POST OFFICE IN PARADISE - Current Exhibits

This page last updated: 22 June 2006

::: CURRENT EXHIBITS :::

2006 Notes:

Washington, D.C. was the site of the 2006 International stamp show and exhibit known as Washington 2006, held from May 27 to June 3, 2006 in the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. Two Hawaii exhibits were accepted in the competitive category. Several other important exhibits included Hawaii covers, usually to show postal history uses of United States stamps. Our two Hawaii exhibitors were Richard Malmgren, who was awarded an International Gold (and a special prize) for his "Hawaiian Postage Stamps" exhibit and Keith Steiner, who was awarded an International Large Vermeil for his "Hawaiian Numerals" exhibit. Malmgren's exhibit includes at least one example of every Hawaiian stamp with a major Scott number. Steiner exhibited a thorough analysis of Westerberg's plating. As reported here earlier, last year Malmgren won the Reserve Grand award at Texpex 2005 and the Grand Award at NOJEX 2005. Steiner's exhibit previously won a Gold Medal at Westpex 2005. Congratulations to both for their success. In the Court of Honor, holding a special place all to itself, was the famous Dawson cover bearing a 2¢ and a 5¢ Missionary along with two United States 3¢ stamps.

2005 Notes:

April, 2005, was a big month for Hawaii exhibitors with Richard Malmgren and Keith Steiner bringing home medals for exhibits from their excellent collections. Congratulations to both!

Richard scored a double win at Texpex 2005 in Dallas. His "Hawaiian Revenues" received the grand award and the APS research medal. Richard's "Hawaiian Postage Stamps" was given the reserve grand award and the APS medal of excellence plus was voted most popular by the Texas Stamp Dealers Association. It is very rare when a collector wins the two most prestigious awards at a major stamp exhibition. The "Hawaiian Revenues" exhibit is even richer now than when it won awards a couple of years ago. Richard's Hawaiian Postage Stamps was exhibited for the first time. This exhibit not only included at least one example of every Scott numbered stamp but covers of many and also collateral essays and proofs.

Keith's "Plating Hawaiian Numerals" won a gold medal and APS award for excellence at Westpex 2005 in San Francisco. The exhibit brought Westerberg to life in living color with most plates fully plated and showed most varieties including those considered extraordinarily rare.

Grand Rapids, Michigan was the site of APS's StampShow 2005 and Hawaii was prominently displayed. Richard Malmgren qualified two exhibits for the World Series of Philately, based on their success at earlier shows during the year. First was his highly successful and fascinating exhibit of Hawaiian Revenues, which had won the Grand Award at Texpex, as noted above. Next was his exhibit of Hawaiian Postage Stamps. This exhibit includes a complete showing of each of the Scott listed postage stamps plus many extras, including proofs, essays, varieties, and covers. As noted above, Richard's Hawaiian Postage Stamps exhibit won the Reserve Grand Award at Texpex and qualified for the World Series by taking the Grand Award at NOJEX.

Eric Glohr's exhibit of Hawaiian Postal Cards was shown in the regular competition at Grand Rapids, making a very nice display of the types and uses of Hawaiian Postal Cards. Eric's exhibit won a Gold Medal.

2004 Notes:

Fumio Yamazaki of Japan exhibited his excellent collection of Hawaiian stamps at the International exhibition ESPANA 2004, held in Valencia, Spain and was awarded a Gold. Among other things, his exhibit included the May 22, 1851 Honolulu straightline cover, three Missionary stamps (Nos. 2, 3 and 4), many Numerals including the tete-beche pair, Scott 23¢ (one with "waiian Postage" omitted), both color error overprints and numerous other rarities. A well deserved medal!

2003 Notes:

Don Collins reports he entered his Provisional Government stamps in a one frame, sixteen page, exhibit at WILLCOPEX, held on Oct. 4, 2003. The sponsoring club was The Philatelic Club of Will County, Joliet, Illinois.
Don was awarded first place for his entry. Congratulations, Don!

Please be sure to keep me informed of your exhibits.

Tapling Collection Display:

David Beech, director of the Philatelic Collections of the British Library informs me the Tapling Collection of Hawaiian Missionary stamps currently is on display at the Library. The missionary collection is complete as it includes each type of each of the four missionary stamps and is the only complete collection available for public display. These stamps were collected by Tapling during the 19th Century and have been in the possession of the British Library since Tapling's death. Details for observing the collection are:

> Location: The British Library, 96, Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
                  The Hawaii Missionaries are shown in the Philatelic Exhibition.
> Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 09.30 to 18.00
              Tuesday 09.30 to 20.00
              Saturday 09.30 to 17.00
              Sunday and Bank Holidays 11.00 to 17.00
> Cost: Free
> Information: Leaflet available on request.
> Website: http://www.bl.uk/