| Time | Meeting | Room |
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| Wednesday April 25, 2012 |
| 9:00am | APS "On the Road" Course (7 hour 30 minutes)
Understanding and Identifying U.S. Grills with Rich Drews | Anaheim Room |
| 10:00am | Auction Viewing (8 hour)
Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions | Bayside III |
| 6:00pm | Collectors Club of San Francisco Dinner (3 hour)
Presentation: Early British Postal History, 1458 to 1840 Plus by James Grimwood-Taylor, F.R.P.S.L. | Vineyard Room |
| Thursday April 26, 2012 |
| 9:00am | APS "On the Road" Course (7 hour 30 minutes)
Understanding and Identifying U.S. Grills with Rich Drews | Anaheim Room |
| 10:00am | Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auction (all day) (12 hour)
| Bayside II |
Auction Viewing (10 hour)
| Bayside III |
| 7:00pm | Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS) (3 hour)
Board of Directors Meeting | Room 4096 |
| Friday April 27, 2012 |
| 9:45am | Opening Ceremonies 52nd Annual WESTPEX (15 minutes)
| 2nd Floor |
| 10:00am | Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auction (all day) (12 hour)
| Bayside II |
Auction Viewing (8 hour)
| Bayside III |
Opening of WESTPEX Exhibits and Bourse
| 2nd Floor |
WESTPEX YOUTH AREA (4 hour)
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Local School Classes | Santa Clara - 2nd Floor North |
| 11:00am | Great Britain Collectors Club (GBCC)
Presentation: The Use of Luminescent Compounds by Royal Mail and Their Evolution During the Machin Era by Steve McGill | Bayside I |
| 12:00pm | Rossica Society Northern California Chapter (2 hour)
| Room 4096 |
| 1:00pm | Docent Tour of Exhibits
Meet Bill Barlow at 2nd Floor Registration. | |
American Helvetia Philatelic Society (AHPS) (2 hour)
Seminar including AHPS Exhibitors Tour | Bayside I |
Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS) (2 hour)
| Anaheim Room |
| 2:00pm | Baltic States Philatelic Society
Presentation: Correspondence between Russia and Baltic countries in 1918-19 by Anatoly Chlenov | Room 5096 |
International Cuban Philatelic Society (ICPS) (1 hour 30 minutes)
| Room 6096 |
| 3:00pm | WESTPEX YOUTH AREA (3 hour)
3:00 PM - 6 PM - All youth welcome | Santa Clara - 2nd Floor North |
| 4:00pm | Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society International (MEPSI)
Presentation: Understanding the Postal Districts of Mexico by Bubba Bland, MEPSI President | Room 4096 |
| 5:00pm | Western Cover Society (WCS) (4 hour)
Board Meeting (Members Only) | Room 5096 |
| 6:00pm | Closing of WESTPEX Exhibits and Bourse
| |
| 6:30pm | Arizona Philatelic Rangers Dinner (1 hour 30 minutes)
| |
| 7:30pm | American Helvetia Philatelic Society Dinner (AHPS) (2 hour)
Offsite. Contact Bruce Marsden. | |
| Saturday April 28, 2012 |
| 8:00am | Military Postal History Society Board of Directors Meeting (MPHS) (2 hour)
Board members to meet in hotel dining room | |
Smithsonian National Postal Museum (2 hour 30 minutes)
| Vineyard Room |
| 10:00am | American Helvetia Philatelic Society (AHPS) (2 hour)
Annual Meeting | Bayside I |
Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auction (all day) (12 hour)
| Bayside II |
U. S. Philatelic Classics Society (USPCS)
| Anaheim Room |
Ryukyu Philatelic Specialist Society (2 hour)
| Room 5096 |
Cats on Stamps Study Unit, an ATA affiliate (1 hour 30 minutes)
Presentation: Cats in Literature by Marci Jarvis, Editor, Cat Mews, Journal of the Cats on Stamps Study Unit | Room 6096 |
British North America Philatelic Society , Golden West Regional Group (BNAPS) (2 hour)
Presentation: The Large Queens of Canada by Ariel Hasad | Room 8042 |
International Society of Guatemala Collectors (ISGC)
| Room 8024 |
Auction Viewing (8 hour)
| Bayside III |
Opening of WESTPEX Exhibits and Bourse
| 2nd Floor |
Presentation sponsored by the Great Britain Collectors Club (1 hour 30 minutes)
The British Postal Reforms of 1839 and 1840; their origins, effects and consequences by James Grimwood-Taylor, F.R.P.S.L. | Newport Beach Room |
WESTPEX YOUTH AREA (7 hour)
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM - open for all youth | Santa Clara - 2nd Floor North |
