I attended the 132nd annual stamp show this weekend past. Hosted by the American Philatelic Society and the American Topical Association, it was (for me anyway) overwhelming. I was able to find some of the stamps I wanted for my own collection, and the exhibits were amazing.
The very large exibit area. A little intimidating, and very cool.
I believe this was the printing error referred to as Fast Jenny. Did not know other errors of this stamp existed, outside of the famous inverted jenny.
I also attended the presentation by the host of Exploring Stamps. Engaging delivery with just the right amount of humor tossed in; well done Graham!
Either Graham is tall, or I’m short. Dealer’s choice.
If I had my druthers, I would have started with smaller shows to get my feet wet. The dates did not work out for that, and since I’m not too far from Columbus OH, I took the plunge. I set up a mobile office in my hotel room for the weekend. Worked out great.
The luxurious view from my hotel room window.
The hotel office, WITH Indians baseball on the boob tube.
This weekend I will attend a much smaller stamp show here in town, hosted by the local stamp club. Whew! ~Tom~
Oh, if you could only find one of those Jenny stamps where the airplane is upside down.
Never heard of the Fast Jenny. I love it! — There is a recent version of the Inverted Jenny on a $2 stamp from the USPS. They printed just a few of them with the airplane right side up!