The American Ceremony Program Society

Membership: Annual dues for US members $7. Additional family membership annual dues $2 (does not include subscription to The Ceremonial). Membership in the ACPS runs from January 1 through December 31 of any given calendar year. Those becoming members between those dates shall have their membership dues prorated accordingly. All membership concerns (applications, new member, address change, back issue availability, etc.) should be addressed to the Secretary.

The Ceremonial is the official journal of the ACPS. Any material submitted to The Ceremonial for publication becomes the property of the American Ceremony Program Society (ACPS) and will not be returned. The Ceremonial reserves the right to edit all materials submitted for publication. For display advertisement rates and requirements please contact the Treasurer.

In issue number I illustrated a number of programs for the Roy Wilkins issue. It was suspected that more would turn up. Indeed the have. Following are illustrated new varieties.

Boston, Massachusetts insert similar to those previously illustrated for other area programs

On March 1, 2003 the $.01 Tiffany Lamp stamp was issued at the APS convention in Biloxi Mississippi. This was the day after the $1.00 Stamp was issued. While not unusual to have 2 different stamps issued at a stamp show, it is usual to have 2 official ceremonies and 2 official programs.

The Master of Ceremonies was Earl Artis, Jr. Following his welcome, Michelle Baily said the invocation and the Colors were presented by the Biloxi High School ROTC. Lauren Broussard then performed the National Anthem.

Michael Bertucci, the Postmaster of Biloxi began his second welcome to everyone by stating "I'm back" referring to his 2 ceremonies in two days. He then stated this was an honor to Biloxi to host to such ceremonies. Everyone was encouraged to buy the stamp as it is so much easier on ones budget than the $1.00 stamp. This however did not stop his granddaughter from affixing $1.00 stamps all over the family cat.

APS President Peter McCann again welcomed everyone to the ceremony and thanked everyone for his or her attendance.

Mississippi District Mgr. of the USPS Jim Daily then welcomed everyone and stated: "I'm here again." Today marked his 38th anniversary with the Postal Service. He refers to the USPS as his adopted family.

Jay Bigalke, President of our organization was then introduced and it was stated this was his 7th ceremony this year and his 38th ceremony in total following his first one, for the Iowa stamp in 1996.

Jay told all guests of the American Ceremony Program Society and of his intentions of being the Postmaster General one day. Earl Artis promptly asked for his autograph stating "you never know".

The Executive Director of Stamp Services for the USPS, David Failor was then introduced. He stated he sees Jay more than he sees his son. He asked whose college titration is lower? A humorous story was then

relayed how he was recently at the Tiffany Store in Beverly Hills, California and he did not buy anything. Everyone was then encouraged to buy the new Tiffany Lamp stamp as an authentic Tiffany Lamp will cost about $30,000.

All ceremony participants then unveiled the new stamp. Following photographs all participants remained for autographs.

On February 28, 2003 the $1.00 Wisdom Stamp was issued in connection with the APS stamp show.

Presiding over the ceremony was Earl Artis Jr., Manager of Public Affairs and Communications for the Southeast Area of the USPS. Following the Presentation of colors by the Gulfport High School ROTC, Eugene Eash preformed the National Anthem.

Mike Bertucci, the Postmaster of Biloxi Mississippi, then welcomed guests. He encouraged everyone to enjoy the local food and to spend money on stamps and not at the casinos.

American Philatelic Society President Peter McCann then thanked all participants and commented on the warm local weather as opposed to the cold temperatures in Maryland.

The next speaker was James Daily, the District Manager for the Mississippi District of the USPS. He is a 38 year postal employee and he stated after having dedicated 20 stamps, this is the first high value issue he has been involved with. He was very pleased with its expected revenue. He also stated the first post office in Mississippi was established on November 29, 1799 and also spoke of one of Mississippi's famous Postmasters, William Faulkner. He was on a stamp in 1987.

David Failor, the Director of Stamp Services for the USPS then dedicated the stamp with all ceremony participants.

