The 2023 Rocky Mountain Stamp Show concluded last weekend. With more than 25 dealers, four visiting societies, over 240 exhibit frames, the prestigious George Brett Cup competition, the perennial favorite "What's In Your Attic?," RMPL Silent Auction, Depot Printing Display, Youth Booth and more than 700 visitors, it was a very successful show.
The CYPHER Stamp Club greeted young visitors with a wide variety of activities and introduced three new ones this year. Children were given a blue ribbon and name tag, as they completed an activity a special sticker provided to place on the ribbon. In addition to receiving a sticker the children could draw a number for a prize on the CYPHER Stamp Club Mystery Board. The prizes consisted of small selections of various topical stamps; however, there were some special stamps hidden in the mix. One young boy, Sebastian, won three stamps from the 1892 US Columbian set (Scott #233, #234 and #235). Olivia, another lucky winner, received a nice example of the first US Airmail Stamp (Scott #C1).
The young stamp enthusiasts could select which activities to do and what order to do them in. In additional to the activities we had our special treasure tubs of miscellaneous United States or worldwide stamps. Children were able to browse through the tubs and select as many stamps as they desired.. We had a number of topical stamp binders available for the children to look through. They could take a limited number of stamps from the binders, we have to make sure there are enough available throughout the show.
Children could select from the following activities: Scavenger Hunt, Wildlife Safari, Exhibit Trivia, Greetings From America, Wide World of Sport, Enchanted Stories, Guess the Number of Stamps, Design a Stamp, Stamp Detective, Show and Tell, Everything About Birds and Everything About Dogs.
We hosted a Scout Stamp Collecting Merit Badge Workshop during the show. Fourteen scouts attended the workshop and the majority completed all the requirements to receive the badge. The scouts were also escorted around the exhibit hall, the dealer area, and visited The Depot printing display where they printed their own personalized souvenir of the show.
From the look on their faces, you tell me, "Did We Have Fun?"
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