Stotts To Chair Americover 2010 Jury
Lloyd A. de Vries
Jay Stotts of Texas will chair the jury at Americover 2010, which takes
place at the Chicago Marriott Oak Brook Aug. 6-8. Joining him on the
panel are Tim Bartshe of Colorado, Allison Cusick of Pennsylvania,
Frederick Lawrence of Arizona, and Dominick Riccio of New York. All of
the jurors are accredited American Philatelic Society national judges.
Americover 2010 is a World Series of Philately show dedicated to first
day covers and the annual convention of the American First Day Cover
Society. It will feature 160 frames of competitive philatelic exhibits,
commercial and cachetmakers bourses, seminars and meetings. Admission to
the show is free and open to the public.
"Americover is the preferred venue for exhibiting illustrated mail and
first day covers," Alan Warren, chairman of the AFDCS Judges
Accreditation Committee, observes. "Cacheted FDCs (illustrated mail) as
well as earliest known or documented uses of postage stamps (postal
history) are the features of this show."
The Grand Award winner at Americover is invited to enter the annual
Champion of Champions competition held at the American Philatelic
Society's StampShow the following August.
Stotts is a past president and current board member of the United States
Stamp Society. He also served eight years on the APS Committee for the
Accreditation of National Exhibitions and Judges (CANEJ). Jay exhibits
20th century U.S. and has received numerous awards for his articles and
exhibits.
Bartshe is currently president of the American Association of Philatelic
Exhibitors and has held office in the United Postal Stationery Society,
the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa, and the Rocky
Mountain Stamp Show. A prolific exhibitor, Tim has shown material in
many different disciplines including first day covers, postal
stationery, traditional philately, postal history, and picture post
cards among others.
Cusick is a past president, vice president, and board member of the
American First Day Cover Society. He has written extensively in the
Society�s journal First Days and also published a monograph, Linprint
Photo Cachet Catalog. He chairs the Society�s expertizing committee and
manages the Society�s archives at the American Philatelic Research Library.
Lawrence is an accredited national and international judge with
expertise in British South Africa, Czechoslovakia, aero/astro philately,
and thematics among others, especially on Scouting. He serves on the
organizing committee of the ARIPEX shows, where he is responsible for
awards and judges.
Riccio has been an accredited APS judge since 1987 and specializes in
Eastern European countries, U.S. revenues, and Ryukyu Islands. He is
past advertising manager and editor of The Czechoslovak Specialist.
There is a special Americover room rate of $99 at the Marriott. The
prospectus for Americover 2010 and more information about the show are
available on the AFDCS Web site, www.afdcs.org, by e-mail from
show...@afdcs.org, or by regular mail from Norman Elrod, Americover
Chairman, 641 Dogwood Trail, McMinnville, TN 37110-3015.