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Americover 2012 Names Exhibits Jury

David McNamee will chair the exhibits jury at Americover 2012, which takes place at the Irvine Marriott Aug. 10-12. Joining him on the panel are William Schultz and Alan Warren of Pennsylvania, Stephen Suffet of New York, and Charles J.G. Verge of Ontario. All of the jurors are accredited American Philatelic Society national judges.

Americover 2012 is a World Series of Philately show dedicated to first day covers and the annual convention of the American First Day Cover Society. It will feature 160 frames of competitive philatelic exhibits, commercial and cachetmakers bourses, seminars and meetings. Admission to the show is free and open to the public.

"Americover is the preferred venue for exhibiting illustrated mail and first day covers," Warren, who is also chairman of the AFDCS Judges Accreditation Committee, observes. "Cacheted FDCs (illustrated mail) as well as earliest known or documented uses of postage stamps (postal history) are the features of this show."

The Grand Award winner at Americover is invited to enter the annual Champion of Champions competition held at the American Philatelic Society's StampShow the following August.

McNamee is currently treasurer of the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors and a member of the APS Committee for the Accreditation of National Exhibitions and Judges (CANEJ). David serves as an officer or board member in numerous societies representing his collecting and exhibiting interests in British Colonial Africa and British Oceania.

Suffet has been a stamp collector since childhood, a philatelic exhibitor since 1984, and an APS accredited judge since 1993. More recently, he developed a gold medal Display Division exhibit on the life and music of American folk singer Woody Guthrie, and he literally wrote the chapter on Display Division exhibiting for the latest edition of The Philatelic Exhibitors Handbook.

Verge is currently Secretary and Director of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation. He is a past president of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada (2000-07, of the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (1998-2002) and of the Eire Philatelic Society. He has represented Canada at many international philatelic gatherings, most recently at Monacophil 2011.

Schultz is also a member of CANEJ and is the Liberty Fund director for World Stamp Show New York 2016. He has exhibited at international shows. His personal specialty is postal history.

Warren is secretary of the Scandinavian Collectors Club and the American Society of Polar Philatelists. He served six years on CANEJ and is a recipient of the American Philatelic Society's John Luff and the AFDCS Distinguished Service awards. He exhibits and writes about U.S. and Scandinavian first day covers.

There is a special Americover room rate of $99 at the Marriott; use the code "fdcfdca" when making reservations. The prospectus for Americover 2012 and more information about the show are available on the AFDCS Web site, www.afdcs.org, by e-mail from exhibits@afdcs.org, or by regular mail from Kerry Heffner, Americover Exhibits Chair, 17656 K Street, Omaha, NE 68135-3491.

Americover Seeks Exhibits for 2012 Show in Southern California

The American First Day Cover Society is seeking exhibits for Americover 2012, a World Series of Philately show to be held Aug. 10-12 in Irvine, Calif.

The prospectus is now available on the AFDCS Web site, http://www.afdcs.org, by regular mail from Kerry Heffner, 17656 K Street, Omaha, NE 68135-3491, or e-mail at exhibits@afdcs.org. The deadline for entering the Americover 2012 exhibition is June 1, 2012, or whenever the 160 available frames fill up.

The emphasis at Americover is on First Day Cover exhibits, and about three-fourths of each exhibit should consist of FDCs. All three divisions (Postal, Illustrated Mail and Display) of the General class of exhibits will be accepted, as well as One-Frame and Youth exhibits.

As a WSP show, the winner of the Grand Award at Americover 2012 will be part of the Champion of Champions competition at Stampshow 2013. Andrew McFarlane, winner of the 2011 Grand with "The 1947 Postage Stamp Centenary Commemorative," will represent Americover this summer in Sacramento, Calif.

In addition, if six or more competitive single-frame exhibits are entered, the Curtis B. Patterson Award recipient for the best single-frame exhibit will be invited to enter the APS Single-Frame Champion of Champions competition at AmeriStamp Expo in 2013.

