At the annual single frame competition, this year held at AriPex, member Doug Weisz won the Single Frame Champion of Champions award for his terrific exhibit “New Orleans in the Confederate Mail System”.  Congratulations, Doug!  Read more for winners at Southeastern, Sarasota and AriPex / AmeriStamp. Southeastern Stamp Expo This Atlanta show, held in late January, was the […]

ChicagoPex This WSP show took place on Nov. 16-18 in Itasca, Illinois.  Nicholas Kirke won the Grand Award and a Large Gold Medal for his “Outbound Foreign Mail Cancels of New York City; their Progression 1845-1877” (also the USSS Statue of Freedom award).   The members winning Large Gold Medals included Gary Hendren for “St. Louis Street Car Mail 1892-1915” […]

NOJEX This New Jersey Show was held in East Rutherford the weekend of Oct. 19-21.  USPCS members were front and center at this WSP show. All major awards were won by members.   Carol Bommarito (see adjacent photo) won the Grand Award and a Large Gold Medal for “United States Mail To, From and Through Great Britain 1840-1875” […]

AmeriCover This is the annual FDC show that took place on August 3-5 in Atlanta.  Even though the material shown was 20th century, many of our Classics Society members collect and exhibit both 19th and 20th century material.   Ken Nilsestuen won a Large Gold Medal for “The Minnesota Territorial Stamp – 1949” and the AFDCS […]

Bob Boyd won a Large Gold Medal and the Grand Award at NAPEX for “Mail From the U.S. To Germany Before the Universal Postal Union”. Rocky Mountain Stamp Show The Rocky Mountain Stamp Show was held in Denver on May 25-27.  It hosted the Brett Cup for the best 20th Century Exhibit of 2017 and the India Study Circle, so there […]