GBCC at Omaha Stamp Show, September, 2007

The GBCC held its 2007 Annual Meeting at the Omaha Stamp Show on September 7-9. As usual, there were many GB exhibits, a presentation, and social events.

Tom Myers, a GBCC Director and editor of The GBCC Chronicle is shown here standing by his exhibit.

GBCC Director Tom Slemons gave a presentation on Mulready lettersheets and envelopes, including a discussion of the many advertisements that were printed on the inside of the lettersheets. Tom supplied two exhibits as well.

Tom Slemons is on the left, shown here being recognized for his exhibits.

The table below lists the Great Britain exhibits at the show and the awards for each.

Exhibitor	Exhibit Title	Award
Ann Triggle	Experimental London Fancy Geometrics	Vermeil
Don Hines	King George V Photogravure Issue 1934-1936	Gold and Reserve Grand
Jerry Kasper	Illustrated World War II British Military Airletters	Gold
Jim Kotanchik	Official Seals of Great Britain	Gold and GBCC Founders Award
Tom Myers	British Airmail Letter Rates to Asia and Africa, 1931 to 1952	Vermeil
Tom Slemons	Penny Blacks in Suffolk	Gold
Tom Slemons	Mulreadys in Suffolk	Gold
Tim Burgess	The Perforated Stars of Great Britain 1848-1880	Court of Honor

GBCC Vice-President Andrew Reid selected the Tom Current Founders Award for this year. Tom Current established the GBCC in 1979, and this award is presented annually in his honor. The award is always Jasper Wedgwood and this year is a clock. It was presented to Jim Kotanchik for his exhibit, “Official Seals of Great Britain.”

After the show, everyone needs some peace and quiet. Tom Slemons is relaxing here at Omaha’s Union Station. I hope he didn’t have to wait as long for a train as his neighbor apparently has.