It's one, two, three Dedication Ceremonies for the Cesar Chavez Stamp in Chicago By Randall Sherman

Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks may have been famous for his saying, Let's play two! But the Chicago Post Office went one better in their effort to help honor the late labor leader Cesar E. Chavez, by holding three separate Dedication Ceremonies for the new Cesar Chavez Commemorative Stamp in three separate locations in just over a 24-hour period on April 24 and 25.

Dedication Ceremonies are becoming more common and more sought after these days, particularly since the Postal Service chose to go with generic designs for its First Day Ceremony Programs in April 2001. For some new issues (particularly the Thurgood Marshall Stamp earlier this year) there were dozens of such ceremonies held across the country in the two months after the initial release of the stamp. But until now, no city since the Moon Landing issue had held three separate ceremonies for the same stamp in barely a day's time. The three ceremonies held for the Chavez Stamp demonstrated the growing importance of the Hispanic community in general and the Mexican-American community in particular in the City of Chicago. A spokeswoman for the Chicago Post Office explained that the multiple ceremonies were an effort to give a wider group of people involved in honoring the legacy of Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers Union. We wanted to spread it out to make more people aware (of the stamp), she said. By cramming three ceremonies into a short period, the Chicago Post Office was able to get a number of key members of the Chavez family to participate in all three ceremonies. The son-in-law of Chavez, Arturo S. Rodriguez, who succeeded Chavez as UFW President, headed the family delegation. Other family members who spoke at all three ceremonies were Chavez's grandson Paul Chavez (a financial advisor for the MONY Group) and Rodriguez son-in-law Andres F. Irlando, who serves as Executive Director for the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation. The first Dedication Ceremony was held Friday April 25 at 11 a.m. at the Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side. More than 500 people crammed into the second-floor auditorium, many of which were Chavez students. The Postal Service had a sales and cancellation station near the main entrance on the first floor. However, the cancellation available for covers at this ceremony was not the pictorial cancellation found on the Ceremony Program, but rather The Windy City cancellation the Chicago P.O. has trotted out on numerous occasions for more than two decades (along with a large date cancellation). Few prepared cachets were evident at the ceremonies.

. Front cover of the Ceremony Program for the Dedication Ceremony held at the Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center on April 25, 2003.

Inside of the Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center Ceremony Program, autographed by a number of the ceremony participants.

One of the few cachets prepared in advance for the ceremonies, created by the author for the Chicagoland FDC Society (Chapter #6 of the American First Day Cover Society). The two Chavez stamps on the cachet received The Windy City cancellation, which was available at the Friday morning ceremony, and the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum cancellation, which was available at the Friday evening ceremony.

Lillian Galorath, Treasurer of the Chicagoland FDC Society, created this cachet, depicting a bunch of grapes

As a promotion the Chicago P.O. took the Porky Pig That's All Folks! Postal Cards they still had on hand (sales of the cards had been ended by the USPS some time ago), stamped them as shown here, and gave those away (still in their book of 10 cards) to anyone purchasing at least $20 worth (3 sheets) of the new Chavez stamps. The Chicago P.O. marked and gave away leftover books of the Legendary Playing Fields Postal Cards, using the same deal.

A stamp Pin was also Distributed at the Ceremony A number of local dignitaries were also present at the ceremony, which had some broadcast media coverage, thanks in part to having Cynthia Santana, the weekend co-anchor of the CBS-owned station in Chicago (WBBM-TV), serve as Mistress of Ceremony for the event (Santana would also emcee the Friday evening ceremony at the Mexican Fine Arts Museum). The dignitaries joined in the praise of Chavez and his career as a labor leader and as a civil rights figure.

Front cover of the Ceremony Program for the Dedication Ceremony held at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum the evening of April 25, 2003.

. Inside of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Ceremony Program, autographed by most of the ceremony's participants.

The oversized image of the Cesar Chavez Stamp is unveiled at the Chavez Multicultural Academy. (L-R:) United Farm Workers President (and Cesar Chavez' son-in-law, wearing the white shirt) Arturo S. Rodriguez, Illinois Lt. Governor Patrick J. Quinn, Cesar Chavez' grandson Paul Chavez, USPS Lead Executive District Manager Akinyinka O. Akinyele, Mistress of Ceremony Cynthia Santana and Andres F. Irlando, Executive Director of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation (as well as the son-in-law of Rodriguez and grandson-in-law of Cesar Chavez).

