St. Louis Stamp Expo 229 N. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis MO 63108 • (800) 782-0066 (314) 361-6799
February 5, 2016
Re: St. Louis Stamp Expo 2016 Dear Jury Member, Please find enclosed the exhibit title pages, plus any synopsis. Any missing or updated pages will be mailed to you as we receive more. A hotel reservation will be made for you to arrive on Thursday, March 31st for three nights. The Expo will pay for your room and tax. You are responsible for any additional incidental charges. Your hotel confirmation number will be mailed to you within three weeks of your arrival date. The Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel is located just minutes from the airport. The hotel offers a 24-hour courtesy van from the airport. If you are arriving in the Main Terminal, collect your baggage, and proceed to Exit #18 on the lower level located next to the Airport Police. There is a Hotel Courtesy Telephone that will list the Renaissance Airport Hotel for you to dial, and request a shuttle. We look forward to seeing you next month. Sincerely,
Penney Kols, for Michael Peter Exhibition Chairperson
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Hyperinflation Germany - November 1923
In November 1923, at the height of hyperinflation, the exchange rate between the dollar and the Mark was one trillion Marks to one dollar.
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Hong Kong Wartime Airmail September 1939 to December 1941
The effect of war and censorship for airmail exiting/transiting/receiving in Hong Kong is examined.
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Confederate States of America: The 10-Cent Steel Plate Issues, 1863-1865
The story of the CSA's key definitive issues – their production, varieties, cancellations, markings and postal history – including examples of all major uses.
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America's Library - The Library of Congress
This Display Division exhibit tells the story of the Library of Congress and how it used the mail to carry out its mission.
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Use of U.S. Parcel Post Stamps 1913-1926
Exhibit will show uses of all 17 U.S. Parcel Post stamps and dues 1913-1926.
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Lost Almost; The Los Alamos, NM, Post Office and WWII
Original research, tracing Los Alamos post office from seasonal resort, through government take-over, top-secret drop boxes and postwar re-establishment as community post office.
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Edged in Black – Mourning Covers in the Confederacy
Black bordered mourning covers displaying postmaster's provisional stamps, through the-lines uses, forwarded covers, adversity covers, postage due covers, plus regular mail at the 2-cent, 20-cent, 5-cent, and 10-cent rates.
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Arkansas 1861-1865: A Divided Postal System
The postal systems of both the Confederacy and Union occupiers of Arkansas are explained and illustrated from pre-secession to the end of the war.
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De La Rue Stamps for the Confederate States of America
The definitive study of the production of these stamps from the original design through the delivery to the Confederacy, the 'Lost Plates', 'Altered' plates and a bit on the postal usages.
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The U.S.P.O.D.'s First In-House Stamp Designer
The postage and revenue stamp designs of America's youngest, and arguably most talented, design-artist their worldwide distribution, and the effect of the Spanish-American War on his 5-year career at the Bureau, is all here.
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Frogs & Toads, their Relevance to Humans
Exhibit aims to describe family characteristics of frogs & toads and their roles in science, literature, arts & other creative works of humans.
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Revolutionary Martyrs of the Kuomintang
The production and usage of the Republic of China's Peking and Hong Kong Martyr prints without overprints or surcharges.
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Confederate Mails on the Rails
Exhibit shows the variety of frankings, cancellations and routing instructions which indicate carriage by the rail system to the South during the Civil War.
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A Swiss Classic: The Light Blue Rayon
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Switzerland Registered Mail 1785-1863
Shows the wide variety of Registration markings in Switzerland from prephilately through their classic Federal Stamp Period.
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Backyard Chickens
A comparison of chicken-keeping in Grandpa's day with how it is being done today.
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A Celebration of the Cockroach! They Were Here Before Us! They Will Be Here To tell the story of the cockroach, the environment in which they live, and how they impact our daily lives. When We Are Gone!
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Switzerland: The IKW Issue 1918-1919
Traditional treatment of the Industrielle Kriegswirtschaft Issue (IKW) of Switzerland from 1918-1919. This issue of the Industrial War Board of Trade was the first official issue of Switzerland and had a validity of less than ten months.
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St. Louis Pioneer Air Mail, Oct 4-8, 1911
A look at the markings and usages of mail posted during the Pioneer Air Mail Event in 1911.
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Confederate Military Mail – Chattanooga 1862-1864
Confederate Military Mail with Chattanooga Postal Cancellations 1862-1864.
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Confederate patriotic covers, stickers and lettersheets used with the Confederacy including one of the only two Patriotic Covers Used Within & From the Confederate States of America during known patriotic covers received in a foreign country (England), and concluding with captured Union patriotics used the Civil War 1861-1865 within the Confederacy.
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Betemps does Dore: A Tale of Two Engravers
1983 award-winning French postage stamp and rare variations, proofs and cachets (based on 1862 engravings).
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Cancellations on U.S. First Issue Revenue Stamps
An effort to show the great diversity of cancellations which resulted when the general public was charged with a task as simple as cancelling stamps.
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Landpost "ueber Lehrte"
Rural mail in Germany from 1933-1987 using the system around Lehrte, Germany (near Hannover) as an example.
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Memphis, Tennessee: An Overview of Postal Operations During the Confederate Era
The exhibit illustrates examples of mail from Memphis in the early months of 1861 with United States postage prior to the secession of Tennessee, handstamped mail immediately after secession with Confederate postage paid, postmaster provisional…(more)
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Confederate Florida Provisional Usage
Examples of all known Confederate Florida hand-stamped Paid Provisionals, all varieties fo the Madison Provisionals, and Paid 5 revalued 10 usages once considered "Provisionals" are shown.
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The Story of the Map Stamp Issue of the Provisional Government of Samos
This exhibit will show all aspects of the printing and postal uses of the Map Stamp Issue and several types of counterfeit stamps.
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Independent State and Confederate Mail of West Virginia
A study of independent state and Confederate town usages and postal markings used in the area of present day West Virginia during the Civil War.
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Visualizing a Portion of Confederate Postal History
This exhibit is a combination of biographical sketches, identified pictures, and postal history of Confederate covers.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt - America's #1 Stamp Collector
Although FDR was honored numerous times as President of the United States and a world leader, this exhibit displays only items with a philatelic connection to him as a stamp collector.
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The Six-Pointed Star
This exhibit displays and documents various uses of the six-pointed star, both in Jewish/Israel and general contexts.
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A Penguin Christmas
A fantasy story of how cold weather and warm weather penguins celebrate Christmas.
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Kansas City's Remarkable Airmail History, The Early Years 1921-1934
This exhibit tells the story about the emergence of Kansas City as an important link in developing the early airmail routes that eventually connected all major cities in the continental United States.
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The Postal History of Tahiti Through the First Pictorial Issue
This exhibit traces the philatelic history of the islands centered around Tahiti from the earliest postal artifact through the usage period of the first pictorial issue.
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The First United States 12¢ Stamp Series of 1851-1861
Traditional stamp exhibit including pre-production, platings and varieties, domestic and foreign uses, and final uses of the 1851 die.
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U.S. Navy in Asiatic Waters 1899-1917
Mail from and to U.S. Navy ships in Asiatic waters identified from postal markings.
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1862 Insurance Tax
Property insurance policies and renewals taxed to pay for the U.S. Civil War.
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Mail Between Switzerland and Germany from April 1, 1945 to April 1, 1946
This exhibit shows how certain types of mail crossed the border to Switzerland while no international mail service to and from Germany existed at the time. Page 2
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