Boston 2026 - Any Reports?

Is the younger wearing a Coca Cola shirt? Saw that shirt a number of days.

San Francisco, 2036 is what I've heard.

Nope, must be a different kid!

I also heard San Fran for the next show from a dealer.

There had been some talk of trying to do one in 5 years instead of 10. Has that died?

No, it's very much alive, I was talking about that with someone yesterday.

Found this today, recorded Wednesday:

Title: Boston 2026 World Expo: USPS, Rebellion Mail Art, and Lego Exhibits ( And FD Ceremony for Rattlesnake Island)

I think I could attend in five years as a useful goal; ten years is quite likely past my sell by date. Pacific '97 was a great San Francisco show, and I would expect another left coast show would be great even if I my album was closed.

NOTE: For my following posts of competition lists, I cannot find where a simple source of the FIP, APS or any other overall winners. I do not use Meta products and thus I can't dig down in the Facebook posts to find actual names of winners. That seems to be the only spot the currently can be found. I welcome help on this.



Palmares:

Short dinner video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY8oia_NGo1/

Exhibit awards: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/upl...-results.pdf

[Edit for suggestion: To find the top awards, do a ctrl-f (search) for LG (large gold) in the pdf]



Will post literature awards when found. My mistake, the literature is listed in the posted pdf.

US APS Champion of Champions competition at Boston, list of exhibitors


Sam Chiu
Hankow, China 1891-1919, CANPEX 2025

Sam Chiu
The IPO Tieprints of 1899: Chinese Imperial Post Office's Measures to Counteract Pilfering of Foreign Stamps on Outgoing Mail, Edmonton Spring National 2026

Rob Faux
Postal History of the 1861 United States 24-cent Design, StampShow 2025
Note: This exhibit is eligible but not submitting for competition during Champion of Champions in Boston 2026

David Hobden
In Defence of the Border - Canadian Military Mails 1667-1885, CHICAGOPEX 2025

William J. Johnson
James William Denver - The Man and His Times, NTSS 2025

Daniel Knowles
Handling American Domestic and International Mail 1860-1869: The Decade of Turmoil, Expansion and Resurgence, San Diego Stamp Show 2026

John C. Lighthouse
Using the Documents of Commerce to Fund the Civil War 1862-1872, Garfield-Perry March Party 2026

Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD
Evolution and Impact of Blood's Local Post: 1842 to 1862, Minnesota Stamp Expo 2025

Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD
Evolution of American Mail from British Colonial to USPO: 1685 to 1799, St. Louis Stamp Expo 2026

Bob Myers
Siege of Paris 1870–1871 – Movement of Mail, BALPEX 2025

Charles J. O'Brien, III
Georgia Bicentennial 1933, FLOREX 2025

Charles J. O'Brien, III
U.S. Sesquicentennial Exposition 1926, Southeastern Stamp Expo 2026

Charles J. O'Brien, III
The Eagle Has Landed - The First Priority Mail Stamp - $2.40 Priority Mail, AmeriCover 2025

Gregory Shoults
Washington & Franklin Coils: The Development of the Third Bureau/Flat Plate Coils & Coil Waste Issues 1908-1915, Sarasota National Stamp Expo 2026

Bradley Wilde
Panama Postal Stationery 1903-1940, INDYPEX 2025

Polar Salon Exhibits, awards list:

https://custom.cvent.com/2fbb21086e...2f628f99.pdf

It includes:

IMO- as good as some of these were, there were at least two other exhibits which were better, one by Gordon Eubanks and one by Dan Ryterband.

As someone new to exhibiting competition, I was wondering if someone can explain why some of exhibits are labeled "withdrawn"??

Is it an issue with the material, quality?, forgeries,? Poor inaccuracies in descriptions or something else?

I expect that "Withdrawn" signifies that the entries were not received by the organisers.

Stamp entries from exhibitors in Mongolia and SPM were totally absent, signifying that the commissioners probably could not make the show. Other odd entries that are missing across other countries is probably due to a personal difficulty experienced by the individual exhibitor, such as poor health or family issues preventing submission of the entry in time. GLENN

Thank you for answering
Makes sense.
Traveling and moving this material would seem to be a major issue.