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Patrick J. Quinn, who is well known for his organizing skills throughout his political career, paid tribute to Chavez' ability to organize farm workers, telling the crowd, He was a great organizer. Quinn and a number of other speakers called for the establishment of Chavez's March 31 birthday as a holiday (much like that for Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.). However, Quinn told the students and the crowd, The best way to honor Cesar Chavez is through education and service.

Chavez's grandson Paul Chavez said Cesar Chavez's birthday is already an official holiday in five states. He called his grandfather a symbol of hope and courage for all Americans.

Other elected officials present included the school's new Alderman, Arenda Troutman (who had the block with Chavez Academy added to her 20^th Ward as the tip of a narrow two-mile extension that was needed to equalize her ward's population with the city's other 49 wards). Also present were Aldermen Edward Burke (14^th, who represented the neighborhood where Chavez Academy is located prior to a series of remappings in recent years), Walter Burrnett (27^th), Emma Mitts (37^th) and Helen Shiller (46^th).

Also present were officials of the labor movement. Chicago Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Timothy J. Leahy said of Chavez, No one could hold him down. Leahy received one of the biggest rounds of applause of the ceremony when he told the gathering that included a significant number of immigrants, Let's hope these stamps are used on citizenship papers instead of deportation papers.

The largely Hispanic crowd also heard from Carlos Salana, Mexico's Counsel General to Chicago, who gave his remarks in Spanish.

Rodriguez told the students in his keynote speech about Chavez' love for reading (even though Chavez had to leave school after the eighth grade to help support his family as a migrant farm worker in the Southwest). You're going to be the Cesar Chavezes of the future, Rodriguez told the students.

Awards were also presented to Chavez Academy students for their work in special art and essay contests on the subject of Cesar Chavez (see photo 2). The winners were:

Chavez Multicultural Academy students wave their hand-made United Farm Workers flags during the Dedication Ceremony.

Kindergarten: Benito Mendoza (1^st place). Isabel Briseno (2^nd place). 1^st Grade: Jocelyn Cobarrubias (1^st place). Juan Montoya (2^nd place). 2^nd Grade: Diana Flores (1^st place). Victor Tena (2^nd place). 3^rd Grade: Juan Cruz (1^st place). Brithany Perez (2^nd place). 4^th Grade: Blanca Carrillo (1^st place). Cesar Flores (2^nd place). 4^th/5^th Grade Essays: Blanca Carrillo (1^st place). Karol Lopez (2^nd place). Many of the dignitaries and assembled philatelists (there were a number of collectors present, including members of the American Ceremony Program Society) stayed afterwards for a luncheon given in the school library.

A Friend of Chavez Gets the Attention at Museum Ceremony

Friday's second ceremony, held at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood (almost four miles north of the Chavez Academy), brought together a significantly different crowd than the students, teachers and parents of Chavez Academy. This event was by invitation, and many, if not most of the 250 people present were among the business and social elite in Chicago's Mexican-American community. Still, many of them were giddier than the children were at the morning ceremony, awaiting the opportunity to see a long-time friend of the Chavez family¦ Ethel Kennedy.

