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I've always loved this stamp. Color, composition, subject – it has it all.
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Same town 43 years later!
My grandparents went to AC for their honeymoon in 1933, driving a 1931 Chevy rumble seat roadster all the way from Jersey City. My grandfather bragged that they made it all that way with only two flat tires! I guess that was great reliability for tires and roads of that era!
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Well, technically not a "stamp convention" per se, but from the first Exposition Internationale de Poste Aerienne (EIPA), 1930, a pair of cards.
The first is just a souvenir card, backside is blank:
These cards were also issued with orange lettering around the border. My card has C6 (dk blue) affixed. C6a (in ultramarine) was sold at the exposition at face value plus 5 francs, the price of admission. The first printing was perfined "EIPA30"
Here is another card, from the same exposition:
This one may have been flown, although not on the special itinerary for the show, back and forth to Brussels, Belgium. Instead, mine went to Switzerland. The overprint on the 50c stamp is for the 48th Labor Bureau Congress, in April, 1930. eh
I just love the graphics in this Art Deco style. In the 1930s, international expositions around aviation proliferated. As I have implied, there are numerous collecting opportunities for EIPA 1930, alone. I mean, one could build an entire exhibit on the philately of this one exposition.
Enjoy!
-Paul
PS. I find it interesting to put prizes and admission/entrance fees in perspective of today's dollars. In 1930, the exchange rate was about 5 francs to the dollar. $1.30 in 1930 (the stamp, plus 5 francs admission) is about $20 in today's money. Uh, that's just about what these cards sell for today!
PPS. And now, a challenge. Who's got something from the International Philatelic Expo which was held in Le Havre, France in May, 1929? Scott #246 was issued for this expo!
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I saw this one today on eBay! You could no doubt collect a cover a year for decades from this event!
A funny aside... a dozen years ago my model car show needed a new home. I contacted the NJ league of Chambers of Commerce and got offers from all over the state. For instance, Wildwood was aggressive... we could have the space in the convention center IF we'd go for February and promote local hotels and eateries.
We dealt with some major venues across the state that had huge requirements of us, but Atlantic City took the cake! We could have our event in the Convention Center, with some union labor concessions...
1. I could not submit my floor plan (um, space planning is what I do for a living).. I needed to hire their architect to create sealed plans.
2. There were requirements about necessary union staffing levels. Easy enough that the tables, booths etc had to be installed by their union folks. BUT.. we would be required to have a union carpenter and electrician there (sitting on their tails) for the duration of our event just in case there was a need. And a handful of other union folks that out numbered our own show staff!
3. Model car vendors could not unload / load their own vehicles! This needed to be done with union porters.
And there was more I cannot remember just now! All in all, the hall would be free BUT the other requirements came to over ten times our show budget!
Five years ago we went to a friends' son's wedding in Atlantic City... attendees were prohibited from taking photos... only the union photographer could do so!
You know my feelings for AC! 
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Its the same situation with the stamp shows at the Javits Center and Madison Sq. Garden. The dealers were complaining they could not load and unload their own stamps..had to be the union members.
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DISCLAIMER: Not mine.
But, in some random, unintentional browsing, I stumbled across that 1929 Le Havre cover:
SPECTACULAR!
It's being offered for $500. Too rich for my blood!
-Paul
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Stamp Expo cover from Slatinany (Bohamia and Moravia)1941.
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and a folder for the same event.
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06:51:57pm
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I've always loved this stamp. Color, composition, subject – it has it all.
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Same town 43 years later!
My grandparents went to AC for their honeymoon in 1933, driving a 1931 Chevy rumble seat roadster all the way from Jersey City. My grandfather bragged that they made it all that way with only two flat tires! I guess that was great reliability for tires and roads of that era!
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12:44:25pm
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Well, technically not a "stamp convention" per se, but from the first Exposition Internationale de Poste Aerienne (EIPA), 1930, a pair of cards.
The first is just a souvenir card, backside is blank:
These cards were also issued with orange lettering around the border. My card has C6 (dk blue) affixed. C6a (in ultramarine) was sold at the exposition at face value plus 5 francs, the price of admission. The first printing was perfined "EIPA30"
Here is another card, from the same exposition:
This one may have been flown, although not on the special itinerary for the show, back and forth to Brussels, Belgium. Instead, mine went to Switzerland. The overprint on the 50c stamp is for the 48th Labor Bureau Congress, in April, 1930. eh
I just love the graphics in this Art Deco style. In the 1930s, international expositions around aviation proliferated. As I have implied, there are numerous collecting opportunities for EIPA 1930, alone. I mean, one could build an entire exhibit on the philately of this one exposition.
Enjoy!
-Paul
PS. I find it interesting to put prizes and admission/entrance fees in perspective of today's dollars. In 1930, the exchange rate was about 5 francs to the dollar. $1.30 in 1930 (the stamp, plus 5 francs admission) is about $20 in today's money. Uh, that's just about what these cards sell for today!
PPS. And now, a challenge. Who's got something from the International Philatelic Expo which was held in Le Havre, France in May, 1929? Scott #246 was issued for this expo!
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I saw this one today on eBay! You could no doubt collect a cover a year for decades from this event!
A funny aside... a dozen years ago my model car show needed a new home. I contacted the NJ league of Chambers of Commerce and got offers from all over the state. For instance, Wildwood was aggressive... we could have the space in the convention center IF we'd go for February and promote local hotels and eateries.
We dealt with some major venues across the state that had huge requirements of us, but Atlantic City took the cake! We could have our event in the Convention Center, with some union labor concessions...
1. I could not submit my floor plan (um, space planning is what I do for a living).. I needed to hire their architect to create sealed plans.
2. There were requirements about necessary union staffing levels. Easy enough that the tables, booths etc had to be installed by their union folks. BUT.. we would be required to have a union carpenter and electrician there (sitting on their tails) for the duration of our event just in case there was a need. And a handful of other union folks that out numbered our own show staff!
3. Model car vendors could not unload / load their own vehicles! This needed to be done with union porters.
And there was more I cannot remember just now! All in all, the hall would be free BUT the other requirements came to over ten times our show budget!
Five years ago we went to a friends' son's wedding in Atlantic City... attendees were prohibited from taking photos... only the union photographer could do so!
You know my feelings for AC!
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Its the same situation with the stamp shows at the Javits Center and Madison Sq. Garden. The dealers were complaining they could not load and unload their own stamps..had to be the union members.
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07:42:58pm
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DISCLAIMER: Not mine.
But, in some random, unintentional browsing, I stumbled across that 1929 Le Havre cover:
SPECTACULAR!
It's being offered for $500. Too rich for my blood!
-Paul
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re: stamp convention covers
Stamp Expo cover from Slatinany (Bohamia and Moravia)1941.
.....
and a folder for the same event.
.....
.....
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