| Wednesday,
August 13 |
| 10 a.m. |
American Philatelic Society Board Meeting
(2 hrs) |
Mariott Hartford Downtown |
| Noon |
Dealer Move In, (8 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| 1:00 p.m. |
American Philatelic Society Board Meeting
(4 1/2 hrs) |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
| |
Regency Superior Viewing (5 hours) |
Hall A–B |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Mounting of Exhibits (by exhibitors),
(4½ hours) |
Halls A–B |
Thursday, August 14 |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Show Opens |
Halls A–B |
| |
Regency Superior Auction Viewing, (8 hours) |
Hall A–B |
| |
Kid’s Stamp Camp USA (registration
required), (6 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| |
Stamps in Your Attic, Free Philatelic
Identification and Evaluation, (8 hours) |
Booth A |
| |
So You Want To Be an Apprentice Judge?
— David McNamee |
Room 24 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Marshall Islands First Day Ceremony |
Ballroom |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Exhibiting and Judging Revenues — Ron
Lesher |
Room 12 |
| Noon |
USPS First Day Ceremony:
42¢ Albert Bierstadt Stamp |
Ballroom A |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Exhibiting and Judging One-Frame Exhibits — Rich
Drews |
Room 13 |
| 2:00 p.m. |
The 100 Greatest American Stamps — Don
Sundman & Janet Klug, (1½ hours) |
Room 11 |
| |
Exhibiting and Judging Illustrated Mail — Tim
Bartshe |
Room 12 |
| |
American First Day Cover Society Regional
Meeting |
Room 15 |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Exhibiting and Judging Thematics — Phil
Stager |
Room 12 |
| |
American First Day Cover Society Slide
Presentation |
Room 15 |
| 3:30 p.m. |
The 100 Greatest American Stamps Book
Signing — Janet Klug & Don Sundman, (½ Hours) |
Affiliate Booth |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Perforation Varieties of the 1851-57 Issue
Featuring Selected Items From The W. Wilson Hulme Collection — Andy
Kupersmit |
Room 16 |
| . |
United States Stamp Subject & Design
Selection: An Inside Perspective — John Hotchner |
Room 24 |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Show Closes |
|
| 6:30 p.m. |
Tiffany Dinner No-Host Reception |
Marriott Hartford Downtown,Capital Room |
| 7:15 p.m |
Tiffany Fundraising Dinner (Reservations
Required) — Lawrence Block, guest speaker |
Marriott Hartford Downtown,
Capital Room |
|
Friday, August 15 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
United States Philatelic Classics Society
Board Meeting, (3 hours) Not open to the public. |
Room 15 |
| |
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors
Board Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 17 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Show Chairmen’s Roundtable
— Bill Schultz |
Room 24 |
| |
Lighthouse Stamp Society Business Meeting |
Room 16 |
| |
Collecting Air Crash Covers
— Ken Sanford |
Room 25 |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Show Opens |
Halls A–B |
| |
Regency Superior Auction Viewing (8 hours) |
Hall A–B |
| |
Stamp Camp USA Adult Leader Workshop (registration
required) (6 hours) |
Hall A–B |
| |
Exhibiting and Judging Postcards — Phil
Stager |
Room 12 |
| |
American Philatelic Congress Council Meeting,
(2 hours) |
Room 17 |
| |
Stamps in Your Attic — Free Philatelic
Identification and Evaluation, (8 hours) |
Booth A |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Poster Stamp Collectors Club Business
Meeting and Lecture, (2 hours) |
Room 11 |
| |
Judging Criteria I: Treatment and Importance — Peter
McCann & Tim Bartshe, (1½ hours) |
Room12 |
| |
The Franklin D. Roosevelt First Day Covers:
How to Prepare a Traditional FDC Exhibit — Eliot
Landau |
Frame Number 821 |
| Noon |
First Day Ceremony: U.S. Sunflower Definitive |
Ballroom A |
| |
Northeastern Federation of Stamp Clubs
Board Meeting |
Room 15 |
| |
Victorian Letter Writing — Diane
De Blois |
Room 23 |
| |
American Philatelic Congress Authors’ Forum,
(2 hours) |
Room 25 |
| 1:00 p.m. |
The Superstar, The Monk, and the Barefoot
Stamp Designer — Three Artists Honored In Worldwide
Philately — Mark H. Haimann |
