As usual the Military Postal History Society was actively engaged in another great philatelic show.  In addition to strong attendance by our members, we set up and manned a great booth throughout the show.  Booth arrangements were planned and executed by Bob Grey, Dave Kent, and Fred Reynolds. The American Air Mail Society invited us to share a booth with them, number 721, and it was “The Place To Be” during the show.  In the first row to the left on entering the show, our booth was between the American Topical Society, and the Civil War Society, and just one booth down from the Spellman Museum.  That location ensured a steady flow of both members, and visitors throughout the week.

As you would expect there were many, many discussions about the importance that Postal History plays in the overall philatelic hobby.  While many discussions were with the welcome stream of visitors, there was a great deal of exchange of views and experience with fellow workers in our joint booth with AAMS, and the booths in the row with us.  Among the great ideas floated were “ad swapping” with both the American Air Mail Society, and the Civil War Society.  We had 15 volunteers supporting the MPHS Booth.  Ken Sanford and David Ball of the AAMS supported both our set-up and running of our joint booth. See photo of the booth in action.

Four (4) new members joined during the show itself, and the three pages of visitors logged in, show there are other potential members in the wings.

In the run-up to the show, Dan Telep’s great article in the APS Special Boston2026 “American Philatelist”, on “Revolutionary War Mail”, was a great backdrop to what MPHS is about.

            Among the several presentations MPHS members were engaged in, Fred Reynolds gave a presentation on “WW I German Airship Postal History”, and was part of the unveiling of the free, on-line “Zeppelin and Airship Catalog (ZAC)”,  Among other objectives, the ZAC is targeting to younger collectors who are not tied to a print catalog .  This effort is funded in part by our booth partner, the American Air Mail Society. See photo