Besides its Grand and Reserve Grand awards, Americover offers special awards from both the AFDCS and other philatelic societies, including ones for best exhibits of foreign FDCs, topical FDCs, pre-1931 FDCs, best exhibits by a novice and a youth, and best single-frame exhibit.

The three-day World Series of Philately show will be held at the Irvine Marriott Hotel, and there is a special Americover room rate of $99. There also will be two bourses (commercial dealers and cachetmakers), a banquet, meetings, a youth table, a hospitality suite, a live auction and two silent auctions, seminars, a Boy Scout merit badge seminar, a pre-show tour of the San Juan Capistrano Mission and Newport Bay, and a post-show evening visit to Laguna Beach. A forum by a postal official involved with first day covers is also on the schedule.

Unlike other WSP shows, Americover's exhibit awards are not presented at its banquet (which is held Friday night), but at the AFDCS Business Meeting Saturday morning.

For more information on Americover 2012 and the AFDCS, contact the AFDCS at P.O. Box 16277, Tucson, Ariz. 85732-6277, email showinfo@afdcs.org or visit http://www.afdcs.org.

Americover 2012 Sells Out Exhibit Space

Exhibitors have filled all 158 competitive frames for Americover 2012, the American First Day Cover Society's World Series of Philately show that will be held Aug. 10-12 in Irvine, Calif.

It's "wonderful news," says show chair Cynthia Scott.

The emphasis at Americover is on First Day Cover exhibits, and about three-fourths of each exhibit should consist of FDCs. All three divisions (Postal, Illustrated Mail and Display) of the General class of exhibits will be accepted, as well as One-Frame and Youth exhibits.

As a WSP show, the winner of the Grand Award at Americover 2012 will be part of the Champion of Champions competition at Stampshow 2013. Andrew McFarlane, winner of the 2011 Grand with "The 1947 Postage Stamp Centenary Commemorative," will represent Americover this summer in Sacramento, Calif.

Besides its Grand and Reserve Grand awards, Americover offers special awards from both the AFDCS and other philatelic societies, including ones for best exhibits of foreign FDCs, topical FDCs, pre-1931 FDCs, best exhibits by a novice and a youth, and best single-frame exhibit.

The three-day World Series of Philately show will be held at the Irvine Marriott Hotel, and there is a special Americover room rate of $99. There also will be two bourses (commercial dealers and cachetmakers), a banquet, meetings, a youth table, a hospitality suite, a live auction and two silent auctions, seminars, a Boy Scout merit badge seminar, a pre-show tour of the San Juan Capistrano Mission and Newport Bay, and a post-show evening visit to Laguna Beach. A forum with Suzy Phillips, the supervisor of the U.S. Postal Service's Cancellation Services unit, which handles first day covers, is also on the schedule.

Unlike other WSP shows, Americover's exhibit awards are not presented at its banquet (which is held Friday night), but at the AFDCS Business Meeting Saturday morning.

For more information on Americover 2012 and the AFDCS, contact the AFDCS at P.O. Box 16277, Tucson, Ariz. 85732-6277, email showinfo@afdcs.org or visit http://www.afdcs.org.

There's now a video of the Orange Pantyhose Hula event at the Americover 2012 banquet on The Virtual Stamp Club website, http://www.virtualstampclub.com. Words cannot describe it, so watch the short video of people having non-philatelic fun at a stamp show.

There are also photos from the show in the VSC message board.

Americover was featured in Friday morning's Orange County Register, and we're seeing quite a few people coming to the show as a result. If you're in the Southern California area, there's still time to join us. Admission is free. The show is at the Irvine Marriott, in Irvine, California.

Next year's Americover 2013 will be near Cleveland, Ohio, the weekend after (and just a short drive from) APS StampShow 2013 in Milwaukee. Dealers doing one show might consider hitting two shows on one trip. For information about booths, contact AFDCS@afdcs.org