 APS offers new Baseball stamp album. 5/1/12 -- The American Philatelic Society has just released their newest free stamp album for download by the public. Entitled "U.S. Baseball" the 22-page full-color album covers the time period from 1939 (baseball's first stamp issued to mark the sport's centennial) on through to the upcoming quartet of all-stars stamps to be issued this summer. The album (as a PDF file) is available for download from the SPI website or from the APS. |
 Canada Post produces unintentional Olympic error. 4/17/12 -- Canada Post recently revealed that "despite [a] rigorous approval process" they accidentally misspelled the name of Canadian Olympic bobsled medalist, Pierre Lueders, on their "Canadian Pride" definitive issue. The set of five stamps -- one of which depicts Mr. Lueders racing down the bobsled track at the 2006 Turin Olympic Winter Games -- released on 16 January 2012 in booklets of ten, 30 and in a souvenir sheet of 5 refers to Mr. Lueders as "Leuders." While the stamps themselves do not bear the erroneous text, the misspelling does appear on the back covers of the booklets in both formats as well as on the selvedge of the souvenir sheet. Canada Post has "written a letter of apology to Mr. Lueders and are currently working on a corrected version." Collectors may wish to purchase copies of the error version before they are replaced. |
 ISHOF to host International Aquatics History Symposium and Collectors Show. 3/30/12 -- As part of the activities surrounding its annual induction weekend, the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, will be holding its inaugural International Aquatics History Symposium and Film Festival (IAHSFF) from May 9 to 12, 2012. Complementing that event at the ISHOF will be an Olympic and Aquatic Sports Collectors Show (tables free upon request). Several Olympic Medalists will be signing autographs as well. For more information, click here. As a special adjunct to the symposium and collectors show, Craig Perlow of OlympianArtifacts.com will be conducting an Olympic and Aquatic Sports Memorabilia Auction with a substantial portion of the proceeds going to the ISHOF and its programs. For more on the auction, click here. |
 OLYMPEX 2012 Announced. 3/5/12 -- FIPO has announced that the next OLYMPEX philatelic exhibition will take place from 24 July to 9 September 2012 at the British Library in London. The exhibition will be by invitation only and based on the London Games of the Olympiad: 1908, 1948 and 2012. The entire announcement may be viewed here. |
 18th World Olympic Collectors Fair program and registration information now available. 2/16/12 -- The organizers of the upcoming 2012 World Olympic Collectors Fair have just released their registration information for tables, the program of events, information on accommodations, and organized tours. The fair is to be held in Athens, Greece from 17-20 May 2012 at the Zappeion Megaron Hall about 250m from the Panathenaic Stadium, site of the 1896 Olympic Games. |
 SPI 50th Anniversary Celebration. 12/19/11 -- SPI members (as well as all sport and Olympic collectors) are invited to Indianapolis, Indiana from September 28-30, 2012 to help us celebrate our 50th anniversary! INDYPEX, an APS World Series of Philately (national level) exhibition, will be our hosts. The exhibition and show hotel is the Wyndham Indianapolis West Hotel with easy access to the Indianapolis airport. Have ideas for how we should celebrate? Want to make a presentation? Planning to attend? Let me know! |
Canada Post produces unintentional Olympic error. 4/17/12 -- Canada Post recently revealed that "despite [a] rigorous approval process" they accidentally misspelled the name of Canadian Olympic bobsled medalist, Pierre Lueders, on their "Canadian Pride" definitive issue. The set of five stamps -- one of which depicts Mr. Lueders racing down the bobsled track at the 2006 Turin Olympic Winter Games -- released on 16 January 2012 in booklets of ten, 30 and in a souvenir sheet of 5 refers to Mr. Lueders as "Leuders." While the stamps themselves do not bear the erroneous text, the misspelling does appear on the back covers of the booklets in both formats as well as on the selvedge of the souvenir sheet. Canada Post has "written a letter of apology to Mr. Lueders and are currently working on a corrected version." Collectors may wish to purchase copies of the error version before they are replaced.