OKPEX 2011 has now come and gone.  Everyone who we spoke to thought it was a great success.  The exhibits were especially excellent.  Click the link below to see the Palmares.

 Palmares:  OKPEX 2011 PALMARES 

  OKPEX 2011

An American Philatelic Society Accredited 2 Day National Level Exhibition

October 21-22, 2011

Express Events Center

8512 NW Expressway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   73162

OKPEX Is Held At The Beautiful Express Event Center

 OKPEX 2011 Exhibit List

IMPORTANT DATES

October 14, 2011   Latest date for receipt of revisions of title page & synopsis

October 10, 2011   Earliest date for mailed-in exhibit to arrive*

October 19, 2011   Latest date for arrival for mailed-in exhibits

Thursday, October 20, 2011

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM      Exhibit mounting by exhibitors mounting their own exhibits

6:30 PM  Dutch Treat Dinner in Bricktown for Judges, Exhibitors & Members.  Spouses are welcome.

Friday, October 21, 2011

OKPEX will be open from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.

2:00 PM       Annual meeting of the Oklahoma Philatelic Society   (North Conference Room)

3:00 PM      Oklahoma Postal History Society.  Open to all               Collecting Oklahoma Precancels – Norm Pence

6:30 PM       Oklahoma Barbeque Dinner - from Spencer’s Bar-B-Q, The Best BBQ in OKC.   (tickets may be purchased at the registration booth).

Saturday, October 22, 2011

8:00 AM    OKPEX Awards Breakfast at Golden Corral      (tickets may be purchased at the registration booth).

OKPEX open from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.  

1:00 PM    AAPE open meeting on exhibiting.

2:00 PM     Judges Critique  North Conference Room & at the frames

4:00 PM    Exhibit dismounting begins as soon as possible after 4 PM.

OKPEX 2011 DEALERS  

11 dealers  from 7 states

MAINSTREET PHILATELICS    BRANSON, MO.  

STAMPS UNIVERSAL   COPPELL, TEX.  Jerry Myers 

OKLAHOMA STAMPS   TULSA, OK. 

 JAMIE SWARTZ   LAWRENCE, KANSAS  

 POSTAL HYSTERIA    Montague, TEX 

 SOONER STAMPS   TULSA, OK. Rainer Gerlach 

 KYLE NEBO  SANDY, UTAH

CARLTON STAMPS  INDIAN HILLS, COLO.  Tom Breay 

The CLASSICS PHILATELIST CROSSVILLE, TENN.  Warren Manning,

FORSTER  STAMPS  WICHITA, KANSAS                                   

CHRISCO STAMPS  WICHITA, KANSAS                                   

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OKLAHOMA CITY STAMP CLUB MEETING OCT. 4   7 PM

1.  THE Program Is “THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS” – A 17 minute History Detective TV Segment on a  Cinderella stamp Printed by a part of the U.S. Communist Party in the 1930’s 

 2.  Followed by a viewing of the only known contemporaneous used, tied copy of this stamp by Joe Crosby who discovered it after seeing the TV Program.

 3.  Next  we will put the stamps and mailing labes on the OKPEX SHOW notice cards.  

                       AND WE WILL CLOSE WITH

  4.   The OPS circuit books which include                                                                  

 Poland, Romania, Italy,

Europe, Japan, Berlin,

British, Australia, British Africa,

Turkish Empire, US,

British Europe,

A-Belgium, Benin-East Africa,

France, Germany

SEE YOU THERE

The US Post Office held a formal First Day of Sale ceremony with a special cancellation for the new Oklahoma Flag Stamp - which is included in the recently issued coil strip of state flag stamps.  Ours was one of 10 capitol cities across the country that offered the Flags of Our Nation postmarks on Aug 11.  

First Day of Sale Cover From The Ceremony

The ceremony was held at the Oklahoma History Center in OKC which is located on the NE corner of the State Capitol Complex.    The keynote speaker was Lt. Gov. Lamb.

If you were not able to attend the ceremony, cancels can still be ordered from by sending a request to: 

“Flags of Our Nation Postmark”

Oklahoma City Station

4025 W. Reno Ave.  Room 2002

Oklahoma City, OK.        73125-9998

No price is listed in Llinn’s but we suggest you enclose $1.00 to cover the cancelled stamp and the mailback envelope postage. 

DON’T FORGET  

THIS SATURDAY IS THE 5^th ANNUAL OCSC FUN FEST 

(Garage Sale For Stamp Collectors).

10 AM -  3:30 PM

Asbury United Methodist Church   SW 38^th and Blackwelder

Free parking,  Free admission,  Snack bar (lunch available), AIR CONDITIONED !!!!

REMEMBER —-

IT IS NEVER TOO HOT FOR BARGAINS ON STAMPS

SOME POSTCARDS TOO !!!

OKPEX 2011, scheduled for October 21-22, will be held at the Express Events Center once again.  We hope you will consider attending and/or exhibiting this year.

Two of the great dealers you will meet at OKPEX 2011

For additional information click the OKPEX link on the top line of the web page.

As you can see below, there are many exciting talks planned at our meetings over the next few months.  As a reminder, all meetings (except the Christmas Party) are held at the Asbury United Methodist Church, 1320 SW 38th St. Oklahoma City.  The doors open at 7 PM and the meetings start at 7:30.

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Dec 7:     Auction #2  

Dec 21:   Christmas Party – 6 PM at Mimi’s Café.

                (3015 W Memorial Rd – near Quail Springs Mall).
 

