Fall is a perfect time to fall in love with philately! All across the US, stamp shows are inviting collectors to build and discuss their collections. The USPCS congratulates its members for showcasing their collections and research at these shows!
BALPEX
Daniel Knowles won the Grand Award for The Development of the Confederate States of America (CSA) Postal Service from Secession to Appomattox. This exhibit also received the APS pre-1900 Medal of Excellence, the Postal History Society Award, and a Large Gold.
Greg Herbert’s exhibit, An Ancient Partnership, an Uncertain Future: Butterflies, Moths and Man took home the ATA First Award, and a Large Gold.
Yale’s ”Old Campus” 1750-1928 by Louis Pataki won the Reserve Grand Single Frame Award, the ATA One Frame Award, and a Gold. Pataki also received a Large Vermeil for Early History of the German East Asia Squadron 1895-1900.
Mark Schwartz earned the United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award and a Gold for The 5 Cent Virginia Dare Stamp of 1937; and the Jesse Burgess Thomas Memorial Award and Large Gold for Packet Mail Sent From Essex County, Mass: 1840 up to U.P.U.
Mail Robbery in Military Conflicts 1745-1945 by Steven Berlin took home the Military Postal History Society Exhibit Award, and a Large Gold.
John Young earned the American Society of Polar Philatelists Award and a Silver Bronze for his exhibit Ziggy is Everywhere.
United States Domestic Letter Rates From the Act of 1792 to October 1, 1883 by Robert Meegan received the Erie Philatelic Association’s Best Gold Grand Multi Fame Award, and a Gold Award. He also won a Vermeil for The Design, Production and Selected Usages of the Large Banknote Issues of 1870 to 1888.
Tim Wait’s Adhesive Stamps Used to Pay the 2c Tax on U.S. Bank Checks 1862-1883 earned a Large Gold.
Omaha Stamp Show
America’s Membership Libraries by Larry Nix received the Collectors Club of Chicago Award and Large Gold.
John M Hotchner won the Single Frame Grand and a Large Gold for The Mid-19th Century Start of Perforating in Great Britain and the United States; and a Large Gold for his multiframe exhibit, Rejection and Repairs in US Stamp Production at the BEP, 1917-2003.
The Ways Postage Due Stamps Were Used, 1879-1986 by Anthony Wawrukiewicz received a Large Gold.
SEAPEX
Ravindra Vora exhibited Indian Combination Frankings in the Court of Honor.
U.S. Circular Mail: 1845 – 1863 by Jerry Johnson took home a Gold.
Hal Leland’s The One Cent Issue of 1869: The Making and Use of a Classic U.S. Stamp earned the AAPE Novice Award and a Gold.
INDYPEX
So Much to Due: The History and Uses of the Large Numeral Postage Due Stamps by Mike Farrell won the Grand Award, the Collectors Club of Chicago Gold Medallion Award, the AAPE Creativity Medal, the U. S. Stamp Society Award, the Johnny Appleseed Award, the Most Popular Multi Frame Award, and a Large Gold.
The De La Rue Stamps of the Confederate States of America by Leonard Hartmann won the Reserve Grand Award, the American Philatelic Society Research Award, the U.S. Philatelic Classic Society, the Jim & Jeanette Adams Award, and a Large Gold. Hartmann also presented his exhibit Peter Winter Forgery Stamps in the Court of Honor.
Rich Drews won the Indiana Stamp Club 20th Century Award and a Large Gold for Lundy Islands – the Early Years. He also presented The Bear Necessities in the Court of Honor.
John Becker earned a Vermeil for February 29. A Celebration of Leap Day; and the AAPE Sterling Achievement Award and a Large Silver for Wayne Paper Box & Printing Corporation Postcards Depicting Indiana Post Offices.
SESCAL Literature Exhibits
This year’s Stamp Exhibition of Southern California was cancelled, but their Literature Exhibition was still held in its online format.
Peter Schwartz, along with Calvin Mitchell, won the Grand Award for Re-Evaluating a Philatelic First: The Earliest Depiction of Black History on U.S. Stamps. This entry also received a Large Gold
A Noteworthy Precancel on Lancaster Watch Company’s Advertising Covers by Charles J. DiComo, PhD earned a Gold.
The 1936 Oregon Territory Issue by Ralph Nafziger earned a Gold.
The Novice Award went to Steven Kennedy for Military Assistant Surgeon’s Fort Lauderdale, East Florida Letter. His entry also earned a Vermeil.
San Diego Stamp Show
Mathew Kewriga won the Reserve Grand Award, a Postal History Society Award, and a Large Gold for Danish West Indies Foreign Mail to UPU.
The Post Office that Saved, Served, and Almost Scuttled an Antarctic Expedition: A Postal History of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition by Hal Vogel won the WESTPEX Award and a Large Gold.
Fran Adams took home the American Topical Association First Award and a Gold for United Nations Origins, 1938-1942; a Gold for Cancellation Devices of the International Institute of Agriculture; 1906-1946; and the AAPE Award of Honor and a Large Vermeil for The Oceanographic Institute and Museum of Monaco: The First 50 Years, 1910-1960.
Edward Field’s U.S. Supplementary Registry Service: 1932-1957 earned a Large Vermeil.
Bob Hohertz received the American Philatelic Congress Award and a Large Gold for Evidences of the 1932 Check Tax.
Lester Lanphear exhibited New South Wales Penalty Mail in the Court of Honor.
