This year’s NAPEX show was held at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corners, June 6-8. The USPCS held its annual meeting at the show and many of our members exhibited. Vernon Morris was the winner of the Multi-frame Reserve Grand with his “Evolution & Impact of Blood’s Local Post: 1842 to 1862” (also Multi-frame Large Gold; […]

EuroPhilEx was held in Birmingham, UK from May 7th through the 11th. Strong member participation at this international show resulted in a large number of awards for Society members. As a FIP show, medal levels are 5 points higher than in WSP shows. Thus it took 95 points at Europhilex to get a Large Gold, […]

The Rocky Mountain Stamp Show was held May 23 – 25 in Aurora, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The show is held annually at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds.   Exhibits from three Society members won Multi-frame Large Gold: William Fort with “Wartime Pacific Airmail Routes 1939-1947” (also the APS 1940-1980 Medal; the APC Award for […]

This year’s PIPEX theme was the 200th anniversary of the founding of Fort Vancouver. Despite its name, the fort is in the US. More info here. The show was held May 2nd-4th at the Monarch Hotel in Clackamas. The full set of exhibits can be seen here.   Ralph Nafziger starts off the list of […]

This year’s WESTPEX theme was California’s 175th birthday. No cake was on hand, but lots of medals were won.   The gold rush was started by Cheryl Ganz whose “Basel Zeppelin Posts” won the Single Frame Grand Award as well as Single-frame Large Gold, the American Helvetia Philatelic Society (AHPS) – Best Single Frame and […]