The story of how the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy came out to California in 1966 to support Chavez and his fledging United Farm Workers movement was frequently mentioned that evening as the crowd sampled the catered food and beverages in the rear of the museum auditorium (while awaiting the start of the formal ceremony, which was scheduled for 6 p.m., but in fact began more than an hour later). A proclamation by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley declaring April 25 Cesar E. Chavez Commemorative Stamp Day in Chicago was read by the local alderman, Daniel Solis of the 25^th Ward. Solis then announced his intentions to introduce an ordinance in the Chicago City Council to rename a three-block stretch of Blue Island Avenue (the main business street in the Pilsen neighborhood) after Chavez. Organized labor was also present at the Arts Center Museum ceremony, with remarks by Illinois State AFL-CIO President Margaret Blackshere. Cesar Chavez always cared about workers and their families, Blackshere said of the man who founded the United Farm Workers in the 1960s and led it until his death. We must never forget his beliefs. Rodriguez put the audience at ease during his remarks when he noted the UFW's successes in obtaining contracts with wine producers such as Gallo, saying of Gallo wine, It's kosher now, and claimed it may even taste a little sweeter now that the grapes are picked by unionized workers. In reality, the UFW has won 16 secret-ballot elections in a row, and now represents some 26,000 workers. The union is also responsible for about 2,400 families of retired UFW members who receive over $400,000 in pensions a month. Rodriguez also noted how Chavez enhanced the lives of the farm workers in other ways, including the establishment of a radio station owned by the union. The initial foray into radio in 1984 by the UFW has since grown into nine stations in the states of California, Arizona and Washington. But it was obvious that most of those present wanted to see Ethel Kennedy, who paid tribute to Chavez in her brief remarks, comparing Chavez to a saint. At the end of the ceremony she received a large commemorative plaque from the Chicago Post Office. Her son Christopher (who lives in the Chicago area) was seen lugging the oversized plaque out of the museum (presumably to his car). Meanwhile Christopher's mother spent a good deal of time after the conclusion of the formal ceremony posing for photos in front of the oversized replica of the Chavez stamp and autographing copies of the ceremony program.

The Chavez Stamp is unveiled at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, with Ethel Kennedy and Arturo S. Rodriguez flanking the stamp's image.

. For taking part in the Dedication Ceremony at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, USPS officials Akinyinka O. Akubyele (L) and Danny Jackson present Ethel Kennedy with a special Cesar E. Chavez Stamp Plaque.

After the ceremony ended, Ethel Kennedy was gracious enough to pose for numerous photographs with well-wishers, including the author of this report (Randall Sherman, left) and noted Mexican-American attorney Frank B. Avila

As was the case with the morning ceremony at the Chavez Academy, the USPS had a table for sales and stamp cancellations. But at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, the pictorial cancellation used for the Ceremony Programs was also used for canceling covers.

A prominent member of the Chicagoland FDC Society, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner M. Frank Avila (the only countywide elected Hispanic official in Chicago and the father of attorney Frank B. Avila), is seen showing off his copy of the Ceremony Program from the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Dedication Ceremony with Illinois AFL-CIO President Margaret Blackshere.

A Saturday Morning Dedication in the Old Neighborhood

The final Dedication Ceremony was held the next morning (Saturday, April 26) at 11 a.m. in the auditorium of Bessemer Park in the South Chicago neighborhood on Chicago's Southeast Side. This neighborhood, located adjacent to the site of steel mills (most of which have closed down over the last 20 years), is the home to Chicago's oldest Mexican-American community (dating back nearly a century). The city's first Mexican parish Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe, is nearby (where Chavez had visited and spoken on a number of occasions). Its current pastor, Father James Maloney, gave the invocation at the Bessemer Park ceremony.

Front cover of the Ceremony Program for the Dedication Ceremony held at Bessemer Park the morning of April 26, 2003

Inside of the Bessemer Park Ceremony Program, autographed by most of the ceremony's participants.

Unlike the ceremony the previous evening, this final ceremony had a neighborhood flavor to it. While the previous ceremony had featured a 17-piece string ensemble performing at the back of the stage, Bessemer Park featured a dance troupe of youngsters with music from a CD player, performing as their parents may have in South Chicago when Cesar Chavez first came to seek support for his new union in the 1960s and 1970s.

An observant eye might have noticed the California contingent had brought their luggage to the park fieldhouse, as they would be heading to the airport immediately after this final ceremony (where additional Dedication Ceremonies would be awaiting them over the coming weeks). But most of the crowd of about 125 who attended this ceremony cared only about honoring a man who had visited their community many times in the three decades before his death, a friend of theirs who had received this singular honor of a commemorative postage stamp. That was the important thing on this day.

