This year’s National Philatelic Exhibition (NAPEX) ran June 2 – 4th in McLean, Virginia, a short drive from the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. Mark Schwartz brought home the bacon, ur, the single-frame Grand and an accompanying Large Gold for his “The Special Arrangement between Liverpool and the U. S. – 1843-1848.”. Ralph Nafziger’s […]
New RVP for Northern California and Hawaii
Ross Towle Please welcome our newest Regional Vice President for Northern California and Hawaii, Ross Towle. Ross is an active FIP judge for the Traditional, Postal History, and Postal Stationary classes. He recently judged at IBRA 2023 in Germany and has judged at WESTPEX for almost 20 years. His collections/exhibits include Chile postal stationery, Towle […]
IBRA 2023 Awards
German Federation of Philatelists Put on a Great IBRA 2023 The IBRA 2023 stamp show was a success for all who attended. For a number of Society members, it was also an award-winning event for their philatelic exhibits and literature. Clearly, German fluency was not a requirement for enjoying the show. The show was held […]
USPCS – RPSL Exchange Success May 18, 2023 (London)
The USPCS display at the Royal Philatelic Society London May 18 was a huge success. The following Society members and the area each showed follows: Chip Gliedman: A Postal History Map of the United States of American Tim O’Connor: Pre-stamp Dan Ryterband: Free Franks James Grimwood-Tayor: Baltimore Postmaster Provisionals Mark Schwartz: New York Postmaster Provisionals […]
Plenty is going on at GASS 2023 for the USPCS
The 2023 edition of the Great American Stamp Show (GASS) will take place at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland – Hall C in Cleveland, OH. August 10-13. In addition to the philatelic shopping and exhibits, there’s lots planned for this show specific to the USPCS. As a follow-up to the May USPCS […]