The Peoples’ Choice Favorite Dealer Award went to Michael & Cecilia Ball of A to Z Stamps.
NAPEX
Wayne Farley won Reserve Grand for West Virginia Stampless Postal History, which also earned a Large Gold.
Stephen Rose’s U.S. Orange Special Delivery Stamp of 1893 won the One Frame Grand and received a Large Gold. Rose also earned a Large Gold and the American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence Pre-1900 Material for The 2c Stamp of the U.S. 1869 Pictorial Issue.
Rally ‘Round the Flag by Randy Smith earned the NAPEX Stephen Luster Award, and a Large Gold.
Confederate Patriotic Lettersheets and Captured Union Stationery by James Milgram took home a American Philatelic Society Research Medal and Large Gold.
Larry Haber’s The State of the US Mails – a Snapshot in Time received the American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence 1900-1940 Material and a Large Gold.
Gannon Sugimura took home a Gold for The Evolution of Hawaiian Circular Date Stamps to 1900; and the AAPE Gold Award of Honor and a Vermeil for Illegally Yours: A Study of the Postmarks of Latvia Through Occupation and Into Independence.
Louis Pataki received a Gold for Early History of the East Asia Cruiser Squadron 1895-1900; and a Certificate of Participation for World War I Comes to the German Mail in Shantung China.
Daniel Ryterband earned a Large Gold for The Ten-cent Copper Plate Engraved Stamps of the Rebel States; and a Gold for Day of Infamy: Pearl Harbor and the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
1861 U.S. Postal Service in the Southern States by Jerry Wells won a Large Vermeil.
Tudor Hall Va – Post Office for the Confederate Army by Stefan Jaronski won a Large Vermeil.
Gerry Oberst took home the AAPE Creativity Award and a Large Vermeil for U.S. Philatelic Portrayals of Thomas Jefferson.
Daniel Knowles’s United States Demonetization and Transition to the 1861 Issue Stamps, won a Large Gold; and his Confederate Postmaster Uses of Provisional Hand Stamps, Adhesives and Press-printed Stationery to Pay the Postage took a Large Vermeil.
2c “Liberty Head” US Revenue Tax Stamp, 1875—1883 by John Bowman won the NAPEX Harris Leonard Award, the United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award, and a Large Gold.
World’s Third Producer of Stamps: Philadelphia Local Posts 1842-1861 by Vernon Morris won a Large Gold.
Scott Steward received the Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award and a Vermeil for U.S. Domestically Mailed Circulars.
CHICAGOPEX
Stamp Exhibits:
The Grand Award for multiframe exhibits went to USPCS member Rob Faux for Postal History of the 1861 United States 24-cent Adhesive. This exhibit also earned the USPCS Medal and a Large Gold.
Reserve Grand was awarded to Matthew W. Kewriga for Danish West Indies Foreign Mail to UPU, which also earned a Postal History Society Medal and a Large Gold.
Doug Weisz took home the Single Frame Reserve Grand for New Orleans 5 Cent Brown Provisional 1861-1862, and also received a Large Gold.
Hal Vogel also won the Single Frame Reserve Grand for Great Britain’s Greatest Irish Polar Expeditioner. The exhibit also earned a Large Gold.
Anthony Dewey received a Large Gold and the APS Pre-1900 Medal of Excellence for his multi-frame exhibit, A Postal History of Hartford, Connecticut. His single-frame exhibit, The “B” Rate-Change Stamps of 1981 received a Gold and the APS Post 1980 Medal of Excellence.
The Half-Penny (decimal) Machin by Lawrence Haber won a Large Gold and the APS 1940-1980 Medal of Excellence.
America’s Membership Libraries 1731-1910 by Larry Nix received a Gold and the AAPE Award of Excellence-Epilogues.
James A. Allen took home a Large Gold for his single-frame exhibit, United States 3c 1851 Issues – The First 15 Months of Plates and Colors.
Stephen Knapp’s Reimagining the Continental Large Numeral Essays of 1868-1869 earned a Large Gold.
Victoria’s Clipper Ship Era, 1855-1857 by John Barwis received a Large Gold.
Dale Forster earned a Large Gold for Astoria Oregon – First Western Post Office.
Lars Boettger entered two single-frame exhibits, receiving a Large Gold for Anglo-American Convention of Dec 15, 1848; and a Large Vermeil for Manuscript Postmarks on Luxembourg Issuances 1852-1914.
Postal History of the Presidential Series: What Makes Uncommon Uses of Common Stamps and One For A Man, Two For A Horse, both exhibits by Albert Briggs took home Large Vermeil.
Mark Schwartz received a Large Vermeil for The Postal Markings of Gloucester and Rockport, Mass. to 1851.
Literature Exhibits:
The Reserve Grand and Large Gold was awarded to Guillermo F. Gallegos and Joseph D. Hahn for The 19th Century Issues of El Salvador 1867-1900.
Re-Evaluating a Philatelic First: The earliest depiction of black history on U.S. stamps by Peter Schwartz and Calvin Mitchell won a Large Gold.
Thomas Edison and the Bulb by Bill DiPaolo received a Large Gold.
Award Winning Philatelic Treatment and Presentation: A guide to display, thematic and topical exhibits for exhibitors, collectors and judges by Dr. Edwin J. Andrews took home a Large Gold.
Charles J. DiComo, PhD earned a Gold for A Noteworthy Precancel on Lancaster Watch Company’s Advertising Covers.
