WESTPEX2019


	WESTPEX^® 2025

		Stamp Show


	WESTPEX 2019 Palmares can be found here.

The jury for WESTPEX 2019 is

Dr. Peter McCann, chief juror, British Caribbean, British Commonwealth, Polar, Postal History, Traditional

Dr. Michael Dixon, Postal Stationery, Great Britain, Central America, South America, Military Postal History, Airmail

Ed Kroft QC FRPSC -postal history, holyland/Middle East, aerophilately, Canada

Stephen Suffet, Display Exhibits, Postal Stationery, United States, U.S. Postal History

Hal Vogel, Aerophilately, Maritime, Military Postal History, Polar

Stephen Rose, apprentice juror, Brazil, Postal History, Single Frame, Traditional, U.S. Postal History

Accepted Exhibits for WESTPEX 2019 as of March 16, 2019
Frames	Title
1-8	Finding Antarctica - Then Finding More of It
9-12	WW1 - Versailles Peace Treaty: Role of Diplomatic and Military Mail
13-16	Philately of a Land of Extremes and Atrocities Outside the Purview of the World: Madagascar
17-24	USA <> USSR Scientist Exchange Programme in Antarctica
25-32	Japan's Wars 1894-1911
33-36	Study of the Ryukyu 10 Yen Provisional Issue January - August 1952
37-38	Gum Breakers on BEP Stamp Production, 1919-1981
39	2c Ryukyu Islands Currency Conversion Issue of 1958
40	More Letters From the Sand
41-44	Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships without postal facilities
45-52	Development of Chinese Imperial Post Office 1897-99, Transformation From Customs Post Office
53-62	The Coronation Year of King George V
63-67	Swedish Scientific Expeditions to the Antarctic Region
68-72	Charity Tax Issues of Iran, 1950 - 1978
73-82	Foreign Concessions in Shanghai 1845-1943
83-90	Estonia - Postal Rates 1918-1941
91-97	The U.S. Navy in the Tokyo Bay Area, August-September, 1945
98-104	100 Famous US Navy Vessels 1797-1997
105-112	Early Okinawa Stamps, Stationery and Postal History
113-120	Persia, Qajar Postal Stationery Issued 1876-1925
121-126	Ryukyu Election Cards
127	Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in International Geophysical Year - Incidents and Accidents 1956-1958
128-131	The Red Cross in WWI (1912-1923)
132-134	Nepal: Postal History of The First Pashudati Issues (1907)
135-142	The 1910 Centenary Issue of Colombia
143-150	The Forgotten War - IEF'D' and the War in Mesopotamia 1914-1918
151	Cacti Covers and other Succulent Stamps
152-155	Candid Philately
156	1871 Commune of Paris Prisoner's Mail
157	U.S. Army Post Offices in Greenland 1941-1945
158-160	Show Challenge
161-164	Mail Flown on the USS Akron & Macon: A Philatelic History of the Last Rigid US Airships
165-172	The Massachusetts Island Counties. Postal history before 1890.
173-180	Jamestown 1907
181-185	French Activities in the Arctic 1828-1939
186-187	The Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brian
188-189	Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere - Penguin Style!
190-194	Mysore Postal System (until 1901)
195-202	Alaska at War
203-210	The 1932 Washington Bicentennial Commemorative Stamps
211-215	CANADA: Rates & Usages of the 1927 Confederation and Historical Issues
216	Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904)
217	2C "Liberty Head" US Revenue Tax Stamp, 1875-1883
218	U. S. Naval Mission to Brazil Postal History - 1922-1977
219	Conquest of the Zulu Kingdom 1876-1897
220-224	U.S. Navy Machine Cancels (1919-79)
225-232	The Coconut Palm - Palm of Life & Palm of Commerce
233-240	Washington and Franklin Coils Third Bureau Perforated Issues 1908-1922
241-245	The Natal Rebellion of 1906
246	Development and Deployment of the U.S. Atomic Bomb 1942-1945
247	Censors of British Forces in North West Persia, 1918-1920
248-252	Aloha! The 80c Diamond Head of 1952
253-260	Delaware, Postal History to 1847
261-264	Taxed Mail of Mandate Palestine
265-267	U.S Jet Plane & Globes Airmail Issue of 1976
268-272	A History of the North American Indians
273	The "Special" Booklet Paper Printings of 1928
274	Canine Kindness


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	JOHN W. GEARY 1819—1873



By all measures, John White Geary was an impressive man. Standing six feet six inches tall, Geary accumulated quite a commendable record of public service in his short life. Born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, he began his college education at age 14 but was forced to quit due to his father's death and debts. As a teenager he worked in a variety of jobs and joined the state militia. He later earned his degree, and worked as a railroad construction engineer as well as surveyor. He participated in the Mexican War where he was wounded five times which earned him rank of Colonel as well as national fame. Like many Americans of his time, he moved west. Appointed Postmaster of San Francisco in 1849 by President James K. Polk, he was then elected the final alcalde, and then first Mayor in 1850. To this date, he was the youngest Mayor in San Francisco's history. His first wife's poor health and untimely death compelled him to return East in 1852. In his early years he was a Democrat, later evolving into an independent Republican. This change began in 1856 when President Franklin Pierce appointed him Territorial Governor of Kansas, which in the pre-Civil War slavery disputes became known as 'Bleeding Kansas'. Hoping to bring harmony to Kansas, he toured the fledgling Territory, met with the citizens, and gave speeches appealing for unity and understanding. In these hopes, he failed. After less than a year, fearing for his own life, he left Kansas armed with two guns in the night. Geary returned to his farm in Pennsylvania and remarried. With the Civil War, he rejoined the military and rose to the Brevet Rank of Major General. He fought at Chancellorsville, in the Shenandoah Valley, at Lookout Mountain, and with Sherman's 'March Through Georgia'. He was also at Gettysburg, and lost a son at Chattanooga. Due to his war record, he was elected Governor of Pennsylvania and served from 1867 to 1873, where he earned a reputation of independence and attacking political influence. He died tragically young at the age of 53. Along with Geary Boulevard and Street in 'The City' (San Francisco, California), the citizens of Geary County in Kansas voted to rename their county in his name, over that of Jefferson Davis. A street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's State Capital is named for him. A monument, attesting his bravery, was erected at Gettysburg in 1914, but only dedicated officially in recent years.