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 […]

RICHARD F. WINTER: 1937-2025     Richard F. Winter, long-time editor of the Chronicle Foreign Mails section and the man who made transatlantic covers accessible to a generation of collectors, died at his home in Colfax, North Carolina, on March 13. He was 87 years old, suffering from cancer.   The middle of three brothers […]