Exhibits

 

Special Court Of Honor

 

ARIPEX 2012 would like to extend a very special thank you for the kindness and generosity

of Mr. William Gross,  Mr. George Kramer and Mr. Charles Shreve who have

graciously loaned the very special items pictured below which will be on display

in a Special Court Of Honor at ARIPEX 2012.

Courtesy William H. Gross and Mr. Charles Shreve. The famous corner plate maker initial block of the inverted jenny stamp printed by error in 1918.	Courtesy Mr. George Kramer. "America's First Day Cover." A unique letter addressed to Mr. John Hancock in Philadelphia postmarked on July 4, 1776 while Mr. Hancock was busy signing the Declaration Of Independence.	Courtesy William H. Gross and Mr. Charles Shreve. One of two surviving Pony Express letters that were stolen by Indians after killing the express rider. The letter was found nearly two years later and then sent on through the mails to the recipient.

 

Exhibits For ARIPEX 2012

 

Below is a list of the exhibits have been accepted to show at ARIPEX 2012.

 

Exhibitor	Title	Starting Frame #	Ending Frame #
Marian Bowman	Here I Stand - Martin Luther And His Place In The Reformation	1	8
George Bowman	The New Zealand Mt. Cook Half-Penny design of 1898	9	13
John Wynns	Peru - 1897 Lima Post Office Issue	14	14
Joe Youssefi	The Meched, Persia Postal Rebellion of 1902	15	18
John Birkinbine	Pioneer Arizona Area Classics	19	28
Hugh Lawrence	The Late Civil War Forerunners & Provisional Issues in E. China	29	33
Robert Burney	China - Revolutionary Martyers of the Kurmintang	34	36
Roland H. Cipolla II	Postally Used Newspapers Of The Early United States - 1757 To 1815	37	38	Court Of Honor
Mark Schwartz	Boston Postal History - 1703-1851	39	46
Mark Banchik	The Mexican/American War: 1846-1848	47	54
Gordon Eubanks	First Federally Issued Postage Stamps of the United States	55	64	Court Of Honor
Larry Lyons	Carrier Service in the Major US Cities: 1842-63	65	72
Vern Morris	Fighting the Fed in Philadelphia: Carriers, Local Posts, And The Independent Mails: 1836-68	73	80	Court Of Honor
Gordon Eubanks	The Imperforate Issues of 1851 Through 1856	81	90
Ken Gilbart	US Classics - The First 3 General Issues: 1847-1869	91	100
Mark Schwartz	The Postal History of Newbury & Newburyport, Massachusetts.: 1755-1851	101	101
Mark Schwartz	Ship Letters Sent Along the Trade Routes of Salem	102	102
Chip Gliedman	Intemperance is the Curse of the World	103	104
Chip Gliedman	The Heyday of Phonography	106	108
Leonard Hartman	CSA: The Lithographed General Issues: Stamps & Usage	109	115
Brian, Maria & Alexander Green	Confederate Generals' Mail: 1861-65	116	125
John Birkinbine	Confederate Spies in AZ & NM Territories	126	126	Court Of Honor
Vince King	Texas During the Confederate Period: How Mail Was Handled1861-65	127	131
Hugh Feldman	The 1st 4 Decades of the US Rail Road Contract Mail	132	141
George Kramer	Indian Territory	142	143
Chip Gliedman	CHIPS - The Postal History Legacy of a Wells Fargo Expressman	144	144
Eigil Trondsen	Cunard Lines- The Ships and the Transatlantic Mails: 1840-67	145	152
Rich Drews	US 1861 issues	153	162	Court Of Honor
Nick Kirke	The Progression of the New York Foreign Mail Cancellation	163	170	Court Of Honor
Les Lanphear	US Departmentals, 1873 to 1884	171	178	Court Of Honor
Nick Kirke	New York Foreign Mail Fancy Cancels:	179	179
Chip Gliedman	A Sense of Place-Maps and the Mail: 1850-1869	180	180
Don David Price	Production Varieties of the Bicolored Postage Issues: 1869-1918	181	188
Frank Sente	Spanish American Fiscal History: US Documentary	189	198
Bill Woytowich	Alaska, the Great Land: 100 Years of Postal History	199	208
Roger Brody	Series 1902 - The Post Office Enters the 20th Century	209	216
Greg Shoults	Washington & Franklin Coils, Rotary Press Issues. 1914-1922	217	222
William Fort	Fourth Bureau Issues Paying Postage & Fees	223	232
Scott Trepel	First Flight of the Jenny	233	233	Court Of Honor
Scott Trepel	Japanese-American WWII Experience	234	234	Court Of Honor
David Bize	The Eagle Airmail - 1938	235	244
Dickson Preston	Canal Zone Postal Issues and Rates: 1928-1958	245	251
Brian Callan	N.Y. to the North Pole by Submarine	252	252
Gregg Hopkins	The Production of the US Air Mail issue of 1928 - The Beacon	253	253
Gregg Hopkins	The Philatelic Truck: Souvenir Sheet & Cachet	254	263
Brian Callan	A History Of Chemistry And Chemists	264	270
Brian Callan	Graf Zeppelin 127: The Postal Globetrotter	271	279
Dickson Preston	US Army Post Offices in Greenland: 1941-45	280	280
Ralph Nafizger	Civil Censorship of US FDCs During WWII	281	284
Don David Price	Dollar Rush Lamp & Candleholder Stamp	285	285
Edwin Andrews	Union Airways: Inaugration of the 1st Commercial airmail	286	286
George Bowman	Queen Victoria: The English Mail TPOs, 1887-1917	287	287

 

Update:  Thank you for your interest but at this time the lineup of exhibits is fully subscribed. 

 

ARIPEX 2012 is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately (WSP) show.  As such the exhibit that wins the ARIPEX 2012 Grand Award (best in show)  will be invited to compete for the coveted Champion Of Champions award (best in the United States)  at the APS national show in August 2012. StampShow 2012 will be held in Sacramento California August 9th to the 12th.  In that competition the Grand Award winners from a total of 31 WSP shows will compete to win the coveted multi-frame Champion Of Champions title and trophy as well as the winner of the single frame grand.

ARIPEX 2012 is proud to host, for the first time in the United States, a special exhibition format where approximately 80% of the competitive exhibits have been invited to create our show theme “History Of The United States As Traced Through The Postal System.” With 257 competitive frames , and 31 court of honor frames,   over 4500 pages will display of some of the worlds most important philatelic items.

A limited number of tickets for the ARIPEX 2012 Palmares Banquet remain and priced $47.00 each.   They may be obtained from Bill Woytowich (wallycoins@gmail.com) or, if available,  at the show from the ARIPEX reception desk in the entrance foyer area.