Southeastern Stamp Expo 2025
First Day of Issue Ceremony - 1794 Compass Rose Global Stamp
On January 24, 2025, in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, the United States Postal Service issued the 1794 Compass Rose Global Forever® International rate stamp, in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 10 stamps .
A First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the 2025 Southeastern Stamp Expo Friday morning, January 24, in the Medlock Auditorium of the Hilton Atlanta Northeast hotel.
A compass rose is a round figure on a map that helps users of the map orient themselves by showing the direction of north and other points on the compass. The stamp is round and features a colorful compass rose from the Collections of Maine Historical Society, drawn by Lucia Wadsworth, the aunt of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in her school geography notebook when she was 10 years old. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp.
This Global stamp can be used to mail a one-ounce letter to any country to which First-Class Mail International® service is available. As with all Global stamps, this stamp will have a postage value equivalent to the price of the single-piece First-Class Mail International first-ounce machineable letter in effect at the time of use.
On January 24, 2025, in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, the United States Postal Service issued the 1794 Compass Rose Global Forever® International rate stamp, in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 10 stamps .
A First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the 2025 Southeastern Stamp Expo Friday morning, January 24, in the Medlock Auditorium of the Hilton Atlanta Northeast hotel.
A compass rose is a round figure on a map that helps users of the map orient themselves by showing the direction of north and other points on the compass. The stamp is round and features a colorful compass rose from the Collections of Maine Historical Society, drawn by Lucia Wadsworth, the aunt of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in her school geography notebook when she was 10 years old. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp.
This Global stamp can be used to mail a one-ounce letter to any country to which First-Class Mail International® service is available. As with all Global stamps, this stamp will have a postage value equivalent to the price of the single-piece First-Class Mail International first-ounce machineable letter in effect at the time of use.
2025 Rowland Hill Award Winner - Casimir S. ("Cass") Rejent
The Board of Directors of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs is pleased to announce its winner of the 2025 Rowland Hill Award. This recognition is a lifetime achievement award for the honoree’s activity in the philatelic hobby and demonstrating an outstanding contribution to philately in the southeastern United States.
For 2025, the Board proudly honors Casimir S. (“Cass”) Rejent of Marietta, Georgia.
Cass’s distinguished record of participation in and service to philately extends more than two decades with the Cobb County Stamp Club where he served as an officer, and for more than ten years as its president. He is a frequent program presenter at club meetings and shares his interest in classic-era stamps, especially from countries he has visited. Moreover, he has created country spreadsheets to assist collectors in identifying stamps that may appear similar, but differ in the intricacies of watermarks, perforations, and printing methods.
Locally, Cass established a stamp business – Swan Classic, LLC. Through that, he has been recognized by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as a person to contact for advice related to stamp collections inherited by non-collectors. With more than fifty referrals, he has provided a free service that relates the general public to the hobby of stamp collecting. He is a dealer member of the American Philatelic Society and a member of both the American Stamp Dealers Association and the National Stamp Dealers Association.
At the regional level, Cass is the longtime Treasurer of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs and the bourse chairman of the Southeastern Stamp Expo, the Federation’s principal activity. In these roles, he recruits and coordinates a wide range of stamp dealers to participate and skillfully manages the overall finances of the show and the Federation.
Cass has also exhibited his philatelic holdings. At the 2018 Southeastern Stamp Expo, he exhibited his collection of United States airmail issues.
Cass’s dedication to the hobby of philately and his tireless efforts at the local and regional scales have now expanded to the international level. In 2015, he accepted the position of treasurer of Boston 2026 World Stamp Show, Inc., and will continue in that essential role through the show’s conclusion in May 2026.
Cass Rejent received the Rowland Hill Award at the awards banquet of the Southeastern Stamp Expo on Saturday, January 25, 2025.
The Board of Directors of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs is pleased to announce its winner of the 2025 Rowland Hill Award. This recognition is a lifetime achievement award for the honoree’s activity in the philatelic hobby and demonstrating an outstanding contribution to philately in the southeastern United States.
For 2025, the Board proudly honors Casimir S. (“Cass”) Rejent of Marietta, Georgia.
Cass’s distinguished record of participation in and service to philately extends more than two decades with the Cobb County Stamp Club where he served as an officer, and for more than ten years as its president. He is a frequent program presenter at club meetings and shares his interest in classic-era stamps, especially from countries he has visited. Moreover, he has created country spreadsheets to assist collectors in identifying stamps that may appear similar, but differ in the intricacies of watermarks, perforations, and printing methods.
Locally, Cass established a stamp business – Swan Classic, LLC. Through that, he has been recognized by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as a person to contact for advice related to stamp collections inherited by non-collectors. With more than fifty referrals, he has provided a free service that relates the general public to the hobby of stamp collecting. He is a dealer member of the American Philatelic Society and a member of both the American Stamp Dealers Association and the National Stamp Dealers Association.
At the regional level, Cass is the longtime Treasurer of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs and the bourse chairman of the Southeastern Stamp Expo, the Federation’s principal activity. In these roles, he recruits and coordinates a wide range of stamp dealers to participate and skillfully manages the overall finances of the show and the Federation.
Cass has also exhibited his philatelic holdings. At the 2018 Southeastern Stamp Expo, he exhibited his collection of United States airmail issues.
Cass’s dedication to the hobby of philately and his tireless efforts at the local and regional scales have now expanded to the international level. In 2015, he accepted the position of treasurer of Boston 2026 World Stamp Show, Inc., and will continue in that essential role through the show’s conclusion in May 2026.
Cass Rejent received the Rowland Hill Award at the awards banquet of the Southeastern Stamp Expo on Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Expo 2025 Show Theme
Our Show Theme for the 2025 Expo was the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal System, including Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster General.
The United States Post Office (USPO) was created on July 26, 1775, by decree of the Second Continental Congress.
In 1775, before the Declaration of Independence was even signed, the Continental Congress turned the Constitutional Post into the Post Office of the United States, whose operations became the first—and for many citizens, the most consequential—function of the new government itself. Benjamin Franklin names first Postmaster General.
Our Show Theme for the 2025 Expo was the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal System, including Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster General.
The United States Post Office (USPO) was created on July 26, 1775, by decree of the Second Continental Congress.
In 1775, before the Declaration of Independence was even signed, the Continental Congress turned the Constitutional Post into the Post Office of the United States, whose operations became the first—and for many citizens, the most consequential—function of the new government itself. Benjamin Franklin names first Postmaster General.