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Commemorative Cancels from the Rochester, NY Post Office
Rochester Mail Center, 1335 Jefferson Road
Main windows open Monday-Saturday. While the sole philatelic counter is no more, philatelic stock is
being carried at all main counter windows. Most clerks have been trained to cater to collectors' needs.
Philatelic Cancel Available Daily
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Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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Currently Available and Upcoming USPS Cancels
Available for only 30 days after their date for hand-back service at Jefferson Road.
May 16, 2008
ROPEX Station
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's ROPEX stamp show.
100th anniversary of the Washington-Franklin US definitives.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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May 17, 2008
ROPEX Station
For the national convention of the American Helvetia Philatelic Society at ROPEX 2008.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong/Joe Doles, RPA
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May 18, 2008
ROPEX Station
For the national convention of the Scouts on Stamps Society International (SOSSI) at ROPEX 2008.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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May 16, 2008
ROPEX Station
For the first day of the two international rate stamps. Depicting state flowers: New Hampshire's lilac and U.S. Virgin Island's yellow elder (cedar).
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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October 9, 2008
Stamp Collecting Month Station
For Stamp Collecting Month 2008.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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No Longer Available...
October 21, 1911
Aeroplane Station No. 1
First cancel for airmail from Rochester.
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July 9, 1955
Rochester, NY & Williamsport, PA HPO
First trip of the Highway Post Office (HPO) from Rochester.
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October 5, 1957
Niagara Frontier Federation of Stamp Clubs Conv. Sta.
Rochester hosted the 1957 Federation stamp show.
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October 6, 1957
Niagara Frontier Federation of Stamp Clubs Conv. Sta.
Rochester hosted the 1957 Federation stamp show.
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October 21, 1961
Niagara Frontier Fed. of Stamp Clubs Sta.
Rochester hosted the 1961 Federation stamp show.
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April 26, 1963
Rochester Philatelic Association Ex. Sta.
Cancel for the RPA's 50th anniversary stamp show at Midtown Plaza.
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April 1963
Mailer's Postmark Permit cancel
For the RPA's 50th anniversary in 1963.
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June 23, 1967
American Topical Ass'n Con. Sta.
For the ATA's convening at the RPA's stamp show.
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June 24, 1967
American Topical Ass'n Con. Sta.
For the ATA's convening at the RPA's stamp show.
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June 25, 1967
American Topical Ass'n Con. Sta.
For the ATA's convening at the RPA's stamp show.
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September 19, 1968
American Philatelic Soc. Conv. Sta.
APS convention at the RPA's 1968 stamp show.
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September 25, 1971
ROPEX Sta.-APC Conv. Sta.
American Philatelic Congress convention at the RPA's 1971 stamp show.
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June 17, 1972
ROPEX-UNIPEX Station
For the 1972 ROPEX stamp show.
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June 18, 1972
ROPEX-UNIPEX Station
For the 1972 ROPEX stamp show.
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June 23, 1973
ROPEX Exhibition Sta.
For the RPA's 60th anniversary ROPEX stamp show.
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June 24, 1973
ROPEX Exhibition Sta.
For the RPA's 60th anniversary ROPEX stamp show.
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June 22, 1974
American Topical Ass'n Convention Station
1974 ROPEX-TOPEX stamp show.
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June 23, 1974
American Topical Ass'n Convention Station
1974 ROPEX-TOPEX stamp show.
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June 24, 1974
American Topical Ass'n Convention Station
1974 ROPEX-TOPEX stamp show.
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February 1, 1976
The Collector's Show
Honoring a soccer stamp exhibit at a general collectible's show.
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November 13, 1976
ROPEX Station
For the 1976 ROPEX stamp show.
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November 14, 1976
ROPEX Station
For the 1976 ROPEX stamp show.
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October 19, 1979
ROPEX Sta.
For the 1979 ROPEX stamp show.
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October 20, 1979
ROPEX Sta.
For the 1979 ROPEX stamp show.
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October 21, 1979
ROPEX Sta.
For the 1979 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 13, 1981
ROPEX Station
For the 1981 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 15, 1981
ROPEX Station
For the 1981 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 26, 1982
ROPEX Station
Honoring George Washington and issued for the ROPEX 1982 stamp show.
