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NAPEX 2023 Awards

Mark Schwartz receiving an award at NAPEX 2023.

This year’s National Philatelic Exhibition (NAPEX) ran June 2 – 4th in McLean, Virginia, a short drive from the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C.

Mark Schwartz brought home the bacon, ur, the single-frame Grand and an accompanying Large Gold for his “The Special Arrangement between Liverpool and the U. S. – 1843-1848.”.

Ralph Nafziger’s “The 3c 1936 Oregon Territory Issue” took multi-frame Large Gold (also the AFDCS Award and the NAPEX Stephen Luster Award for Excellence).

Multi-frame Gold was won by Robert Mayo for “By the Way of Richmond” (also the APS Research Medal) as well as Kenneth Gilbart for “United States Ten Cent Issue 1861“.

Single-frame Large Gold was won by Scott Steward for “U.S. Domestically Mailed Circulars from 1845 to 1863” as well as by Richard Taschenberg for “1861 Bicolor Envelope Usage” (also the Virginia Philatelic Award for Excellence).

Single-frame Gold was won by Robert Toal for each of two exhibits “American Postcards Evolve from Postal Cards: 1868-1873” and “The Goodsell Postcards of 1880”.
Randy Smith’s “Coping with Adversity: How Southerners Adapted to Wartime Paper Shortages” won the AAPE – Creativity Award and the Collectors Club of Chicago’s Gold Medallion Award.

New RVP for Northern California and Hawaii

Ross Towle

Please welcome our newest Regional Vice President for Northern California and Hawaii, Ross Towle. Ross is an active FIP judge for the Traditional, Postal History, and Postal Stationary classes. He recently judged at IBRA 2023 in Germany and has judged at WESTPEX for almost 20 years. His collections/exhibits include Chile postal stationery, Towle Local Post, Bulgarian postal forms, US 1907 2c stamped envelopes, US pioneer airmail on postal stationery, US PC postage, and others.

Ross succeeds Kimberlee Fuller.  Thanks to Kimberlee for her past work, and welcome Ross. 

IBRA 2023 Awards

Carol Bommarito and Cheryl Ganz with their IBRA 2023 Large Gold awards

German Federation of Philatelists Put on a Great IBRA 2023

The IBRA 2023 stamp show was a success for all who attended. For a number of Society members, it was also an award-winning event for their philatelic exhibits and literature. Clearly, German fluency was not a requirement for enjoying the show.

The show was held in Essen, Germany May 25-28 with Society members Ross Towle and Yamil Kouri serving as jurists. A total of 809 exhibits were judged resulting in the awarding of 64 Large Gold and 196 Gold medals. In addition to the exhibits, philatelic bourse, presentations, a few lucky participants had an opportunity to take a Zeppelin ride.

6 members received multi-frame Large Gold awards for their exhibits. They are:
> Carol Bommarito: “United States Adhesive Stamped Mail to, From and Through GB 1840-1875”
> Martin Camerer: “The postal relationship between the Old Italian and the Old German States 1850-1870”
> Gary Diffen: “Transportation of Australian Colonial Mail to 1891”
> Robert Forster: “Nova Scotia Colonial Postal History”
> Cheryl Ganz: “Zeppelins and the United States”
> Nicholas Kirke: “Evolution of foreign mail originating in New York City 1845-1878”

Multi-frame Gold was won by 4 members for their exhibits. They are:
> Jan Huys: “Postal history, cancellations and postmarks of Belgium during the period of its First Issue, 1849-1852”
> Geoffrey Lewis: “Mail routes in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, plus the routes between the oceans”
> Richard Malmgren: “Hawaii Postal Cards”
> Eigil Trondsen: “Cunard Line; The Ships and the Transatlantic Mail 1840-1967, the Monopoly years”

Multi-frame Special Gold awards were won by Alfredo Frohlich for “Classic Colombia 1862-1863. The Fifth and Sixth Issues” (title page) and Paul Wijnants for “Stampless maritime overweight mail in pre -UPU times (1738-1876)”.

Single-frame Gold was won by Chip Gliedman for “Mail Routes of Rupert’s Land, British North America” and Jan Hofmeyr for “The Process That Led to the Grill Stamps of the United States: 1865-1868”.

Cheryl Ganz won a Philatelic Literature Gold for her “U. S. Zeppelin and Airship Mail Flights”.

