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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 JPG images of your pages. Email stamptmf@frontiernet.net for details!

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* 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, 1845-1879	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
Douglas Irwin	Single Frame 1 frame	The $1 Centennial Definitive of Canada - The Stamp and its Usages	The exhibit shows the $1 stamp of the Centennial Definitives of Canada and its use for the payment of various types of mail and services.
Larry Lyons	Single Frame 1 frame	Pomeroy’s Letter Express- A Tale of Deceit, Success and Shutdown	A study of one independent mail company's handling of interstate mail with proof they continued to send letters by their divested express company.
Wayne Schuetz	Postal 1 frame	NYC Exchange and City Registered Labels, 1883-1911	The exhibit shows the detail, research and new type numbering system on New York City registered labels. see it online
Gregory Shoults	Postal 1 frame	Star Plate: The 1c Third Bureau Coils and Coil Waste Issues From 1908 and 1910	The exhibit follows the development of the Star Plate by showing the different production changes and coil waste material from the issues.
Clarence A. Stillions	Postal 1 frame	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 from inception to Prohibition with special emphasis on provisional issues.
Tom Costelloe	Thematic 4 frames	Italia 90	This exhibit chronicles soccer's 1990 World Cup hosted by Italy.
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, 1857-1947	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.
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.
Gheorghii Plugari	Display 8 frames	Philatelic Artwork of Vladimir Melnic, Artist and Stamp Designer	Stamps, FDCs, maximum cards and other philatelic material designed by the artist for two postal authorities, Moldova Post and Kyrgyz Express Post, between 2003-2019.
Wayne Schuetz	Postal 4 frames	Examiner Markings Used in NYC, 1878-1902	The exhibit shows all the Type EM2, EM3, EM4 and EM5 examiner markings of New York City. see prior exhibit 1878-1882, see prior exhibit 1883-1902
Jeffrey Shapiro *	Postal 9 frames	The Beleaguered Mark: Keeping Pace With the German Inflation of 1919-1923	Examples of rates and destinations on covers canceled on the first and last day of each of the twenty-three rate periods between 1919 and 1923.
Gregory Shoults	Postal 7 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. see it online
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
Ed Bailey	Non-Competitive 1 frame	1939 Baseball	America's first baseball commemorative of 1939, stamps and classic covers.
Ed Bailey	Non-Competitive 1 frame	1939 World's Fair	The 1939 New York World's Fair's most prolific souvenir, US Scott 853, stamps and classic covers.
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)