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March 25, 1983
ROPEX Station
For the 1983 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 27, 1983
ROPEX Station
For the 1983 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 23, 1984
ROPEX Station
For the Erie Canal's 150th anniversary.
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March 24, 1984
ROPEX Station
For the Erie Canal's 150th anniversary.
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March 25, 1984
ROPEX Station
For the Erie Canal's 150th anniversary.
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March 22, 1985
ROPEX Station
For the 1985 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 23, 1985
ROPEX Station
For the 1985 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 24, 1985
ROPEX Station
For the 1985 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 21, 1986
ROPEX Station
For the 1986 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 22, 1986
ROPEX Station
For the 1986 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 23, 1986
ROPEX Station
For the 1986 ROPEX stamp show.
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March 27, 1987
ROPEX Station
Honoring baseball and ROPEX 1987.
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March 28, 1987
ROPEX Station
Honoring baseball and ROPEX 1987.
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March 29, 1987
ROPEX Station
Honoring baseball and ROPEX 1987.
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March 12, 1988
Happy 78th Birthday
For the RPA's 75th anniversary.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 25, 1988
ROPEX Station
For the ROPEX 1988 stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 26, 1988
ROPEX Station
For the ROPEX 1988 stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 27, 1988
ROPEX Station
For the ROPEX 1988 stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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July 27, 1988
Bicentennial Station
For New York State's 200th anniversary.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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April 21, 1989
ROPEX Station
Carousel horse design for ROPEX 1989.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 23, 1990
ROPEX Station
For the 1990 ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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April 5, 1991
ROPEX Station
For the 1991 ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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April 6, 1991
ROPEX Station
For the 1991 ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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April 7, 1991
ROPEX Station
For the 1991 ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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October 23, 1991
Moon Station
One of 10 regional cancels for the Planets stamp issue.
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April 20, 1993
Henrietta, NY cancel
For Henrietta's 175th anniversary.
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September 21, 1993
NTID Station
Honoring the 25th anniversary of RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
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April 8, 1995
ROPEX Station
For the 1995 ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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August 19, 1995
Greece Choral Society Silver Anniversary Station
Honoring 25 years of music from the Greece Choral Society.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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September 24, 1995
Ryder Cup Station
Honoring the Ryder Cup golf championship at Oak Hill in Rochester.
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September 30, 1995
Kick Off Station
Created by the RPA for National Stamp Collecting Month.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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October 26, 1996
Eastview Mall Station
Honoring Stamp Collecting Month for the RPA's NSCM mall event.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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April 22, 1997
Clean Your Files Day Recycling Station
Honoring the city'd recycling program.
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July 12, 1997
Children's Learning Center Station
Dedication of the Paul Scottish Rite Center, book and teddy bear.
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August 15 and 16, 1997
Toy Train Operating Society National Convention Station
Oval cancel depicting Rochester's Genesee River falls and train trestle
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September 13 and 14, 1997
WXXI Station Discovery Days
Celebrating 30 years of WXXI, Rochester's Public Broadcasting TV station.
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October 4, 1997
Stamp Collecting Month Station
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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October 18, 1997
75th Anniversary Station
Honoring the Eastman School of Music's 75th anniversary.
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November 11, 1997
Charles S. Schubert Station
8th anniversary of the GMF's Veteran's Memorial championed by Charles Schubert, former GMF Postmaster.
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February 11, 1998
Kid 2 Kid Station
Kid 2 Kid program in Rochester at the Strong Children's Museum
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March 6, 1998
ROPEX'98 Station
90th Anniversary of L.Frank Baum's book, "Dorothy and the Wizard of OZ."
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 7, 1998
ROPEX'98 Station
60th Anniversary of the radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds."
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 8, 1998
ROPEX'98 Station
30th Anniversary of the movie, "2001- A Space Odyssey."
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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April 22, 1998
Recycling Station
Earth Day, 1998
Clean Your Files-Earth Day event held
by the USPS in conjunction with the City of Rochester and Monroe County offices responsible for recycling.
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April 23, 1998
Chai Station
CHAI event held at the Jewish Community Center.
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May 7, 1998
Spring Workshop Station
Greater Rochester Postal Council's workshop.
