"Celebrate" First Days at Americover 2007
 

AFDCS TO "CELEBRATE" DEBUT OF NEW STAMP AT AMERICOVER 2007

The American First Day Cover Society and the U.S. Postal Service will
celebrate the debut of the new Celebrate! stamp at Americover 2007,
which will be held in Stamford, Conn., August 17-19.

Illustration: www.virtualstampclub.com/2007/celebrate178.jpg

The new stamp, replacing the "Happy Birthday" one, will be released on
Friday of the show, which has been described as one big party.

"If there is any group that knows how to celebrate, it is the American
First Day Cover Society," said Foster E. Miller III, programs and
seminar chairman of Americover 2007, who is also the Society's liaison
with the USPS. "The USPS knows this too; they were the ones who
offered "Celebrate!" to me. I quickly accepted."

The new stamp, special postmarks, and unserviced decorated [cacheted,
in the philatelic press] envelopes will be available.

In addition, this year's Legends of Hollywood stamp, James Stewart, is
tentatively set for an August 17th release in Burbank, Calif. If so,
with the new nationwide release policy, the Stewart stamp should be
offered for sale (and postmarking) at Americover 2007 in Stamford.

The following evening, the public will have an opportunity to see and
purchase a wide range of special envelopes [cacheted FDCs] celebrating
the new Celebrate! and possibly James Stewart stamps.

Americover 2007, a three-day World Series of Philately show will be
held at the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa, and will feature a large
mostly-FDC bourse, cachetmakers bourse, top exhibits, a banquet,
meetings, seminars, youth booth, pre-show area tour and post-show
dinner event.

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."

For more information on Americover 2007 and the AFDCS, contact the
AFDCS at P.O. Box 16277, Tucson, Arizona 85732-6277, or
, or visit www.afdcs.org.