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MEMBER BENEFITS
Membership in the China Stamp Society is open to all collectors of China and related areas. Member benefits include:
RECENT EVENTS
The Society held its 2007 Annual Membership Meeting at FLOREX 2007 in Orlando, Florida, Nov 30 and Dec. 1-2, 2007. Forty-six dealers showed their wares. The show had 200 frames of exhibits and has now requalified as a WSP stamp show.
Choi Cheong-Too won the Grand Award for his exhibit of the “Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Issue Central Trust Print Cents Overprints and Surcharges of China 1942.” In addition it garnered the CSS Best Exhibit of China Award, the CSS Chia Nan Chapter Award and a Gold Medal.
H. James Maxwell won the Reserve Grand Award for his exhibit of the “Rates During the Post-War Chinese National Currency Era.” In addition it garnered the Paul Ke-Shing Chang Chinese Postal History Award, the Postal History Society Award, the James R. Lee Memorial Award and a Gold Medal.
View or print the Palmares The Annual Directors Meeting was Saturday at 9 AM and the Annual Membership Meeting followed at 10:30. Seventeen members attended the luncheon Saturday at the Dim Sum Feast restaurant. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening some of the members got together for casual dinners.
 Thursday nights dinner. Clockwise are Paul Gault, H. James Maxwell, Chuck Fagan, Steve Frumkin, Kenny Lee, Gene Liu and Tom Massa
 Friday nights dinner. Clockwise are Tom Massa, Archie McKee, Paul Gault, Pat Skain, Chuck Fagan, Steve Frumkin, Gene Liu and Kenny Lee
 The Annual Directors Meeting on Saturday. Left to right are H. James Maxwell, Michael Rogers, Ralph Weil, Chuck Fagan, Pat McKenzie and Paul Gault
 The Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday.
The Society held a Regional Meeting at the St. Louis Stamp Expo 2008, Feb. 29 and Mar. 1-2. Member Chio Cheong-too received a Gold Medal for his exhibit "The Crown Issues and Surcharges of Macau 1884," as did Henry Sweets for his "China to the United States: Surface, Airmail, Printed Matter and Regisrty Rates of 1945-1949 Inflation Period." Henry also received the Regional Meeting Best China Exhibit Award. Four new members joined the Society and a great time was had by all who attended the meeting. The Society also held a Regional Meeting at StampShow 2008, Aug. 14-17, in Hartford, CT. Member Chio Cheong-too received a Gold Medal for his exhibit, "Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Issue Central Trust Print 16 Cents Overprints and Surcharges of China 1942." Sales of books, DVDs, the new membership pins, and Society memberships were brisk. Seven people joined the Society or rejoined after an extended absence.
  UPCOMING EVENTS
2008 ANNUAL MEETING
This year’s annual meeting will be held October 10-12 at SESCAL in Los Angeles, CA. However, SESCAL, this year, will be quite different. The Inter-American Federation of Philately (FIAP) will celebrate its 40th anniversary in a joint exhibition with SESCAL. FIAP represents North, Central and South America in the Federation of Philately (FIP). The combined show will be called SESCAL/Americas 08, and will be both an international stamp show under the auspices of FIP and a World Series of Philately show under the auspices of APS. There will be sixty dealers from around the world. The website for the show is http://www.sescal.org/sescal-08.htm The Board of Directors Meeting will be at 9 AM Saturday and the Annual Membership Meeting will be at 11 AM, followed immediately by the annual luncheon. The Society will put on a seminar on Exhibiting Chinese Philately at 4 pm on Friday. FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT: BALPEX 2009, Sept. 4-6, Labor Day Weekend, Baltimore, MD
SESCAL 2010, Oct., Los Angeles, CA
CHICAGOPEX 2011, Nov., Chicago, IL
FUTURE REGIONAL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT:
WESTPEX 2009, April, San Francisco, CA
APS StampShow 2009, August 6-9, Pittsburgh, PA
APS StampShow 2010, August 12-5, Richmond, VA
APS StampShow 2011, August 11-14, Columbus, OH |
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