WESTPEX^® 2014

Stamp Show

Call for Exhibits

Cool water may be a strange theme for a stamp show, but it should not dampen an exhibitor from participating in the 53rd annual WESTPEX Stamp Show April 26-28, 2013.  The three-day event is held at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA, one mile south of the SF International Airport.

The open exhibition of more than 300 frames will also include exhibits from members of the guest groups, the Germany Philatelic Society, the Society for Czechoslovak Philately, and the International Federation of Aero-Philatelic Societies Congress.  This is a World Series of Philately exhibition with the Grand Award winner eligible for the annual Champion of Champions event of the American Philatelic Society.  The exhibition also includes the Pillage Trophy competition between the airmail societies of the USA and Great Britain, six one-frame exhibits from each country.

Judges for the exhibition include John Hotchner (jury chairman), Santiago Cruz, Jerry Miller, Dan Warren, Patrick Walters, and William Fort.

The prospectus and entry forms are available from Ross Towle, 400 Clayton Street, San Francisco, CA 94194117 or at the web site www.westpex.org.

Continuing its tradition of a local theme, this year's WESTPEX show commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the Hetch Hetchy water system, which provides fresh water from the Sierra Nevada mountains for the residents of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.  A special Cinderella souvenir sheet will be available at the show.

Seventy-six national and international dealers will fill the bourse, along with a Schuyler Rumsey Auctions of San Francisco, beginning April 25. Numerous specialty societies, clubs and study groups will hold more than fifty meetings and seminars, open to all.  The WESTPEX sponsored Youth Area has free stamps and supplies for young collectors, along with a Boy Scout Merit Badge program on Sunday.

For complete details of events, schedules, hotel and dinner reservations, visit the web site www.westpex.org.

25 Sept 2012

WESTPEX Committee Efforts Rewards the World Stamp Show New York 2016

Chairman Edward Jarvis presented a check for $25,000 to Wade Saadi, president of the World Stamp Show New York 2016, on August 18, 2012 at the American Philatelic Society Stamp Show in Sacramento, CA, on behalf of WESTPEX, Inc. and the committee of the WESTPEX Stamp Show,

The efforts of the WESTPEX committee volunteers over the years in making the WESTPEX Stamp Show one of the fine World Series of Philately shows in the United States have yielded accumulated savings which is proudly shared with the international show held in the United States every ten years.  WESTPEX continues its tradition of support for this New York 2016 event, just as it had for the international shows Pacific 97 in San Francisco and Washington 2006 in our nation's capital.

Attending the presentation of the check as shown in the photo are left to right in the back row WESTPEX Director Nestor Nunez, WESTPEX exhibit chairman and Director Ross Towle, Roger S. Brody, chairman of the Collectors Club of New York and NY2016 treasurer, WESTPEX Director and Corporate Secretary Bill Lenarz, WESTPEX Past Chairman George Shalimoff, WESTPEX Chairman Edward Jarvis, WESTPEX treasurer and Director William Barlow, Jr., World Stamp Show NY 2016 President and APS Chairman Wade Saadi, NY2016 Exhibition Chairman Steven Rod, and APS Executive Director Ken Martin. Seated in the front row are WESTPEX guest society coordinator Edie Eggen, WESTPEX Director and APS Director-at-Large Kristin Patterson, WESTPEX awards chairperson and Director Vesma Grinfelds, and WESTPEX events chairperson and Director Judy Jarvis.

39 Aug 2012

WESTPEX Supports the World Stamp Show New York 2016

WESTPEX, Inc., the sponsors of the annual WESTPEX Stamp Show, proudly announces its pledge of $25,000 to the World Stamp Show New York 2016. With a unanimous vote of the WESTPEX Board of Directors on June 11, 2012, the pledge of $25,000 will place WESTPEX, Inc. in the "Leaders Circle" of sponsors for this international show held every ten years in the United States.

One of the stated goals of WESTPEX as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization is the promotion of the hobby of stamp collecting and philately. Support for this showcase international event in 2016 will enhance America's contribution to the hobby, inviting visitors and exhibitors from all nations.

The team of WESTPEX volunteers that work diligently to make the annual WESTPEX Stamp Show a success provided accumulated savings, which allows WESTPEX, Inc. to make this donation.  Just as WESTPEX supported the last international shows in the United States, Washington 2006, and Pacific 97 in San Francisco, this New York 2016 should be a memorable event for all stamp collectors.

17 July 2012 (updated 17 Sept 2012)