Westpex 2023 - San Bruno, CA - April 28-30

WESTPEX is taking place April 28-30 at the SF Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA 94010.

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Cable Car

https://www.westpex.org

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday & Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

$5 admission for all 3 days
Youth under 15 free with adult
Self park $5/day with validation

Guest Societies - Polonus Polish Philatelic Society, Scandinavian Collectors Club, US Philatelic Classics Society
65+ Dealers, Meetings, Seminars, APS Town Hall Meeting, 4300+ Pages of Exhibits
Schuyler Rumsey Auction Begins April 27, 2023

WESTPEX, Inc. c/o Treasurer
PO Box 1458
San Bruno, CA 94066

Will it stop raining by then?

No.

However, it did not rain during the show, the set up or take down. This does not count today's last section of the Rumsey WESTPEX Auction. Light rain has begun falling in Northern California with general regional rain (and snow in the mountains) late tonight, tomorrow and maybe a bit later.

REPORT:

Covid killed "The Hanger" restaurant on the main lobby floor and it has not been replaced but food was available three times per day in the large lobby seating area near the bar.

Parking was easy unlike the year when a presidential candidate was down the street and all of the responding protesters took up all parking.

Friday quite busy. Solid Saturday. Don't know about Sunday. No dealers seemed to be grumbling, Antifa was not employed to go after the judges so the exhibitors seemed pleased.

Heard some collectors complaining about the prices they needed to pay for their wins, so the auction seemed to go well.

One dealer complained that they should have changed locations on the floor sooner since they did better on Friday than any other time during their 30 years of attendance.

WESTPEX 2023 Palmares
April 29, 2023
WESTPEX Grand Award
Mark Schwartz The New York Postmaster Provisional

Collectors Club of San Francisco - Reserve Grand Award
Wieslaw Kostka Kingdom of Poland - Study of Rates for Stampless Mail 1815-1871

WESTPEX Grand Award - Single Frame Exhibit
Mark Schwartz The Use of Boston's "PAID in Grid" Cancels 1851-1859

AAPE Youth Grand Award
Adhyatman Agarwala Coffee! Early Cancellations and Slogans in Latin America and the Caribbean

WESTPEX Chairman's Award
Steven Walske Le Debacle: Postal History of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War

Full list here: https://www.westpex.com/pdf/w23palmares.pdf

Any other observation for folks attending would be nice to read. Due to mobility issues I could only attend Saturday and my activities even then limited.

Edit:
I did find two items either of them a 'show maker' plus another which would be a show maker at any lesser show. Of course what I found fit in my areas of interest. I trust there were 'show makers' for other folks but your experiences may have varied. All are still in the car's trunk perhaps I can get them in later today, I am still moving slowly. That is why I couldn't go Friday nor Sunday.

Just noticed the location error in the title. The show is in Burlingame, CA, at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront, not in nearby San Bruno nor Millbrae. The San Bruno PO Box, while awe-inspiring, just can't fit all the dealers and exhibits.