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These stamp exhibits were large heavy glass metal FRAMES which held 9 pages about 8 1/2x11 or so. Some lengthy exhibits used more than 1 frame. A theme was chosen, researched and presented in a static exhibit, using typed explanations and sample stamps. An example might be "The Public Complained" ...about cancellinf any US flag stamp, saying it discraced the flag. ...that there was a re-issue of a error stamp just so the error ones would not be valuable, but then everyone had to put up with these odd yellow stripes. ...that the founder of the Girl Scouts looked bald on the stamp. ...the airplane that couldn't fly- a compilation of nice parts of different planes assembled by a graphic designer for a stamp.
Etc. There were exhibits on a special cancellation type, and you name it. Are they still around ? Posted anywhere?
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Dave, see here....http://www.japhila.cz/hof/index02_.htm
Mike in NC / meostamps
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06:42:36am
How about right here on Stamporama?
http://stamporama.com/exhibits/
Roy
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Exhibiting is stronger than ever !! I have several one of which is here on stamporama in the exhibit section. Extremely educational and very fun to put together. I for one would love to see yours. Instructions for uploading are somewhere in the exhibit section. Can't wait to see it
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Exhibiting seems to be alive and well, although it depends on the venue and the "health" of philately in given areas. My stamp club, the British Columbia Philatelic Society, sponsors the annual VANPEX show. Until relatively recently, it was a national-level show with as many as 200 16-sheet exhibit frames. I was exhibits chair for several years starting in 2003, and it was always a struggle getting exhibitors. Only once in that time did I have to turn down exhibits because of over-subscription.
About five years ago, because of aging and dwindling membership, we had to revert VANPEX to a regional exhibition with as few as 35 frames, and these days we even have trouble filling those.
I have five exhibits under my belt. I agree with Jeredutt3 — there is no better way to learn about one's collections than to plan exhibits around them. Philatelic web pages are a close second; the Ephemeraltreasures.net link below will take you to my personal web site, which is largely based on items in my collection. It includes one of my exhibits, about my experiences in the Vietnam War.
Bob
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My daughter Shelley used to exhibit as a junior. Her last junior exhibit was when she was 17.
She has exhibited twice since, but nothing serious.
Here she is when she was about 9 years old, at a local stamp show.
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07:09:22am
A beautiful photo and even better the likelihood that the things she learned exhibiting will become the fond memories of yesteryear.
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I've been curious as to how stamps are exhibited today. I haven't been to a show since the 1980s and can imagine what computers and printers have done to the art.
I have an exhibit that I developed in the 1970s for my 1 cent Ben Franklins. I was in my teens so it doesn't include the expensive and elusive items I own today but was pretty concise of telling the story of the issue. Last time out it took an APS Silver Award in adult competition. I have kept this exhibit intact and unmolested all these years. It filled two frames at NYC ASDA shows, with 12x12 pages. My parents bought me an electric typewriter that wrote with tapes rather than ink to create my collection.
I would like to get back to it someday, of course the collection is much more complete and I could do a much better job today. And the pages would no doubt be computer generated.
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The frames we use at Vanpex are designed to hold 16 exhibit sheets in plastic sheet protectors, the lower edge of which slip into and are light clamped by flatish clear plastic channels. Here's a not-great image from a recent VANPEX exhibition:
I'd say that the maximum thickness of an item being display is probably no more than an eighth to a tenth of an inch. The covering of our frames, and I imagine most frames, is clear plastic or acrylic, and is somewhat flexible, so thicker items might be placed near the centre of the frame without undue stress. Generally speaking, the frames are designed for two-dimensional items, not three dimensional. I understand that some exhibits include such items as cancellation hammers that are somehow attached to the top or bottom of the frame.
If in doubt, contact the exhibits chair before going to the trouble of mounting an item that might not fit.
Bob
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@doodles,
Thanks for posting that great picture of your daughter. I'm sure she's a sharp young lady. So good to see a young person in the hobby.
-Ernie
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Thank you Ernie. That photo was years ago, ( she has a 19 year old son now,) but my daughter is a smart girl and still collecting stamps.
Suzanne
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01:26:45am
Do people know what I'm talking about? If so, I did one over 40 years ago and am wondering if there are any web sites that posts these. It'll eventually be thrown away by someone else, but was quite interesting and informative. It may as well be scanned for prosperity.
