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This page lists all the American First Day Cover Society (AFDCS) National Conventions that were listed in the AFDCS Membership Directories I own, listed below.
AFDCS Membership Directory, 1965-1966 (5/6-1965) {A}
AFDCS Membership Directory, 1967-1968 (5/6-1967) {A}
AFDCS Membership Directory, 1969-1970 (5/6-1969) {A}
AFDCS Membership Directory, 1971-1972 (5/6-1971) {A}
AFDCS Membership Directory, 1973-1974 (5/6-1973) no Conventions list {A}
AFDCS Membership Directory, 1975-1976 (5/6-1975) {A}
AFDCS Membership Directory, 1983-1984 (7-01-1983) {A}
The details for ALL conventions, including each show's venue name and the Show's Chair can be found at:
Annual AFDCS National Conventions: 1956-Date . This page will only show details, links and FIRST DAYS references not included in this Table of Conventions on the AFDCS website.
date -- city (number of times at that city) -- Grand Award Winner -- Exhibit Topic
- #1956
-- 11/10-11/1956 (1)
-- New York, NY -- Frederick L. Hill-- Religion on Stamps -- [Report, Minutes: #7, 2(3), 1-2/1957, p. 4,8,10-11]
- #1957
-- 8/03-04/1957 (1)
-- Newark, NJ -- Melba M. Stinson -- Eisenhower Covers -- [Schedule: #9, 2(5), 5-6/1957, p. 11]
/ [Report, Minutes: #11, 3(1), 9-10/1957, 28 p. 4,12,14-15]
- #1958
-- 8/01-03/1958 (1)
-- Philadelphia, PA -- Herbert Rosen -- History of Radio [#13, 3(3), 1-2/1958, p. 5] / [#14, 3(4), 3-4/1958, p. 3]
/ [#15, 3(5), 5-6/1958, p. 3,24 ad p. 16] / [#16, 3(6), 7-8/1958, ads p. 19,28]
- #1959
-- 8/07-09/1959 (1)
-- Detroit, MI -- Jack Shaber -- U.N. Human Rights
- #1960
-- 9/14-18/1960 (1)
-- Baltimore, MD -- Jack Shaber -- World Refugee Year
- #1961
-- 10/28-29/1961 (1)
-- Cincinnati, OH (CINPEX) -- Richard H. Thompson -- U.S. Air Mail
-- [Report: #36, 7(3), 1-2/1962, 44 p. 6,34-35]
- #1962
-- 9/21-23/1962 (1)
-- Newark, NJ (2) (NOJEX) -- Roy C. Brown -- British Naphthadag
- #1963
-- 10/25-27/1963 (1)
-- Philadelphia, PA (2) (SEPAD) -- Paul R. Cutright -- U.S. Air Mail
- #1964
-- 9/17-20/1964 (1)
-- Washington, DC (NAPEX) -- Lawrence S. Fisher -- 1909 Perf. Commems.
- #1965
-- 9/17-19/1965 (1)
-- Baltimore, MD (2) (BALPEX) -- Lawrence S. Fisher -- 19th Century Postal Rates
- #1966
-- 9/09-11/1966 -- Chicago, IL (COMPEX) -- Lawrence S. Fisher -- U.S. FDCs 1893-1920
- #1967
-- 11/17-19/1967 -- New York, NY (2) -- Jack V. Harvey -- 1st 15 Years U.S. Air Mail
- #1968
-- 10/18-20/1968 (1)
-- Philadelphia, PA (3) (SEPAD) -- Jack V. Harvey -- U.S. Commems of 1920
- #1969
-- 11/21-23/1969 (1)
-- New York, NY (3) (ASDA) -- Jack V. Harvey -- U.S. Regular Issues of the 1922-35 period on FDC
- #1970
-- 1/20-22/1970 (1)
-- New York, NY (4) (ASDA) -- Richard H. Thompson -- U.S. Air Mail First Day Covers of the Thirties
- #1971
-- 11/19-21/1971 (1)
-- New York, NY (5) (ASDA) -- Marshall Ackerman -- William McKinley, Martyr Pres. (August Trophy)
- #1972
-- 9/01-03/1972 (1)
-- Hunt Valley, MD (BALPEX) -- William Bayless -- George Washington Bicentennial Envelope FDCs
- #1973
