NAPEX 2010 Alphabet Challenge Jets To Letter "J"

[Lloyd de Vries]

NAPEX 2010 will repeat its "The Alphabet Challenge" competition - a
special group of one-frame exhibits, this year all based on the letter
"J." The exhibits will be judged using standard American Philatelic
Society rules.

NAPEX 2010 is the Washington, D.C.-area World Series of Philately
show, which will be held June 4-6, 2010 at the Hilton McLean Tysons
Corner in McLean, Va., just a few miles from Washington, D.C.
Admission is free and open to the public.

The Alphabet Challenge exhibits "are not necessarily topical. They can
be traditional, too, because there could be exhibits on, for instance,
Jordan," said show chairman Darrell Ertzberger.

Last year was the first NAPEX Alphabet Challenge, featuring the letter
"L." National Postal Museum Philatelic Curator Cheryl R. Ganz won the
competition with her exhibit, "LZ126, ZR3 Los Angeles," about mail
flown by the reparations Zeppelin USS Los Angeles, built in Germany
for the U.S. Navy.

Also scheduled for NAPEX 2010 are commercial dealers and cachetmakers
bourses, world-class philatelic and literature exhibits, judging
seminars, national stamp society meetings, and the "Important New
Collectors" beginners area. Societies meeting at NAPEX 2010 are the
American Air Mail Society, Colombia/Panama Philatelic Study Group, and
the Society of Australasian Specialists/Oceania.

There is a special NAPEX 2010 hotel rate of $130 at the Hilton McLean
Tysons Corner.

For more information on NAPEX, visit www.napex.org, write to NAPEX
2010, P. O. Box 1312, Falls Church, VA 22041-1312, or contact show
chairman Darrell Ertzberger at mte...@aol.com.