2-12-2021 NobleSpirit Newsletter: Conversations with Philatelists Wins APS Chatty Award and Gives an Inside Look at Virtual Stampex 2021
February 12th, 2021
An Inside Sneak Preview at the Upcoming Virtual Stampex Show in March 2021
In this special bonus episode, Michael and Charles talk to four different groups of philatelists who will be involved in putting on the Philatelic Traders' Society worldwide Virtual Stampex show March 25th - 28th, 2021.
Join Michael and Charles as they speak to Heinrich Koehler, the Royal Philatelic Society London, the American Philatelic Society, and Spink to discuss all of the exciting features at the upcoming Virtual Stampex show, and be the first to get an exclusive inside look at the future of stamp shows.
On February 4th, 2021 the American Philatelic Society held a live streamed award ceremony to announce the winners of their newly established Chatty Awards. We are extremely excited to announce that Conversations with Philatelists was awarded the Digital Philately award, via popular vote. This marks the podcast's second award win in the span of just two months, having won a Philatelic Traders' Society award for Creative Concept of the Year in December 2020.
The APS Chatty Awards are "designed to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary Stamp Chat presentations of 2020 that highlight the best the hobby has to offer."
Categories of the awards included Digital Philately, Connecting Philately with the Professional World, Stamps Teach Award, Creative Philately, Cultural Philately, Destination Philately, and Philatelic Storytelling.
Congratulations to all the award winners this year!
On Monday's episode of Conversations with Philatelists, Michael and Charles had the pleasure of speaking with Roy Betts, a second generations U.S. Postal Service Employee who is the Senior Public Relations Representative in Corporate Communications for the USPS.
Roy discusses his family history of working for the USPS, how his career track in journalism led to his current position, and some of the many responsibilities he has running PR for the USPS, such as managing the announcements for new issue stamps each year.