President:  Tony Chaves

Vice-President: Clarissa Ferraris

Treasurer/Secretary:  Harold Silver

Harold Hi Ho - 2008

World Stamp Expo'89,  Washington DC

from the CBPCC Bulletin January 1990

Every five years the Universal Postal Union holds a Congress. It is always organized by a different country. This year the 20th congress was held in Washington D.C.. Our country decided to celebrate the anniversary by organizing a World Expo, inviting countries and clubs to exhibit. The results were overwhelming: 104 frames, over 600 booths held either by countries or by dealers. A thorough visit took days. This was the first time that such an exhibit was ever held in the world and this was once in a lifetime occasion to be able to participate.

As a reminder, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) was founded in 1874 in Berne, Switzerland, where 22 nations reached an agreement to unify the world’s postal system by accepting some principles that remain in effect today. Ever since, the Congress which is the supreme authority of the UPU, meet to discuss new regulations. At the 20th Congress this year, 170 countries were represented.

We made sure that we were well represented too. As you might know by now we exhibited and we held a talk. Our board was very well positioned, no one passing by could have possibly missed it. The topic was a presentation of postcard history, topics, and our Club. The talk was given by Tony  Chaves and Clarissa Ferraris. Tony presented a slide show featuring postcards rom the creation of the first postal Card to the birth of the Chrome era (1939). Clarissa covered the Chrome era  with slides showing postcards mainly from the '8O's. The lengthy discussion that followed proved the interest of the audience.