Room 11 |
| |
Exhibiting and Judging Traditional Exhibits — Janet
Klug |
Room 13 |
| |
Philatelic Librarians Roundtable |
Room 15 |
| |
American Philatelic Center Virtual Tour — Fred
Bauman |
Room 16 |
| |
United Nations Philatelists Board Meeting |
Room 17 |
| |
How to Participate in a Stamp Auction
for Buyers & Sellers — Jacques Schiff |
Room 23 |
| |
Exhibit Tour |
Frame Number 101 |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Auxiliary Markings Club “Show and
Tell” |
Room 11 |
| |
Exhibiting and Judging Display Class — David
McNamee |
Room 12 |
| |
American Philatelic Research Library Board
Meeting, (2 hours) Room 15
How to Spot Altered Stamps on the Internet — Clark Frazier |
Room 16 |
| |
American Ceremony Program Society Regional
Meeting |
Room 21 |
| 3:00 p.m. |
International Society for Japanese Philately
Get-together Show and Tell, (2 hours) |
Room 12 |
| |
Exhibiting and Judging Postal Stationery — Steve
Schumann |
Room 13 |
| |
Prexie Era Committee Meeting |
Room 16 |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Exhibiting and Judging Postal History — Patricia
Stilwell-Walker & Peter McCann |
Room 13 |
| |
Pitcairn Islands Study Group Board of
Directors Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 15 |
| |
Postal Usages of the 12-cent 1861 Issue
— Chip Gleidman |
Room 16 |
| |
United Postal Stationery Society Board
Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 17 |
| |
All About Precancels —
Phil Cayfoard |
Room 23 |
| |
Christopher Columbus Philatelic Society
Board and Membership Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 25 |
| 5:00 p.m. |
American Philatelic Congress Wine and
Cheese Reception (Members Free; Non-member $10,
1½ hours) |
TBD |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Show Closes |
|
| 6:15 p.m. |
Regency Superior Auction Session — USA
Singles, (4 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Arizona Philatelic Rangers Dinner and
Annual Meeting |
Restaurant TBD |
|
Saturday, August 16 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Cuban Philatelic Society Annual Meeting |
Room 11 |
| |
Postal Documents as Local History — Robert
Dalton Harris |
Room 12 |
| |
GPS and GPS Study Group Overview, (2 hours) |
Room 13 |
| |
Plate Number Coil Collectors Club Board
Meeting |
Room 17 |
| |
Chess-on-Stamps A Wise Move — Jim
McDevitt |
Room 23 |
| |
APS General Membership Meeting, (1½ hours) |
Room 27 |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Show Opens |
Halls A–B |
| |
Kid’s Stamp Camp USA (registration
required), (6 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| |
Regency Superior Auction Viewing, (8 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| |
Stamps in Your Attic — Free Philatelic
Identification and Evaluation, (8 hours) |
Booth A |
| |
Alphabetilately: An Exhibition of Philately
from A to Z —
Cheryl Ganz |
Room 12 |
| |
Canal Zone Study Group Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 15 |
| |
Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society
Business and Membership Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 16 |
| |
International Society of Worldwide Stamp
Collectors Meeting |
Room 17 |
| |
Colombia, Land of Philatelic Opportunity — Debby
Friedman |
Room 21 |
| |
Stamp Saturday |
Room 22 |
| |
Great Britain Collectors Club Annual General
Meeting, (½ hour) |
Room 23 |
| |
"Lincoln Slavery and the Civil War":
How to Exhibit Display Class — Eliot
Landau |
Frame Number 171 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Mulreadys — Tom Slemons |
Room 23 |
| |
Literature Critique — John Hotchner,
(1½ hours) |
Room 27 |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Railway Philately — Edward Peterson |
Room 11 |
| |
Exhibiting and Judging Astrophilately — Francis
Kiddle |
Room 13 |
| |
Europa Study Unit Meeting |
Room 17 |
| |
World Stamp Show - New York 2016 General
Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 26 |
| 11:30 a.m. |
British Airmail to Colombia
— Tom Myers |
Room 23 |
| Noon |
Expert Luff Lunch, (by invitation, 2 hours) |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
| |
Regency Superior Auction Session — U.S.
