Westpex show celebrates California statehood

By Linn’s Staff

The annual Westpex stamp show will take place April 25-27 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, Calif., near San Francisco.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. There is a $5 admission fee, good for all three days, with children under the age of 15, accompanied by an adult, admitted free.

A bourse (sales area) of more than 70 national and international dealers will offer stamps, postal history and supplies.

A youth area will offer free stamps and supplies for young collectors, and a Boy Scout merit badge program is scheduled for Sunday, April 28 at 9 a.m.

Schuyler Rumsey Auctions of San Francisco will conduct its Westpex sale April 23-27 at the show hotel. The lots, ranging from single items to large collections, will be available to view before the auction.

Westpex 2025 has chosen the 175th anniversary of California statehood as its theme with the show slogan: “Celebrating the Golden State at 175 – Dynamic and Diverse.”

“Now approaching its Bicentennial in another Quarter Century, California remains dynamic and diverse, even for its active philatelic community, including WESTPEX,” the stamp show’s website said.

Michael S. Turinni, an avid and multifaceted hobbyist, will give a presentation on the show theme during the show’s opening at 9:30 a.m. Friday. There will be some giveaways for those attending the opening.

This World Series of Philately open exhibition will feature more than 250 frames of exhibits.

The guest societies will be the American Helvetia Philatelic Society, Rossica Society of Russian Philately, Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society International and Rhodesian Study Circle.

Numerous specialty societies, clubs and study groups will hold a variety of meetings and seminars during the three-day event. The first-day ceremony for the United Nations Postal Administration’s Endangered Species stamps will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m., and the first-day ceremony for the United States Postal Service’s Dahlias forever stamps will take place at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

American Philatelic Society executive director Scott English will host a town hall meeting Saturday at 11 a.m., while Yamil Kouri, Boston 2026 World Expo president, will present a session about the upcoming international show at 1 p.m. the same day.

Because Westpex is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show, the multiframe grand award winner is eligible for the Champion of Champions competition at the Great American Stamp Show in Schaumburg, Ill., Aug. 14-17.

The Westpex 2025 single-frame grand award winner will be eligible for the single-frame championship at the Chicagopex show Nov. 21-23 in Itasca, Ill.

An awards banquet will take place Saturday evening. The Westpex 2025 jury includes chief judge Mark Banchik, Mark Loomis, Kathy Johnson, Raymond J. Pietruszka and Steve McGill.

For more information and a complete schedule of all show events, visit www.westpex.org.

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