ABOUT THE CLUB

to the home page of the Tucson Post Card Exchange Club (TPCEC). The TPCEC was organized in 1990 to promote the study and collecting of postcards, also known as deltiology, and to serve postcard collectors in Tucson and other areas of Arizona. We are now the only postcard club in Arizona!

The Club has monthly meetings from September to June, normally on the first Sunday of the month. The meetings are usually held at the Pima County Medical Society Building, 5199 East Farness Drive, Tucson. The doors open at about 2:15 and the meetings start at about 3:00 and generally consist of a short business discussion followed by the featured speaker talking about some aspect of postcards. Also, there are mini-exhibits -- about 6 to 12 postcards -- prepared by the members. Before and after the meetings there is active exchanging and sales of postcards, discussions about the hobby, and show-and-tell of some of the members' collections. Everyone with an interest in postcards is encouraged to attend. Go to the "What's New page" for the date, program, and location for the next meeting.

To celebrate "National Postcard Week" in May, the Club publishes its own postcard; a different one every year. See the exhibit of the Club's NPCW postcards.

The Club has taken upon itself the Petley Postcard publisher as its research project, and is preparing a checklist of all known Petley postcards. Some Petley postcards are exhibited on the Petley postcard page.

The Club is in the process of organizing a lending library of books and periodicals about postcards. Donations of books, magazines and journals to the library are eagerly accepted.

You may contact or correspond with the Club by:

Mail:

Tucson Post Card Exchange Club
820 Via Lucitas
Tucson, AZ 85718-1046

Phone:

520/297-0980

Fax:

520/575-7010

E-mail:

joangentry@msn.com

At each Club meeting, members display mini-exhibits of postcards in pre-announced categories. Here are guidelines for the exhibits:

- The category or categories for the mini-exhibits will be announced at the previous meeting and posted in the current issue of Postscript and on the Club's website.
- Each exhibit shall have from 6 to 12 postcards.
- Only one exhibit per category may be entered by an exhibitor.
- The exhibitor's name should be on exhibits to be eligible to be in the monthly drawing.
- The theme of the exhibit must be in the pre-announced category to be eligible to be in the monthly drawing.