-- 11/16-18/1973 (1)
-- New York, NY (6) (ASDA) -- Irwin Kaplan -- Japanese Occupation
Philippines FDCs
- #1974
-- 8/23-25/1974 (1)
-- Cincinnati, OH (2) (CINPEX) -- Irwin Kaplan -- Cachets and Cancels 1940 Pony Express
- #1975
-- 5/09-11/1975 (1)
-- Washington, DC (NAPEX)
- #1976
-- 5/29-31/1976 (2)
-- Philadelphia, PA (4) (INTERPHIL) [the only one I have been able to attend]
(21st-31st -- 1976-1987) (2)
- #1977
-- 6/03-05/1977
-- Houston, TX
- #1978
-- 6/23-25/1978
-- Freehold, NJ
- #1979
-- 11/02-04/1979
-- St. Petersburg, FL
- #1980
-- 10/17-19/1980
-- Philadelphia, PA
- #1981
-- 6/26-28/1981
-- Reno, NV
- #1982
-- 6/04-06/1982
-- Arlington, VA
- #1983
-- 8/19-21/1983
-- Arlington, VA
- #1984
-- 10/19-21/1984
-- Columbia, SC
- #1985
-- 5/24-26/1985
-- Rosemont, IL
- #1986
-- 10/10-12/1986 (2)
-- Morristown, NJ
(21st-31st -- 1976-1987) (2)-- [#195, 31(8), 12-01-1986, p. 982,1096,988,990, ad p. 987]
- #1987
-- 11/22-22/1987 (2)
-- Virginia Beach, VA (VAPEX) -- [Schedule: #202, 32(7), 10-15-1987, p. 821]
- #1988
-- 10/28-30/1988
-- Anaheim, CA
- #1989
-- 9/22-24/1989
-- McLean, VA
- #1990
-- 8/31-9/03/1990
-- Syracuse, NY
- #1991
-- 11/08-10/1991
-- Virginia Beach, VA
- #1992
-- 7/24-26/1992
--Columbus, OH
- #1993
-- 7/23-25/1993
-- Boston, MA
- #1994
-- 6/24-26/1994
-- Haines City, FL
- #1995
-- 8/04-06/1995
-- Irvine, CA
- #1996
-- 8/02-04/1996
-- St. Louis, MO
- #1997
-- 8/01-03/1997
-- Falls Church, VA
- #1998
-- 7/31-8/02/1998
-- Somerset, NJ
- #1999
-- 8/13-15/1999
-- Indianapolis, IN
- #2000
-- 8/04-06/2000
-- Houston, TX
- #2001
-- 8/03-05/2001
-- Denver, CO
- #2002
-- 7/12-14/2002
-- Oak Brook, IL
- #2003
-- 8/01-03/2003
-- Somerset, NJ
- #2004
-- 8/20-22/2004
-- Indianapolis, IN
- #2005
-- 7/29-31/2005
-- Vienna, VA
- #2006
-- 8/04-06/2006
-- Independence, OH
- #2007
-- 8/17-19/2007
-- Stamford, CT
- #2008
-- 8/06-08/2008
-- Falls Church, VA (Americover 2008) {A}
The AFDCS website has permanent pages with details about all of the following Conventions:
- #2009
-- 7/31 - 8/02/2009 -- Boxborough, MA
- #2010
-- 8/06-08/2010 -- Oak Brook, IL
- #2011
-- 8/05-07/2011 -- Indianapolis, IN (Americover 2011) {A}
- #2012
-- 8/10-12/2012 -- Irvine, CA (Americover 2012) {A}
- #2013
-- 8/16-18/2013 -- Independence, OH (Americover 2013) {A}
- #2014
-- 8/15-17/2014 -- Somerset, NJ (Americover 2014) {A}
- #2015
-- 8/14-16/2015 -- Columbus, OH (Americover 2015) {A}
- #2016
-- 8/19-21/2016 -- Falls Church, VA
- #2017
-- 8/11-13/2017 -- Independence, OH (Americover 2017) {A}
- #2018
-- 8/03-05/2018 -- Peachtree Corners, GA (Americover 2018) {A}
- #2019
-- 7/26-28/2019 -- St. Louis, MO
- #2020
-- 8/17-22/2020 -- Hartford, CT -- canceled (COVID-19)
-- (GASS 2020) [Archive]
held virtually, however, none of the Convention was recorded for future viewing
- #2021
-- 8/12-15/2021 -- Rosemont, IL
-- [#455, 65(6), 11-12/2020, p. 13]
-- (GASS 2021) [Archive]
none of the Convention was recorded for future viewing
- #2022
-- 8/25-28/2022 -- Sacramento, CA
-- (GASS 2022) [Archive]
