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Live Video Program

On Wednesday October 21 at 5:30pm EDT, the Collectors Club will be hosting “Baseball and Philately from the Vault of the National Postal Museum ” a live, virtual program presentation by – Daniel Piazza, Washington, D.C. using Zoom technology.

Join chief curator Daniel Piazza for an evening highlighting current events at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. Collectors Club members and guests will enjoy an exclusive preview of the upcoming exhibition, Baseball: America’s Home Run. The talk will feature archival and stamp production material that has never been shown before – ample reason to skip Game Two of the World Series and come to the Collectors Club instead! This will be followed by a brief discussion of NPM news and ways to connect with the museum’s content even while it is closed to the public during the pandemic. We will leave ample time for questions and answers at the end.

We will be using Zoom technology to overcome the limitations of our Clubhouse being closed and the restrictions of social distancing.

To register, please select the “Register Now” button below, which will bring you to Zoom, where the process will be completed.

If you are unable to attend, the talk will be archived on the Club’s website for viewing at a later time.

Please mark the day and time in your calendars. We look forwarding to seeing you on Wednesday October 21.
You will receive access instructions a week prior to the event.

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Hotchner Awarded Neinken Medal

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The Philatelic Foundation will award John M. Hotchner its 2020 Neinken Medal for distinguished service to philately. Originally scheduled to be held at a ceremony and reception at The Collectors Club in New York on October 27, 2020, it instead will be held in October 2021 because of COVID-19 which has shuttered much of New York. A collector since the age of five, he has been a devoted leader, writer, and active participant in the advancement of organized philately at the international, national, and local levels.

John served on the B.I.A. Board of Governors and was a prolific contributor to The United States Specialist. In addition to his numerous articles on stamp perforation, he served as Chairman of the Errors, Freaks, and Oddities Committee for many years.

Hotchner served on the Board of the American Philatelic Society for sixteen years including a term as
its President, as a member of the National Postal Museum’s Council of Philatelists for twenty years, as well as a dozen years as a member of the Postmaster General’s Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee. A co-founder of the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, he served as a Board member for 32 years including two terms as its President. Accredited as a national chief judge and international judge in both stamps and literature,

John has served for many years on the APS’ Committee on Judging Accreditation including a term as its Chairman. In 2017, he was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. On the local level, he has served as president of the Virginia Philatelic Federation. He was a founder of national specialty societies for Auxiliary Markings, AMG Philately, and for Mourning Stamps and Covers.

Hotchner currently serves as a contributing editor of Linn ‘s Stamp News, responsible
for its popular “U.S. Stamp Notes,” a weekly column, and as a monthly columnist for The American Stamp Dealer & Collector, and US. Stamp News as well as a quarterly columnist for a number of philatelic publications. As an exhibitor, his exhibits have garnered both national grand and reserve grand awards.
PF Chairman Robert G. Rose commented on the choice of Mr. Hotchner as the recipient of its Neinken Medal. “John has done it all, and always at the highest level of achievement, as a collector and exhibitor, as writer
and judge, as a philatelic expert and, as a board member and president of philately’s leading organization.

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