 2011

Jan 4:      No Meeting

Jan 18:    Frank Schultz -  “The Roosevelts”

Feb 15:   Auction #3

MAR 1  Rick Grosshans -  100 Years of Scouting thru Philately

MAR 15     Stephen Strawn – Railroads & Stamps

APR  5 ­­­­­­­­­­­  Lonnie Steven – What the “R’s” Are !

APR 19  Ralph DeBoard – Slogan Cancels of the French Colonies

MAY 3  AUCTION #4

MAY 17  Don Collins – The Last Monarch of Hawaii

JUNE  7  Joe Crosby – United States Patent Cancellations

JUNE 21_______________________________________

JULY  5 _______________________________________

JULY   16 SATURDAY FUN FEST

JULY  19  NO MEETING
AUG 2   Charles Wallis -   Collecting Scott UX27 Postal Cards

AUG 16  U.S. Philatelic Classics Power Point Program

 OKPEX 2010 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY—OCTOBER 21, 2010

2:00-5:00 PM  Exhibit Mounting At The Frames

7:00 PM OPEN MENU DINNER OUTING IN BRICKTOWN
            Meet in La Quinta Lobby or See Ralph DeBoard

FRIDAY—OCTOBER 22, 2010

10:00 AM Show Opens – USPS Postique Opens

2:00 PM—Oklahoma Postal History Study Group Meeting

6:00 PM Show Closes—USPS Postique Closes

6:15 PM OKPEX OKLAHOMA BAR-B-QUE (Event Center Lobby)
            Tickets on sale at Registration $13.00

SATURDAY—OCTOBER 23, 2010

8:00 AM OKPEX AWARDS BREAKFAST (Event Center Lobby)
            Tickets on sale at Registration $12.00

10:00 AM Show Opens—USPS Postique Opens

11:00 AM OKLAHOMA PHILATELIC SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
                    (North Meeting Room)

1:00 PM AAPE Meeting
                (North Meeting Room)

2:00 PM Philatelic Judges Critiqueof Exhibits
                (North Meeting Room)

4:00 PM Show Closes—USPS Postique Closes

 OKPEX 2010 Exhibit List

COURT OF HONOR

1-10           Woody Guthrie:  His Life and His Songs           Stephen Suffet

11                NON-COMPETITIVE OKPEX INTRODUCTION FRAME

COMPETITIVE YOUTH MULTI-FRAME EXHIBIT

12-16         Youth:   Building a Nation—One State At A Time        Adam Mangold

 COMPETITIVE YOUTH SINGLE FRAME EXHIBITS

 17              Youth:   The Shaping of the U.S. Government      Caleb Hall

18               Youth:   The True Story of Christmas                  Heather Hall

19               Youth:   Wheels of Freedom                               Nicholas Hall

20                Youth:   Purr-fect Pets                                    Megan Hall

21               NON-COMPETITIVE OKLAHOMA POSTAL  HISTORY SOCIETY “FORTS” FRAME

COMPETITIVE SINGLE FRAME EXHIBITS

22              Hand-Illustrated Covers of Leonard J. Turley, Founder of the

                  Art Cover Exchange        Allan Weiss

23              Forwarders of Texian Mail      Rex H. Stever

24              Switzerland’s 1879-1892 Postal Reply Cards in the International Mails Harlan F. Stone

25              The Washington 2 Cent Definitive of 1919                Alfred F. Kugel

26              Single and Multiple Uses of the 1954 Liberty Series 2 Cent T. Jefferson Roland Austin

27              Hawaii Cancellation Study                         Don Collins

28              Queen Liliuokalani– The Last Monarch of Hawaii       Don Collins

29              Reposted, Advertised, & Unclaimed              Tim Bartshe

30              Penny-Halfpenny Black—King George V New Zealand 1916  Alastair Watsson 

COMPETITIVE MULTIPLE FRAME EXHIBITS

31-40         Commem. & Semi-Postal Issues of the Third Reich  Alfred F. Kugel                                                                                                              

41-50         1895-1900 Mexican “Militias” (Mules)-The Mail Trans. Issue  Omar J. Rodriquez

51-60         Military & Administrative Mail of the Western Allies In Germany    Alfred F. Kugel

61-70         Burma: The First Two Issues       Michael J. Ley

71-75         The Equipment and Accoutrements of the Hunter and Angler                  Allan Weiss

76-80         Mexico – The Guadalajara Provisional Issue of 1867-68. How a Cancel

                  Became a Stamp         Omar J. Rodriquez

81-89         U.S. Three Cent Issues of 1851-57 Issues:  Production and Usage       William K. McDaniel

90-98         The Adams Air Mail Pick Up                     Roger Baldwin

99-103       The United States 1950 Boy Scout Stamp               Ron Harshaw

104-109     100th Anniversary—Boy Scouts of America    Richard P. Grosshans

108-113     Classically Illegal, The Use of U.S. Postage as Revenue   Edwin Andrews

114-116     Revolutionary Martyrs of the Kuomintang             Robert T. Burney

Event Location: 

Express Event Center

8512 NW Expressway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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THIS TUESDAY EVENING THE OKLAHOMA CITY STAMP CLUB WILL GET A FREE TRIP TO HAWAII, COMPLEMENTS OF OUR MEMBER DON COLLINS. Your trip will not get cancelled – unlike the stamps of Hawaii that Don is bringing us to see and learn about. That is right – Don’s program will feature the “Cancellations of Hawaii”.

Just A Hint About What You May See

Sorry, American Airlines has informed us that no free miles will be accumulated on this trip.

We should also have OPS and APS circuits to buy from. When they arrive we will notify everyone what is in them so you can bring your want lists.

Doors open at 7:00 PM at Asbury United Methodist Church. We will be in the big room – upstairs. Program starts around 7:30. SW 38th and Blackwelder. See you there.

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