|
Year |
Dates Held |
Event - Theme |
|
1921 |
Dec |
Unveiling of the Municipal Collection |
|
1933 |
Nov 13-18 |
Stamp Expo |
|
1934 |
Aug 11- Sept 2 |
Rochester Centennial Hobby Show |
|
1937 |
May 14 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1938 |
Mar 21-26 |
4th Annual Hobby Show |
|
1938 |
|
RPA 25th Silver Anniversary Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1939 |
May 11 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1945 |
Aug 30- Sept 1 |
7th Annual Hobby Show |
|
1950 |
June 3 |
37th RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1951 |
|
2nd Niagara Frontier Federation Exhibition |
|
1956 |
Apr 1-12 |
Regional FIPEX Junior Exhibition |
|
1957 |
May 18 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1957 |
Oct 5-6 |
8th Niagara Frontier Federation Exhibition |
|
1958 |
May 23-25 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1959 |
Apr 24-26 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet -
New York Year of History |
|
1960 |
May 21-22 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1961 |
May 12-14 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1961 |
Oct 20-22 |
12th Niagara Frontier Federation Exhibition -
Now Under One Flag |
|
1962 |
May 19-20 |
RPA Exhibition and Banquet |
|
1963 |
Apr 26-28 |
RPA 50th Golden Anniversary and Exhibition |
|
1965 |
May 1-2 |
RPA/Finger Lakes Stamp Club Joint Exhibition |
|
1966 |
Nov 4-6 |
17th Niagara Frontier Federation Exhibition -
United We Stand |
|
1967 |
June 23-25 |
RPA Exhibition and 16th American Topical Association Convention |
|
1968 |
Sept 19-22 |
RPA Exhibition and 82nd APS Convention -
United Nations World Weather Watch |
|
1971 |
Sept 24-26 |
ROPEX’71 -
Monroe County Sesquicentennial |
|
1972 |
June 16-18 |
ROPEX’72 and UNIPEX IV Joint Show -
125th Anniversary of the First U.S. Postage Stamps |
|
1973 |
June 22-24 |
ROPEX’73 -
The Colonial Post Rider |
|
1974 |
June 21-23 |
ROPEX’74 and ATA TOPEX Joint Show -
UPU Centennial |
|
1976 |
Nov 12-14 |
ROPEX’76 -
American Revolution Bicentennial |
|
1978 |
Apr 14-16 |
ROPEX’78 -
125th Anniversary of the New York Central Railroad |
|
1979 |
Oct 19-21 |
ROPEX’79 -
50th Anniversary of the Canadian Bluenose Stamp |
|
1981 |
Mar 13-15 |
ROPEX’81 -
100th Ann. of the Red Cross/200th Ann. of Yorktown |
|
1982 |
Mar 26-28 |
ROPEX’82 -
175th Ann. of Fulton/200th Ann. of the US Great Seal |
|
1983 |
Mar 25-27 |
ROPEX’83 -
1880’s Handcar/Railroad Transportation |
|
1984 |
Mar 23-25 |
ROPEX’84 -
150th Anniversary of the City of Rochester |
|
1985 |
Mar 22-24 |
ROPEX’85 -
American Space Achievements/14 cent Iceboat |
|
1986 |
Mar 21-23 |
ROPEX’86 -
Forms of Transportation |
|
1987 |
Mar 27-29 |
ROPEX’87 -
Aviation |
|
1988 |
Mar 25-27 |
ROPEX’88 -
Rail Transportation |
|
1989 |
Apr 21-23 |
ROPEX’89 -
United Nations World Weather Watch Anniversary |
|
1990 |
Mar 23-25 |
ROPEX’90 -
150 Years of Women on Stamps |
|
1991 |
Apr 5-7 |
ROPEX’91 -
Local Lighthouses
"F" Tulip Definitive |
|
1992 |
Mar 27-29 |
ROPEX’92 -
500th Anniversary, Columbus Discovering America |
|
1993 |
Mar 26-28 |
ROPEX’93 -
100 Years of Commemoratives
25th Anniversary, APS Champion of Champions |
|
1994 |
Apr 8-10 |
ROPEX’94 -
Trains and the Mail |
|
1995 |
Apr 7-9 |
ROPEX’95 -
Man In Space |
|
1996 |
Apr 12-14 |
ROPEX’96 -
100th Anniversary of the Modern Olympic Games |
|
1997 |
Mar 7-9 |
ROPEX’97 -
