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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2463178, member: 71723&quot;]For those out there who were disappointed about no United States Postal Service booth at the last 3 ANA conventions (Rosemont, IL all), despair no more. The USPS returns to the ANA bourse floor at Anaheim. I asked show officials in what capacity this would be. Good news - <i><b>both </b></i>shipping stuff home from the show (heavy stuff like books or auction catalogs, especially) <i><b>and </b></i>souvenir cancels of show &quot;covers&quot;, for both of us who care about that stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the first time since 2012, I&#039;m not scheduled to do a Money Talk at Anaheim, but I am exhibiting for my first time ever. I will have a Money Talk &quot;in the can&quot;, alright, in the iPod, in case of a no-show. This is the 125th anniversary of the ANA, Jeff Garrett is President, Kim Kiick is firmly ensconced as E.D., and I think that means it&#039;s going to be top-notch and fun. Wait, does that Florida group own rights to that? There&#039;s a Tuesday night 125th Anni reception, Wednesday Sundman Lecture luncheon complete with a Legacy Series interview of Sundman himself, a Thursday night Numismatic Literacy Guild Bash, and what promises to be a Friday night Banquet and Silent Auction to remember. (My son and I are doing Disneyland Wednesday night.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re there on Tuesday, opening day, look for me near the registration desk. I&#039;ll be in the ANA blue shirt. The rest of my assignments are open, but most of the show I&#039;ll be toting a screaming yellow Pelican photo case which will contain (gasp!) my photo gear and cables and junk, not coins so much. If you&#039;re staying until Friday, look for the opportunity to get Jamie Franki to sign stuff. Jamie designed the show medal (colorized this year - ugh) and designed the 2005 buffalo nickel reverse and the 2006-date Jefferson nickel obverse. He is generous with his time and pen.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my son&#039;s first trip west of a line drawn through Rosemont, IL and Huntsville, AL, and he&#039;s going to get the whole southwest desert experience up close. After the show closes Saturday, August 13, we head to Burbank for the night, then on Sunday, it&#039;s Warner Brothers studio tour, the Dodgers and Pirates, and crawl aboard the Amtrak Sunset Limited for a 48 hour trip to see a lot of where that wall might be going up someday. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> We end up in &#039;Nawlins&#039; where I will touch the ground in my 49th state of visitation. Only Alaska awaits. (Flyovers don&#039;t count, only boots on the ground.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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