American Air Mail Society
Founded 1923
The AAMS holds one meeting each year in conjunction with one of the APS sanctioned stamp shows. Details for each show will be shown here as they become available. Future meeting sites are listed here. The AAMS also maintains a presence at the APS Great American Stamp Show (previously StampShow)
| Tentative dates and locations (check back later for more information) | |
| Every Year | Great American Stamp Show (previously StampShow) Not a Convention but AAMS maintains a table for contact and for book sales. Next show Rosemont, IL August 2021 See the NEWS page for schedule of talks and meetings at GASS August 2021 |
| 2021
2022 |
Rocky Mountain Philatelic Exhibition, Denver Colorado Canceled due to Corona Virus
Napex, McLean Tysons Corner, Maryland June 4-6, 2022 Check Napex website for possible change. |
| 2022 | Aerophilately 2022, Belefonte, PA, November 4-6, 2022 Special Airmail-only show. |
| 2023 | Pipex, Portland, Oregon, May 2023 |
| 2024 | Philatelic Show, Boxborough, Massachusetts, May 2024 |
| 2025 | Westpex, San Francisco, CA, April 2025. |
AEROPHILATELIC TALKS & MEETINGS AT NAPEX
NAPEX 2022 NEW DATES
Friday, June 03: 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday, June 04: 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday, June 05: 10 am to 4 pm
| Tales of South Florida Airmail | Juan Riera | Friday 3 – 4 p. m. |
| AAMS Members Meeting | Friday 4 – 5:30 p. m. | |
| Rare and Unusual Airmail Interruptions | Steve Berlin | Saturday 9 – 10 a. m. |
| Wartime Transpacific Airmail | Bill Fort | Saturday 10 – 11 a. m. |
| Collecting Air Crash Covers | Ken Sanford | Saturday 11 a. m. – 12 noon |
| U.S. Commercial Air Mail: The First 10 Years | Jay Stotts | Sunday 10 – 11 a. m. |
| Director’s Private Meeting | David Ball | Sunday 8 a.m. |
AEROPHILATELY 2022 PLANNED
We are pleased to announce that an all-airmail National Level exhibition is planned to be held at the American Philatelic Center, home of the American Philatelic Society, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on October 21-23, 2022. An application has been submitted to CANEJ, the APS Committee responsible for World Series of Philately exhibitions in the United States, to make this a one-time WSP show. All exhibits will have an airmail or aviation scope and purpose.
While exhibiting will be a large part of the show, there will be dealers with all types of philatelic material, seminars and all types of presentations having an aerophilatelic theme, a show banquet with upscale cocktail hour, and much more. With an undertaking this large we will need help from as many of our members possible, who plan to attend, both before or during the show. If you have an area of the show where you would like to help, contact the Chairman of the Organizing Committee.
We are so very appreciative of the financial support that we have already received, with more expected. So far, the following philatelic auction firms have offered their support:
While many details are yet to be developed, we are looking forward to presenting a show at least as wonderful as the past 2007 and 2014 Aerophilately shows. Your help is needed!
More information will be provided as it becomes available. To offer your help or to seek further information please contact:
Stephen Reinhard, Chairman, Organizing Committee sreinhard1@optonline.net
David S. Ball, Vice-Chairman, Organizing Committee davidsball47@gmail.com
The Next AAMS Convention. Watch for details as they become available
| 2021 | Rocky Mountain Philatelic Exhibition, Denver Colorado May 28, 29, 30, 2021 |
