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ROPEX 2009 Rochester National Stamp Exhibition
An APS "World Series of Philately" Event

Friday, May 15 - Sunday, May 17

ESL Sports Centre, 2700 Brighton Henrietta Townline Rd.
Free Admission and Parking!   Hours: 11-6, 10-5, 10-3

Theme:
Abraham Lincoln on Stamps and Coins (see the new pennies- 8 meg flv file)

Days Hours Mins Secs to ROPEX 2009! Check out our pre-show flyer and show program!

General inquiries about the show may be emailed here or addressed to: ROPEX, PO Box 10206, Brighton Station, Rochester, NY 14610-0206 Phone: 585-752-6178 Click here to download a PDF: ROPEX 'Heads' poster, ROPEX 'Tails' poster, ROPEX brochure, Rochester brochure

      
(click the layout to see more about the Centre, click the map for directions)

2009 Show Committee

Chairman: Dave Robinson Awards: Raymond Stone Banquet: Dave Bombard Bourse: Dave Robinson Cachet and Cancel Designs: Joe Doles and Ada Prill Cachet Sales: Rick Kase Exhibits: Thomas Fortunato General Advisor: Frank Tritto

Graphic Designer/Publications: Al Starkweather Judges: Ann Triggle Publicity: Thomas Fortunato Raffle: Dave and Diane Bombard RPA Hospitality Table: Chuck Schultz Staging: Joe Doles Treasurer: Dave Robinson Youth Activities: Mary Iman

2009 Special Events

2009 Schedule & Events

For Exhibitors...

View a summary of exhibits (PDF).        View a layout of exhibits (PDF).
View the Complete Palmares awards list! (PDF).