These stamp exhibits were large heavy glass metal FRAMES which held 9 pages about 8 1/2x11 or so. Some lengthy exhibits used more than 1 frame. A theme was chosen, researched and presented in a static exhibit, using typed explanations and sample stamps. An example might be "The Public Complained" ...about cancellinf any US flag stamp, saying it discraced the flag. ...that there was a re-issue of a error stamp just so the error ones would not be valuable, but then everyone had to put up with these odd yellow stripes. ...that the founder of the Girl Scouts looked bald on the stamp. ...the airplane that couldn't fly- a compilation of nice parts of different planes assembled by a graphic designer for a stamp.
Etc. There were exhibits on a special cancellation type, and you name it. Are they still around ? Posted anywhere?
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Dave, see here....http://www.japhila.cz/hof/index02_.htm
Mike in NC / meostamps
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06:42:36am
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How about right here on Stamporama?
http://stamporama.com/exhibits/
Roy
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Exhibiting is stronger than ever !! I have several one of which is here on stamporama in the exhibit section. Extremely educational and very fun to put together. I for one would love to see yours. Instructions for uploading are somewhere in the exhibit section. Can't wait to see it
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re: Framed Stamp Exhibits, usually teaching a theme at stamp shows of the past
Exhibiting seems to be alive and well, although it depends on the venue and the "health" of philately in given areas. My stamp club, the British Columbia Philatelic Society, sponsors the annual VANPEX show. Until relatively recently, it was a national-level show with as many as 200 16-sheet exhibit frames. I was exhibits chair for several years starting in 2003, and it was always a struggle getting exhibitors. Only once in that time did I have to turn down exhibits because of over-subscription.
About five years ago, because of aging and dwindling membership, we had to revert VANPEX to a regional exhibition with as few as 35 frames, and these days we even have trouble filling those.
I have five exhibits under my belt. I agree with Jeredutt3 — there is no better way to learn about one's collections than to plan exhibits around them. Philatelic web pages are a close second; the Ephemeraltreasures.net link below will take you to my personal web site, which is largely based on items in my collection. It includes one of my exhibits, about my experiences in the Vietnam War.
Bob
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re: Framed Stamp Exhibits, usually teaching a theme at stamp shows of the past
My daughter Shelley used to exhibit as a junior. Her last junior exhibit was when she was 17.
She has exhibited twice since, but nothing serious.
Here she is when she was about 9 years old, at a local stamp show.
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07:09:22am
re: Framed Stamp Exhibits, usually teaching a theme at stamp shows of the past
A beautiful photo and even better the likelihood that the things she learned exhibiting will become the fond memories of yesteryear.
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I've been curious as to how stamps are exhibited today. I haven't been to a show since the 1980s and can imagine what computers and printers have done to the art.
I have an exhibit that I developed in the 1970s for my 1 cent Ben Franklins. I was in my teens so it doesn't include the expensive and elusive items I own today but was pretty concise of telling the story of the issue. Last time out it took an APS Silver Award in adult competition. I have kept this exhibit intact and unmolested all these years. It filled two frames at NYC ASDA shows, with 12x12 pages. My parents bought me an electric typewriter that wrote with tapes rather than ink to create my collection.
I would like to get back to it someday, of course the collection is much more complete and I could do a much better job today. And the pages would no doubt be computer generated.
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re: Framed Stamp Exhibits, usually teaching a theme at stamp shows of the past
The frames we use at Vanpex are designed to hold 16 exhibit sheets in plastic sheet protectors, the lower edge of which slip into and are light clamped by flatish clear plastic channels. Here's a not-great image from a recent VANPEX exhibition:
I'd say that the maximum thickness of an item being display is probably no more than an eighth to a tenth of an inch. The covering of our frames, and I imagine most frames, is clear plastic or acrylic, and is somewhat flexible, so thicker items might be placed near the centre of the frame without undue stress. Generally speaking, the frames are designed for two-dimensional items, not three dimensional. I understand that some exhibits include such items as cancellation hammers that are somehow attached to the top or bottom of the frame.
If in doubt, contact the exhibits chair before going to the trouble of mounting an item that might not fit.
Bob
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@doodles,
Thanks for posting that great picture of your daughter. I'm sure she's a sharp young lady. So good to see a young person in the hobby.
-Ernie
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Thank you Ernie. That photo was years ago, ( she has a 19 year old son now,) but my daughter is a smart girl and still collecting stamps.
Suzanne
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