Here is a mostly complete list of Expositions and what they released as far as related to the POSTAL system.
1876 - Philadelphia - Centennial Exposition – Postal Stationary and cancels 1881 - Atlanta - International Cotton Exposition 1883 - Boston - The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations 1883 - Louisville - Southern Exposition - Cancel 1884 - New Orleans - World Cotton Centennial - Cancel 1884 - New Orleans - New Orleans Universal Exposition and World's Fair - Cancel 1884 - New Orleans - New Orleans Centennial - Cancel 1885 - New Orleans - North, Central and South American Exposition - Cancel 1888 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Centennial International Exhibition 1889 - Buffalo - International Industrial Fair - Cancels 1893 - Chicago - World's Columbian Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1893 - New York City - World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition 1894 - San Francisco - California Midwinter International Exposition - Cancels 1895 - Atlanta - Cotton States and International Exposition - Cancels 1895 - Atlanta - Atlanta Exposition - Cancels 1897 - Chicago - Irish Fair 1897 - Nashville - Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition - Cancels 1898 - Omaha - Trans-Mississippi Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1898 - San Francisco - California's Golden Jubilee 1899 - Omaha - Greater America Exposition - Cancels 1899 - Philadelphia - National Export Exposition - Cancels 1901 - Buffalo - Pan-American Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1901 - Charleston - South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition - Cancel 1901 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Glasgow International Exhibition 1904 - St. Louis - Louisiana Purchase Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1905 - New York City - Irish Industrial Exposition 1905 - Portland - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition - Cancels 1907 - Chicago - World's Pure Food Exposition - Cancels 1907 - Hampton Roads - Jamestown Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1908 - New York City - International Mining Exposition 1909 - New York City - Hudson-Fulton Celebration - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1909 - San Francisco - Portolá Festival 1909 - Seattle - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1910 - San Francisco - Admission Day Festival 1911 - New York City - International Mercantile Exposition 1913 - Knoxville - National Conservation Exposition 1915 - Chicago - Lincoln Jubilee and Exposition 1915 - Richmond - Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition 1915 - San Diego - Panama-California Exposition - Cancels 1915 - San Francisco - Panama-Pacific International Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1917 - San Francisco - Allied War Exposition 1918 - Chicago - Allied War Exposition 1918 - Los Angeles - California Liberty Fair 1918 - New York City - Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries 1923 - Los Angeles - American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition - Cancel 1924 - New York City - French Exposition - Cancel 1925 - San Francisco - California's Diamond Jubilee 1926 - Philadelphia - Sesquicentennial Exposition - Commemorative stamp and cancels 1928 - Long Beach - Pacific Southwest Exposition 1931 - Yorktown - Yorktown Sesquicentennial 1933 - Chicago - Century of Progress International Exposition - Commemorative stamps and cancels 1935 - San Diego - California Pacific International Exposition - Commemorative stamp and cancels 1936 - Cleveland - Great Lakes Exposition 1936 - Dallas - Texas Centennial Central Exposition - Cancels 1937 - Cleveland - Great Lakes Exposition 1937 - Dallas - Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition - Cancel 1937 - Miami - Pan American Fair 1939 - New York City - 1939 New York World's Fair - Commemorative stamp and cancels 1939 - San Francisco - Golden Gate International Exposition - Commemorative stamp and cancels 1962 - Seattle - Century 21 Exposition - Space Needle 1964 - New York City - 1964/1965 New York World's Fair 1968 - San Antonio - HemisFair '68 - Tower of the Americas 1974 - Spokane - Expo '74 - International Exposition on the Environment 1982 - Knoxville - 1982 World's Fair - International Energy Exposition
I collect United States Classics, classic covers, Tobacco related covers & bill-heads and World fair ephemera (prior to 1930's)
Thanks for the list, krash. I note that the list gets a little THINNER after 1936. I wonder why that is. Of course there was WWII that started happening shortly after that, but I don`t think that affected the States much until the 1940s.
I just think it`s funny because there has been no shortage of general stamp exhibitions since then. Maybe it was the extreme specialty aspect that meant a few of them weren`t held.
Your entry tickets to some of these exhibitions are almost as beautiful as the money that was paid for them!
Collecting Australia, New Zealand, Channel Islands, Canada, U.S., St-Pierre et Miquelon, Faroe Islands Topical - Seahorses, Paleophilately, Machins (limited), kingfishers, trees, horoscope & zodiac, O`Higgins (Chile), Lake Baikal.
Would you like to see some more? OK then, sit back and enjoy the show! This will take a while to construct because of the image constraints but I'll do my darnedest for you.
OK lets start with the 1893-49 Chicago Worlds fair or colloquially referred to as the "Columbian Exposition"
I always liked the Columbian issues and I attempt to collect just about all printed matter relating to the Columbian Exposition like tickets and small adverts like postcards and cancellations.
The stamps (not a complete set but all the ones I own)
I collect United States Classics, classic covers, Tobacco related covers & bill-heads and World fair ephemera (prior to 1930's)
krash said 1884 - New Orleans - World Cotton Centennial - Cancel 1884 - New Orleans - New Orleans Universal Exposition and World's Fair - Cancel 1884 - New Orleans - New Orleans Centennial - Cancel 1885 - New Orleans - North, Central and South American Exposition - Cancel
Very interesting stuff. I knew about the Worlds Fair, but not the rest of them. Thanks for the info Jay!!!!
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