Archives for February 2017

These are the first three shows in which the medal levels have been expanded to include Large Gold, Large Vermeil and Large Silver.  The U.S. is now following the custom used in most other countries.  The lists below show USPCS members who won medals and special prizes at these three shows.

SOUTHEASTERN STAMP EXPO

Yamil Kouri won the Grand award and a Large Gold for The First Postal Issues of Spanish Antilles 1855-1865 (plus the APS Award of Excellence pre-1900).

Large Gold

Others winning Large Gold were:
Bruce Roberts – Arkansas Territory to 1865 (plus the USPCS Medal)
Alfredo Frohlich – Colombia – Postal History of the Forwarding Agents (plus the Postal History Society award)

Gold

Ralph Nafziger – Auxiliary Markings on First Day Covers (plus the Auxiliary Markings Club Award of Merit)

Large Vermeil

James Cate – Skinner and Eno on Parade… And More

Large Silver

Gary Hendren – Twisted Caps – Twisted Mail (plus the AAPE Creativity Award)

SANDICAL

Eigil Trondsen won the Grand award and a Large Gold for Norway Registered Mail, 1800-1950

Fran Adams won the Single Frame Grand Award and a Large Gold for Atlantic Meeting: Roosevelt and Churchill in Newfoundland – 1941 (plus the American Philatelic Congress award)

Large Gold

Others winning Large Gold were:
Eigil Trondsen – Cunard Line: The Ships and the Transatlantic Mail: 1840 – 1867, The Monopoly Years (plus the Postal History Society award) 

Gold

Alan Campbell – The Use of Officials Stamps in Washington, D.C.: 1873 – 1884 (plus the USPCS Medal)
Ross Towle – US 1907 – 1919 2¢ Oval Die Stamped Envelopes (plus the Chicago Collectors Club award, the USSS Statue of Freedom award and the UPSS Marcus White award))
Bill Mooz – The 1895 Newspaper and Periodical Issue (plus the Lynn Warm-Griffiths award)

Vermeil

Fran Adams – Dark Caves, Bright Visions, Ice Age Cave Painting of France and Spain (SFE)

Large Silver

Les Lanphear – U.S. Booklet Stamps Carrying the Mail, The First Fifty Years 

Bronze

Dick Searing – Washington-Franklin Era Commemoratives 

Certificate

Dick Searing – Washington-Franklin USPOD Coils Off Cover 

SARASOTA NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION

Pat Walker won the Grand and a Large Gold for her Baltimore Postal History from Colonial times to the UPU (plus the Postal History Society award)

Mark Schwartz won the Single Frame Grand award and a Gold for The Special Arrangement between Liverpool and the U.S., 1843-48

Large Gold

Bill DiPaolo – The Gentleman from Pennsylvania (plus the Chicago Collectors Club award and the USPCS Medal)

Gold

Alfredo Frohlich – SCADTA Airmail Stamps for SCADTA Airmail Service in Ecuador
Jim Pullin – Pioneer Steamers on the North Atlantic, 1838-1830 (plus the APS pre-1900 Medal of Excellence)
Jim Pullin – American Sailing Packets on the North Atlantic, 1818-1840 (plus the Lighthouse Stamp Society Award)
Juan L. Farrah – The “Special Design” Issues of Cuba, 1899-1910 (plus the U.S. Possessions Philatelic Society award)
Steve Washburne – Portuguese Postal Cards, 1878-1910
William Kelly – The 3c Iwo Jima Stamp of 1945 and its First Days
Millard Mack – Domestic Uses of the 1860 Franklin Stamp (SFE) (plus the U.S. Cancellation Club award)

Large Vermeil

George Kramer – The Transcontinental Railroad

Vermeil

Gary Hendren – Twisted Caps – Twisted Mail (SFE) (plus the APS Post-1980 Medal of Excellence and the AAPE Creativity award)

Large Silver

Wayne Schuetz – First Class Surface Treaty Rate between the U.S. and Great Britain, 1908-1940

Silver

Ralph Nafziger – Auxiliary Markings on U.S. First Day Covers (plus the Auxiliary Markings Club award)