CPS

Charlotte Philatelic Society

The 90 cent issue of 1869.

The Charlotte Philatelic Society was chartered in 1965 to enhance and stimulate the hobby of stamp collecting for the Charlotte area. The club is affiliated with the American Philatelic Society. The club sponsors each year in late July a dealer bourse and exhibition called Charpex which started the same year the club was chartered. Early presidents were Herman Bauman, Justine Schrapper, Ferenc Sajgo and Charles Yates. The club has 50 members, as of May 2006. All stamp collectors are welcome to attend the meetings. Click here to find a history of the club.

Each year the club sponsors an Exhibition, CHARPEX.

Old Charpex Documents

The earliest records we have of Charpex documents are from 1975. The 1975 Charpex was held at the Carolina Trade Mart. The first document is the cover of the program. The second is a letter of greetings from President Ferenc Sajgo. Next is an invitation to the Awards Banquet at Swain’s Charcoal Steakhouse. You can see the program at this link. The historian was our beloved friend Herman Baumann, whose letter you can find here. The judges1 and judges2 for the event were Bernard Hennig of Chicago, James Harris of Wilmington, Jesse Johnson of Norfolk, VA. And John Foxworth, Jr. of Charlotte. Finally, there is a letter of welcome from our supported Mayor John Belk.

For more information about the Charlotte Philatelic Society, contact
Harold B. Reiter
Department of Mathematics
Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte NC 28223
Phone: 704-687-4561, home: 704-364-5699
or call president KayDon Kahler at 704 814 9036

Electronic Mail: hbreiter@uncc.edu

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