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NORPEX 2025 - saturday, March 8, 10 AM TO 4 PM
NorPEX 2025 honored connecticut native american samuel ashbow who fought in battle of bunker hill
NORPEX 2025 took place on Saturday, March 8 at the Norwalk Senior Center on 11 Allen Road. The club honored Samuel Ashbow, a native American (Mohegan) from Connecticut who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. He was the first Native American killed in the Revolutionary War. Chris Calle, the nationally known stamp designer, illustrator and cachet-maker, designed the show cover, attended the show and autographed his work, including stamps and other cachets that he has designed.
The longest-running stamp show in the region, NORPEX featured 17 dealers from across the northeast with stamps, envelopes, and supplies serving the needs of collectors. A Postal Service representative sold current commemorative stamps, and special collections were on display.
Club members evaluated collections from members of the public. Hourly giveaways provided guests with valuable philatelic souvenirs.
Those wishing to order show covers by mail may send a self-addressed stamped envelope with a check for $3 payable to the Norwalk Stamp Club / P O Box 267-N, Norwalk CT 06856-0267.
NorPEX 2024 commemorated connecticut's role in the first continental congresss
NORPEX 2024 took place on Saturday, March 9 at the Norwalk Senior Center on 11 Allen Road. We commemorated Connecticut’s role in the First Continental Congress, which formed in response to the British Parliament’s enactment of the Intolerable Acts as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, and eventually led to the Revolutionary War. Roger Sherman, a lawyer from New Milford, Eliphalet Dyer, a lawyer from Windham, and Silas Deane, a merchant from Wethersfield, were Connecticut’s delegates to the First Continental Congress, which took place in Philadelphia in 1774.
The longest-running stamp show in the region, NORPEX features many dealers from across the northeast with stamps, envelopes and supplies to serve the needs of collectors. A Postal Service representative sells current commemorative stamps, and special collections will be on display.
Club members evaluated collections from members of the public. Hourly giveaways provided guests with valuable philatelic souvenirs.
NORPEX 2024 commemorative covers designed by Chris Calle remain available for $3. Those ordering by mail may send a self-addressed stamped envelope with a check payable to the Norwalk Stamp Club to: P O Box 267-N, Norwalk CT 06856-0267.
Norwalk 2023 noted the 550th birth of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus with special envelope
The Norwalk Stamp Club commemorated the 550th birthday of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus with a special souvenir envelope and unique cancellation during its annual show and exhibition on March 11. The show, known as NORPEX, took place at the Norwalk Senior Center, 11 Allen Road.
Copernicus was the 15th-century Polish astronomer and polymath whose theories revolutionized celestial observations and opened the age of extra-terrestrial exploration. Connecticut has a modern-day tie to these discoveries: the Hubble Space Telescope, launched into low-earth orbit in 1990, was built in Danbury. Hubble has been imaging countless distant galaxies ever since. Its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, parked one million miles from earth, became operational in 2022, and was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp in September. That stamp appears on the NORPEX envelope.
“Nicolaus Copernicus enabled us to understand our place in the universe,” said Mike Clark, president of the Norwalk Stamp Club, “so it is fitting that we pay tribute to this historic figure on the occasion of his 550th birthday, even as new discoveries expand our astronomical knowledge every day.”
The stamp club’s 2023 cachet artwork, issued in conjunction with its annual exhibition and bourse was designed by famed stamp designer Chris Calle.
The longest-running stamp show in the region, NORPEX features many dealers from across the northeast with stamps, envelopes and supplies to serve the needs of collectors. The Postal Service sells current commemorative stamps, and special collections were displayed. New this year was a table devoted to Ukrainian philately and material supporting their cause.
Club members evaluated collections from members of the public. Hourly giveaways provided guests with valuable philatelic souvenirs.
NORPEX commemorative covers remain available for $3. Those ordering by mail may send a self-addressed stamped envelope with a check payable to the Norwalk Stamp Club to: P O Box 267-N, Norwalk CT 06856-0267.
NORPEX commemorative covers are available for previous years
SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE COVERS
SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE COVERS
The Norwalk Philatelic Exhibition, takes place in March each year. We produce a souvenir Show cover with artwork for the cachet designed by club member Chris Calle and cancellation designed by a club member.
SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE COVERS
SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE COVERS
SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE COVERS
Each year, the club decides on a theme – usually a nationally significant historic event – and prepares a specially illustrated cachet which, in cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service, is cancelled with a unique postmark for the occasion.
Since 1977, the Norwalk Stamp Club has hosted this popular annual exhibition, which is typically attended by more than a dozen dealers who bring a global inventory of more than 750,000 stamps and other philatelic material. They serve the needs of hundreds of collectors who attend the one-day show.
It's the longest-running stamp show in the region.
These colorful covers have become highly prized and collectible souvenirs. NORPEX commemorative covers are available for $2.50.
Those who want to order by mail can send a self-addressed envelope to
P.O. Box 267-M, Norwalk, CT 06856-0267.
Norpex 2022 commemoratEs connecticut ties to national parks
NORPEX 2022 Honored local connection to National Park Service
Connecticut’s connection to America’s national parks was the theme for NORPEX 22, noting the Weir Farm National Historic Park as the unofficial home to American impressionist painters.
Famed stamp designer Chris Calle of Ridgefield created the show cover, as well as a second, limited-edition cover depicting the U.S. mint’s 2020 Connecticut state quarter with Weir Farm on the obverse. The Club sells the set of two covers for $8.
norpex 2020 show cachet design
NORPEX 2020 celebrated Women's Suffrage and the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Show cover available for $3 (although NORPEX was cancelled due to the onset of Covid-19).
An extra cover produced in association with the League of Women Voters is available for $5.
Contact us via mail to order your copies.
some of the stamp dealers who attend
Miller Stamp Company Niantic, CT
Classic U.S., Errors, Plate Blocks, Duck Stamps
United States Postal Service
Oneco CT Post Ofifce
United States Postage Stamps at face
Papendreous Philatelics
U.S. back of teh book, revenues, and more
Albert's Stamps
U.S. Stamps, Postal Cards & Stationary, Cut Squares, BOB
Dutch Country Auctions
Wilmington, Delaware.
Chris Calle
First Day Covers, Space Covers
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions
Stamps, coins, memorabilia – auction services
Dr. Kevin Custis
Stampmen, Inc. offers an extensive and attractive world wide stock.
Rich Hoffman
First Day Covers
eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/connfdcmaven?_sop=10&rt=nc
750,000 stamps!
Something for everyone!
Something for everyone!
The U.S. Postal Service staffs a table to sell current commemorative stamps.
Club members are on hand to evaluate collections from members of the public.
Something for everyone!
Something for everyone!
Something for everyone!
Large display panels contain elements of topical or themed collections.
Lots of dealers!
Something for everyone!
Lots of dealers!
Whether you want to fill in the empty spaces in your album -- or start a new category of collecting -- NORPEX is a show you don't want to miss.
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