Stamps In The Attic at Americover 2010

Stamps In The Attic Program Scheduled For Americover 2010
Bob Lamb Will Staff Popular Quick Collection Evaluation Program At
Suburban Chicago Show In August

There will be an edition of the "Stamp In The Attic" program at
Americover 2010, the American First Day Cover Society's annual show and
convention, held this year in Oak Brook, Ill., August 6-8.

Bob Lamb, former executive director of the American Philatelic Society,
will staff the booth, where people who have inherited or found
collections can bring them for a quick evaluation, and possible referral
to one of the dealers at the show. The booth will be sponsored by the
National Stamp Dealers Association. There is no charge for the service,
and both stamps and covers, as well as first day covers, will be evaluated.

"Every time I've been at a show that has a Stamps In The Attic booth,
it's been very popular," said Lloyd A. de Vries, Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the AFDCS. "It's really a service to the community, and
it's good for the dealers at the show, too."

Lamb, who evaluates hundreds of collections a year, said that "most of
the collections I see were put together by beginners. But at every show
someone will bring in a collection which will knock your socks off."

Sometimes the owners have no idea what they have. Lamb estimates that
over half of the collections he sees have commercial value and often can
be sold to dealers at the show. "Chicago is a good collecting area and I
expect to see some very good material there," Lamb added.

Americover 2010,which will be held at the Chicago Marriott Oak Brook,
will feature two bourses (commercial dealers and cachetmakers), a
national-level exhibition of first day covers, a banquet, meetings, a
youth table, a hospitality suite, an auction, seminars, a pre-show area
tour and a post-show dinner event. A forum by a postal official involved
with first day covers is also likely.

Dealers interested in participating in the show should contact bourse
chairman Ralph Achgill at or {765} 543-8274.

More information on Americover 2010 is available on the AFDCS Web site,
www.afdcs.org, by e-mail from or by regular mail from
Norman Elrod, Americover Chairman, 641 Dogwood Trail, McMinnville, TN
37110-3015.