• Established, Continuous since 1947

• APS  #190547

• John Kofranek – President

• Jimmy Lee – Vice President 

• John Kuhlenkamp (JK) – Treasurer 

• Marc Lambert – Secretary/Editor

• Usually meets Third Tuesday –7:00 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church

A Brief History of Alameda Stamp Club

John Kofranek

The Alameda Stamp Club was formed in Febraury,1947. One of the early meeting places was the assembly hall at the now Chuck Corica Municipal Gulf Complex on Bay Farm Island, Alameda. The early years were good in that ASC had a junior club for the youth of the area. At one point the club had a stamp show at South Shore Shopping Center out of doors. Yikes, think of the stamps liberated to the afternoon breeze.

Unfortunately, Albert Muller, Richard Hofmann and Sebastian Baldassarre are no longer able to tell us the details of the early years.  Albert did have a trunk full of historical ephemera. Sebastian told me that when he was active the auctions were sometimes in the hundreds of dollars for items. Richard told me about the youth members of the club.

I joined in the early 1990s when Charles Kasdorf was president. The attendance was much better than it is today. It is a great club. We all enjoy getting together and talking about shows, new issues, clothesline (share and tell) and refreshments.