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ROPEX 2021
The ROPEX Rochester National Stamp Show
A 2-Day APS "World Series of Philately" Event
ROPEX 2021 Has Been Cancelled. Join us in 2022!
Sponsored by the Rochester Philatelic Association

It is with regret that due to Covid constraints ROPEX 2021 scheduled for May 21-22 will not take place.
The complete ROPEX 2021 page can be viewed by clicking here.

2021 ROPEX exhibits accepted before cancellation: 75 competitive frames, 1 non-competitive.

* 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 earlier version of it

Gregory Shoults
coilcollector@hotmail.com Postal
1 frame Washington & Franklin Coils 1910 Issues Displaying an important stage in the development of the Third bureau coils with production examples and uses on cover to domestic and foreign destinations.
see an earlier version of it

Daniel C. Warren
dwarrenmd@cox.net Postal
1 frame Richmond, Virginia 1786-1799 Eighteenth century postal history of one of the first 75 post offices in the United States. see an earlier version of it

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.

Charles Ekstrom Display
5 frames Roosevelt's Blue Buzzard The NRA blue eagle, its evolution and usages.

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).

John Lighthouse *
jlighthouse1@rochester.rr.com 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 an earlier version of it

Robert P. Meegan *
meegan9697@roadrunner.com 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. exhibit reference material

Jeffrey Shapiro *
coverlover@gmail.com 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
coilcollector@hotmail.com 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
castillions@aol.com 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 an earlier version of it

Stephen L. Suffet *
ssuffet@nyc.rr.com Postal
6 frames The Twilight of the Prexies, 1954-1962 Usages of the U.S. Presidential Series after the Post Office Department began to introduce the Liberty Series.

Non-Competitive Division Title Description

Stuart Keeley
stuart.keeley@sympatico.ca 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)

Dealers from our last ROPEX included...

1840-1950 Mostly Stamps
Table 10 PO Box 423,
Milford, NH 03055-0423 (603) 673-7180
hstamps@jlc.net US, British Empire, worldwide and Scott catalogues

Dave Allego
Table 2 PO Box 69,
Salem, OH 44460 (234) 567-4181
dallego@neo.rr.com Worldwide covers, cinderellas, picture postcards, ephemera

Armstrong Cachets
Table C1 PO Box 24663
Rochester, NY 14624-4663 karmstr2@rochester.rr.com
Web site: www.armstrongcachets.com US hand-pained first day and commemorative covers

Ed Bailey, Philatelist
Table 1 PO Box 2338,
Syracuse, NY 13220 (315) 345-9647 US and worldwide stamps, US coins

Canterbury Stamps
Table 6 10 Chaucer Rd,
Nashua, NH 03062 (603) 888-4317
adaptron@comcast.net
Web site: www.canterburystamps.com Worldwide, US (singles and mint sheets), topicals

Donofrio Philatelics
Table 13 110 Chestnut Dr,
Rochester, NY 14624 (585) 747-7218
loofer@rochester.rr.com US, Canada and worldwide stamps

Doubleday Postal History
Table 8 PO Box 70,
Rindge, NH 03461 (603) 889-9085
annedoubleday@myfairpoint.net US postal history

E&L Coins
Table 14 PO Box 0079,
North Chili, NY 14514-0079 (585) 721-1575
eandlcoins@gmail.com
Web site: www.EandLcoins.com US classic stamps, US sheets, foreign stamps, coins (US/foreign), currency

Greco Stamps
Table 9 1190 Nolan Rd,
Macedon, NY 14502 (315) 986-7948
verycreativecreations@gmail.com US and worldwide stamps, US and Canadian revenues

Terry Kurzinski Covers
Table 5 PO Box 175,
Cherry Valley, IL 61016 (815) 262-9117
tkurzinski2002@yahoo.com Worldwide covers, inc. US older/FDCs, pre-1940 US/Poland stamps

McCloud Stamps & Covers, Coins
Table 7 109 Maple Center Rd,
Hilton, NY 14468 (585) 507-3533
jstoltz@rochester.rr.com
Web site: www.mccloudstampsandcoins.com US, Canada, Br. Commonwealth, France, US coins

R.J. Associates
Table 12 PO Box 774,
Bradford, PA 16701-0774 (814) 362-4471
cry@atlanticbb.net US, topicals, foreign classics

S & C Resnick
Table 3 2783 W Lake Rd,
Cazenovia, NY 13035 (315) 655-2810
resn@aol.com Postal history, stamps, ephemera

W. D. "Bill" Snyder
Table 4 2469 Kyle Rd,
York, PA 17402 (717) 741-5807
billsplacepa@yahoo.com Classic to modern first day and topical covers

Spinelli Specials
Table 16 Rochester, NY (585) 749-3031
rspinell@rochester.rr.com Dollar covers, post cards, American history and more

Laurence L. Winum
Table 11 PO Box 247,
Walden, NY 12586-0247 (800) 914-8090
winum@frontiernet.net US and Germany stamps and covers

Future Show Dates
ROPEX 2022- May 20-21, National WSP Show

Canandaigua, NY Weather Forecast (zip 14424)
Last updated on February 4, 2021
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