The U.S. Postal Service will issue a double-sided booklet pane of 20 self-adhesive first class rate forever stamps Feb. 21 depicting 10 varieties of wild orchids. Coral Gables, Fla.will be the official first day city for this issue.
There will be a coin show held Feb. 23 at the Spring Hill Suites Hotel at Devens (Exit 37 of Route 2). Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with free off-street parking, but an admission fee is charged.
The U.S. Mint will finish off the month of February with three new coin issues. To order coins from the mint, call them at 1-800-USA-MINT, or visit their website at www.usmint.gov.
On Feb. 20, the mint will begin accepting orders for the 2020 silver proof coin set. This will include the regular issue coins with the dime, quarters, and half being made of silver. These are struck at the San Francisco mint.
The Andrew Jackson silver presidential medal will go on sale Feb. 24, This is the seventh in the continuing series offering remakes of old medal designs of the presidents.
The clad version of the 2020 proof coin set will go on sale Feb. 27. This features the regular coin issues struck in proof finish at the San Francisco mint.
This writer paid a visit to a long-established flea market in Jewett City, Conn. last Sunday. This is held in an old factory on Route 138 in that town, a couple of miles west of I-395. There were a few dozen dealers set up outside, and over a hundred set up inside of the second and third floor of the old factory.
There is free parking and admission to this flea market, with a snack bar selling food on the second floor of the factory building. Leone’s Auctions are held in another part of the building on Friday evenings. It is almost a two-hour drive from the North Quabbin region via Routes 2, I-190, I-290, and I-395.
Having visited this place a few times in the past, I was not surprised to see that most of the indoor dealers had the same selection of books, tools, trinkets, some collectibles, and a lot of household junk. The outdoor dealers seemed to have more interesting material to offer for sale, including some better collectibles and small antiques.