Multi-frame Large Vermeil awards were won by Lars Böttger for “Der 1. Weltkrieg und seine postalischen Konsequenzen für Luxemburg 1914 -1919” and Ian C. Gibson-Smith for “Postal Markings of the Hong Kong ‘China’ Overprints”.

Multi-frame Vermeil awards were won by George Henshilwood for “Having Fun with Numbers” and Burkhard Krumm for “USA 1845-1861, New York Postmaster und erste drei Ausgaben”.

USPCS – RPSL Exchange Success May 18, 2023 (London)

The USPCS display at the Royal Philatelic Society London May 18 was a huge success. The following Society members and the area each showed follows:

  • Chip Gliedman: A Postal History Map of the United States of American
  • Tim O’Connor: Pre-stamp
  • Dan Ryterband: Free Franks
  • James Grimwood-Tayor: Baltimore Postmaster Provisionals
  • Mark Schwartz: New York Postmaster Provisionals
  • Vernon Morris: Carriers and Locals
  • Gordon Eubanks: 1847 Issue
  • Mike Farrell: 1851-1869
  • Charles Temple: 1851-1857 3c
  • Steven Walske: 1869 Usages
  • Tom Corette: Columbian 2c
  • David Mayo: Columbian 2c
  • Mike Farrell: Columbian High Values
  • Mike Farrell: Trans-Mississippi
  • Labron Harris: Small Banknotes Usages
  • Fred Gregory: Hawaii

Viewing of the display was exciting and well attended with many viewers staying for the RPSL meeting following. The meeting was led by the RPSL President, Peter Cockburn who presented certificates of appreciation to participants. The RPSL medal was given to the USPCS represented by president, David D’Alessandris and Carol Bommarito, the event organizer.

Carol spoke about the background of the creation of the exchange and display, and thanked the participants for their enthusiastic support, the RPSL, and H. R. Harmer for providing an outstanding handout. David also expressed the Society’s thanks and welcomed the Royal to present their display at the Great American Stamp Show (GASS) in Cleveland, David’s hometown, in August.

The Harmer-produced handout provides an overview of each of the areas exhibited along with a sampling of each participants philatelic items and can be found 2023 London Royal Brochure

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Plenty is going on at GASS 2023 for the USPCS

The 2023 edition of the Great American Stamp Show (GASS) will take place at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland – Hall C in Cleveland, OH. August 10-13. In addition to the philatelic shopping and exhibits, there’s lots planned for this show specific to the USPCS.

 
 

As a follow-up to the May USPCS Exchange with the RPSL, the RPSL will stage its return Exchange at GASS entitled “Classic Stamps of Britain and the Empire”. The Exchange can be seen near the Court of Honor’s front entrance. For a little bit more detail, see here.

 
 
 

A USPCS Board and member meeting will be held Friday, August 11 from 8 to 10am in the Theater room. Additionally, three presentations will be made by Society members, all in room 14:
• Friday August 11 from 3 to 4:30pm, Carol Bommarito will present “Transatlantic Contract Mail Routes Between the United States and Germany 1840-1875”.
• Saturday August 12 from noon until 1:30pm, John Valenti will present “The Danger of Wishful Thinking. Protecting Yourself from Cancellation Fakes”
• Saturday August 12 from 3 to 4:30pm, Tony Dewey will present “The War Rates of 1815 – 1816“.

 

Throughout the show, a Society representative will be available to meet with members and others interested in philately at booth number 224. Please stop by and say, “Hello.”

 

Finally, the USPC and RPSL are holding a reception and dinner Friday, August 11 from 6 to 10pm at Windows on the River, less than a 10 minute car/cab/uber ride from the show hotel.

The event will be held in a private room with a cash bar. Dinner will follow in the same space. The reception will begin at 6pm and continue until 7:15pm with everyone then sitting down for dinner. Feel free to arrive at any point during the reception.

Dinner will be served buffet style with multiple entrees including prime rib, grilled chicken and eggplant parmigiana along with salad, sides and dessert. Total cost will be $89 per person.

 

Pre-Registration Details: Registration or any questions should be addressed to Alex Haimann at haimannat@gmail.com . If you plan on bringing guests, please include their name(s) as well. After requesting seat(s) for the event, you will receive a confirmation email and instructions for payment.

 

The full show schedule for GASS 2023 can be found here.

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