Welcome

SARASOTA NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION will be held January 19 – 21, 2024.

The Sarasota Philatelic Club was founded by five collectors in late 1952. The club held its first exhibition in 1953. At the time, the stamp show was known as SAREX, which the newspapers described as a clever contraction of the Sarasota Philatelic Exhibition.

In 1966, the name of the stamp show was revised to SARAPEX. In 1970 the show moved to the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, and APS accreditation process was initiated. In 1975 SARAPEX achieved “National” status as a member of the World Series of Philatelic Exhibitions.

In an attempt to eliminate confusion between SARAPEX and other similarly named exhibitions, the name was changed to Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition in 1991.

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Meetings

The Club meeting is held on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM until 8 PM.

Meetings start with a general get-together to Buy, Sell, Trade, or just talk about stamps & collecting. There is no business meeting; if there is a scheduled program, it starts about 7 PM.

The location is the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, at 3975 Fruitville Road, just near Beneva Rd., Sarasota, Florida.

Guests young & old are always welcome.

NEXT MEETING:

Tuesday, June 6

Dinner at Dennys on Bee Ridge

Arrive between 5:30 & 6:00

No meetings at the church until September.

 

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Officers

President: Pat Stilwell-Walker; (Phone) 941-281-3888 – please leave a message for call back.

Vice President: Liz Hisey

Secretary: Jack Harwood

Treasurer: Dan Walker

Editor: Vince Centonze

Director: Ron Brown

Director: Jim Kuca