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Full schedule planned for Chicagopex 2024

Oct 31, 2024, 11 AM

By Linn’s Staff

The Chicago Philatelic Society will present its Chicagopex show Nov. 22-24 at the Westin Chicago Northwest, 400 Park Blvd., Itasca, Ill.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking are free.

The show will include a bourse (sales area) of more than 75 dealers, plus the United States Postal Service and the United Nations Postal Administration; an exhibition of 284 frames of philatelic material; and a philatelic literature competition.

Chicagopex 2024 will include the Ameristamp Expo in partnership with the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors.

Convening societies at the show include the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, Rossica Society of Russian Philately, Scandinavian Collectors Club and Women Exhibitors.

The single-frame Champion of Champions, selected among the best single-frame exhibits from World Series of Philately shows held during the prior year, will be awarded.

Because Chicagopex is a World Series of Philately show, the multiframe grand award winner will qualify to compete in the Champion of Champions exhibition at the Great American Stamp Show in Schaumburg, Ill., Aug. 14-17, 2025.

Chicagopex 2024 has a full schedule of presentations and speakers.

On Friday at 11 a.m., American Philatelic Society executive director Scott English will host a town hall meeting. Two presentations are scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m.: Norman Andrews of the Scandinavian Collectors Club will present “Sweden Large Official Issues,” and Richard Judge of the British North America Philatelic Society will present “What is a ‘Set-Off’ and how can you tell which side of the gum does it reside?”

On Friday at 2 p.m., Steve Lund will give the Scandinavian Collectors Club presentation, “Sweden Öre Coat-of-Arms,” and Lynn Heidelbaugh will give the Collectors Club of Chicago presentation, “Civil War Letters: A Family’s Collection at the National Postal Museum.” On Friday at 3 p.m., Stephen Knapp and Peter Schwartz will present “U.S. Experimental Stamps of the 19th Century: Studies in Design — Introducing the Bust of Peace.”

Presentations on Saturday include: American Topical Association presentation, “How to Get Started in Topical Stamp Collecting,” by Jennifer Miller; Scandinavian Collectors Club presentation, “Postal Service and Communications in Nazi-Occupied Norway, 1940-1945,” by Even Brande; “Zeppelin Posts 100 Years Ago: U.S. Military and German,” by Bob Helms with Cheryl Ganz; Chicago Philatelic Society presentation, “The 1932 Washington Bicentennial Commemoratives: Ambassadors to the World,” presented by Marjory Sente; and “ATA 75th Anniversary Celebration and Roundtable,” presented by ATA executive director Jennifer Miller, and ATA president Dawn Hamman.

The following groups will meet at the show: Scandinavian Collectors Club, Chicago Philatelic Society, Germany Philatelic Society Chapter No. 5 and the Illinois Postal History Society.

The catered awards banquet will be Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets ($75 each) must be purchased in advance.

Show attendees are asked to contact the hotel (on the Westin Chicago Northwest website or by calling 630-773-4000) to make reservations. Mention Chicagopex for the special room rate.

For further information about Chicagopex 2024, visit the show website.

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