National Philatelic Exhibitions

of Washington, D.C., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Events

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

2 pm to 6 pm

NAPEX Exhibition

Exhibitors report for set-up

Scott Room

5:30 pm to 9 pm

Public Auction Viewing

Alan Blair Stamp Auction #112

Gunston Room

 

 

 

Friday, June 6, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

9 am to 7 pm

Public Auction Viewing

Alan Blair Stamp Auction #112

Gunston Room

 

 

 

9am to 10 am

NAPEX Preview Exhibition and Bourse Opening

Start up to one hour earlier, open to all with the payment of a $10 fee (special badges will be issued for this preview at Table i )

 

 

 

 

10 am

NAPEX Public Exhibition and Bourse Opens

 

 

 

 

11 am to noon

USPS First Day Ceremony

$4.80 Priority Mail Stamp picturing Mount Rushmore

Martinique's

 

 

 

 

1 pm to 2 pm

UNPA First Day Ceremony

Six stamps of "Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons."

Martinique's

 

 

 

 

 

2 pm to 3 pm

American First Day Cover Society - Graebner Chapter #17

Program: "First Cachets"

Greenspring Room

 

 

 

2 pm to 3 pm

Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Presentation: “Philately and Research at the Smithsonian NPM”

Daniel Piazza, Assistant Curatorr, Speaker

Fairfax Room

3 pm to 4 pm

American Revenue Association

Presentation:  "Revenues on Covers,"  Bob Hohertz, Speaker

Fairfax Room

4 pm to 5 pm

Christmas Philatelic Club

Annual Meeting

Woodlawn Romm

4 pm to 6 pm

Visiting Firemen of Philately

Meeting:

Fairfax Room

 

 

 

6 pm

NAPEX Exhibition and Bourse Closes

 

 

 

 

6:30 pm to 8 pm

US Philatelic Classics Society

Presentation:  "John Fox Fakes,"  James E. Lee, Speaker

Fairfax Room

     

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

ARA Convention Social followed by

ARA Convention Dinner

$47 per person

J.R. Stockyard Inn

 

 

 

Saturday, June 7, 2008

 

 

9 am to 7 pm

Public Auction Viewing

Alan Blair Stamp Auction #112

Gunston Room

9 am to 11 am

NAPEX Preview Exhibition and Bourse Opening

Start up to one hour earlier, open to all with the payment of a $10 fee (special badges will be issued for this preview at Table i )

 

 

 

9 am to 11 am

American Revenue Association

General Meeting

Fairfax Room

 

 

 

9 am to 1 pm

Boy Scouts of America

Stamp Collecting Merit Badge Workshop:

Linda Hill and Bob Morgan, Counselors, reservation required

Lee Room

 

 

 

10 am

NAPEX Exhibition and Bourse Opens

 

 

 

 

10:30 am to 11 am

USPS First Day Ceremony

1 Cent Tiffany Lamp Coil

Martinique's

 

 

 

11 am to 4 pm

Cachetmakers Bourse

Martinique's

 

 

 

11 am to noon

Docent Tour of NAPEX Exhibits

Accredited APS Judge Charles Verge

Meet at Frame #1, Main Ballroom

 

 

 

11 am to noon

Souvenir Collector's Society

Meeting:  Washington Chapter

Fairfax Room

 

 

 

11 am to 1 pm

Society of Indo-China Philatelists

Meeting:  "French Colonies General Postal Stationery Used in Indo-China,"  Mark Isaacs, Speaker

and

"Indo-China Area Revenue Stamps and the New SICP Revenue Catalogues," Andrew Crenshaw, Speaker

Mt. Vernon Room

 

 

 

Noon to 1 pm

Universal Ship Cancellation Society – Admiral Byrd Chapter

Meeting

Woodlawn Room

 

 

 

1 pm to 2 pm

NAPEX Lecture Series  

"Confessions of a Philatelic Junkie - A Life Shaped by Stamp Collecting,"  John Hotchner, Speaker

Sherman Amphitheater

 

 

 

1 pm to 2 pm

Virginia Philatelic Federation  

Meeting

Jackson Room

 

 

 

2 pm to 3 pm

Virginia Postal History Society

Meeting

Woodlawn Room

 

 

 

2 pm to 3 pm

Judges Literature Critique

Alan Warren, Jury Chair

Greenspring Room

 

 

 

3 pm to 4 pm

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors

Open Forum on Exhibiting: Short Presentation on Title/Synopsis Pages:

Patricia Stilwell Walker and Charles Verge, Hosts

Fairfax Room

 

 

 

3 pm to 4 pm

France and Colonies Philatelic Society

Meeting

Mount Vernon Room

 

 

 

4 pm to 6 pm

Judges Philatelic Critique

Thomas C. Mazza, Jury Chair

Fairfax Room

 

 

 

6 pm

NAPEX Exhibition and Bourse Closes

 

 

 

 

7 pm

NAPEX Social Hour

Cash bar

Martinique’s

 

 

 

8 pm

NAPEX Awards Banquet

Tickets available at NAPEX Table i

$50 per person

Martinique’s

 

 

 

Sunday, June 8, 2008

 

 

9 am to 12:30 pm

Public Auction Viewing

Alan Blair Stamp Auction #112

Gunston Room

 

 

 

10 am

NAPEX Exhibition and Bourse Opens

 

 

 

 

11 am to 11:45 am

Docent Tour of NAPEX Exhibits

APS Accredited Judge Bob Hohertz

Meet at Frame #1, Main Ballroom