Congratulations to the Outer Banks Stamp Club, an American Philatelic Society chapter since 1998, on the exhibit it created for the Native American Museum in Frisco, North Carolina located on the Outer Banks, just north of Cape Hatteras.
The project was coordinated by club Vice President Bob Webster. Dialogue with the museum began in December and a plan was developed by January. Members obtained the philatelic material in February, met five times in early March and April and installed the exhibit at the museum on April 8.
A before (left) and after look at the new philatelic exhibit Native American Museum at the Outer Banks, North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of Richard Kinner).
Club member Bob Tracy designed and built the main sign, “Native Americans on Stamps.” Bob Mabus constructed the four cabinets. Rick Kinner wrote and printed all the captions. Steve Evans, John Webster and Kinner were responsible for the layout and assembly.
The club was given space for four displays but the club made eight displays so that the museum could rotate and keep the information fresh. Topics include Jim Thorpe, Will Rogers, international stamps honoring Native Americans, the importance of buffalos to Native life, Native American headdresses and war chiefs.
Colopex in Columbus, Ohio area was held June 10-11 in a new venue at the Doubletree Worthington Hotel. Earl Toops won the multiframe grand for “The Development and Use of the Provisional Issues of South Vietnam.” “The Chile Presidente Series: 1911-1937,” by Ross Towle, received the multiframe reserve grand. The single frame grand went to Hal Vogel for “1838-42 Wilkes Antarctic Expedition. Its many (often unfavorable) facets.”
Okpex was held June 24-25 in suburban Oklahoma City and included meetings of the Oklahoma Philatelic Society and Oklahoma Postal History Society, a roundtable of the local American Topical Association chapter, an American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors open forum on exhibiting, and a raffle for a used United States 1847 5-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp.
Jay Stotts won the multiframe grand award for his “United States: 4th Bureau Issue of 1922-38.” This earned Jay the last slot to compete in the World Series of Philately Champion of Champions competition at our August Great American Stamp Show in Sacramento, California. Les Lanphear’s “U.S. Departmentals 1873-1884” won the multiframe reserve grand. The single frame grand went to Sandeep Jaiswal for an “In-Depth Study of the First Issue of Jaipur with Special Emphasis on Stones, Color, Perforations and Usages.”
Louis E. Reif Jr. and his wife, Lib-Mary, who passed away a few years ago, were regulars at the Colopex and Indypex stamp shows. Louis, who passed away when in March, joined the APS in 1964 and had a special interest in the postal art of Herman Maul. He was also a lifelong member of the Germany Philatelic Society and the Columbus Stamp Club. Louis and Lib-Mary are not as well known as most of the deceased APS members I mention but had many philatelic friends who will miss everything they did for the hobby.
Another lesser known but important member we recently lost is Diane Clark. For the latter part of her life, Diane lived and worked in the Atlanta area. A foreign language instructor for nearly 40 years, she taught French, Spanish and Russian. As an APS member for a little more than 15 years, she attended the APS Summer Seminar, served on the APS Membership Committee, was one of our first monthly donors and was a Soiree sponsor. Her passing is also a great loss for the hobby.