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EXHIBITS - PIPEX 2025

 

ALL exhibits will be mounted physically in frames at the show and will be judged in the frames. 

Exhibitors are encouraged also to submit their exhibits virtually, to be posted on the PIPEX website. 

May 2 - 4, 2025

Monarch Hotel, 12566 SE 93rd Ave,
Clackamas, OR 97015 (just outside Portland)

Sponsored by: THE NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF STAMP CLUBS

Important Dates

February 18, 2025
March 18
April 16
April 29
May 1

Deadline for convening societies’ exhibit application preference
Deadline for exhibit applications and for updated title/synopses pages
Deadline for receipt of virtual copies of exhibits
Deadline for receipt of shipped exhibits
Personal delivery of exhibits

Individual Exhibits

As of March 27, 2025, only one frame remains.  If any Northwest Federation member club still wishes to make an entry, we would be happy to accommodate. Likewise, should any exhibitor wish to make a late non-competitive one-frame entry, we would be delighted to see your material.  Competitive entries are closed. 

Prospectus for PIPEX 2025 – Downloadable, printable PDF file


Exhibit Entry Form – Downloadable, printable PDF file

Club Exhibits

PIPEX 2025 will include club exhibits -- one-frame exhibits from clubs and societies belonging to the Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs.

Club Exhibit Prospectus -- Downloadable, printable PDF file

Club Exhibit Entry Form -- downloadable printable PDF file


Competitive Exhibits
Exhibit No. Name No. of Frames Exhibit Title: if the title is bold, the link is to the complete exhibit; otherwise, the link is to the title page
Address Description
1 Mark Loomis 10 The Development and Impact of Missions in Southern Rhodesia
Tigard, OR Accepted
2 Mark Loomis 1 Loomis post offices - A Family Connection
Tigard, OR Accepted
3 Tim Bergquist 1 UN Se-tenant continuous design stamps: blocks & strips
Eugene, OR Accepted
4 Worth Mathewson 2 Confederate Postal System
Salem, OR Accepted
5 Ralph Nafziger 10 The 3c 1936 Oregon Territory Issue
Albany, OR Accepted
6 Michael P. Anderson 9 What Do I do Now? Exploring collecting options offered by Hawaiian stamps
Langley, BC Accepted
7 Louis Fiset 9 U.S. Transatlantic 30-Cent Globe Airmail Stamp at Work (1939-1942)
Seattle, WA Accepted
8 Louis Fiset 7 M.S. Gripsholm: Ocean Liner, Cruise Vessel, Mercy Ship
Seattle, WA Accepted
9 Norma Nielson 8 The Story of Lloyd’s: From Coffee to Commerce
Eugene, OR Accepted
10 Marc Stromberg 1 Blood's Despatch 1845-1862
  Accepted
11 Gerald E. (Gerry) Smith 4 Washington Route Agent and Railway Post Office Mail
Olympia, WA Accepted
12 Gerry Oberst 5 Jean-Michel Folon:  Philatelic Artist
Washington, DC Accepted
13 Gerry Oberst 2 19th Century American Philatelic Images of Thomas Jefferson
Washington, DC Accepted
14 Eric Knapp 5 Tale of a Crooked Road: The Alaska Highway from early promotion to the opening to the public
Anchorage, AK Accepted
15 Victoria A. Munoz 2 The Best Way to Own a Cat
            Youth Accepted
16 William J. Snider 8 The Beacon Air Mail Stamp
Redding, CA Accepted
17 Lloyd Ferrell 10 Transition to War: Pearl Harbor Ships before and after December 7, 1941
Beaverton, OR Accepted
18 Vivek Chopra 1 Postage Stamps of the Indian Princely State of Jhalawar
Redwood City, CA Accepted
19 Vivek Chopra 1 The First Attempt to Print Stamps in India- The Lion & Palm Tree Essays
Redwood City, CA Accepted
20 Steve Staton 10 Discover Las Vegas: A Postcard Journey Through History
Salem, OR Accepted
21 David Jay 10 Mail Service in Rural Russia: The Volostnoe Pravlenie Offices, 1895-1917
Portland, OR Accepted
22 Donald Blais 7 Bridges over the Ages
Polson, MT Accepted
23 Yuxiang Jiang 1 China Express Letter Stamp, Second Republic Issue (1914-1916)
Atlanta, GA Accepted
24 Carol J. Edholm 1 Cacao: The Path to Chocolate
Mountlake Terrace, WA Accepted
25 Nestor C. Nunez 8 Straits Settlements: 1800-1901
San Bruno, CA Accepted
26 Mark Loomis 1 The Southern Rhodesia Commemorative Stamp of the 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of Matabeleland
Tigard, OR Accepted
27 Clarin Lewis 1 1910 Train Disaster at Wellington, Washington
Eugene, OR Accepted
28 Art Bunce 10 Watermarks and Countermarks of the AQ Lettersheets of the Republic of Venice, 1608-1797
Escondido, CA Accepted
29
Jayden Beasley
2 Olympic Fencing
Youth Accepted
30  Bill DiPaolo 4 Italian Lake Mail on Lake Maggiore
Venice, FL Accepted
31 Louis Fiset 1 Political Prisoners’ Mail from the 1848 Paris “June Days Uprising”
Seattle, WA Accepted
Club Entries
C1 Participating Society 1 Salem Stamp Society
     
C2 Participating Society 1
Oregon Stamp Society
   
Non-Competitive Exhibits
101 Portland Philatelic Exhibition 2 History of PIPEX
  by Mark Loomis  
102 Howard Kadohiro 3 Ensign Howard M. Keller, USMS, WW2 1941-1946
   

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