From: stamps@optonline.net   
      
   Thirty meetings and seminars will be held during Americover 2009, the   
   three-day show and convention of  the American First Day Cover Society   
   being held July 31-August 2 in Boxborough, Mass.   
      
   In addition, 10 societies and clubs will participate, there will be   
   three public auctions, two bourses, a U.S. Postal Service booth, a   
   talk by a representative from USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services, a   
   pre-show tour and post-show dinner theater outing, and a World Series   
   of Philately-sanctioned exhibition of mostly first day covers.   
      
   The show is being held at the Holiday Inn, 242 Adams Place, about 11   
   miles from Minute Man National Historic Park. Hours for Americover are   
   10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on   
   Sunday.   
      
   Nearly all the meetings and seminars, as well as parking and admission   
   to the show itself, are free and open to the public.   
      
   The societies taking part in Americover 2009 are:   
      
   "	The American First Day Cover Society   
   "	The 7-1-71 Affair Chapter, AFDCS   
   "	American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors   
   "	American Ceremony Program Society   
   "	American Society for Philatelic Pages and Panels   
   "	Art Cover Exchange   
   "	Cachet Makers Association   
   "	Claude C. Ries Chapter, AFDCS   
   "	Robert C. Graebner Chapter, AFDCS   
   "	The Virtual Stamp Club   
      
   Here's a partial schedule of Americover events, meetings and seminars;   
   all are free unless otherwise noted:   
      
   "	AFDCS/Graebner/Ries Hospitality Suite (three evenings)   
   "	"S.T.A.M.P. (Spouses Together Attempt Many Projects)" seminar   
   (offered twice; fee)   
   "	"Alexandria Bicentennial (C40) First Day Covers"   
   "	"New Ceremony Program Discoveries"   
   "	"First Day Covers to Foreign Destinations"   
   "	"Flight Covers of Ejgil Halvorsen"   
   "	Americover Fund Raising Auction   
   "	James T. McCusker, Inc. Public Auction No. 268   
   "	American Ceremony Program Society Auction   
   "	"Writing for First Days in Color"   
   "	"Plating of Modern Commemoratives"   
   "	"Using an Access Database to Track Cachets"   
   "	"John F. Kennedy (Scott #1246) First Day Covers"   
   "	"Selling First Day Covers on eBay"   
   "	"An Open Forum on Exhibiting"   
   "	"The Prexies - Common Stamps, Uncommon Usages"   
   "	"Liberty Ride" pre-show tour (fee)   
   "	"President's Banquet" (fee)   
   "	"Post Night Owl Bourse Hot Italian Buffet" (fee)   
   "	"Murder At Americover" dinner theater show (fee)   
      
   The complete Americover 2009 schedule can be found at   
   http://tinyurl.com/ktxh6y. More information is available from   
   showinfo@afdcs.org.   
      
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