150th Anniversary of the First U.S. Postage Stamps |
|
1998 |
Mar 6-8 |
ROPEX’98 -
30th anniversary of the movie, "2001- A Space Odyssey",
60th anniversary of the radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds",
90th anniversary of L. Frank Baum's book, "Dorothy & the Wizard of Oz"
|
|
1999 |
Mar 19-21 |
ROPEX’99 -
Apollo Missions 8, 11 and 17
|
|
2000 |
Mar 17-19 |
ROPEX 2000 -
Trains
|
|
2001 |
Mar 16-18 |
ROPEX 2001 -
Christmas Philately
|
|
2002 |
Mar 8-10 |
ROPEX 2002 -
100 Years of the Teddy Bear
|
|
2003 |
June 20-22 |
ROPEX 2003 -
175 Years of Railroading in America
100 Years of Manned Flight
50 Years of the Corvette
|
|
2004 |
June 18-20 |
ROPEX 2004 -
Birds of North America
|
|
2005 |
June 10-12 |
ROPEX 2005 -
Kids and Stamps/Sports/Their Pets
|
|
2006 |
No show |
|
|
2007 |
May 18-20 |
ROPEX 2007 -
50 Ann. of Sputnik, Ice Hockey, 100th Ann. of Scout Camps
|
|
2008 |
May 16-18 |
ROPEX 2008 -
100th anniversary of the Washington-Franklin definitives, Switzerland, Scouting
|
|
2009 |
May 15-17 |
ROPEX 2009 -
Abraham Lincoln on Stamps and Coins
|
|
2010 |
May 14-16 |
ROPEX 2010 -
100th Anniversary of Scouting in America,
15th Anniversary of Stamp Camp USA
|
|
2011 |
May 13-15 |
ROPEX 2011 -
50 Years of Americans in Space
|
|
2012 |
May 18-20 |
ROPEX 2012 -
100th Anniversaries of The Titanic and the Rochester Numismatic Association
|
|
2013 |
May 17-19 |
ROPEX/NTSS 2013 -
Two Shows in One, Trains
|
|
2014 |
May 16-18 |
ROPEX 2014 -
Hot Cars
|
|
2015 |
May 15-17 |
ROPEX 2015 -
Elvis Presley- Return to Sender
|
|
2016 |
May 20-22 |
ROPEX 2016 -
National Park Service 1916-2016
|
|
2017 |
May 19-20 |
ROPEX 2017 -
200th Anniversary of the Start of Erie Canal Construction
|
|
2018 |
May 18-19 |
ROPEX 2018 -
100th Anniversary of Scheduled Air Mail Service in the U.S.
|
|
2019 |
May 17-18 |
ROPEX 2019 -
150th and 50th Anniversaries- Transcontinental Railroad Golden Spike (1869) and Man on the Moon (1969)
|
|
2020 |
May 15-16: Covid cancelled |
ROPEX 2020 -
400th and 100th Anniversaries- Landing of the Mayflower (1620) and U.S. Women's Suffrage/19th Amendment (1920)
|
|
2021 |
May 21-22: Covid cancelled |
ROPEX 2020 -
400th Anniversary- first Pilgrim "Thanksgiving" feast
|
|
Year |
Show Location |
Frames |
Exhibits |
Dealers |
|
1921 |
Municipal Museum |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
|
|
|
|
|
1934 |
Municipal Museum |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
Genesee Baptist Church |
|
|
|
|
1938 |
Municipal Museum |
|
|
|
|
1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
1939 |
|
|
|
|
|
1945 |
Municipal Museum |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
Seneca Hotel |
|
|
|
|
1951 |
|
|
|
|
|
1956 |
U of R’s Rush Rhees’ Library |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
J & L Restaurant |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
Hotel Sheraton |
156 |
76 |
|
|
1958 |
Rochester Museum |
80 |
|
|
|
1959 |
Rochester Museum |
84 |
32 |
|
|
1960 |
Eagle’s Club |
95 |
37 |
|
|
1961 |
Rochester Museum |
91 |
33 |
|
|
1961 |
Manger Motel |
172 |
57 |
|
|
1962 |
Eagle’s Club |
93 |
33 |
|
|
1963 |
Midtown Plaza |
743 |
123 |
16 |
|
1965 |
Canandaigua |
82 |
22 |
|
|
1966 |
Hotel Sheraton |
|
|
|
|
1967 |
Manger Hotel |
119 |
52 |
|
|
1968 |
Hotel Sheraton |
360 |
86 |
21 |
|
1971 |
Flagship Rochester Hotel |
204 |
77 |
20 |
|
1972 |