The Ceremony Program differed from the two used the previous day in that the description of Chavez and the new stamp (found on the inside back cover) by printed in both English and Spanish. Another difference between the Bessemer Park ceremony and the two Friday ceremonies was the absence of public officials. The two members of the Chicago City Council whose wards include the area around Bessemer Park, Ald. William Beavers (7^th) and John Pope (10^th) were listed as speakers in the Ceremony Program, but did not attend. As in the first two ceremonies, Chavez was as expected, praised repeatedly. Sylvia Campos, the Director of the El Valor Family Services and Respite (an area social service agency), whose brother had worked with Chavez, compared Chavez' battles to win labor recognition for his workers to David's battle with Goliath.

Dr. Juan Andrade, Jr., the President of the United Sates Hispanic Leadership Institute and a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, also used Biblical references to describe Chavez. There was no greater servant than Cesar Chavez, Andrade said. If the greatest servant is the greatest leader, than the greatest leader was Cesar Chavez.

Irlando spoke for the Chavez family in thanking the Chicago P.O. for putting three ceremonies together in such a short span of time. Irlando also the gathering, By giving of ourselves more than we get (back), we honor Cesar Chavez.

Chicago Postmaster Eric D. Chavez (no relation) told those present, Through his tireless determination he showed the world what one man can do with a cause that is just.

Unlike the Friday ceremonies, sales of the Chavez stamp were handled in a mobile postal store parked outside of Bessemer Park. There was no opportunity to obtain a pictorial cancellation on covers at the ceremony.

However, as in the case of other pictorial cancellations, the three cancellations used on the Chavez Ceremony Programs are to be available from the Chicago Post Office for a 30-day period. According to a spokeswoman for the Chicago P.O., all three cancels will available from the Main Post Office (even though the cancellations have the zip codes for the respective Dedication Ceremony sites).

ACPS Auction 25A

By Dave Rosenthal

ACPS Auction Rules:

All bids are per lot as listed.
All lots sold to the highest bidder at one advance over the second highest bidder.
Unrealistic low bids will not be accepted.
The seller has the right to give a realistic minimum bid.
If a lot is not sold it will either be put in a future auction or be returned to the seller.
Postage for lots sold will be charged the buyer while postage for lots returned to seller will be paid by the seller.
There is NO buyer’s premium for current ACPS members.
The seller will receive a check in the amount of the sale price minus a 20% commission, which goes to the ACPS.
The buyer is responsible for any errors in his/her bidding. Please check your bids carefully.
Photocopies of lots will be available. The cost is 25c per program plus a Number 10 SASE.
Title will not pass to the buyer until full payment is received.
Lots that are not as represented may be returned for prompt refunds.
Bids postmarked after the closing date will not be accepted.
The placing of a bid will constitute acceptance of all the forgoing conditions of sale.

Only mail and e-mail bids will be accepted. Please mail all bids to be received by the closing date of August 16, 3003.

Mail your bids to: David Rosenthal

48 Hillary Lane

Westbury, NY 11590-1647

E-Mail bids to: davededude@aol.com

Bidding Increments

Up to $20.00 $1.00

$21.00 to $70.00 $2.00

$72.00 to $200.00 $5.00

Over $200.00 $10.00

AUCTION BIDS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M. EST ON August 16, 2003.

AT 8:00 P.M. EST THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD LIVE IN THE ACPS CHAT ROOM AT webacps.org

