The Westpex show took place in Burlingame, California, just south of San Francisco and a short ride from SFO. The theme for this year’s show was the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The Single-frame Grand was won by Michael Mahler for his “Stamp Tax on Nevada Territory Stock Certificates: the “25c […]
Archives for April 2024
2024 Philatelic Show Awards
Chip Gliedman won the Single-frame Grand and Large Gold for “Leominster, Mass. Provisional Postage Due and Instructional Labels” (also the APS Medal of Excellence, Pre-1900 and the Auxiliary Markings Club Award of Merit)! Three Society Members won Multi-frame Large Gold. […]
Zevely Postmarking Device Advertisements
RESEARCH REQUEST: The Railway Mail Service (RMS) Library is seeking high resolution scans of Zevely advertisements for postmarking devices and other post office equipment. Scans should be at least 300 dots per inch or higher, in color, even if the document is black and white. These scans are to be retained for library reference and […]
2024 March Awards
Garfield Perry’s March Party The Garfield Perry Stamp Club threw their annual March party March 13th to the 15th. The venue was the Best Western Strongsville, in Strongsville, Ohio – a hop and a skip from the Cleveland airport! James Cate won the Single-frame Grand as well as a Single-frame Large Gold and the […]