Court of Honor
John Hotchner	Non-Comp. 10 frames	Worldwide Rarities and Uniquities	An exhibit showing the breadth and challenge of philately using material that is extremely difficult to find, though not always expensive. *** View selected pages ***
1 Frame
Duncan H. Barber*	Single Frame 1 frame	Great Britain: Decimal Registered Air Mail Letter Rates to Zone B: 1971 February 15th to 1991 September 15th Silver	A one-frame representation of the seventeen GB registered air mail letter rates from decimalization to the change in zone structures, as reflected by the dates. [Postal]
Allison Cusick	Single Frame 1 frame	Ranching and Farming in Canada's Prairie Provinces Before World War I Silver	Postcards illustrating ranching and farming in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Assiniboia 1900 to 1917. [Post Card]
Thomas M. Fortunato*	Single Frame 1 frame	That's a Postage Stamp? Silver Bronze	A fun sampler of the world s more unusual modern postage stamps. What would you call them? Imaginative novelties? Gimmicks? Collector rip-offs? See for yourself! See an online version by clicking here [Postal]
William J. Hart	Single Frame 1 frame	Rural Free Delivery in New York State Silver Bronze	To illustrate the NYS RFD postal marking system from its start in 1900, until the postal history aspect faded out after about 15 years. [Postal]
Walt Krasowski	Single Frame 1 frame	Varieties of the Two Cent Red Arch Issue with Emphasis on the Overprinted Counterpart of 1932 Silver	Plate flaws and surcharge varieties of both the regular and overprinted issues of this Canadian stamp as seen in mint singles, multiples and on cover. [Postal]
Walt Krasowski	Single Frame 1 frame	Glen Loates 1869-69 Bird Variants Silver	This exhibit shows in order of denomination various lithography varieties amongst each denomination in formats of mint singles, blocks, as well as on cover. [Postal]
Robert W. Lighthouse	Adult Class Single frame	Canada Map Stamp of 1898 Silver Bronze	A plating and variety study of this very first "Christmas" stamp. [Postal]
Gary Wayne Loew‡	Single Frame 1 frame	Up a Lazy River: The Village and Town Cancellations of The Gambia Silver	An imaginary trip down the Gambia River visiting the postal villages through covers, examining mail type, rates, routes, anomilies, and significant addresses and senders. bibliography [Postal]
Alan Parsons*	Single Frame 1 frame	19th Century Railroad Postal Markings Related to Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung and Tioga Counties, NY Silver	By use of 19th century railroad postal markings the exhibit traces growth of railroad mail service to 1900 in four contiguous "southern tier" NY counties. [Postal]
Gregory Shoults	Single Frame 1 frame	Washington and Franklin Coils Perf-8.5 1912 Issue Gold	The exhibit shows the production of the coils with domestic and foreign usages. [Postal]
Stephen L. Suffet*	Single Frame 1 frame	The Half Cent U.S. Liberty Series Stamp Used on Third Class Mail Silver	The USPOD issued the 1/2 Liberty Series stamp primarily for making up 3rd class rates. This exhibit looks at such usages. [Postal]
Multi-Frame
W. T. Averbeck	Adult Class 10 frames	The Small Queen Era - 1870-1900: A Study of the Rates, Regulations & Usages Gold	A Canadian domestic and foreign postal history exhibit beginning in 1870 with the Small Queen era until superceded by the Leaf and Jubilee issues. [Postal]
Edward J. Bailey‡	Adult Class 2 frames	The First 50 Years: Stamps and Covers, Great Britain 1840 to 1890 Silver Bronze	Stamps and covers from early Great Britain, including the famous Penny Black and representative plate number singles of the 1858 through 1883 issues. [Postal]
Edward J. Bailey‡	Adult Class 2 frames	United States "Two Cent Reds" 1901-1932 Silver Bronze	Stamps, covers, and first days of U.S. two cent red colored commemoratives from the 1901 Pan-American stamp through the 1932 Arbor Day issue. [Postal]
Paul L. Baker	Adult Class 4 frames	Cataloging and Correlating the Postal Cards and Letter Sheets of Trieste "A", AMG-FTT 1947 to 1954 Vermeil	Postal stationery exhibit presenting 74 common and rare examples of these issues, including errors and varieties in a logical sequence. Reference correlations provided for each. [Postal]
Paul L. Baker	Adult Class 6 frames	AMG Germany Postal Cards: The 1945 "M" Design Vermeil	Postal stationery exhibit of issues from the American and British Zones of Germany, including design details, paper colors and types, printing flaws, varieties and usages. [Postal]
Jonathan Becker	Adult Class 8 frames	Palestine Aerophilately: World War I - 1948 No Award	This aerophilately exhibit shows the breadth of aviation-related mail for the entire period of British Palestine, WWI through the end of the Mandate. [Postal] Did not arrive to be judged.
Jonathan Becker	Adult Class 10 frames	British Palestine: The Civil Administration No Award	This postal history exhibit shows the highly developed range of postal services engineered by the British, during their Civil Administration from 1920-1948. [Postal] Did not arrive to be judged.
George DeKornfeld*	Adult Class 5 frames	The First 125 Years of Post Marks & Postal Markings of Hudson, New York Vermeil	Marcophily exhibit examining the evolution of post marks and postal markings (and their possible combinations) of the first chartered city in independent America. references [Postal]
Bill DiPaolo	Adult Class 9 frames	The Gentleman from Pennsylvania Gold	The life and times of our 15th President, James Buchanan, as told by the postal history of his time through this special study. biography [Postal]
Chip Gliedman	Adult Class 5 frames	My Victoria - Imperforate Line Engraved Stamps of Great Britain from Plate Position 'CG' Gold	Traditional presentation covering the Penny Black, Twopence Blue, and Penny Red all printed from the 'CG' plate position (1 out of 240), this exhibitor's initials. [Postal]
Regis Hoffman	Adult Class 6 frames	Letters to the Stars Vermeil	Display exhibit of mail to Hollywood movie stars from the silent era to the present day. [Display]
Alice Johnson*	Adult Class 5 frames	A Multitude of Angels Silver	A thematic look at angels, their origins, myth and legend through the millennia. [Thematic] See an online version by clicking here
Stuart Keeley	Adult Class 4 frames	Celebrating our Hobby Silver Bronze	A light hearted look at stamps, souvenir sheets, covers, and cinderellas associated with stamp exhibitions over the years from the U.S., Canada and around the world. [Display]
Kurt W. Laubinger	Adult Class 5 frames	The Politically Inspired Cachets of Bruce R. McIntyre, 1936-1960 Vermeil	Hand-drawn and hand painted cachets of U.S. political events by Bruce R. McIntyre. [Illustrated Mail]
Graham Locke	Adult Class 8 frames	The Penny Black Plates Gold	See over 800 examples of this iconic stamp. [Postal]
Robert Meegan*	Adult Class 10 frames	United States Domestic Letter Rates From 1800 to 1900 Vermeil	Development, refinement, and modernization of the U.S. domestic letter rate system from the beginning of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. [Postal]
Orville F. Osborne	Adult Class 5 frames	Canada Imperial Penny Post 1898 Gold	This exhibit illustrates the history of the Penny Post and production of the map stamp, including varieties produced and anomolies and usages of the stamp. [Postal]
William W. Sammis	Adult Class 10 frames	The Expresses of Maine - Private & Postal 1840-1865 Gold	The postal history of the first twenty-five years of expressing letters, valuables and parcels within, to and from the state of Maine. [Postal]
Jeffrey Shapiro	Adult Class 10 frames	The Prexies at Work Gold	Selected examples of the varied usages of the 1938 Presidential Series, commonly known as the Prexies. [Postal]
Gregory Shoults	Adult Class 5 frames	Washington and Franklin Coils Rotary Press Issues 1914-1922 Gold	The exhibit shows production of the rotary press coils with domestic, foreign, and war rate postal usages of the time period. [Postal]
Stephen L. Suffet*	Adult Class 5 frames	Postal History of the United States 3-Cent Circular Die Stamped Envelopes: Rates and Usages 1917-1960 Vermeil	How the 3 Circular Die envelopes were used in their day, including envelopes revalued to 2 or 4 , or overprinted for official use. [Postal]
Non-Competitive
ROPEX	Non- competitive 1 frame	Introduction to Exhibiting	This frame will help viewers understand the exhibiting process, explain exhibit types and outline the various prizes to be awarded.
Edward J. Bailey‡	Non- competitive 2 frames	Abraham Lincoln on United States Stamps	A variety of U.S. stamps and other philatelic items honoring our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, in chronical order by date of issue.
Raymond M. Stone*	Adult Class 2 frames	Lincoln, Philatelically Speaking	A fun illustrated mail exhibit honoring Abraham Lincoln, primarily on first day covers. [Illustrated Mail]
Norm Wright,* editor, Casey Jones Railroad Unit	Non- competitive 2 frames	Casey Jones Dispatcher Literature Display Frame	Featured pages from this American Topical Association Study Unit's popular bi-monthly publication, "The Dispatcher." Visit their table at the show for information and membership details.

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