WESTPEX 2015

The 55th annual WESTPEX Stamp Show with its 300+ exhibit frames in open competition is one of the qualifying shows for the American Philatelic Society's World Series of Philately competition. The WESTPEX Grand Award winner will be eligible to compete in the Champion of Champions event at the APS Stampshow in August.

The jury is comprised of the following with their specialties:

Edwin Andrews - jury chair - display exhibits, military postal history, US 19th century, US postal history, US revenues

James Mazepa - Central America, Eastern Europe, Mexico, modern philately, Poland

Patricia Stilwell Walker -display exhibits, Ireland, postal history, US postal history, youth

Ron Cipolla II - Confederate States, local/private posts, postal history, US 19th century, US postal history

Timothy Wait - airmail, US postal history, US revenues

Palmares for WESTPEX 2015 are here.

Show theme for 2015.

Accepted Exhibits for WESTPEX 2015 as of April 10, 2015
Frames	Title
1-10	Cunard Line 175 Years: The Monopoly Years of British Mails, 1840-1867
11-13	A Celebration of the Cockroach!
14-22	Gold Rush Days
23	CUBA: The Matanzas Duty Free Zone Issue
24	Jose Marti His life through Cuba philately (1904-1958)
25	Cuban Paquebot Mail
26	U.S. Frigate Constitution at Guantanamo, Cuba
27	The First United States Special Delivery Stamps Used in Cuba
28-30	Stamps and Overprints of the Vasco da Gama Omnibus Issue of 1898 as valid for use in Portugal
31-40	U.S. First Issue Revenues, 1862-1871
41	The New York Postmaster Provisional 1845-1847
42	The Electricity and Gas Inspection Revenue Issue of Canada
43	The "Special Arrangement" Between Liverpool and the U.S. 1844-1848
44	U.S. Civil War Era $200 & $500 Revenues: Their Purpose Illustrated
45-54	Usages Of The 1932 Washington Bicentennial Commemorative Stamps
55-60	Postal History Featuring the 1861 United States 24-cent Adhesive
61-68	The First United States 12c Stamp of 1851-1861
69-74	Great Britain Penny Red Stars. The world's first perforated postage stamp
75-82	Philadelphia - Great Britain Mail
83-92	California's Gold Rush Revenues, Aristocrats of American Fiscal Philately: A Fiscal History
93-97	U.S. First Issue "Playing Cards" Revenue Stamps and Uses (1862 - 67)
98-102	Cuba Postal Stationery 1878-1898
103-112	A License and Stamp System for Waterfowl Conservation in the 20th Century U.S.
113-122	Waterfowl Hunting Permit Stamps. Federal-State-Tribal
123-127	California Agricultural Proration
128-132	Revenue Stamped Paper (Papel Sellado) of the Spanish Administration of the Philippines
133-142	United States Hand Applied Flag Cancellations 1852-1949
143-149	Postal Stamps in Lieu of Revenue Stamps
150-157	Cuba: Postage Stamps Used as Revenue. 1855-1898
158-165	The Progression of New York Foreign Mail Cancels 1845-1878
166-172	Puerto Rico - Pre-stamp Inland Postal Routes
173-180	British Columbia and Vancouver Island Postal History to 1871
181-186	Censorship and the Anomaly of US Navy Battleship Postal Markings During World War I
187	New York Foreign Mail Fancy Cancels 1873-1875.
188-194	Guatemalan Auxiliary Markings, 1898-1967
195-202	The British & French Post Offices in Cuba
203-210	The Postal History of Salem, Mass. Domestic Mail Through Sept 1883 (Act of 1883) Foreign Up To UPU
211-216	Cuba Colonial
217	Cuba's Postal Rocket Mail Experiment
218	Perfins on the Postage Stamps of Cuba
219-224	Cuba: Varieties, Errors, Proofs, and Specimens
225-232	Classic Colombia Issues 1859-1868
233-240	Chile The Rouletted Issues 1877-1899
241-245	Main Offices in the Carrera General from Catagena to Tuquerres
246-250	The 1910 Centenary Issue of Colombia
251-258	MDI Vending Envelopes, Packets, and Booklets
259-266	Hyderabad Specialized Collection 1869-1950
267-271	San Francisco Postal History: 1849 to 1869
272-276	Rise and Fall: The New Westminster Post Office 1898-1981
277-284	Switzerland Pro Juventute Usages 1912-1926
285-289	Afghanistan Revenue Stamps 1871-1970s
290-294	The Early Postal History of Nicaragua
295-299	Bosnia-Herzegovina: Austrian Occupation, 1878-1906
300-304	84c and 41c Issues of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis