December 6, 2006

• Congratulations to Alan Warren for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at FLOREX held December 1-3, 2006 with his exhibit, Denmark: The Christian X Issues of the 1940s on First Day Covers.

December 1, 2006

• The table of contents for the December 1, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.

November 19, 2006

• Congratulations to Eliot Landau for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at CHICAGOPEX held November 17-19, 2006 with his exhibit, Oh Freedom: The 1940 Thirteenth Amendment Anniversary Issue, Its First Day Covers and Uses.

November 6, 2006

• Executive Director Doug Kelsey has announced that after a dedicated search in California and elsewhere, Americover 2008 will be held at the Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, VA, August 22-24, 2008. Americover 2009 will be held at the Boxborough (MA) Holiday Inn (site of Philatelic Show) with the date to be determined.

October 30, 2006

• The results of the AFDCS Officers Election for the 2007 term have been announced:
• President: Chris Lazaroff (18)
• Executive Vice President: Mike Litvak (18)
• First Vice President: Lloyd de Vries (12), Steve Ripley (6)
• Secretary: Alan Warren (18)
• Treasurer: Elliot Fischer (17, one Abstention)
• Board Chairman: Richard Monty (12), Foster Miller (6)

October 25, 2006

• AFDCS President Chris Lazaroff has announced the appointment of Norman Elrod to Chairman of Americover. Norm has been the assistant show chairman for the past several years and is replacing Cynthia Scott, who is stepping down due to personal commitments. Most recently, Norm has also been exhibits chairman for the show. With the amount of work necessary to put on our annual convention and world class show, we will be looking for a replacement for the exhibits chairman.

October 19, 2006

• Ballots for the 2006 society elections were counted by AFDCS Chapter #71, North Carolina Chapter of the AFDCS. There were 235 valid ballots (vs. 129 in 2005, 213 in 2004, 238 in 2003, and 188 ballots in 2002). The five candidates receiving the most votes will serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2007 and ending December 31, 2009.
   

Candidate Votes       Doug Kelsey 181       Cynthia Scott 180       Betty Hundley 170       Tom Foust 166       Julian Pugh 161       Steve Ripley 154       Ron Walenciak 97       Fred Collins 2   (Write-In)   Barry Kaplan 1   (Write-In)   Jay Bigalke 1   (Write-In)   Alan Berkun 1   (Write-In)   Michael Rosenthal 1   (Write-In)   Mark Gereb 1   (Write-In)

October 15, 2006

• Congratulations to Eliot Landau for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at the Omaha Stamp Show held September 1-3, 2006 with his exhibit, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945-46 Memorial Issue.
• Congratulations to Charles J. O'Brien, III for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at the Southeastern Stamp Show held September 22-24, 2006 with his exhibit, The Georgia Bicentennial, 1733-1933..
• The table of contents for the October 15, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.

October 2, 2006

• The American First Day Cover Society is pleased to announce that Dick Sine has been selected from a competitive field of qualified candidates as the new editor of First Days magazine. See the Press Release for more information.

September 13, 2006

• AFDCS President Chris Lazaroff has announced the appointment of Tom O'Hagan as the new Chairman of the AFDCS Cachetmakers Contest. Tom brings an excellent background to this position. He has been a cachetmaker for 15 years. During this time, he has won several Planty awards in the contest. He is a past judge of the JPA cachetmakers contest and currently serves as president of the Cachetmakers Association. Tom will be working with Ralph Achgill on the 2007 contest and transition during that time to assume full responsibilities for the contest in 2008.
• A new Change of Address form has been added to the website.

August 27, 2006

• Congratulations to Eliot Landau for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at StampShow held August 24-27, 2006 with his exhibit, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945-46 Memorial Issue.

August 25, 2006

• The following members were presented with AFDCS Service Awards at AMERICOVER 2006:
• Allison Cusick for his work with the AFDCS archives
• Foster Miller for his work as Chapter Coordinator and Assistant Treasurer.
• Andrew McFarlane for his work as webmaster of AFDCS.org
• Michael Litvak for his work with the AFDCS auction.
• Tom Foust for his 18 years serving as AFDCS President.
• The table of contents for the September 1, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.