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May 19, 1998
Sylvester & Tweety Station
Commemorative cancel for nationwide release.
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May 22, 1998
Disabled Veterans Station
For Memorial Day.
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July 12, 1998
Susan B. Anthony House Station
Honoring the 150th anniversary of the First Woman's Rights convention in Senaca Falls, NY.
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August 5, 1998
Seneca Park Zoo Station
Issued for Rochester's Seneca Park Zoo.
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September 13, 1998
You're the One Station
Rochester GMF Open House.
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October 3, 1998
Celebrate Stamp Collecting Station
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's Stamp Collecting Month event at Marketplace Mall.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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October 4, 1998
MSABC Station
Issued for the American Cancer Society's fight against breast cancer.
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November 11, 1998
Native American Veterans Station
For Veteran's Day.
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March 19, 1999
First Day Ceremony Station (for use only on US stamps)
For ROPEX'99's UN first day ceremony.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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March 19, 1999
ROPEX Station cancels
Honoring Apollo 8. For ROPEX'99, the RPA's national stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 20, 1999
ROPEX Station cancels
Honoring Apollo 11. For ROPEX'99, the RPA's national stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 21, 1999
ROPEX Station cancels
Honoring Apollo 17. For ROPEX'99, the RPA's national stamp show.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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May 6, 1999
PCC Station
For the GRPCC Spring Forum & Vendor Show.
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May 28, 1999
Hispanic Veterans Station
For Memorial Day.
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August 15-20, 1999
JCC Maccabi Games Station
For the Jewish Community Center's hosting of the area's sports competition.
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August 29, 1999
New York Museum of Transportation Station
162nd Anniversary of Railroads in Western NY.
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September 9, 1999
HEH Station
Hervey Ely House.
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September 25, 1999
Irondequoit Concert Band Sta.
25th annivesary of the Irondequoit Concert Band.
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October 9, 1999
Catch the Stamp Collecting Bug Station
Issued for the Rochester Philatelic Association's annual Stamp Collecting Month mall event.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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November 11, 1999
Service Station
Veteran's Day commemorative cancel.
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February 11, 2000
Kid to Kid Station
Strong Museum activity day cancel.
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February 17, 2000
Kings & Queens Station
Imperial commemorative cancel.
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March 17, 2000
ROPEX Station 2000
ROPEX Stamp Show cancel.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 18, 2000
ROPEX Station 2000
ROPEX Stamp Show cancel.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 19, 2000
ROPEX Station 2000
ROPEX Stamp Show cancel.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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May 11, 2000
Children Awaiting Parents Station
Cancel for the adoption stamp.
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May 12, 2000
US District Court Station
Honoring 100 years of operation.
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May 26, 2000
Aviation Station
For Memorial Day.
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July 12, 2000
Frontier Field Station
2000 Triple A All-Star Baseball Game cancel
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August 5, 2000
Art Cover Station
Cancel for the Art Cover Exchange regional meeting
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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October 14, 2000
Celebrate Stamp Collecting Month Station
For the RPA's annual mall celebration.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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November 10, 2000
WWII Generation Station
For Veteran's Day.
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February 9, 2001
Celebrating Maxfield Parrish
For the Parrish "American Illustrators" issue, owned
by the Eastmas School of Music.
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March 16, 2001
Diabetes Awareness Station
Diabetes national first day commemorative cancel. For use at the first day ceremony for
the issue at ROPEX.
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March 16, 2001
ROPEX Celebrates Christmas Station
For ROPEX, Rochester's annual national stamp show.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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March 17, 2001
ROPEX Celebrates Christmas Station
For ROPEX, Rochester's annual national stamp show.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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March 18, 2001
ROPEX Celebrates Christmas Station
For ROPEX, Rochester's annual national stamp show.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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March 27, 2001
American Diabetes Alert Station
by the American Diabetes Association- Rochester District for their Marketplace Mall event.
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April 27, 2001
Rochester Postal Customer Council Station
For the Postal Council meeting scheduled that day.
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May 25, 2001
Veterans Memorial Station
For Memorial Day.
