Bobby Liao will chair Americover 2027, the American First Day Cover
Society's part of Great American Stamp Show.
A Life Member of the AFDCS as well as other organizations, he received the American Philatelic Society's Luff Award for Service to the APS in 2025 and its Carter Award for National Service in 2020. He recently chaired the AFDCS Nominations Committee and is a member of the AFDCS Board of Directors. As show chair, he can be reached at showinfo@afdcs.org
Americover includes not only the biggest annual exhibition of first day covers of the year, but also the convention, meetings, seminars and social gatherings of the AFDCS. Great American Stamp Show 2027 is being held August 19-22 in Albuquerque, NM. It is cosponsored by the APS, AFDCS, American Topical Association and the U.S. Postal Service.
The American First Day Cover Society is a not-for-profit educational organization. In addition to publishing its journal First Days, the AFDCS also publishes handbooks and catalogues, and promotes the collecting of both modern and "classic" issues and cachets, as well as exhibiting FDCs. It offers awards for outstanding first day cover exhibits and an annual contest for cachetmakers.