August 14, 2006

• FDC Publishing Co. has published a special pre-release AFDCS edition of the Planty FDC Catalogue on 855 Baseball First Day Covers. This limited printing of only 100 copies was debuted at AMERICOVER on August 4^th and is available only from the AFDCS. This limited run edition is available complimentary from the AFDCS with your tax deductible donation of $75 or more. There's not many copies left, so please click here for more details.

August 12, 2006

• The AFDCS is seeking a new editor for the award-winning publication, First Days. Current editor, Peter Martin, editor for four years, has told the AFDCS that he will be stepping down when his contract expires. The new editor will be expected to be on the job by October 1^st, if not sooner. Please see the Press Release for more information.

August 11, 2006

• You may notice the little Google icon by the site search button - that's because we've switched the site search engine from Atomz to Google. When the AFDCS website was redesigned back in 2003, Atomz offered a free site search engine that was incorporated into the new site. As time went by Atomz started adding advertising into the engine that we couldn't control, and it wasn't searching our site on a frequent basis. Google offers non-profit organizations a free search engine that doesn't carry ads and promises to reindex the AFDCS website at least once a month. It may not be perfect, but it's better.

August 9, 2006

• Congratulations to Charles J. O'Brien, III for winning the Grand Award at AMERICOVER 2006 for his exhibit, Joint Issues with the United States, 1959-1994. Another O'Brien exhibit The Georgia Bicentennial, 1733-1933 won the Richard H. Thompson Award for Best Exhibit of U.S. FDCs (other than the Grand Award). The palmares for AMERICOVER 2006 are now online.
• Congratulations to Thomas Peluso for winning the top award in the 2005 Earl Planty Cachetmakers Contest. See a listing of all the winners here.
• It was announced that AMERICOVER 2007 will be held in Stamford, CT on August 17-19 2007.
• Congratulations to First Days editor Peter Martin and the rest of the First Days staff for receiving a Silver Medal at Washington 2006 in the Literature Competition.
• A link to the Fred C. Sawyer North Texas Chapter 56 has been added in the Chapter Links section
• Please note that the address of the Sales Department has changed. Effective immediately, please address all correspondence to AFDCS Sales, P.O. Box 351665 Palm Coast, FL 32135-1665

July 12, 2006

• The Schedule of Events for AMERICOVER 2006 is now available.
• A listing of Accepted Exhibits for AMERICOVER 2006 is now available.
• The table of contents for the July 15, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.

June 7, 2006

• The table of contents for the June 1, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.
• The table of contents for the April 15, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.
• Congratulations to Eliot Landau for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at COLPEX held March 10-12, 2006 with his exhibit, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945-46 Memorial Issue.

April 19, 2006

• The Spring Fund-Raising Auction #62 is now on-line.

March 5, 2006

• The Registration form for AMERICOVER 2006 is now available for download.
• Details of the 2006 Every Cover Has A Story Contest have been announced. Note that the deadline for entries is June 15^th.
• Due to a sever migration problem, emails sent to info@afdcs.org have not been received in a timely manner. Until we resolve the issue, please use afdcs@aol.com to contact the AFDCS HQ.
• The table of contents for the March 1, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.

January 15, 2006

• The USPS has announced that the 10¢ American Clock definitive stamp will be issued in a new PSA coil of 10,000 format with a first day ceremony at AMERICOVER 2006, August 4, Independence, OH.
• The Prospectus and Entry Form for AMERICOVER 2006 is now available.
• Subject and Author Indexes for the 2005 issues of First Days are now online.
• The Contact Us page has been updated to reflect the changes from last year's Board of Directors election.
• The table of contents for the January 15, 2006 issue of First Days is now online.
• Contents from the 2005 issues of First Days have been archived.
• News from 2005 has been moved to the News Archive.
• Congratulations to Eliot Landau for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at MILCOPEX held September 16-18, 2005 with his exhibit, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945-46 Memorial Issue.
• Congratulations to Eliot Landau for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at COMPEX 2005 (Chicagoland FDC Society) with his exhibit, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945-46 Memorial Issue.
• Congratulations to Randall Sherman for winning the AFDCS Best First Day Cover Exhibit Award at COMPEX 2005 (North Shore Philatelic Society) with his exhibit, American Heroes of World War II.