designed by Daniel
Chester French, the statue was carved in Georgia white marble by the renowned
Piccirilli Brothers at their studio in the Bronx, New York and shipped to
Washington, D.C. in 28 pieces. It remains today one of the most successful and
recognizable pieces of public memorial sculpture in the world and is visited by
more than three million people every year.