December 4, 2005

• We welcome the Rattlesnake Island Local Post Society as Chapter #92 of the AFDCS.
• The table of contents for the December 1, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.
• We've added a link to the Member's Links page.

November 28, 2005

• A typographical error was made when reporting the votes for President on November 26th. It was incorrectly reported that Tom Foust received 7 votes -- he did in fact, receive 8. It has been corrected below, and your Webmaster apologizes for any inconvenience.

 November 26, 2005

• While the results of the AFDCS Officers Election has been posted, your webmaster neglected to post the actual tally for the contested races:
• President: Chris Lazaroff (11), Tom Foust (8)
• Immediate Past President: Tom Foust
• Executive Vice President: Mike Litvak (19)
• First Vice President: Cynthia Scott (14), Steve Ripley (5)
• Secretary: Alan Warren (19)
• Treasurer: Elliot Fischer (19)
• Board Chairman: Dick Monty (12), Foster Miller (6)

November 22, 2005

• Effective January 1, 2006, the following will be the officers of the AFDCS:
• President: Chris Lazaroff
• Immediate Past President: Tom Foust
• Executive Vice President: Mike Litvak
• First Vice President: Cynthia Scott
• Secretary: Alan Warren
• Treasurer: Elliot Fischer
• Board Chairman: Dick Monty

October 31, 2005

• The AFDCS has received a $2,000 grant from the Martin Sosin/Stratton-Petit Foundation, a California foundation devoted to youth art.

October 17, 2005

• The Fall Fund-Raising Auction #61 is now on-line.
• The table of contents for the October 15, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.

October 15, 2005

• The results for the 2005 AFDCS Board of Directors election have been announced. There were 129 valid ballots received before the deadline. The five candidates receiving the most votes will serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2006 and ending December 31, 2008.
   

Candidate Votes       Norm Elrod 107       Chris Lazaroff 105       Foster Miller III 103       Barry Ellis 100       Dick Monty 93       John Cropper 21   (Write-In)   Steve Ripley 2   (Write-In)   Michael Rosenthal 1   (Write-In)    Richard Sandowski 1   (Write-In)   Randal Sherman 1   (Write-In)   Alan Berkun 1   (Write-In)

 

 

 

 

• Congratulations to Charles J. O'Brien for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at the Southereastern Stamp Show held September 23-25 with his exhibit, The Georgia Bicentennial.

September 13, 2005

• Congratulations to Jim McDevitt for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at the StampShow held August 4-6 with his exhibit, The Coast Guard Commemorative.
• The table of contents for the September 1, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.

September 3, 2005

• The AFDCS General Counsel has released a statement regarding the current BOD election.

 August 1, 2005

• Congratulations to Andrew McFarlane for winning the Grand Award at AMERICOVER 2005 for his exhibit, First Days of the 1929 George Rogers Clark Commemorative. Kurt Laubinger's exhibit Hand Drawn/Painted Cachets of Vaughn Hord, 1980-1993 won the Richard H. Thompson Award for Best Exhibit of U.S. FDCs (other than the Grand Award). The palmares for AMERICOVER 2005 are now online.
• Congratulations to Dave Bennett for winning the top award in the 2004 Earl Planty Cachetmakers Contest. See a listing of all the winners here.
• Steve Ripley received the AFDCS Distinguished Service Award at AMERICOVER 2005 from AFDCS President Tom Foust.
• At AMERICOVER 2005, Honorary Life Memberships were awarded to Michael Mellone and Dottie Graf for their years of volunteer work to the society. This is only the eightteenth and nineteenth times in AFDCS history that an Honorary Life Membership has been granted.
• It has been announced that AMERICOVER 2006 will be held just outside of Cleveland, Ohio on August 4-6, 2006. Preliminary hotel information for AMERICOVER 2006 has been posted.
• Note that the AFDCS Headquarters address has changed, effective immediately. It is now P.O. Box 16277, Tucson, Arizona 85732-6277.

July 23, 2005

• The AMERICOVER 2005 schedule is now available.
• The table of contents for the July 15, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.

July 5, 2005

• A listing of participants in the AMERICOVER Cachetmakers Nightowl Bourse (Saturday July 30, 5 pm-9 pm) is now available.

July 3, 2005

• A listing of dealers attending the AMERICOVER Bourse is now available.

June 18, 2005

• The table of contents for the June 1, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.
• A preliminary image of the stamp celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the AFDCS to be released by The Gambia at AMERICOVER has been posted.
• A preliminary exhibit listing of AMERICOVER exhibits (as of June 15th) has been posted.
• Congratulations to Charles O'Brien for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at the AmeriStamp Expo held February 18-20 with his exhibit, Georgia Bicentennial of 1933.
• Congratulations to Eliot Landau for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at the St. Louis Stamp Expo held February 25-27 with his exhibit, 1909 Lincoln Commemorative Issues: Early Uses and First Day Covers.
• Congratulations to Alan Berkun for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at TEXPEX held April 8-10 with his exhibit, Washington-Franklins 1908-1922: Earliest Documented Usages.
• Congratulations to David Roberts for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at COLOPEX held April 8-10 with his exhibit, Great Joint Venture.
• Congratulations to Ralph Nafziger for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at PIPEX held May 27-29 with his exhibit, First Day Covers in the Mailstream.
• Congratulations to Raymond Stone for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at ROPEX held June 10-12 with his exhibit, 3¢ Handcar - Rochester's First Transportation Coil.

April 27, 2005

• Fund-Raising Auction #60 is now online. The deadline for bids is 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2005
• The table of contents for the April 15, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.
• Some updates to the AFDCS Chapter Listing have been made.

April 15, 2005

• Due to technical difficulties, Fund-Raising Auction #60 will not be available on-line until the week of April 25^th.

March 20, 2005

• Details for the 2005 Every Cover Has A Story and the 2005 Youth FDC Cachet Contest have been posted. Entries will be shown at AMERICOVER 2005. Hurry...deadlines are fast approaching!

March 13, 2005

• The Pre-Registration form for AMERICOVER 2005 is available in PDF format.
• The table of contents for the March 1, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.

January 22, 2005

• A design by Cynthia Scott was chosen as the winner of the AFDCS 50th Anniversary Logo contest.
• The AFDCS Board of Directors has issued a statement regarding the new color FDC cancellations from the USPS.
• AFDCS Liason to the USPS, Foster Miller, has announced that AMERICOVER 2005 will be one of two first day sites for the Advances in Aviation stamps on July 29th. The other site is Oshkosh, Wisconsin. More details will follow when available.
• The AFDCS has received a donation of $1,000 from the Carroll County Philatelic Association.
• The Exhibitor Prospectus and Application for AMERICOVER 2005 are now available.
• Congratulations to Alberto Z. Alcala for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at QUEZONPEX 2 (Lucena City, Philippines) with his exhibit, First Day Cover Galore, this past November.
• The table of contents for the January 15, 2005 issue of First Days is now online.
• The AFDCS Chapter listing has been updated.
• Contents from the 2004 issues of First Days has been archived.
• News from 2004 has been moved to the News Archive.