LOT#

SCOTT#

DATE

DESCRIPTION

MINIMUM BID

1	1158-C1	9/28/60	4c US-Japan Treaty	$7.00
2	1168-9 C1	11/2/60	4c & 8c Garibaldi	$8.00
3	1201 C1	8/31/62	4c Apprenticeship	$6.00
4	1208 C1	1/9/63	5c Flag	$6.00
5	1249 C1	8/1/64	5c Register & Vote	$6.00
6	1252 C1	10/15/64	5c American Music	$6.00
7	1253 C1	10/26/64	5c Homemakers	$6.00
8	UC37 C1	1/7/65	8c Jet Triangle	$5.00
9	1262 C1	2/15/65	5c Physical Fitness-Sokol	$4.00
10	1267 C1	7/2/65	5c Salvation Army (ink smudges on cover)	$6.00
11	1310 C1	5/21/66	5c SIPEX	$9.00
12	1313 C1	7/30/66	5c Polish Millenium	$8.00
13	1314 C1	8/25/66	5c Nat'l Park Service (minor crease)	$8.00
14	1280a C1	1/8/68	2c Wright	$10.00
15	1342 C1	5/1/68	6c Youth-Elks (discolored border on cover)	$6.00
16	1338A C1	5/30/69	6c Flag	$6.00
17	C76 C1	9/9/69	10c Moon Landing	$12.00
18	1489-98 C1	4/30/73	8c Postal People	$5.00
19	C87 C1	1/11/74	18c Statue of Liberty (discolored & crease)	$4.00
20	U572 C1	2/2/76	13c Homemaker	$7.00
21	1616 C1	3/5/76	9c Dome of the Capitol (1 autograph)	$7.00
22	1614 C1	11/20/76	7.7c Saxhorns	$5.00
23	1592 C1	11/17/77	10c Contemplation of Justice	$6.00
24	1749-52 C1	4/26/78	13c American Dance	$6.00
25	1801 C1	11/4/79	15c Will Rogers	$5.00
26	C95-6 C1	11/20/79	25c Wiley Post	$7.00
27	2004 C1	4/21/82	20c Library of Congress	$4.00
28	U603 C1	8/6/82	20c Purple Heart	$5.00
29	2024 C1	10/12/82	20c Ponce de Leon	$5.00
30	UX97 C1	10/14/82	13c Old Post Office	$4.00
31	1898 C1	3/25/83	3c Handcar	$7.00
32	2032-5 C2	3/31/83	20c Ballooning (1 autograph)	$6.00
33	2063 C1	10/28/83	20c Christmas (religious)	$4.00
34	1896b C1	11/17/83	20c Flag	$6.00
35	2071 C1	1/12/84	20c Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.	$4.00
36	1862 C1	1/26/84	20c Harry Truman	$5.00
37	2074 C1	2/6/84	20c Soil & Water Conservation	$4.00
38	2076-9 C1	3/5/84	20c Orchids	$6.00
39	2081 C1	4/16/84	20c National Archives	$7.00
40	2086 C1	5/11/84	20c Louisiana Exposition	$5.00
41	2087 C1	5/17/84	20c Health Research	$4.00
42	2098-01 C1	9/7/84	20c Dogs	$7.00
43	2102 C1	9/26/84	20c Crime Prevention (1 autograph)	$8.00
44	2107 C1	10/30/84	20c Christmas (religious) (2 autographs)	$10.00
45	2138-41 C1	3/22/85	22c Duck Decoys	$6.00
46	2134 C1	3/23/85	14c Iceboat	$5.00
47	2142 C1	3/25/85	22c Winter Special Olympics (1 autograph)	$6.00
48	2114-5 C1	3/29/85	22c Flag	$4.00
49	UXC23 C1	2/1/86	33c Chicago Skyline (scratches on cover)	$4.00
50	2210 C1	4/11/86	22c Public Hospitals	$4.00
51	UX110 C1	5/23/86	14c Stamps (crease)	$4.00
52	2171 C1	7/14/86	4c Father Flanagan	$7.00
53	2170 C1	9/15/86	3c Dr. Paul Dudley (corner crease)	$5.00
54	2247 S1-O	1/29/87	22c Pan Am Games	$4.00
55	2250 C1	2/27/87	22c Enrico Caruso (1 autograph & cover)	$7.00
56	2226 C1	3/6/87	2c Locomotive	$4.00
57	2275 C1	4/28/87	22c United Way	$4.00
58	2276 C1	5/9/87	22c Flag with Fireworks	$5.00
59	2351-4 C1	8/14/87	22c Lacemaking	$4.00
60	UX118 C1	9/22/87	14c Take Pride in America	$6.00
61	UX119 C1	9/28/87	14c Timberline Lodge	$4.00
62	2372-5 C1	2/5/88	22c Cats	$5.00
63	2376 C1	3/9/88	22c Knute Rockne	$6.00
64	2278 C1	5/6/88	25c Flag with Clouds	$4.00
65	2256 C1	8/12/88	8.4c Wheelchair	$5.00
66	2385a C1	8/25/88	25c Classic Cars	$5.00
67	2281 C1	9/2/88	25c Honeybee (added cancel on plate strip of 5)	$5.00
68	2182 C1	11/4/88	23c Mary Cassatt	$7.00
69	2127a C1	5/26/89	7.1c Tractor	$4.00
70	U616 C2	9/22/89	25c Love	$4.00
71	2422-5 C7	10/2/89	Prehistoric Animals 2nd Day Ok City, OK	$3.00
72	2431-2 C1	11/10/89	25c Eagle & Shield	$4.00
73	Unlisted	11/15/89	Olympic Sponsorship	$3.00
74	2415 C1	2/2/90	25c Judicial Branch	$4.00
75	2443 C1	2/3/90	15c Beach Umbrella	$4.00
76	2173 C1	2/18/90	5c Luis Marin	$4.00
77	2444 E1	2/23/90	25c Wyoming Statehood	$5.00
78	2470-4 C2	4/28/90	25c Lighthouses 2nd Day	$5.00
79	2496-00 C3	7/7/90	25c Olympians 2nd Day	$3.00
80	2508-11 C3	10/4/90	25c Creatures of the Sea 2nd Day	$3.00
81	2513 C2	10/14/90	25c Eisenhower 2nd Day	$4.00
82	2514 C2	10/18/90	25c Christmas traditional	$4.00

