Toronto Postcard Club (TPC)

Club Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

Thurs. May 24th, 7:00pm - The TPC and the North Toronto Stamp Club are getting together for a presentation by TPC Member John Sayers on ‘Photographic Ship Postcards from the Golden Era of Postcards’ featuring both interiors and exteriors. Special reference will be made to Paquebot/Seapost/Seepost and other ship cancellations. As John has experience both as a deltiologist and philatelist, this will be an interesting presentation for both the novice and specialist.
Meeting Location: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,1585 Yonge Street.(east side of Yonge north of St. Clair at Heath St.) which is a short walk from the St. Clair subway.

Sat. June 2nd, 2:00pm -Field Trip to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the U of T. Larry Sherk (TPC#659) and Acting Director Anne Dondertman will be our hosts for a behind the scenes look at Larry’s acclaimed collection of 3,000 beer labels that he recently donated to the library, and this summer’s exhibition ‘How Does MY Garden Grow: The Education of a Gardener’ for which Larry, also a professional horticulturist was a consultant. Opened in 1973, The Fisher Rare Book Library is now the repository of more than 700,000 volumes and over 3000 linear metres of rare manuscripts. The library is at 120 St. George Street, on the north-west corner of St. George and Harbord Streets, (map) immediately to the south of the main University Library (Robarts). TTC to the St. George Station and using the St. George exit walk south 2 blocks. NOTE: We will be admitted as a group so don’t be late!
Link to Thomas Fisher Library web-site.
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Club meetings are held mostly every month, but at least quarterly in April, June, September and December. In June, the last meeting before our summer break, we enjoy a field trip to a local venue that has a postcard or historical relevance to the club. In December we celebrate the season at our holiday dinner get-together.

The first half hour is for the exchange of postcard chat and a free coffee. A presentation by a member of the club or a guest speaker on a topic of interest to history buffs and postcard collectors follows. ________________________________________________________________________
SHOW AND TELL FROM A DISTANCE! (for out-of-town Members)

Take a look at the up-coming meeting schedule. If you have a great card or a handful of great cards about a meeting topic that you feel other TPC members might enjoy seeing and hearing, scan or photocopy the cards and tell us a little bit about them. Scan the cards at 300dpi -in colour – and email as a jpeg attachment to editor at torontopostcardclub.com. If sending colour laser photocopies, send by snail-mail to John Sayers. (his address is in the TPC Roster)

In your email or letter please mention which the meeting for which you’re sending the cards.  We’ll show them at the appropriate meeting and read what you’ve written. You might even see your name and cards shown in Card Talk and/or on the TPC website!

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