| At all stages, be aware of the budget for your | | | | moving the material at will. |
| exhibit. Building your competitive exhibit is great, | | | | 5. Be sure that you covered everything included |
| but it must be kept in perspective. My personal | | | | within your exhibit title and make sure you have |
| preference is to distinguish the exhibit through the | | | | not included anything beyond the title's scope. Let |
| level of research and knowledge involved, rather | | | | me explain some pitfalls. Perhaps you are |
| than how expensive the material is. When planning | | | | interested in the stamps of Bermuda and you |
| your exhibit, keep the following factors in mind. | | | | want to build a competitive exhibit based on that |
| They are general by design; being too specific | | | | interest. The first part of your planning (knowing |
| may force you away from that aspect of | | | | what you want to exhibit) is under control for the |
| uniqueness that you need before you begin to | | | | moment. You then set a tentative title: no |
| form the exhibit within the accepted judging | | | | surprise, Stamps of Bermuda. That honest title is |
| guidelines. Spending additional time with these | | | | your way to explain the contents of your exhibit. |
| items will pay off for you later when you are able | | | | To the judges, however, it suggests that you will |
| to move through the "building" stage much more | | | | be showing all the stamps of Bermuda, including |
| smoothly. | | | | the most valuable that may cost more than |
| 1. Know what you want to exhibit. | | | | $100,000 each! |
| 2. Know how to define your exhibit for the | | | | So, you need a subject that you can develop, |
| judges through the exhibit title and the title page. | | | | preferably without undue expense and use titles |
| 3. Know how large your exhibit should be. The | | | | such that you convey to the judges what they |
| maximum number of pages allowed in the stamp | | | | can expect and grade you against. |
| show competition is a limiting factor; you need a | | | | If the Bermuda commemorative stamps are your |
| solid handle on this before you build your exhibit. | | | | exhibit approach, presuming this exhibit is for a |
| Then, get a feel for how much material you have | | | | local show, you may use each of Bermuda's |
| that fits under the umbrella of your exhibit's title. | | | | commemorative set titles for the year span you |
| 4. Outline your exhibit. Your exhibit is a logical | | | | choose to show as a major heading. Subheadings |
| story that needs to flow like a book. What sort | | | | may be any minor varieties that you have. You |
| of story are you planning to tell? When you are | | | | may also have provisions for first-day covers or |
| developing your outline, you may want to begin to | | | | examples of some/many of the stamps that |
| lay out your exhibit pages on stock pages, which | | | | were used and are still on their envelopes. |
| allow you the flexibility of adding, deleting and | | | | |