| 11:00am | American Society of Polar Philatelists (ASPP) (1 hour 30 minutes)
| Santa Barbara Room |
American Philatelic Society Town Meeting (APS)
with Wade E. Saadi, APS President, and Ken Martin, APS Executive Director | Anaheim Room |
Netherlands Philatelists of California (1 hour 30 minutes)
Presentation: Revenues of the Dutch East Indies Company(VOC) by HansPaul Hager | Room 4096 |
Golden Gate Scandinavian Collectors Club (SCC)
| Room 8024 |
| 12:00pm | Germany Philatelic Society, Chapter 24 San Francisco (GPS) (2 hour)
| Room 5096 |
International Philippine Philatelic Society (IPPS) (2 hour)
Presentation and General Meeting: The Decade of Queen Isabella -- the Stamps, Covers, and Forgeries by Nigel Gooding --- IPPS | Room 8042 |
| 1:00pm | Western Cover Society (WCS) (2 hour)
Presentation on Hawaiian philately by Fred Gregory, Western Cover Society Director | Bayside I |
Military Postal History Society (MPHS) (2 hour)
| Santa Barbara Room |
Peninsula Stamp Club
Presentation: Fascists, Monarchists and the Spanish 1% - Issues of the Right During the Spanish Civil War by Bill Dwyer | Anaheim Room |
China Stamp Society, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CSS)
| Room 4096 |
Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society International (MEPSI)
Seminar: Forming a Representative Collection of Mexico at Reasonable Prices by John Kordich, Former MEPSI President | Room 6096 |
Canal Zone Study Group (CZSG) (1 hour 30 minutes)
| Room 8024 |
| 2:00pm | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE)
Open Forum on Exhibiting | Anaheim Room |
Iran Philatelic Study Circle
| Room 4096 |
Presentation sponsored by the Great Britain Collectors Club
The Uniform Four Penny Post in the County of Suffolk, 1839-1840 by Tom Slemons, F.R.P.S.L. | Room 5096 |
International Cuban Philatelic Society (ICPS) (1 hour 30 minutes)
| Room 6096 |
Society of Indo-China Philatelists
Presentation: Recent Events in Vietnamese Philately by Anh-Tuan Tran and Richard Aspnes | Room 8042 |
| 2:30pm | International Society for Portuguese Philately (ISPP) (2 hour)
| Room 8024 |
| 3:00pm | Judges' Feedback Forum (2 hour)
| Anaheim Room |
| 6:00pm | Closing of WESTPEX Exhibits and Dealers Bourse
| |
Awards Banquet (3 hour)
(Ticket Required) | Irvine/Newport Beach Rooms |
| Sunday April 29, 2012 |
| 10:00am | Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auction (all day) (12 hour)
| Bayside II |
Official APS CANEJ Judges Training Seminar (1 hour 30 minutes)
Fundamentals of Philatelic Judging I: Treatment and Importance presented by David McNamee | Santa Barbara Room |
Rossica Society Northern California Chapter (2 hour)
| Anaheim Room |
Boy Scout Stamp Collecting Merit Badge Workshop (6 hour)
(Scouts and Leaders only) Sponsored by WESTPEX, conducted by Brian Jones, Assistant Scoutmaster. Preregistration and $10 fee required. Contact Brian Jones at bfj39@yahoo.com. | Irvine/Newport Beach Rooms |
Auction Viewing (2 hour)
| Bayside III |
Opening of WESTPEX Exhibits and Bourse
| 2nd Floor |
WESTPEX YOUTH AREA (5 hour 30 minutes)
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM - open for all youth | Santa Clara - 2nd Floor North |
| 11:00am | Nepal & Tibet Philatelic Study Circle
Presentation: Introduction to the Stamps and Postal History of Tibet by Alan Warren, Director-at-Large, Nepal and Tibet Philatelic Study Circle | Room 6096 |
| 11:30am | Official APS CANEJ Judges Training Seminar (1 hour 30 minutes)
Fundamentals of Philatelic Judging II: Knowledge, Rarity, Condition, and Presentation presented by David McNamee | Santa Barbara Room |
| 1:00pm | Society for Thai Philately (STP)
| Room 4096 |
Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies (CNCPS)
| Room 5096 |
Friends of the Western Philatelic Library, Inc.
| Room 6096 |
CAL-REV and ARA (2 hour)
| Room 8042 |
| 2:00pm | Eire Philatelic Association (EPA) (2 hour)
Presentation: Irish Revenues by Garvin Lohman | Room 5096 |
Alameda Stamp Club
| Room 8042 |
| 3:00pm | Official APS CANEJ Judges Training Seminar
How to Complete and Use the UEEF presented by David McNamee | Santa Barbara Room |
| 4:00pm | Closing of WESTPEX Exhibits and Bourse
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