2022 Minnesota Stamp Expo Show Covers and Cancellations
The Minnesota Stamp Expo has created three limited edition show covers to celebrate the 80th edition of the show. The first cachet features George Morrison, a Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Artist who grew up and lived in the Grand Marais area of northern Minnesota. The cover will be franked with one of the new USPS Morrison stamps. The second cachet features Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Schulz was born in Minneapolis and grew up in St. Paul. The cover will be franked with the USPS Snoopy stamp (Scott #3507). The third cachet features stamps from the Fourth Bureau Issue. Each cover will be franked with the USPS Nathan Hale stamp (Scott #551), Benjamin Franklin stamp (Scott #604) and George Washington (Scott #599). Each of the three covers will have an unofficial pictorial show cancel with the show theme Celebrating Minnesota Artists.
The cost of each cover is $2.00, however a set of three covers (one of each of the above cachet designs) is only $5.00. The covers may be ordered by mail on a first come, first served basis for any surplus available after the show. To order, send a note clearly indicating which cachet(s) you want, plus a check (payable to MN Stamp Expo) and a self-addressed stamped #10 envelope (including a stiffener is recommended) to:
Minnesota Stamp Expo
c/o Randy Smith
PO Box 30
Rosemount, MN 55068
In addition to this year's covers, a limited supply of covers from past shows is also available. Your order will be fulfilled with available stock and a refund issued for sold out items. If you have questions, please write to the address above.
2021
The covers feature ties to Minnesota and an unofficial pictorial show cancel with the show theme Welcome Back to the Show! The first cachet features August Wilson, who wrote several of his plays while living in St. Paul, MN from 1978-1990. The cover is franked with the new USPS August Wilson stamp (Scott #5555). The second cachet pays tribute to the 2020 Bicentennial of Fort Snelling and features the 1970 Fort Snelling stamp (Scott #1409). The third cover celebrates the 50th anniversary of the USPS, featuring the 1971 USPS stamp (Scott #1396).
The cost of each cover is $2.00, however a set of three covers (one of each of the above cachet designs) is only $5.00.
2019
2018
The covers feature the show theme, Celebrating the Centennial of U.S. Air Mail, and the USPS United States Air Mail Blue stamp. The cachets depict air mail labels, air mail stamps, and a cover for the C.A.M. 9 inaugural air mail flight from Chicago to Minneapolis. Each cover is franked with a United States Air Mail Blue stamp and cancelled with an unofficial pictorial show cancel.
The cost of each cover is $2.00, however a set of three covers (one of each of the above cachet designs) is only $5.00.
A special limited edition show cover has also been created to commemorate the display of the C3a Inverted Jenny stamp at Minnesota Stamp Expo. The cover features a cachet of the famed C3a Inverted Jenny stamp. A cover with the USPS United States Air Mail Blue stamp affixed is $2.00. A cover with the recent USPS $2.00 Inverted Jenny souvenir sheet stamp affixed is $5.00.
2017
The covers feature the 2017show theme, Total Solar Eclipse, and the USPS thermochromic ink Total Solar Eclipse stamp, which, when light heat is applied, reveals an image of the moon. The cachets depict the path of totality, the phases of the eclipse and the geometry of the eclipse. Each cover will be franked with one of the Total Solar Eclipse stamps and cancelled with an unofficial pictorial show cancel. The cost of each cover is $2.00, however a set of three covers (one of each of the cachet designs) is only $5.00.
2016
The 2016 cover celebrates the 75th edition of the Minnesota Stamp Expo and the USPS Classics stamps. The cost of each cover is $2.00.
Last Update: 06/25/2022