none of the Convention was recorded for future viewing
- #2023
-- 8/10-13/2023 -- Cleveland, OH
-- (GASS 2023) [Archive] {A}
none of the Convention was recorded for future viewing
- #2024
-- 8/15-18/2024 -- Hartford, CT
-- (GASS 2024) {A}
- #2025
-- 8/14-17/2025
-- Schaumburg, IL (GASS 2025)
#byState -- 1956-2025 Conventions by State:
- Alabama - AL -- none yet
- Alaska - AK -- none yet
- Arizona - AZ -- none yet
- Arkansas - AR -- none yet
- California - CA -- 1988 -- 1995 -- 2012 -- 2022
- Colorado - CO -- 2001
- Connecticut - CT -- 2007 -- 2020 -- 2024
- Delaware - DE -- none yet
- Florida - FL -- 1979 -- 1994
- Georgia - GA -- 2018
- Hawaii - HI -- none yet
- Idaho - ID -- none yet
- Illinois - IL -- 1966 -- 1985 -- 2002 -- 2010 --2021 -- 2025
- Indiana - IN -- 1999 -- 2004 -- 2011
- Iowa - IA -- none yet
- Kansas - KS -- none yet
- Kentucky - KY -- none yet
- Louisiana - LA -- none yet
- Maine - ME -- none yet
- Maryland - MD -- 1960 -- 1965 -- 1972
- Massachusetts - MA -- 1993 -- 2009
- Michigan - MI -- 1959
- Minnesota - MN -- none yet
- Mississippi - MS -- none yet
- Missouri - MO -- 1996 -- 2019
- Montana - MT -- none yet
- Nebraska - NE -- none yet
- Nevada - NV -- 1981
- New Hampshire - NH -- none yet
- New Jersey - NJ -- 1957 -- 1962 -- 1978 -- 1986 -- 1998 -- 2003 -- 2014
- New Mexico - NM -- none yet
- New York - NY -- 1956 -- 1967 -- 1969 -- 1970 -- 1971 -- 1973 -- 1990
- North Carolina - NC -- none yet
- North Dakota - ND -- none yet
- Ohio - OH -- 1961 -- 1974 -- 1992 -- 2006 -- 2013 -- 2015 -- 2017 -- 2023
- Oklahoma - OK -- none yet
- Oregon - OR -- none yet
- Pennsylvania - PA -- 1958 -- 1963 -- 1968 -- 1976 -- 1980
- Rhode Island - RI -- none yet
- South Carolina - SC -- 1984
- South Dakota - SD -- none yet
- Tennessee - TN -- none yet
- Texas - TX -- 1977 -- 2000
- Utah - UT -- none yet
- Vermont - VT -- none yet
- Virginia - VA -- 1982 -- 1983 -- 1987 -- 1989 -- 1991 -- 1997 -- 2005 -- 2008 -- 2016
- Washington - WA -- none yet
- West Virginia - WV -- none yet
- Wisconsin - WI -- none yet
- Wyoming - WY -- none yet
- Washington - DC -- 1964 -- 1975
Bibliography:
#202-871
-- Part 1: A Pictorial Review of AFDCS Cachets: The First 20 Years of Convention Cachets, by E. Lee Howard and
Richard A Monty
(1st-20th -- 1956-1975) [#202, 32(7), 10-15-1987, p. 871-875]
-- Part 2: A Pictorial Review of AFDCS Cachets: Recent Convention Cachets, by E. Lee Howard and
Richard A Monty
(21st-31st -- 1976-1987) [#203, 32(8), 12-01-1987, p. 1007-1009]
Annual AFDCS National Conventions: 1956-Date
What's New on this page -- changes since 08-07-2021:
07-14-2024:
Added all formerly missing Conventions through 2025, and added a new section: 1956-2025 Conventions by State, which notes that in its 70 year history, 31 states have never hosted an AFDCS Convention.
08-23-2023:
1) Added the 1983-1984 AFDCS Membership Directory, 2) links for the12022 and 2023 AFDCS Show pages, 3) noted with "{A}" all the Show Programs I own."
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