No more than 40 miles. The Twin Cities hosts a number of shows a year including a recurring show every month. I haven't had the desire to go further afield as of yet.
Went from Poughkeepsie, NY to Philadelphia for INTERPHIL '76, and from Syracuse, NY to Toronto for CAPEX '78. All other shows I have gone to have been within 100 miles of where I lived.
Our Daughter and Son-in-Law live in San Francisco and had a new baby recently. Naturally the Grandparents (Us!)wanted to visit several times to see our Grandson. The Grandfather (Me!) made sure one of those 1000 mile round trips from Oregon was the same weekend as Westpex.
Well i could cheat a bit and say 1400 miles to Biloxi Ms. but we were going to my Dads place in Bradenton Fl. so it was only a 700 mile detour..and my wife got to see Mardi Gras in New Orleans and then i got the hell out !!
I'm so ticked off! I didn't check to see if there were any stamp shows in Vancouver before booking my flight. I arrive in the evening of September 21 and a friend told me of this:
VANPEX 2013, the annual stamp exhibition of the BC Philatelic Society, on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20/21 West Burnaby United Church, 6050 Sussex Avenue, in Burnaby, BC
Ugh. That would be almost 2800 miles to go to a stamp show!
Peter, We were in Vancouver years back...i found 3 brick and mortar stamp dealers...do not know what the situation is now..Great place..the city,water, mountains. My wife has family in the flower auctions there !
Vancouver is my home town, so I'm terribly prejudiced when I say that it is the most beautiful city in North America (San Francisco is a close second). When I left in the 1980s there were a couple of stamp stores, not the mall type store but "real" stores, but I think there's only one left. But in the old days, you could find philatelic gems in ethnic stores along Robson Street; I got many of my used USSR stamps from a Russian store that sold newspapers, postcards, etc. and all I had to do was ask if they had any old envelopes that I could buy. Similarly, with a Greek store.
Back to the post though, aside from this lost opportunity to go 2700 miles to a stamp show, the furthest I'd ever gone is from Atlanta to Savannah for a local club meeting and show. That's about a 2 hour drive.
Cheers,
Peter
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