Join the APS for three days of virtual philately

On May 2 through May 4, the APS will host the Collectors Lounge at Virtual STAMPEX 2024. The show is absolutely free to attend and will feature international dealers, 24-hour live chat, and talks and discussions from leading lights in philately. 

Want to learn more about what to expect from Virtual STAMPEX? Check out the show page here, and read on for the full schedule of events!

Please note: all APS events can be accessed through the APS Collectors Lounge page on the STAMPEX website. After registering for Virtual STAMPEX, simply scroll to the event on the APS Collectors Lounge page that you'd like to attend at the time of the event and follow the link beneath the event description to access the webinar. Questions? Email us at digitalcontent@stamps.org. 

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Thursday, May 2

The Psychology and Market Dynamics of Collecting: What Philately Can Learn from Other Collectibles with Robert Parkinson

Time and Location: 8-9 a.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium

Why I Collect Hong Kong with Ingo Nessel

Time and Location: 9-10 a.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium

**APS Presents: APRL Reference Power Hour with APRL librarian Marian Mills and reference assistant Nate Fenush

Time and Location: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

Buy & Sell on HipStamp with Jay Yoakum

Time and Location: 10-11 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

**APS Presents: The Scourge of the Modern Counterfeit with Wayne Youngblood

Time and Location: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

Leven Parker, the collector and historian who is attracting millions of views per month on TikTok – how, why, and what’s next! with Leven Parker

Time and Location: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium, with a continued conversation beginning at 12 p.m. in the Roundtables Hall

**APS Presents: Five Reasons to Buy (and Sell) on APS StampStore with APS Director of Sales Carol Hoffman and Director of Membership & Shows Wendy Masorti

Time and Location: 12 - 1 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

**APS Presents: Learning without Limits – Taking a Global Approach to Education with APS Executive Director Scott English and Director of Education Shaun McMurtrie

Time and Location: 1 - 2 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

NFT Stamps: A Debate! 

Time and Location: 2 - 3 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Philatelic Mastermind Quiz

Time and Location: 3 - 4 p.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium

**StampEd Takeover: Ask Us Anything with APS Editor-in-Chief Susanna Mills and Digital Editor Nora Bryson

Time and Location: 3 - 5 p.m. in the APS Collectors Lounge

Friday, May 3

The Story of Paper with Wendy Buckle

Time and Location: 4 - 5 a.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium

Meet the PTS & Stampex Chairman with Simon Carson

Time and Location: 5 -6 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Lost in Letters with Marcus Orsi

Time and Location: 6 -7 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Cataloguing Postcards with James Gavin (a.k.a. The Digital Philatelist)

Time and Location: 8 - 9 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

The World’s First Postage Stamps

Time and Location: 9 - 10 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Forgeries - from the Classics to Modern Counterfeits with Oscar Young

Time and Location: 10 - 11 a.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium

**APS Presents: Stamp ID Power Hour with APS Director of Expertizing Ken Martin

Time and Location: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the APS Collectors Lounge

Buy & Sell on HipStamp with Jay Yoakum

Time and Location: 12 - 1 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

**StampEd Takeover: Let’s Talk Stamp Tech with Christina Tang-Bernas 

Time and Location: 12 - 1 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

**StampEd Takeover: Sort Stamps with Us 

Time and Location: 1 - 2 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

Classifying Large Hermes Heads with a Little Help from AI with Dimitris Papitsis

Time and Location: 2 - 3 p.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium

**APS Presents: Digital Libraries – The Future of Philatelic Research? with APRL digital librarian Geoff Hobart

Time and Location: 2 - 3 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

Collect Channel Islands and Isle of Man with Tony Ward

Time and Location: 3 - 4 p.m. in the Roundtables Hall

**StampEd Takeover: You Shall Go to the Ball – Designing Cinderellas with Bruce Licher 

Time and Location: 4 - 5 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

The Future of Exhibiting with PTS staff

Time and Location: 5 - 6 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Collect Channel Islands and Isle of Man with Tony Ward

Time and Location: 8 - 9 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Saturday, May 4

Using Websites for Exhibiting with James Gavin (a.k.a. the Digital Philatelist)

Time and Location: 4 - 5 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

An Introduction of JPS: Japan Philatelic Society, Foundation with Yuichi Enosawa

Time and Location: 5 - 6 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Unboxing Japanese Stamps with Suzanne Rae of Art Stamped

Time and Location: 6 - 7 a.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Women in Philately with Richard Scott Morel of the British Library

Time and Location: 7 - 8 a.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium, with a continued conversation beginning at 8 a.m. in the Roundtables Hall

Social Media and Philately with James Gavin (a.k.a. the Digital Philatelist)

Time and Location: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium, with a continued conversation beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Roundtables Hall

Is Ecosystem Mapping the Next "Marketplace" Paradigm and How Can It Help Philately? with Tom Droege

Time and Location: 10 - 11 a.m. EDT in the STAMPEX Auditorium

**APS Presents: An Expertizing Primer with APS Director of Expertizing Ken Martin

Time and Location: 10 - 11 a.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

Collaboration Across the Philatelic Ecosystem 

Time and Location: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Classifying Large Hermes Heads with a little help from AI with Dimitris Papitsis

Time and Location: 12 - 1 p.m. in the Roundtables Hall

Leven Parker, the collector and historian who is attracting millions of views per month on TikTok – how, why, and what’s next! with Leven Parker

Time and Location: 1 - 2 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

Stamp Art Show & Tell with Suzanne Rae

Time and Location: 3 - 4 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

**StampEd Takeover: Show and Tell with APS Editor-in-Chief Susanna Mills

Time and Location: 4 - 5 p.m. EDT in the APS Collectors Lounge

Philatelic Mastermind Quiz

Time and Location: 6 - 7 p.m. EDT in the Roundtables Hall

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