EVENT SCHEDULE FOR CHICAGOPEX 2023
(Schedule and Room Assignments Subject to Change)
The CHICAGOPEX ’23 exhibition and bourse will be held in the four ballrooms on the main floor of the hotel. The philatelic exhibits will be in the Abricot and Lakeshore Ballrooms; the bourse will be in the Grand and Gallery Ballrooms; Youth activities and the literature exhibits will be in the Chambers Room off the Atrium. Book signings will be at the Chicago Philatelic Society (CPS) Booth in the Atrium. All of the other meeting rooms (noted below) are on the second floor and can be reached by either stairway or elevator. All presentations and meetings are open to the public, unless marked as “closed meeting” Some events (so noted) require advance reservations.
Friday, November 17
Time
Event
Location
10:00 AM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Opens
11:00 AM
American Philatelic Society Town Hall Meeting, Scott English
Alton
11:00 AM
American First Day Cover Society Presentation, “Expanding Your Collection and Exhibit,” Tim Wait
Prescott
12:00 PM
"U.S. Experimental Stamps of the 19th Century: Another Collecting Frontier," by Stephen Knapp and Peter Schwartz
Alton
1:00 PM
British North America Philatelic Society Show and Tell plus Presentation, “Shades and Spectroscopy of the 3c Small Queens of Canada,” Richard Judge
Prescott
1:00-2:00 PM
Book Signing:
Walt Disney's First Superstar: Mickey Mouse, Vols. 1 - 4 by Edward Bergen
Walt Disney's First Superstar: Mickey Mouse, Vols. 1 - 4 by Edward Bergen
CPS Booth
2:00 PM
Collectors Club of New York Presentation, “Ireland 1914: How Civil Unrest in Ireland Helped Cause a Great War in Europe with Germany,” Robert Benninghoff
Alton
3:00 PM
The Morse Telegraph Club, “The Telegraph: Transformation of Written Communication,” Philip Leber
Prescott
3:00 PM
Collectors Club of New York at the Frames, “Highlights from ‘The Use of Boston’s “Paid in Grid” Cancels: 1851-59’ and ‘New York Postmaster Provisional’,” Mark Schwartz
Frame 56
4:00 PM
Collectors Club of Chicago Presentation, “Netherlands Point Cancels,” John Hornbeck
Alton
6:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Closes for the Day
7:00 PM
Collectors Club (New York & Chicago) Dinner, (reservations required)
Saturday, November 18
Time
Event
Location
8:00 AM
American Revenue Association Board Meeting (closed meeting)
Edwardian
9:00 AM
American Revenue Association Meeting (open meeting)
Edwardian
10:00 AM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Opens
10:00 AM
Scouting Workshop (closed meeting)
Stanford
10:30 AM
“An Introduction to U.S. Collecting,” Rodney Juell
Edwardian
11:00 AM
American First Day Cover Society Meeting and Presentation, “Cuv Evanson Cachets: A Tribute to the Late Pete McClure,” Foster Miller
Prescott
12:00 PM
Collectors Club of New York Presentation, “Bahawalpur Philately,” Sandeep Jaiswal FRPSL
Alton
12:00 PM
Chicago Philatelic Society Board Meeting (closed meeting)
Edwardian
12:30 PM
Chicago Philatelic Society Membership Meeting
Edwardian
1:00 PM
Chicago Philatelic Society Featured Presentation: “Some Interesting Aspects of Dominica Postal History,” Peter P. McCann PhD, RDP, FRPSL, FRPSC
Edwardian
1:00-2:00 PM
Book Signings: Walt Disney's First Superstar: Mickey Mouse, Vols. 1 - 4 by Edward Bergen
U.S. Zeppelin and Airship Mail Flights by Cheryl R. Ganz RDP
U.S. Zeppelin and Airship Mail Flights by Cheryl R. Ganz RDP
CPS Booth
2:00 PM
Collectors Club of New York at the Frames, “United States Postal Counterfeits - The classic period to modern times, 1895 to 2004,” John Hotchner RDP
Frame 62
2:00 PM
Germany Philatelic Society, Chicagoland Chapter 5 Meeting, “70 Years' Retrospect in Collecting & Exhibiting Germany-Area Philately,” Jerry Miller
Alton
3:00 PM
Literature Judges’ Feedback Forum
Carlyle
3:00 PM
AAPE Open Forum on Exhibiting, Mark Schwartz, host
Edwardian
4:00 PM
Philatelic Judges’ Feedback Forum
Edwardian
6:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Closes for the Day
6:30 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Awards Banquet Reception (no host)
Marlborough
7:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Awards Banquet (advance ticket required)
Marlborough
Sunday, November 19
Time
Event
Location
10:00 AM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Opens
11:00 AM
North Shore Philatelic Society, “Duchy of Modena: municipal franchise markings 1814-1852,” Michael Bisberg
Alton
1:00 PM
Illinois Postal History Society Meeting and Presentation, “Illinois Post Office Photos,” Steve Bahnsen
Alton
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Book Signing: Walt Disney's First Superstar: Mickey Mouse, Vols. 1 - 4 by Edward Bergen
CPS Booth
3:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Exhibits Close
4:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’23 Closes