{"id":13772,"date":"2022-03-26T11:29:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T15:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=13772"},"modified":"2022-03-27T09:52:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T13:52:02","slug":"postal-stationery-group-aids-boston-2026-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=13772","title":{"rendered":"Postal Stationery Group Aids Boston 2026 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>[press release]<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333399;\"><strong>Boston 2026 \u201cSociety Major Sponsor\u201d Named<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The United Postal Stationery Society has been named a Boston 2026 World Expo \u201cSociety Major Sponsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UPSS President Edward Heir and past President Wayne Menuz met with Boston 2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UPSS_Logo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13788\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UPSS_Logo-1-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UPSS_Logo-1-300x152.png 300w, http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UPSS_Logo-1-150x76.png 150w, http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UPSS_Logo-1-500x253.png 500w, http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UPSS_Logo-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>officers at show headquarters in Boxborough, Massachusetts, to discuss ways the society could assist the upcoming international philatelic exhibition. As a result, the UPSS Board of Directors appointed Convention Coordinator Bob Thompson as their Boston 2026 liaison and made a $50,000 major contribution to the expo.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting the society\u2019s donation letter announcing their plans, \u201cIt has been the mission of the United Postal Stationery Society, since its formation in 1945, to support the collection, research and promotion of worldwide postal stationery. Certainly, our society\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Nancy_Clark-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13787\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Nancy_Clark-2-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Nancy_Clark-2-258x300.png 258w, http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Nancy_Clark-2-129x150.png 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>active participation in Boston 2026 international exhibition, the once in 10 years philatelic event, is in line with that mission.\u201d Their homepage is at upss.org.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Clark (left), President of Boston 2026 World Expo and an active collector and exhibitor of postal stationery, said, \u201cWe welcome the strong support of the postal stationery community to our celebration of philately and the study and collecting of postal communication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9305\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-144x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-144x150.png 144w, http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-288x300.png 288w, http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a>Boston 2026 World Expo takes place May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention &amp; Exhibition Center. Full show details may be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/boston2026.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boston2026.org<\/a> and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Sign up to be added to the Boston 2026 email list and receive updates when available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[press release] Boston 2026 \u201cSociety Major Sponsor\u201d Named The United Postal Stationery Society has been named a Boston 2026 World Expo \u201cSociety Major Sponsor.\u201d UPSS President Edward Heir and past President Wayne Menuz met with Boston 2026 officers at show &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=13772\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13772"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13792,"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13772\/revisions\/13792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}