Americover 2009 Seeks Exhibits

Americover Seeks Exhibits For 2009 Show In Massachusetts

The American First Day Cover Society is seeking exhibits for its
Americover 2009, a World Series of Philately show to be held July
31-Aug. 2 in Boxboro, Mass.

The prospectus is now available on the AFDCS Web site, www.afdcs.org,
by regular mail from Kerry Heffner, 17656 K Street, Omaha, NE
68135-3491, or e-mail at . The deadline for entering
the Americover 2009 exhibition is June 1, 2009, or whenever the 180
available frames fill up.

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.

As a WSP show, the winner of the Grand Award at Americover 2009 will
be part of the Champion of Champions competition at Stampshow 2010.
Gregg Hopkins, winner of the 2008 Grand with "Forerunners: The
Philatelic Truck & Souvenir Sheet," will represent Americover this
summer in Pittsburgh.

In addition, if six or more competitive single-frame exhibits are
entered, the Curtis B. Patterson Award recipient for the best
single-frame exhibit will be invited to enter the APS Single-Frame
Champion of Champions competition at AmeriStamp Expo in 2010.

In addition to its Grand and Reserve Grand awards, Americover offers
special awards from both the AFDCS and other philatelic societies,
including ones for best exhibits of foreign FDCs, topical FDCs,
pre-1931 FDCs, best exhibits by a novice and a youth, and best
single-frame exhibit.

The three-day World Series of Philately show will be held at the
Holiday Inn in Boxborough, which is also the home of the annual
Philatelic Show, and there is a special Americover room rate of $94.
There also will be two bourses (commercial dealers and cachetmakers),
a banquet, meetings, a youth table, a hospitality suite, an auction,
seminars, a pre-show area tour and a post-show dinner event. A first
day of issue ceremony and a forum by postal officials involved with
first day covers is also likely.

Unlike other WSP shows, Americover's exhibit awards are not presented
at its banquet (held Friday night), but at the AFDCS Business Meeting
Saturday morning.

For more information on Americover 2009 and the AFDCS, contact the
AFDCS at P.O. Box 16277, Tucson, Arizona 85732-6277 or
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