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September 15, 2001
Art Cover Exchange Station
For the meeting of the ACE- Art Cover Exchange collecting group.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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October 24, 2001
Stamp Collecting Month 2001 Station
For the RPA stamp club open house.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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November 12, 2001
Peacekeeper Station
For Veteran's Day 2001.
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March 8, 2002
Bear Station
For ROPEX 2002.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 9, 2002
Bear Station
For ROPEX 2002.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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March 10, 2002
Bear Station
For ROPEX 2002.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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July 26, 2002
Antique Toy Station
For Rochester's first day of issue of the antique toys at the Strong Museum.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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September 21, 2002
Art Cover Exchange Station
For the ACE- Art Cover Exchange national meeting.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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October 24, 2002
Stamp Collecting Month Station
For the RPA's Stamp Collecting Month Celebration Open House.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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November 11, 2002
Veterans of Foreign Wars Station
For Veterans' Day.
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May 23, 2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom Station
For Memorial Day.
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June 20, 2003
ROPEX Station
For ROPEX 2003, honoring 100 years of flight.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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June 21, 2003
ROPEX Station
For ROPEX 2003, honoring the Corvette's 50th year.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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June 22, 2003
ROPEX Station
For ROPEX 2003, honoring 175 years of American railroads.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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September 20, 2003
ACE Art Cover Exchange Station
For the annual meeting of ACE.
Designer: Charlie Degado, Elyria, OH
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October 8, 2003
Celebrate Stamp Collecting Month Station
For the RPA's annual open house.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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November 11, 2003
Veterans Day Celebration Station
For Veterans Day 2003.
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February 19, 2004
Black History Station
For Black History Month, 2004.
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May 28, 2004
World War II Veteran's Station
For Memorial Day Commemoration.
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June 18, 2004
ROPEX Station
For the annual ROPEX Stamp Show sponsored by the Rochester Philatelic Association.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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June 19, 2004
ROPEX Station
For the annual ROPEX Stamp Show sponsored by the Rochester Philatelic Association.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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June 20, 2004
ROPEX Station
For the annual ROPEX Stamp Show sponsored by the Rochester Philatelic Association.
Designer: Joe Doles, RPA
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October 2, 2004
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Station
For the Greece Public Library.
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October 14, 2004
Celebrate Stamp Collecting Month Station
For the RPA's annual open house.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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May 27, 2005
Distinguished Marine's Station
For Memorial Day.
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June 4, 2005
Public Market 100 Year Celebration Station
For 100th anniversary of the Rochester Public Market.
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June 5, 2005
Public Market 100 Year Celebration Station
For 100th anniversary of the Rochester Public Market.
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June 10, 2005
Celebrating Youth
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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June 11, 2005
Celebrating Youth
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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June 12, 2005
Celebrating Youth
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's ROPEX stamp show.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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July 20, 2005
Ontario Beach Station
Sponsored by the Friends of Rochester Carousels. For the 100th anniversary of the 1905
Dentzel carousel at Ontario Beach Park.
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October 13, 2005
Stamp Collecting Month Station
For use by the RPA for their Stamp Collecting Month Open House.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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October 31, 2005
WBER Station
For the 20th anniversary of the Rochester radio station.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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November 11, 2005
United States Marine Station
For Veterans Day 2005.
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March 2, 2006
African American "Movers and Shakers" Station
For an unknown occasion.
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May 26, 2006
Reserve and National Guard Station
For Memorial Day 2006.
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October 12, 2006
Celebrate Stamp Collecting Month Station
For Stamp Collecting Month 2006.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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May 18, 2007
ROPEX Station
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's ROPEX stamp show.
Celebrating: 50th Anniversary of Sputnik.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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May 19, 2007
ROPEX Station
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's ROPEX stamp show.
Celebrating: Ice Hockey.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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May 20, 2007
ROPEX Station
For the Rochester Philatelic Association's ROPEX stamp show.
Celebrating: 100th Anniversary of Boy Scout Camps.
Designer: Kelly Armstrong, RPA
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October 11, 2007
Celebrate Stamp Collecting Month Station
For Stamp Collecting Month 2007.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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October 11, 2007
Celebrate Stamp Collecting Month Station
For Stamp Collecting Month 2007.
Designer: Tom Fortunato, RPA
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