WESTPEX 2011

Stamp Show

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 22, 2009

It's Go for the Gold at WESTPEX 2010!

The WESTPEX Stamp Show will celebrate its 50th Golden Anniversary in 2010 and will offer a hundred year old U. S. twenty dollar gold coin as the Grand Award of the exhibition.  The gold coin with the image of St. Gauden's Standing Liberty on the face side and Flying Eagle on the reverse side was minted in San Francisco in 1910.

Exhibitors are invited to get a prospectus and entry form from the web site www.westpex.org or from the exhibit chairman Ross Towle, 400 Clayton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117. WESTPEX is a World Series of Philately show with the grand award winner eligible for the Champion of Champions event of the American Philatelic Society.

The WESTPEX 2010 Stamp Show will be held April 23-25, 2010 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel in Burlingame, CA, just a mile south of the San Francisco International Airport with convenient free shuttle to the hotel from the airport.

Guest societies for the 2010 event are the Polonius Society and the Scandinavian Collectors Club.  The show will feature an exhibition of 320 frames, a bourse of 75 national and international stamp, postal history, and stationery dealers.  Numerous societies and study groups will hold meetings and seminars, along with a youth and beginners area. 

For complete details, hotel information, schedules of events, see the web site.  Come join the golden celebration of the 50th WESTPEX Show, the premier stamp show.
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2009

Contract Extended for the WESTPEX Stamp Show
At the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel

WESTPEX Board Chairman Edward Jarvis has announced the signing of a third five-year contract to hold the annual WESTPEX Stamp Show at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel.  This provides a venue for the show through the year 2018 which includes the hotel's entire meeting room space, exhibition and bourse space, and banquet facility for the duration of the show as WESTPEX has enjoyed these past six years.

Visitors to WESTPEX can continue to enjoy the exhibition and bourse, relax and socialize in the hotel's spectacular lobby overlooking the San Francisco Bay and Airport, as well as enjoy the amenities of the hotel.

The cooperation of the Marriott hotel staff along with the organization and hard work of the WESTPEX committee has made this one of the finest stamp shows in the United States.  WESTPEX is proud to host the show in this fine setting with everyone working to please the show's visitors, exhibitors, and dealers. 

The upcoming 2010 WESTPEX Show celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition Grand Award of a $20 Saint Gauden's gold coin, minted in San Francisco in 1910. Events in 2010 include an APS seminar on "Computers in Philately," and an APS Tiffany Dinner with speaker APS Vice President Nicholas Lombardi; his topic "A Day in the Life of a Postal Inspector."

The photo included here pictures Chairman Edward Jarvis signing the contracts with San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel Manager Stan Moore, Marriott's Sales Manager Chris Meadors, and WESTPEX Vice Chairman George Shalimoff.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 3, 2010

Tiffany Dinner at WESTPEX

WESTPEX will host a Tiffany Dinner on Thursday, April 22, 2010, the eve of the 50^th WESTPEX Stamp show at he San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel. This is a fund raising event for the American Philatelic Society.

APS Vice President Nick A. Lombardi is the featured speaker. His topic is "A Day in the Life of a Postal Inspector." This is based on Mr. Lombardi‚s experience as a consultant for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service after a 28-year career with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division and a law enforcement consultant for various agencies. He is also the president of the United States Stamp Society, a member of numerous stamp societies, a Gold/Grand Award exhibitor, and author of a number of philatelic articles.

The event begins with no-host cocktails and a Grilled Vegetable station, followed with a three-course Surf and Turf dinner with wine at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $125 per person with $50 of that to be a tax-deductible donation to the APS and acknowledged by them.

Visitors to the 50^th WESTPEX Stamp Show are cordially invited. The event will be at the Vineyard Room at the hotel. Space is limited so advance reservations are required and should be made with Judy Jarvis, P.O. Box 210579, San Francisco, CA 94121-0579 or at judyjarvis@westpex.com. It is requested that reservations be made by April 15, 2010 along with a check payable to WESTPEX, Inc.

Information about the 50^th anniversary WESTPEX show, dealers‚ bourse, meetings schedules, and the exhibition 1910 gold coin Grand Award may be found at www.westpex.com.

WESTPEX in BayPhil April 2010

The WESTPEX  Stamp Show April 23-25, 2010

What better way to celebrate a Golden Anniversary than to give a little gold.  This is exactly what WESTPEX will do this year when it awards the exhibition grand award winner with an U.S. twenty dollar gold coin, minted in San Francisco in 1910.

WESTPEX today proudly reflects the vision of its founders fifty years ago. It has become a premier stamp show in the U.S. with outstanding exhibits, bourse and venue, all at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, just south of SF International airport.. With its numerous meeting where one can share time and information with fellow collectors, it is a show all look forward to.

The grand prize has attracted extraordinary exhibits.  The bourse of international, national and local dealers should allow one to fill any missing space in their albums.  The Collectors Club of San Francisco kicks off the WESTPEX week with a dinner at the hotel on Wednesday, April 21.The APS has a pre-show fund raising dinner event on Thursday April 22. The Polonus Philatelic Society and the Scandinavian Collectors Club are the guest groups this year, the latter providing a whole day of pre-show seminars on Thursday April 22.  Schuyler Rumsey Auctions has a four-day sale, also starting April 22.  There's a terrific menu for the awards banquet, too.  Come join the fun.

For dinner reservations, meeting schedules, and general information, see the website www.westpex.org.