EXHIBITS SOUGHT FOR AMERICOVER 2007
Prospectus Now Available On Web Site Or By Mail
Exhibits are now being sought for Americover 2007, the American First Day Cover Society's annual convention and FDC show, which will be held Aug. 17-19 in Stamford, Conn.
Americover is a World Series of Philately show sanctioned by the American Philatelic Society, and its Grand Award winner is eligible to compete in the Champion of Champions exhibition the following summer.
"Having FDCs exhibits now a part of the C of C has elevated FDC exhibiting to the same level as Postal History or Aerophilately," said Andrew McFarlane, Americover 2005 Grand Award winner and the first exhibitor to represent Americover at Stampshow.
The Americover 2007 prospectus and exhibit application may be downloaded from the AFDCS Web site, www.afdcs.org, or requested by mail from Norman Elrod, 641 Dogwood Trail, McMinnville, TN 37110-3015, or e-mail at nelrod@infoave.net. A business-size self-addressed stamped envelope would be appreciated.
The emphasis at Americover is on First Day Cover exhibits, and about three-fourths of each exhibit should consist of FDCs. All three divisions (Postal, Illustrated Mail and Display) of the General class of exhibits will be accepted, as well as One-Frame and Youth exhibits.
In addition to the standard WSP exhibit awards and the Grand Award, the AFDCS offers special awards for research, foreign FDCs, single-frame, topical FDCs, and novice collectors, among others, and several other philatelic societies will make their awards available to Americover exhibitors, including the APS and the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors.
A total of 160 frames are available on a first-come first-served basis. AFDCS membership is not required to exhibit. The deadline for entering the Americover 2007 exhibition is June 15, 2007, or whenever the available frames fill up.
"Winning the Grand at Americover was the highlight of my exhibiting experience to date," said McFarlane.
In addition to the exhibition, Americover 2007 features a commercial bourse, a cachetmakers' bourse, a banquet, an informal auction, a tour before the show, a dinner event on Sunday evening, meetings and seminars, and a hospitality suite. A U.S. first-day ceremony is likely, too.
Once again, the AFDCS has held the Americover room-rate under $100 a night at the show hotel, the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa in downtown Stamford. The site is convenient to trains and buses, and just 13 miles from the White Plains, NY, airport ("HPN").
For more information on Americover 2007, visit the AFDCS Web site, www.afdcs.org, or write Norman Elrod via e-mail at nelrod@infoave.net.
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