Western Cover Society Information

Updated December 17, 2007

The worldwide members of the Western Cover Society collect and study Western (United States) postal history including covers, expresses such as Wells Fargo, territorials, town cancellations, and everything else pertaining to the mails of the West -- most anything west of the Mississippi.

New DVD With All Western Express Issues

NOTE: the Society is now offering all 55 years of the publication Western Express on a DVD for $40 postpaid for members. Non-members pay $100. If you have any interest in Western history and especially postal history, this offer a very good inducement to join this organization.

You can order the DVD from:

Oscar Thomas, Treasurer WCS
P. O. Box 604
Lake Forest CA 92609

The Society webpage is available for your viewing. There is some useful information on the Society, as well as some excellent examples of fradulent Old West covers.

Additional Information

The Society has supported compilation of a catalog of all California postmarks from 1849 through 1935, illustrated with tracings. This was first published serially in Western Express over several years. Now the catalog is available in book form, authored by John Williams.

Membership in the Western Cover Society includes a subscription to our quarterly publication, Western Express. Dues are $25 for active membership, $30 for sustaining membership, and $50 for patron membership. Foreign postage is extra.

Send your request for membership information to:

Western Cover Society
John Drew, Secretary
15370 Skyview Terrace
San Jose CA 95132-3042

For more information you may also email to John Drew at the following address (which has been spelled out in plain English to help prevent spam):

JandNDrew <at> aol <dot> com

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