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GPS Latitude/Longitude Coordinates: 42.897913,-77.307821; N 43 53' 52.487", W 77 18' 28.155"

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2020 ROPEX Show Committee

Awards: TBA Bourse: Dave Robinson Cancels/Cachet Designs: Amy Rau Cachet Sales: Carl Miller and RPA members Design-A-Stamp: Mary Iman Exhibits/Judges/Palmares: Tom Fortunato Hospitality Table: Chuck Schultz Publicity: Tom Fortunato

Site Coordination: Dave Robinson Treasurer: Dave Robinson Volunteers: Chuck Schultz Youth Activities: Mary Iman and RPA Members At-Large: Fred Haynes, John Lighthouse, Jack Rosenstein (Ex Officio) Assisted by the RPA Membership

2020 Schedule & Events

1st Place- Elizabeth Grbic Grade 3-5 Age 10, Grade 4 East Rochester Elementary (Rochester, NY)

2nd Place- Angelina Batz Grade 3-5 Age 10, Grade 4 East Rochester Elementary (Rochester, NY)

3rd Place- Andrew Newman Grade 3-5 Age 9, Grade 4 East Rochester Elementary (Rochester, NY)

1st Place- Chloe Goodin Grade 6-8 Age 13, Grade 7 Rondant Valley Jr High (High Falls, NY)

2nd Place- Wendy Stewart Grade 6-8 Age 11, Grade 6 Homeschool (Stone Ridge, NY)

3rd Place- Colin Stewart Grade 6-8 Age 13, Grade 7 Homeschool (Stone Ridge, NY)

For Exhibitors...

Exhibit with us! We will be happy to host your exhibit online free of charge ahead of the show.
Just supply us with 100 or 300 dpi images of your pages. Email stamptmf@frontiernet.net for details!

* Exhibiting RPA member
-Title page - Plan page - Synopsis page -1st frame photo

Single Frame	Division	Title	Description
Charles Ekstrom	Single Frame 1 frame	Out of the Water Closet	The history of the flushing toilet.
Paul Goodwin	Single Frame 1 frame	The Peruvian Guano Trade: Boom and Bust, 1854-1879	Exhibit uses postal and collateral material to illustrate the boom and bust cycle of Peru's guano trade. Secondary themes treat marketing of guano and other sources. see an older version of it
Clarence A. Stillions	Postal 1 frames	Canada Embossed Stamps, 1974-1981	The 10 stamps used to test if multicolor lithography and precision embossing would produce stamps as secure from counterfeiting as engraved stamps. see it online
General Multi-Frame	Division	Title	Description
Louis Caprario	Revenue 8 frames	United States Beer Stamps 1866-1919	A study of United States beer stamps up to Prohibition with special emphasis on provisional issues.
Bill and Vicki DiPaolo	Postcard 6 frames	Fabulous Las Vegas, An Illustrated History 1900-2000	A postcard exhibit illustrating the development of Las Vegas from its beginning in 1900 until 2000.
Charles Ekstrom	Display 5 frames	Roosevelt's Blue Buzzard	The NRA blue eagle, its evolution and usages.
John Flannery III *	Postal 7 frames	The Importance of the 2¢ Black Jack	A brief yet comprehensive overview of the design, essays, proofs, specimens, varieties and uses of this iconic stamp issue of 1863. see an older version of it (PDF)
Paul Goodwin	Display 8 frames	Development, Organization and Operation of Argentina's Railroads, 1867-1947	To show through railroad-related and collateral materials the development, organization and operation of Argentine railroads from inception (1857) to nationalization (1947).
Jon E. Krupnick	Traditional 6 frames	ALOHA - The 80¢ Diamond Head Stamp of 1952	This six frame traditional exhibit recounts the complete story of the 80¢ Diamond Head stamp of 1952.
Jon E. Krupnick	Postal 10 frames	Pan Am Clippers Conquer the Pacific	Development and operations of Pan American Airways trans-Pacific airmail routes, August 1933 to December 31, 1941.
John Lighthouse *	Revenue 10 frames	Using the Documents of Commerce to Fund the Civil War 1862-1872	This revenue fiscal history exhibit is focused on the revenue stamped documents taxable under the Revenue Act of 1862. see it online
Robert P. Meegan *	Postal 10 frames	United States Domestic Letter Rates from the Act of 1792 to October 1, 1883	A study of the letter postal rates from 1792 to 1883, and the social and economic aspects of the dramatic reduction of postal rates.
Jeffrey Shapiro *	Postal 5 frames	The United Nation's Response to the Post-WWII Displaced Persons' Crisis (1944-1950)	A philatelic overview of the United Nation's (and cooperating organizations') response to the post WWII refugee crisis, 1944-1950.
Gregory Shoults	Postal 8 frames	Washington & Franklin Rotary Press Coils and Coil Waste Issues 1914 to 1922	The exhibit features production examples and uses of the third Bureau rotary press coils and coil waste issues.
Clarence A. Stillions	Postal 8 frames	Machine Slogan Postmarks of the Washington, DC Post Office	The slogan killers used in the rapid canceling machines of the Washington, DC Post Office between 1897 and 2001.
Stephen L. Suffet *	Display 10 frames	Woody Guthrie: His Life and His Songs	Display exhibit recounts the life and illustrates selected song lyrics of one of the USA's most influential folk musicians.
Non-Competitive	Division	Title	Description
Stuart Keeley	Non-Competitive 1 frame	Niagara Frontier Federation of Stamp Clubs: A Brief Story	Detailing the shows hosted by some of the member clubs with covers, cancels, labels. see it online (PDF)