Americover 2007 By The Numbers
Americover 2007 Piles Up The Numbers
In a three-day World Series of Philately show, Americover 2007 will see two bourses, one U.S. first day ceremony, more than 17 seminars, about a dozen society and club meetings, 27 dealers (most of them with first day covers, but not all), two society auctions, 160 frames of FDC exhibits, three evenings of "hospitality suites," two off-site social events, and hundreds of FDC collectors. Americover 2007, the annual first day cover show and convention produced by the American First Day Cover Society, is being held at the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa in Connecticut, August 17-19. Here are some other relevant numbers: fourth-largest; 52; 25 miles; 13 miles; $99; zero. Stamford, the Nutmeg State's fourth-largest city, is 25 miles from New York City, an easy trip up Interstate 95, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, the Metro North Railroad's New Haven line or Greyhound. (The Marriott is convenient to both the rail and bus stations.) Stamford is also 13 miles from the White Plains, NY, airport. There's a special Americover room-rate at the Marriott of just $99 a night, compared to at least $129 and up for others. One more number that's often of interest to stamp collectors: $0, as in "free." Admission to the show is free. The Marriott has a free shuttle to the train station. Among the groups holding meetings during Americover 2007 are the AFDCS, the American Ceremony Program Society, the American Society for Philatelic Pages & Panels, the Art Cover Exchange, the American Philatelic Society, The Virtual Stamp Club, the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, the Connecticut Cover Club, the Cachet Makers Association, and the AFDCS' 7-1-71 Affair Chapter. The commercial dealer bourse is the largest gathering of FDC dealers for the year, while nowhere will more current cachets be found than at the Cachetmakers Bourse Saturday evening. The new "Celebrate!" stamp, which replaces "Happy Birthday," will make its debut on Friday the 17th at Americover 2007. In addition, this year's Legends of Hollywood stamp, James Stewart, is being issued on the same day in Burbank, Calif. With the new nationwide release policy, the Stewart stamp should be offered for sale (and postmarking) at Americover 2007 in Stamford. This is the AFDCS' 52nd year, and the AFDCS donation auction will feature at least 52 lots of unusual and interesting first day covers. The ACPS will also hold an auction. The (1) Grand Prize winner of the Americover 2007 exhibition will compete in the APS' 2008 Champion of Champions competition. To obtain the special $99 Americover room rate, call the Marriott reservation line at 888-236-2427 or the hotel directly at 203-357-9555, and specify "Americover." The online discount code is "afdafda." The deadline is August 1st. |
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