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Americover 2007 Names Exhibition Jury
ILLYEFALVI TO HEAD AMERICOVER 2007 EXHIBITION JURY
Kalman V. Illyefalvi of Maryland will be chief judge for Americover 2007, the annual show and convention of the American First Day Cover Society. He will be joined on the exhibition jury by Ronald E. Lesher of Maryland; Douglas Clark of Massachusetts; William Schultz of Pennsylvania; and Stephen Suffet of New York. The three-day World Series of Philately show will be held August 17-19 at the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa, and will feature a large mostly-FDC bourse, cachetmakers bourse, top exhibits, a banquet, meetings, seminars, youth booth, pre-show area tour and post-show dinner event. The U.S. Postal Service's new Celebrate! stamp will be issued during the show, too. Charles J. "Chuck" O'Brien III, a veteran WSP and first day cover exhibitor, won the Grand Award for best exhibit at Americover 2006 for his "Joint Issues with the United States 1959-1994." His "Georgia Bicentennial 1733-1933" picked up the Reserve Grand, as well as the APS Award of Excellence for 1900-1940 Material and the United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award. Illyefalvi collects and exhibits FDCs as well as postal stationery and postal history of Hungary and South Africa. He was instrumental in establishing the original guidelines for judging first day covers and is an international judge. Lesher is a specialist in United States revenue stamps and also collects Netherlands and France, among other areas. An international judge, he serves as the U.S. representative to the International Federation of Philately's commission on revenues and is vice president of the commission's bureau. He is a past president of the American Revenue Association. Clark collects and exhibits postal history and postal stationery, as well as mobile post office mail. He is a past president of the Mobile Post Office Society and current president of the Postal History Society. He is also an international judge, and exhibits United States postal stationery FDCs. Schultz specializes in Pennsylvania state postal history, among other collecting areas, and is past president of the Pennsylvania Postal History Society. He has written and edited articles on postal history and was author of the first catalog on Rattlesnake Island Post, which became a runaway best seller. Suffet collects and exhibits thematics, U.S. postal history, stationery and first day covers. He formed an outstanding collection of the rates and usages of the U.S. Presidential series that has won national grand awards. The Americover 2007 prospectus and exhibit application may be downloaded from the AFDCS Web site, www.afdcs.org, or requested by e-mail from Norman Elrod, . A business-size self-addressed stamped envelope would be appreciated. |
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