Four members of the Westmoreland County Philatelic Society traveled to SCOPEX 2009 at the APS Headquarters in Bellefonte, PA. We were given a tour of the "Match Factory" by APS personnel. Here are some of the pictures from the tour.
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The entrance to the Match Factory |
The library has a wide variety of resources for research. |
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A 1920's airmail plane hangs from the library ceiling |
A desk belonging to early airmail pilot Jack Knight is in a meeting room. |
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The meeting room also contains other early airmail memorabilia. |
The 1800's Headsville WV post office has been relocated to the Match Factory. |
Another view showing the sales counter. |
They opened the post office to sell stamps even though it was Saturday afternoon. |
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The post office contains many interesting museum pieces such as this egg mailing box. |
The post office also served as a general store and had shelves for general merchandise. |
The Sales Circuit Manager was hard at work on the weekend. |
Spike, the mascot for State College minor league baseball team attended the stamp show. |