Flagship Rochester Hotel |
138 |
57 |
|
|
1973 |
Flagship Rochester Hotel |
224 |
64 |
22 |
|
1974 |
Flagship Rochester Hotel |
246 |
64 |
25 |
|
1976 |
Americana Rochester |
159 |
42 |
25 |
|
1978 |
Rochester Chamber of Commerce |
134 |
38 |
22 |
|
1979 |
Rochester Chamber of Commerce |
144 |
28 |
22 |
|
1981 |
Americana Rochester |
208 |
45 |
28 |
|
1982 |
Americana Rochester |
197 |
42 |
33 |
|
1983 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
208 |
48 |
27 |
|
1984 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
168 |
33 |
28 |
|
1985 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
212 |
41 |
27 |
|
1986 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
212 |
38 |
23 |
|
1987 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
216 |
42 |
25 |
|
1988 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
228 |
42 |
26 |
|
1989 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
204 |
41 |
29 |
|
1990 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
221 |
44 |
32 |
|
1991 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
246 |
46 |
34 |
|
1992 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
246 |
47 |
35 |
|
1993 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
246 |
42 |
36 |
|
1994 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
240 |
43 |
35 |
|
1995 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
240 |
43 |
35 |
|
1996 |
Holiday Inn- Genesee Plaza |
240 |
43 |
34 |
|
1997 |
Diplomat Banquet Center |
246 |
57 |
38 |
|
1998 |
Diplomat Banquet Center |
246 |
48 |
34 |
|
1999 |
Diplomat Banquet Center |
240 |
52 |
32 |
|
2000 |
Diplomat Banquet Center |
216 |
49 |
32 |
|
2001 |
Diplomat Banquet Center |
216 |
45 |
32 |
|
2002 |
Diplomat Banquet Center |
158 |
31 |
32 |
|
2003 |
Webster Field House |
250 |
53 |
40 |
|
2004 |
Webster Field House |
252 |
58 |
40 |
|
2005 |
Webster Field House |
238 |
55 |
31 |
|
2006 |
No show |
|
|
|
|
2007 |
ESL Sports Centre |
191 |
46 |
28 |
|
2008 |
ESL Sports Centre |
194 |
41 |
28 |
|
2009 |
ESL Sports Centre |
160 |
37 |
29 |
|
2010 |
The Sports Centre |
133 |
30 |
27 |
|
2011 |
The Sports Centre |
136 |
32 |
30 |
|
2012 |
The Sports Centre |
122 |
26 |
23 |
|
2013 |
Main Street Armory |
130 |
26 |
30 |
|
2014 |
Main Street Armory |
70 |
16 |
15 |
|
2015 |
Canandaigua Civic Center |
194 |
42 |
20 |
|
2016 |
Canandaigua Civic Center |
42 |
17 |
15 |
|
2017 |
Canandaigua Civic Center |
128 |
26 |
18 |
|
2018 |
Canandaigua Civic Center |
116 |
26 |
16 |
|
2019 |
Canandaigua Civic Center |
104 |
26 |
14 |
|
2020 |
Canandaigua Civic Center |
cancelled |
cancelled |
cancelled |
|
2021 |
Canandaigua Civic Center |
cancelled |
cancelled |
cancelled |
|
Year |
Show Chairman |
Special Notes |
|
1921 |
|
|
|
1933 |
|
Co-sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce |
|
1934 |
|
Part of the Monroe County Fair |
|
1937 |
|
|
|
1938 |
|
|
|
1938 |
|
|
|
1939 |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
|
1951 |
|
|
|
1956 |
Mrs. Joseph G. White |
Winning exhibit sent to FIPEX, NYC |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1957 |
A.J. Winnemark |
|
|
1958 |
Helen Lauer |
|
|
1959 |
Gordon Morison &
Mrs. Thomas Cocking |
|
|
1960 |
Edwin Meyering |
|
|
1961 |
Jacob Legeer |
|
|
1961 |
S. Clark Place |
|
|
1962 |
William Arthur &
Gordon Stenzel |
|
|
1963 |
Gordon Morison |
Hosted first day, UN stamps/stationery |