83	2551a C1	7/2/91	29c Desert Shield & Storm	$4.00
84	2540 C1	7/7/91	2.90 Eagle Priority Mail	$5.00
85	2553-7 C1	7/12/91	29c Summer Olympics	$4.00
86	2558 C1	8/13/91	29c Numismatics	$4.00
87	2616 C1	1/24/92	29c World Columbian Expo	$6.00
88	2620-3 C1	4/24/92	29c 1st Voyage of Columbus	$4.00
89	UX164 C1	5/9/92	19c Columbia River Gorge	$4.00
90	U629 C1	7/22/92	29c Americans with Disabilities	$3.00
91	UX169 C1	6/13/93	19c Fort Recovery	$4.00
92	2478 C1	6/25/93	29c Red Squirrel	$5.00
93	2783-4 C1	9/20/93	29c Deaf Communications	$4.00
94	U630 C1	10/2/93	29c Kitten	$3.00
95	2799-03 C1	10/28/93	29c Christmas ATM	$4.00
96	2804	11/4/93	29c Northern Mariana Islands	$4.00
97	2480 C1	11/5/93	29c Pine Cone (5 autographs, 2 extra cancels)	$4.00
98	2807-11 C1	1/6/94	29c Winter Sports	$5.00
99	2813 C1	1/27/94	29c Love	$4.00
100	2598 C1	2/4/94	29c Eagle	$3.00
101	UX174 C1	2/12/94	19c Lincoln Home	$4.00
102	2599 C1	6/24/94	29c Statue of Liberty	$4.00
103	2871 C1	10/20/94	29c Christmas Traditional	$4.00
104	2872-4 C1	10/20/94	29c Christmas Contemporary	$4.00
105	2902,05,U635-6	3/10/95	Butte, Auto, Eagle, Sheep	$5.00
106	2951-4 C1	4/20/95	32c Kids Care	$4.00
107	2957-60 C1	5/12/95	32, 55c Love	$5.00
108	2961-5 C1	5/20/95	32c Recreational Sports	$5.00

ACPS at AMERICOVER

By John Peterson

This year the show runs from August 1-3 and will be held in Somerset, NJ.

Please note that there is a first day ceremony at the show this year for a new printing of the Purple Heart definitive stamp which is being printed by Ashton Potter.

Friday August 1st:

7:00 am - ACPS Board meeting breakfast at 7am

11:00 am - FDOI Ceremony for Purple Heart reprint stamp

2:00 pm - ACPS Seminar by Scott Pelcyger (First Day Ceremonies - The Forest Gump of Stamp Collecting)

Saturday, August 2nd:

1:00 pm - ACPS Annual Business Meeting

2:30 pm - ACPS Auction

8:00 pm - ACPS Hospitality Center