Chicago Area Stamp Bourse

CICERO-BERWYN STAMP BOURSE
SUNDAY MARCH 15th 8.30am - 2.30pm

SOKOL-TABOR HALL
6630 West 16th Street , Berwyn IL 60546

(Freeway 290, exit Harlem Avenue, go south, turn left on 16th Street,
go thru 2 traffic lights, just after the next stop sign, turn right into alley and park)

I've been going to the stamp bourse off and on for years , from what I hear it's been running for over 30 years.

Come early I repeat .... Come early , I've seen dealers leave by 12:30pm , on several occasions I saw deals go down in the parking lot where an oldtimer showed up and sold part of his collection on the cheap.

Jayelem,
Will there be a show cover or postmark?

If you see any reasonably priced Route 66 related stuff, let me know. For example: pictorial postmarks, cachets, precancels, etc. I will gladly reimburse you. Thanks.

At one time they had about 20 bourses a year , 1st and 3rd Sunday unless a major holiday landed on a Sunday ,now they're lucky if they have a bourse once a month, no special cancelations though.

An interesting cover from Berwyn would be one commemorating the Houby Day festival (mushroom picking festival), years ago when the city of Berwyn still had a large Czech population I remember a special cachet and interesting cancelation from the local post office , Route 66 runs thru Berwyn so I'll inquire with the local dealers to see if anyone has one of these covers, I might have one put away.

Thank you very much. That sounds like an interesting festival. I do enjoy a well seasoned mushroom, especially fried or sauteed.

The show listing for the Berwyn Stamp Bourse was incorrect , March 22nd is the date and I found out the hard way , lucky for me it's only 5 minutes away .

The Good news is I found another Philatelic event to go to . POLPEX 2009
Picked up 3 interesting Souvenir Sheets (Cuba related) , some stamp supplies , a nice Photo Postcard from Guantanamo City , oh ..... and some goodies to be listed later.

Correct dates.
Cicero-Berwyn BOURSE

8:30am till 2:30pm
Sokol-Tabor Hall
6630 W. 16th Street
Berwyn, IL

March 22nd April 26th May 24th June 28th

July 26th August 23rd Sept 27th Oct 25th

November 22nd December 20th

Jayelem,
Thanks for the update. Glad you found items at Polpex.