|
1965 |
Wolfgang Fritzsche |
|
|
1966 |
|
|
|
1967 |
Dorothy Fordham Smith |
|
|
1968 |
Gordon Morison |
1st Champion of Champions,
literature competition |
|
1971 |
Edward Fisk |
|
|
1972 |
Edward Fisk |
|
|
1973 |
Andy Hale |
Hosted first day, 8 cent postrider stamp |
|
1974 |
John Kalbfus |
24th ATA Convention |
|
1976 |
Nathan Hamblin |
|
|
1978 |
William Erwin&
Nathan Hamblin |
|
|
1979 |
Edward Fisk &
Ray Stone |
|
|
1981 |
John Kellas |
|
|
1982 |
Nancy Zielinski |
|
|
1983 |
Jim Papin |
Hosted first day, 3 cent handcar stamp |
|
1984 |
Larry Moriarty |
|
|
1985 |
Rick Kase |
Hosted first day, 14 cent iceboat stamp |
|
1986 |
Jim Papin |
|
|
1987 |
Larry Moriarty |
|
|
1988 |
Rick Kase |
|
|
1989 |
Rick Kase |
Hosted first day, UN World Weather Watch stamps |
|
1990 |
Ada Prill & Ellie Phelps |
|
|
1991 |
Ada Prill & Ellie Phelps |
Hosted first day, "F" tulip stamp |
|
1992 |
Rick Kase |
|
|
1993 |
Larry Moriarty |
APS Spring Meeting |
|
1994 |
Paul Gerwitz |
|
|
1995 |
Rick Kase |
|
|
1996 |
Ada Prill |
|
|
1997 |
Ray Stone |
|
|
1998 |
Tom Fortunato |
meeting by the Postal History Society |
|
1999 |
Paul Gerwitz |
UN First Day Ceremony- Australian Heritage |
|
2000 |
Paul Gerwitz |
|
|
2001 |
Tom Fortunato |
meetings by the Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society and the Christmas Philatelic Club |
|
2002 |
Ray Stone |
|
|
2003 |
Tom Fortunato |
first year at the Webster Field House |
|
2004 |
George Fekete |
Multi-State Postal History Exhibit Competition, Auxiliary Markings Club 1st national meeting |
|
2005 |
Rick Kase |
Youth Champion of Champions Competition |
|
2006 |
No show |
Washington 2006 |
|
2007 |
Ray Stone and Frank Tritto |
first year at ESL Sports Centre |
|
2008 |
Ray Stone and Frank Tritto |
conventions of the American Helvetia Philatelic Society and Scouts on Stamps
International (SOSSI), first day for Errol Woods, NH and St. Johns, Virgin Islands airmail stamps |
|
2009 |
Dave Robinson |
First day of sale for the 3 ounce 78 cent Mary Lasker definitive. Also FDOS for copper dated Forever stamp. |
|
2010 |
Rick Kase, Dave Robinson, Raymond Stone, Frank Tritto |
|
|
2011 |
Tom Fortunato |
The Northeastern Multi-State Postal History Exhibiting Competition |
|
2012 |
The Committee |
|
|
2013 |
The Committee |
Duo show with the American Topical Association, 100th RPA Anniversary |
|
2014 |
The Committee |
|
|
2015 |
The Committee |
Auxiliary Markings Club national meeting |
|
2016 |
The Committee |
|
|
2018 |
The Committee |
|
|
2018 |
The Committee |
|
|
2019 |
The Committee |
|
|
2020 |
The Committee |
|
|
2021 |
The Committee |
|
|
Year |
Grand Award Winner |
Title of Winning Exhibit |
|
1921 |
|
|
|
1933 |
|
|
|
1934 |
|
|
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1937 |
|
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|
1938 |
|
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|
1938 |
|
|
|
1939 |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
|
1951 |
|
|
|
1956 |
John McKusker, Jr. |
|
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1958 |
|
|
|
1959 |
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
|
1961 |
|
|
|
1961 |
John B. Morton |
Cancellations on French Stamps: 1849-1876 |
|
1962 |
Jacob J. Legeer |
1851-1857 Three Cent Issue |
|
1963 |
Henry Blum |
Swiss Stamps 1799-1862 |
|
1965 |
Warren C. Stevens |
1922 Provisional Issue of Guatemala |
