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As easy as A-B-C.

The Stamp Collecting Report, I'm Lloyd de Vries.

Many serious stamp collectors like to show off part of their collections at a major 
show. But at NAPEX in the Washington D-C area this spring, there's a new wrinkle: The 
Alphabet Challenge.

"The exhibitors are creating 16-page exhibits all based on one letter of the alphabet" 
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That letter this year, says show chairman Darrell Ertzberger, is "L." That could mean 
stamps and mail from a country like Latvia or Libya, or a subject that starts with an L. 
The topic of one of the entries is Laundry.

"I think the exhibitor is using advertising covers from the turn of the century." 
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That is, envelopes that advertised laundry services and products, such as soaps or washing 
machines.

Ertzberger says NAPEX got the idea from a show in Houston, where the challenge was exhibits 
for a certain COLOR.

"They have a box of Crayola crayons. They draw out a color, and then it's a challenge to 
make an exhibit based on that color. And we here in Washington put a little twist on that 
and thought, well, colors are nice, but we chose the alphabet letters."  
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The results of the Alphabet Challenge will be shown at NAPEX in McLean Virginia in early 
June. For more information, visit NAPEX -- that N-A-P-E-X-- 
dot-org.

I'm Lloyd de Vries of The Virtual Stamp Club. For more on stamps and stamp collecting, 
visit virtual-stamp-club-dot-com.

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