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The Archive - 1997-98

December 1998

  • December 20 ~ Added a new link to a very interesting page.
  • December 11 ~ Put up the January/February Table of Contents for the Specialist.
  • December 05 ~ Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving (for those that celebrate it ~ and I hope that those that don't celebrate it, ate lots in sympathy ) Fixed the Cover of the Month page ... have no idea why it was doing such wierd things. Updated the final wrap-up page for the Praga exhibit and included a number of photographs. Check it out! :)

November 1998

  • November 22 ~ Added an auction to the Auctions page. Updated the Table of Contents for November/December. Was told that the Cover is not coming up properly so will be checking into that within the next couple of days.
  • November 15 ~ Put up the November Cover of the Month and archived October.

October 1998

September 1998

  • September 30 ~ Updated a variety of pages in an effort to get them to load faster.
  • September 10  ~ Put up the new Cover of the Month and fixed the archive links for the Cover of the Month. Good luck to all exhibiting in Praga 98.

August 1998

  • August 30 ~ added a new Praga page -- American Participants , added the Final Praga Update which includes changes to the schedule, and updated the Praga Report page.
  • August 23 ~ added a new link to the Links page.
  • August 16 ~ updated the Cover of the Month with the August cover. Hopefully, now I will be able to keep current.
  • August 15 ~ updated The Specialist with the September/October Table of Contents.
  • August 13 ~ updated the Cover of the Month with the missing text <g>. Also worked on the Board Members page and hopefully that is all fixed.
  • August 12 ~ Updated the Cover of the Month with the July cover. Yup. A month late. <g> Still have to find the text, however. Hope to have August up in the next day or two. I do have the text for that one <g>.
  • August 10 ~ Well, after a bit of a vacation, I am finally back and updating the site. I have just updated the Auctions page. All the pages will be receiving a "new look" but that will be happening over time. For right now, the links that are not yet in place, should route you back to the Main Page which will be the final one to change. As for the Cover of the Month .... I have in my hands both July and August - both of which should be up in the next couple of days.

July 1998

  • July 02 ~ Updated the Table of Contents for the July/August issue of The Specialist. We were sent a note saying that you probably will not see the publication until about mid-July. Working on the cover of the month for July.

June 1998

  • June 28 ~ Finally got the June Cover of the Month up. Now I'm working on the July.
  • June 21 ~ Happy Summer Solstice and Happy Fathers Day everyone! I added a Praga 98 update which shows the schedule and has a few tips for travelers. Also added a notice about a new exhibit at the Smithsonian that is stamp related.
  • June 20 ~ fixed Board Members page and added a few email links.

May 1998

April 1998

  • April 18 ~ Added a couple of new covers to the Praga Postal Issues page.
  • April 15 ~ Finally got the Cover of the Month for the month of April up! It's a little late, but taxes are done :)  .... so check it out! Stray thought of the day ~ did you know that on this date, in 1912 at 2:20 am, the RMS Titanic sank ... iceberg involved.
  • April 13 ~ Updated the Table of Contents for the May/June issue of the Specialist. Still working on the cover of the month.
  • April 05 ~ Happy April everybody. It's a gorgeous day here in DC (albeit a wie bit nippy). Added a couple of new Dealers and an upcoming auction. The cover of the month is not up yet but hopefully I'll get it up soon. Need y'all to send some in as well.

March 1998

  • March 29 ~ Added a newly released Traveler's Advisory issued by the American Embassy with regard to certain hotels in Prague.
  • March 21 ~ Added the Czech Scout Association to the links page which offers online support for those Czech Scouts wanting to earn a badge for stamp collecting.
  • March 15 ~ Added a two new pages covering new stamp issues for the Praga 98 exhibition.
  • March 13 ~ Added a new page which covers the Praga 98 medals.
  • March 08 ~ Updated the Cover of the Month with a little more on the history of the cover (for those of us with limited knowledge on the subject :p). Removed the auction that has passed from the Auctions page. Included a new link on the links page.
  • March 03 ~ There are some new Auctions listed and the Cover of the Month has been updated for the month of March. New Praga issues will be up soon as well as a couple of new stamp stories.

February 1998

  • Feb 14 ~ The new Table of Contents for the next issue of The Specialist has been updated. The text for this months cover has also been added.
  • Feb 01 ~ The Cover of the Month has been updated for the month of February. It does not have a write up as of yet, but will be adding that soon.

January 1998

 

Autumn Leaves

December 1997

  • Updated the The Specialist Table of Contents for January/February issue.
  • Updated the  links page.
  • It's Here! A page for links. However, we need submissions. So if you have any links that you would like to see on this page, send it along!
  • As you can see, a number of changes have occurred in both design and content. The design is obvious, but two (2) new sections have also been added. The first is the Praga 98 Report and the accompanying Travel & Accommodations. Coming soon ... a page for links.

November 1997
Finally I have managed to get the sheetlet up!

    • updated a number of links on the various pages. Still working on the sheetlet problem. Please have patience <grin>.
    • Will soon be adding a links page. If anyone has any suggestions as to links they would like to see, please let us know.
    • Added two new auctions to the Auctions page and some new dates for releases to the Praga Postal Issues page. Other than that, not much has changed on the pages except for correcting of minor errors such as spelling, extra spaces, and a word here or there. Am still working on the sheetlet problem. There is nothing wrong with the code and we are working to figure out why it just isn't coming up.

    October 1997
    • In the past couple of days, I have add a new page and updated an old one. The page added was the promised Application Form. I am still working on the look, but thought I should get something up (dad was really getting on my case).I also received the updated Table of Contents for the November/December issue of The Specialist.
    • Application 
    • Table of Contents
    • Updated the Auctions page with a the announcement of a new auction.
    • Created a new page called Stamp Stories which will house (hopefully) a variety of stamp stories found around the globe.
    • Updated the Praga Postal Issues page by including an image of the issued post card.
    • Most of the changes occurred on the first (index) page including adding some different graphics and a URL minder when the page is updated. We'll see if that works.
    • Also changed the basic look of the rest of the pages (so far this is the only one that has not change ... yet) thanks to a suggestion sent to me.

     

    September 1997
    • Updated the Specialist page with the Sept/Oct article index.

      August 1997

      • Added Auctions page.
      • Fixed one of the dates on the stamps page. Sorry about that.
      • Hopefully, will have the auctions page up by tomorrow.
      • Fixed the Praga 98 page. Sorry about that.
      • Placed new page regarding the new stamps for Praga 98.
      • Minor grammatical corrections on a number of pages.
      • New Specialist image. Hope this once comes out a little better. 
      • July, 1997
      • For anyone who is interested, we thought we would let you know what is coming up on this web page. In the near future, you should be able to see the following:
      • Member Application Form
      • Articles from previous Specialist articles
      • Sales Kiosk
      • Links page
      • Upcoming auction