|
1966 |
|
|
|
1967 |
|
|
|
1968 |
Robert H. Cunliffe |
18th-19th Century United States Revenues |
|
1971 |
|
|
|
1972 |
|
|
|
1973 |
Swetland |
Antigua through the Tercentenary Issue |
|
1974 |
Gobie |
The Speedy - From Dawn to Midnight |
|
1976 |
Larry R. Paige |
Canadian Flag Cancels 1896-Date |
|
1978 |
|
|
|
1979 |
|
|
|
1981 |
Von Francois |
German Field Post in Southwest Africa, 1903-1907 |
|
1982 |
|
|
|
1983 |
|
|
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1984 |
|
|
|
1985 |
John Birkinbine III |
Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 |
|
1986 |
Robert P. Meegan |
The Large Ungrilled Bank Note Issues of 1870 to 1888 |
|
1987 |
Robert Collins |
Alaska - Water Routes and Markings |
|
1988 |
|
|
|
1989 |
Michael Jolly |
Germania Issues of 1899 to 1922 |
|
1990 |
Edgar Marston |
Cayman Islands 1889-1936 |
|
1991 |
Thomas Corette |
1893 Two Cent Columbian Stamp |
|
1992 |
G.H. Davis |
Canada Special Delivery |
|
1993 |
George Kramer |
Across the Continent |
|
1994 |
W. Danforth Walker |
Grenada, 1752-1911 |
|
1995 |
John Hill |
Confederate States General Issues |
|
1996 |
Dr. Guy R. Dillaway |
Cape of Good Hope Postal History |
|
1997 |
Edward Lettick |
The Development of Airmail in the Philippine Islands: the Early Years, 1919-1935 |
|
1998 |
John L. Robertson, MD |
Cross Border Mails: USA and British North America to 1897 |
|
1999 |
Alfred F. Kugel |
Turmoil in the Bulkans |
|
2000 |
Robert L. Markovitz |
U.S. Special Delivery Issues 1885-1917 Including Possessions |
|
2001 |
Harlan F. Stone |
Switzerland 1862-1883: The Perforated Sitting Helvetia |
|
2002 |
Ronald Brigham |
The Dominion of Canada: The Small Queens 1870-1897 |
|
2003 |
R. Timothy Bartshe |
Orange Free State Republican Postal Issues 1868-1900 |
|
2004 |
Robert C. Stein |
Nauru: German Colonial and British Overprint Periods |
|
2005 |
Fred Fawn |
Canada Imperial Penny Post 1898 |
|
2006 |
No show |
|
|
2007 |
Robert L. Markovits |
The United States Special Delivery Issues of the 19th Century 1885-1902: The Running Messenger |
|
2008 |
Steve P. Turchik |
The Usage of Switzerland's Imperforate Sitting Helvetia Issue of 1854-1863 |
|
2009 |
SW. T. Averbeck |
The Small Queen Era - 1870-1900: A Study of the Rates, Regulations & Usages |
|
2010 |
Harlan F. Stone |
Switzerland's Domestic and International Postal Services During July 1, 1862 - November 30, 1891 |
|
2011 |
Eliot A. Landau |
Classic France: Postal History of the Ceres and Napoleon Issues |
|
2012 |
Graham Locke |
Penny Black Plates- The Stamps, Varieties and Usage |
|
2013 |
Gregory Shoults |
Washington and Franklin Rotary Press Coils 1914-1922 Perforated 10 Issues Production and Uses
|
|
2014 |
Rodney W. Paige |
Great Britain: The Early Cancellations
|
|
2015 |
William J. Johnson |
James William Denver- The Man & His Times
|
|
2016 |
No one |
Non-competitive exhibits
|
|
2017 |
Anthony F. Dewey |
A Postal History of Hartford, Connecticut
|
|
2018 |
Gregory Shoults |
Washington & Franklin Coils: Third Bureau Perforated Issues 1908-1922
|
|
2018 |
Dr. Sammy Chiu |
Development of Chinese Imperial Post Office 1897-1899, Transformation from Customs Post Office
|
|
2019 |
Greg Galletti |
The League of Nations–The War Years
|
|
2020 |
show cancelled |
show cancelled
|
|
2021 |
show cancelled |
show cancelled
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