{"id":17139,"date":"2024-01-11T15:16:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=17139"},"modified":"2024-01-11T15:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:16:14","slug":"maryland-man-wins-boston-2026-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=17139","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Man Wins Boston 2026 Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>[press release] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions]<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\"><strong>Boston 2026 Contest Winners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Three entrants have been named as winners of the \u201cBoston Connection\u201d contest organized by the Boston 2026 World Expo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/s_jfkcentennial.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4573\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/s_jfkcentennial-237x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/s_jfkcentennial-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/s_jfkcentennial-118x150.png 118w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/s_jfkcentennial.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a>Announced in November, collectors were invited to submit lists of stamps and souvenir sheets related in some way with Boston, site of the next U.S. international philatelic exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pedro D. Sarmiento<\/span><\/strong> of Fort Washington, Maryland, provided the greatest number of connections with 88. He is a fan of John F. Kennedy, and many of his submissions of US and overseas stamps dealt with aspects of the former president, born and raised in nearby Brookline and educated at Harvard University. Pedro is \u201c90 years young,\u201d an Air Force veteran and member of the APS and ATA, among other philatelic organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The next two winners were selected at random.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/can_oree.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16840\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/can_oree-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/can_oree-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/can_oree-742x1024.png 742w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/can_oree-109x150.png 109w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/can_oree.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>Keith Christian<\/strong><\/span> of York, Pennsylvania, is also an APS member and just joined the ATA at the Great American Stamp Show in Cleveland this past August. His list included some interesting sports trivia. Willie O&#8217;Ree, featured on a 2023 Canadian stamp, was the first black hockey player in the NHL, called up from the minor leagues by the Boston Bruins in 1958. He identified five additional former Bruins players and several Boston Red Sox baseball stars depicted on stamps.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Frank Silviera<\/span><\/strong> of Wilmington, Massachusetts, will have a short commute to the Boston 2026 show. His U.S. and American Flag collecting interests were reignited during the Covid pandemic, now as a member of the APS and Waltham Stamp Club based in Weston, MA at the Spellman Museum. Among items he noted was that the first lighthouse built in North America was at <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9305\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-288x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-144x150.png 144w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>Boston Harbor in 1716, and Dr. Martin Luther King received his PhD at Boston University in 1955.<\/p>\n<p>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 Twitter and Facebook. 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] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions] Boston 2026 Contest Winners Three entrants have been named as winners of the \u201cBoston Connection\u201d contest organized by the Boston 2026 World Expo. Announced in November, collectors were invited &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=17139\">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-17139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17140,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17139\/revisions\/17140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}