Interesting Items @ the Stamp Meetup

Here are two interesting philatelic items I got the other day at Cebu Stamp Club's July 27, 2013 Stamp Meetup in Catmon.  

The first is a 2011 stamp issued in Cuba commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between the Philippines and Cuba. 

It features Fort Santiago in Manila, and the Philippine flag and Cuba's Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, La Havana and the Cuban flag.

The second is an envelope bearing a Poste Vaticane (Vatican Post) August 21-23, 2003 cancellation with a Pope John Paul II stamp.

Cebu Stamp Club's July 2013 Meetup in Catmon

 

 

 

 

During the June meetup at Fort San Pedro, Cebu Stamp Club members decided to go out of town to hold the July 27, 2013 meetup in Ken and Gina Turner's place in Catmon.

The trip to the Turner residence almost took us two hours. We left at 10:00 a.m. and arrived at lunch time.  Immediately upon our arrival we were treated by the Australian couple delicious food that 
include veggies, chicken and fish dishes and coconut milk as well as sodas.

 

There were stamp freebies too. It was stamping, dining and bonding for all of us. The reason we are together for 17 years as a club is because of stamps and we went home with lots of them.

Before we left, we were treated again with some snacks. It sure was one of the great out-of-town meetups we had!

 

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