I made it back to the Mid-Cities Stamp EXPO on Sunday, 11 November 2012 primarily to follow up on three bids that I placed at the silent auction on Saturday, 10 November 2012. The pair of Ronald Reagan first day covers had already been sold; each item had a price that it could be purchased for without bidding. I had been over bid for the boxed set of Olympic Games first day covers; I decided not to raise my bid because this would put me over the budget that I allowed for this EXPO and because I am not that excited about Olympic Games. I had been over bid for The New York Times Philatelic History of the United States first day cover collection; I could make another bid on this, stay in my budget, and this collection got my attention. Therefore, I bid again on the New York Times collection two or three minutes before the silent auction closed. I tried to bid for two sheets of stamps each of which included all 50 state flags; another person immediately raised my bid and put this beyond my budget. I won the bid for The New York Times Philatelic History of the United States for $4.00. This is a collection of 78 first day covers mounted in sleeves on card stock with a reprint of a New York Times article about the event commemorated by the first day cover. Included in this collection are:
- JFK Speaks at the Berlin Wall, Dedication of Disneyland,
- Hydrogen Bob Authorized,
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Opens,
- The Gettysburg Address,
- Mount Rushmore Dedicated,
- First Electronic Digital Computer,
- Boulder Dam Dedicated (name changed to Hoover Dam in 1947 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_Dam#Naming_controversy ),
- President Garfield Assassinated,
- Taft-Hartley Act Passed,
- Dwight Eisenhower is Elected President,
- Alexander Graham Bell Invents Telephone,
- Eisenhower Named Commander of Armed Forces,
- Kennedy Elected President,
- First Public Demonstration of Electric Light,
- Television Signals Developed,
- 22nd Amendment Limits President to Two Terms,
- End of Vietnam War,
- etc.
I bought two packages of stock sheets for stamp collecting and picked up several FREE books, magazines, etc. I enjoyed this two-day EXPO and got several items that will help restart my stamp collecting hobby while staying within by budget.