Philatelic Show
This show was held in Boxborough, Mass. on the weekend of Friday, May 5. Mark Schwartz (photo) won the Single Frame Grand and a Large Gold medal for “Boston’s Use of the 1847 Issue.”
Other members winning multi-frame Large Gold included Murray Abramson for “Expansion of US Airmail to Foreign Destinations (1922-1941)” (also the MAPS William Turner award, the AAMS Best and Gold and the Postal History Society [PHS] Grand award); Carol Bommarito for “Adhesive Stamp Usage on Transatlantic Mail to and from the U.S. (1840-1875)” (also the PHS Vermeil); Tony Dewey for “First U.N. Issue, 1951” (also a UNPI gold medal and the APS Medal for 1940-1980 material); and Mark Schwartz for “The New York’s Postmaster Provisional” (also the USSS Statue of Freedom Award).
Members winning Large Gold for single frame exhibits included Tony Dewey for his SF “The “D” Rate Change Stamps of 1985” (also the APS medal for post 1980 material); and Tim O’Connor for “Not Worth a Continental” (also the APS award for pre-1900 material);
Winning Gold Medals were Ed Andrews for his multi-frame “The 1924 Eagle in Wreath Issue: The First Gold Currency Stamps of Poland” (also the APS Medal for 1900-1940 material); and Ken Lawrence for his single frame “Wake Island in World War II”.
Winning a Vermeil medal was Tony Dewey for his single frame “The Bridges of Hartford, 1810 to mid-1940s” (also an AAPE gold medal);
Winning a Silver medal was Albert Valente for his multi-frame “America’s Greatest Age of Papermaking, 1815-1905” (also an ATA Third and “The Path to Gold” donated by Bob Benninghoff).
Pipex
At Pipex in Portland the weekend of May 12, Bob Forster won the Reserve Grand and a Large Gold medal for “Nova Scotia Postal History to 1868” (also the NW Philatelic Library Tom Current British Exhibit Award).
Gary Hendren won a Large Gold for his multi-frame “St. Louis Streetcar Mail 1892-1915”.
Members winning Gold Medals for multi-frame exhibits included Tony Wawrukiewicz for three of his exhibits – “Operation and Innovation in the Dead Letter Office from 1859 to 1985” (also the APS Research Award), “The Ways Postage Due Stamps Were Used, 1879 to 1986 ” and “RTW Unmailable & Undeliverable U.S. Domestic Surface First-Class Card”; Ralph Nafziger for his “The 3-cent Palomar Mountain Observatory Issue”; Jerry Johnson for “U.S. Mail Delivery Problems, 1851-1950” (also the Auxiliary Markings Club Award of Merit); and Dennis Hassler for “Gold Rush Days” (also the USPCS Medal).
Winning Large Vermeil medals was John Wynns for two multi frame exhibits – “CANADA: The 1927 Confederation & Historical Issues Usage” (also the AAPE Award of Honor for excellence in presentation) and “Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Issue of British Guiana”;
Winning Vermeil medals were Bradley Fritts for his multi frame “Guam Naval Postal Administration” and John Wynns for his single frame exhibit “Wings Over the Bahamas”
Winning a Large Silver medal was Mike Ellingson for his single frame “The Barr-Fyke Machine Cancels of Mexico 1900-1908”.
Wining a Silver Medal was John Wynn for “Japan: Centennial of the 1860 USA Treaty”.
The Plymouth Show
The show at Plymouth was held on March 31-April 1. Cary Johnson won the Reserve Grand and a Large Gold medal for “Rise & Fall of US Streetcar RPO” (also the APS medal for 1900-1940 material and the WSSC).
Winning Gold Medals were Bob Boyd for “Pre-UPU Mail between U.S. & Germany” (also the USPCS Medal and the APS award for Pre-1900 material); and William Johnson for “James W. Denver – The Man & his Times”.
Winning a Large Vermeil medal was Jim Pullin for “American Sailing Packets 1818-1846”.