Back of Book, Philippines Specialized, British & Foreign
Singles, (4 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| |
Cachet Makers Bourse, (5 hours) |
Halls A & B |
| |
German Colonies Collectors Group Membership
Meeting |
Room 11 |
| |
Women Exhibitors Meeting, Exhibit Basics:
Material, Classes & Divisions — Janet Klug |
Room 12 |
| |
Bullseye Cancel Collectors Club General
Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 17 |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Use of the German Datestamps During Allied
Occupation — Gernot Reiners |
Room 11 |
| |
Judging Criteria II: Philatelic & Related
Knowledge and Personal Study and Research; Condition and
Rarity; Presentation — Jim Graue, (1½ hours) |
Room 12 |
| |
ABC’s of Collecting Perfins — Jerry
Hejduk |
Room 16 |
| |
How to Protect Yourself from Buying Altered
and Doctored Stamps
and Covers — Jacques Schiff, |
Room 23 |
| |
American Air Mail Society/ Metropolitan
Airpost Society Joint Meeting |
Room 25 |
| |
Plate Number Coil Collectors Club General
Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 26 |
| |
Guide to Stamp Collecting Book Signing — Janet
Klug |
Affiliate Booth |
| |
Exhibit Tour |
Frame Number TBD |
| 2:00 p.m. |
American Topical Association Business
Meeting |
Room 11 |
| |
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors
Open Forum Membership Meeting |
Room 15 |
| |
Publications Committee Meeting |
Room 17 |
| |
United Nations Philatelists Annual Meeting
and Presentations,
(2 hours) |
Room 21 |
| |
Connecticut Cover Club Hall of Fame Induction,
(2 hours) |
Room 24 |
| |
Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group
Membership Meeting, (1¼ hours) |
Room 25 |
| 3:00 p.m |
The Local Posts of San Francisco |
Room 13 |
| |
International Society of Guatemla Collectors
Member/Board Meeting |
Room 23 |
| |
Collecting Flag Over Porch — Todd
Uebele Sr., (2 hours) |
Room 26 |
| |
Multi-frame Exhibit Critique — Patricia
Stilwell-Walker |
Room 27 |
| 4:00 p.m. |
APS Chapter and Affiliates Roundtable |
Room 11 |
| |
Discover the Smithsonian — Daniel
Piazza |
Room 12 |
| |
American Society for Netherlands Philately
Business Meeting, (2 hours) |
Room 13 |
| |
Yahoo U.S. Specialized Group — Jim
McDevitt |
Room 17 |
| |
Pitcairn Islands Study Group Membership
Meeting, (1½ hours) |
Room 24 |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Single-frame Exhibit Critique — Patricia
Stilwell-Walker |
Room 27 |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Ottoman and Near East Philatelic Society
Annual Business Meeting |
Room 11 |
| |
U.S. Specialized Yahoo Group Meet-and-Greet
for Members |
Room 15 |
| |
The Benefits of Using an Auction Agent
When Buying & Selling - Andrew Kupersmit |
Room 16 |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Show Closes |
|
| 6:30 p.m. |
Awards Banquet No-Host Reception |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
| 7:15 p.m. |
Awards Banquet (ticket required) |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
Sunday, August 17 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Writers Unit Board Meeting |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Dealers Breakfast (ticket required), (1½ hours) |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Writers Unit Breakfast
(ticket required) |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Introducing the Youth Philately Fellows
Program — Gretchen Moody & Alex Haimann,
(2 hours) |
Room 11 |
| |
Judges’ Roundtable |
Room 21 |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Show Opens |
Hall A–B |
| |
Stamps in Your Attic — Free Philatelic
Identification and Evaluation, (6 hours) |
Booth A |
| |
Regency Superior Auction Viewing, (2 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| |
Kid’s Stamp Camp USA (registration
required), (6 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| |
So You Want To Be a Chief Judge? — Jim
Graue |
Room 13 |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Estate Planning — Ken Martin |
Room 11 |
| |
Are EFOs from Outer Space? — Jim
McDevitt, (2 hours) |
Room 16 |
| |
Judging Philatelic Literature — Kevin
Doyle |
Room 21 |
| |
The Many Ways to Collect Aerophilately — Ken
Sanford |
Room 25 |
| Noon |
Regency Superior Auction Session — Arizona
Postal History, USA & Foreign Covers, USA & Foreign
Collections, (2 hours) |
Halls A–B |
| |
Beginning Thematics 101 — Tony Wawrukiewicz & David
McNamee |
Room 11 |
| |
Exhibiting and Judging Cinderella Material — Francis
Kiddle & John Hotchner |
Room 13 |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Exhibiting and Judging Aerophilately — Stephen
Reinhard |
Room 12 |
| |
Virtual Stamp Club Meeting |
Room 15 |
| |
Mourning Stamps and Covers Club Show & Tell
Session — Elmer Cleary |
Room 16 |
| |
Exhibit Tour |
Frame Number TBD |
| 2:00 p.m |
Buying and Selling Stamp Through the APS — Bill
Dixon |
Room 11 |
| |
Civil War Printing — Georgia Barnhill |
Room 12 |
| |
Errors, Freaks, and Oddities Collectors
Club Business Meeting |
Room 13 |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Show Closes |
|
|
Monday, August 18 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Arizona Philatelic Rangers Board of Directors
Meeting, (8 hours) |
Marriott Hartford Downtown |
