First Day Ceremonies, Cancels, & Show Cachet

First Day Ceremonies - free and open to the public, provide background information on why a stamp is being issued, a free souvenir of the event, and usually an opportunity to get autographs from ceremony participants.  See below for those planned with dates and times.

Show Cachets - TBA

Cancels - TBA ..

 

 

 


 

GASS 2022 Scheduled Ceremonies

THURSDAY First Day of Issue

Life Magnified

United States Postal Service
Pane of 20, forever

Thursday, Aug. 10
11:00 a.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

 

Body, Mind, Soul

United Nations Postal Administration
Three stamps (pane of 20) and three souvenir sheets featuring Taijiquan, Calligraphy and Guqin. Artist: Yun Zhang (P.R. China)

Thursday, Aug. 10
1:00 p.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

 

Faroe Islands' 1,000th Stamp

Posta Faroe Islands
Souvenir Sheet with one stamp featuring a design by Faroese artist Edward Fuglø and hand engraved by Martin Mörck, showing the cairns of the Faroe Islands

Thursday, Aug. 10
2:00 p.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

 

100th Anniversary of the Cacheted First-Day Cover

IGPC
Marshall Islands souvenir sheets.

Thursday, Aug. 10
4:00 p.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

First Day of Issue

Thinking of You

United States Postal Service
Pane of 20, forever

Friday, Aug. 11
11:00 a.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

 

Label First Day Ceremony

Boston 2026 World Expo

Friday, Aug. 11
1:00 p.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

 

Martin Mörck's 1,000th Stamp

Posta Faroe Islands
Souvenir Sheet with one hand-engraved stamp based on 1933 Faroese painting "Returning from fishing" by Danish artist Emil Krause.

Friday, Aug. 11
2:00 p.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

 

Battle of Lake Erie - Unveiling

Rattlesnake Island Local Post
This is an unveiling of the stamps that will be released on Sept. 10, 2023, on the 210 year anniversary of the "Battle of Lake Erie". The public will get their first view of this new issue as well as meet the artist, Beth Gregerson.

Friday, Aug. 11
3:00 p.m. on show floor,
stage next to USPS

 

 

 

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