At the annual single frame competition, this year held at AriPex, member Doug Weisz won the Single Frame Champion of Champions award for his terrific exhibit “New Orleans in the Confederate Mail System”. Congratulations, Doug! Read more for winners at Southeastern, Sarasota and AriPex / AmeriStamp.
Southeastern Stamp Expo
This Atlanta show, held in late January, was the first of the season. Doug Weisz won a Large Gold medal and the Athens Philatelic Society Memorial One-Frame Grand for “New Orleans in the Confederate Mail System” (also the USPCS Medal).
Ed Andrews also won a Large Gold medal for “”Winterhilfwerk – The Third Reich’s Winter Relief Charity” (also the AAPE Creativity award; and the ATA First award).
Yamil Kouri won a Gold Medal for the single frame “Cuban PAQUEBOT Mail and it’s Markings”.
Doug and Nancy Clark won a Large Vermeil Medal for “The U.S. Revalued Postal Stationery of 1971.
James Cate won a Vermeil Medal for the single frame “Camp George H. Thomas – Lytle, Georgia – Spanish American War 1898”.
Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition
This popular show was held on Feb. 1-3. It included both a philatelic competition and a literature competition focusing on individual articles.
Winning the Grand Award and Large Gold Medal in the philatelic competition was Juan Farah for his “Great Britain Penny Red Stars, 1850-64; World’s First Perforated Postage Stamp”. Congratulations Juan!
In the philatelic competition, members winning Large Gold Medals included Dan Knowles for “The Development of the Confederate States of America (CSA) Postal Services” (also the American Philatelic Congress award, the Postal History Society award, the USPSC Medal, and the Collectors Club of New York award – Classics); and Roger Brody for “Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper – 1755-1856” (also the USSS Statue of Freedom award and the Collectors Club of Chicago award).
Those winning Gold Medals included Alfredo Frohlich for “Colombia: The Last Classic Issue – 1866” (also the AAPE Exhibiting Excellence Award); Wayne Farley for “A Twofold Study of West Virginia Postal History: the Civil War and Statehood” (also the Collectors Club of New York Award of Merit); Bruce Roberts for “Arkansas 1861-1866: A Divided Postal System”; Lawrence Haber for “The State of the U.S. Mails – 1909”; Darrell Ertzberger for “Compliments of the Season: Christmas and New Year Greetings from U.S. Rural Carriers” and Clifford J. Alexander for the single frame “Confederate States 2¢ Rates and Fees.”
In the literature competition, Patricia Kaufmann (see photo) won the Reserve Grand Award and a Large Gold medal for “Civil War Prize Court Amalie: Profits and Bounty on the High Seas Led to Philatelic Treasures.”
Other members winning Large Gold medals included Cheryl Ganz for “Callsign DEKKA: Zeppelin Hindenburg Telegram Mail via Pneumatic Tube”; Tom Lera for “The Palace of Governors Stamp Designs”; and Bill DePaolo for “Local Posts? Carriers? American or Spanish?”
Tom Lera and Sandra Starr won a Large Vermeil medal for ”Flathead War Party: The Story Behind the Hamilton, Montana Post Office Mural”.
Winning Large Silver medals were Ron Breznay for “Trending. Viral Videos. Influencers?; and Ralph Nafziger for “From Lumber to Weddings: The Bridal Veil, Oregon Post Office.”
AriPex / AmeriStamp Expo
This show, held in Mesa in mid- February, combined the normal AriPex WSP show with the yearly APS “Winter Show” which includes the single frame Champion of Champions and the Single Frame Team Competition and Open Competition.
Doug Weisz (pictured here) won the Single Frame Champion of Champions award for his terrific exhibit “New Orleans in the Confederate Mail System”. Congratulations, Doug!
Several other members also participated in the SF C of C and received Prix D’Honneur awards. They included Fran Adams with both “The Atlantic Meeting” and “The Charter of the U.N.”; John Barwis with “Victoria’s England-Bound Mail 1855-57: The Crimean War Clipper Ship Era”; Rich Drews for “Trans-Oceanic and Domestic Uses of the 30 Cent U.S. Issues of 1861-1868”; Mike Farrell for “The Beardless Lincoln Essays”; Alfredo Frohlich for “Replaring Colombia’s 1861 1 Peso Stamp”; Mick Hadley for “Uses of the 1908 U.S. Coils”; Larry Lyons for both “Swarts’ City Dispatch, The King of the Local Posts at Chatham Square, 1847-1856” and“Honour’s City Express Post”; Robert Mayo for “The straightlines of Richmond, VA 1782-1800”; Mark Schwartz for three exhibits: “Boston’s Use of the 1847 Issue”, “The Postal Markings of Newburyport and Newburyport, Mass. during the Stampless Period: 1755-1855”, and “The Special Arrangement Between Liverpool and the U.S., 1843-1848”; Richard Taschenberg for “The Thirty Cent Nesbit Envelopes of 1865”; and Patricia Stilwell Walker for “Ship Letter Rates of Ireland: Act of 1711 through Act of 1840”.
Winning a Large Gold medal and the Grand Award in the General Class was Dale Forster for “Filling a Void – Private Mail Service in the Oregon Territory” (also the Postal History Society Award) and a Large Gold Medal and the Reserve Grand Award was Hal Vogel for “Pioneer Period Expeditions to Greenland.” (Also the American Philatelic Congress Award). Mike Farrell also won a Large Gold for “The Large Numeral Postage Due Stamps: Their Developmemt and Uses” (also the USS Statue of Freedom Award).
Winning Large Gold Medals in the SF Open Class were James Allen for “United States 3 cent 1851 Issue: The First 15 Months, Plates and Colors” (also the USPCS Medal); John D. Bowman for “Alabama Tax on Official Seals, 1866-1884”; Robert Hohertz for “The American Phototype Two-Cent Instructive Clauses”; the Rev. Stephen Knapp for An Essay-Proof History for the One Cent Franklin of 1887”; Mark Schwartz for “The Barr-Fyke Cancels of Washington D.C 1897-1901”; and Dan Undersander for “Purcell and the (Almost) 1884 U.S. Postal Contract”. SF Gold Medals were awarded to Rich Drews for “The U.S. 10 Cent Issues of 1861-1868 in International Mail”; Les Lanphear III for “New South Wales Penalty Clause Mail, 1898 to 1902”; Millard Mack for “Domestic Uses of the 1869 1¢ Franklin Stamp”; and Patrick Walters for “New Jersey Pioneer Air Mail”.
Winning a Large Vermeil Medal was Larry Nix for “The Administration of U.S. Copyright by the Library of Congress 1870-1930” (also the AAPE Award of Honor).
In the SF open class, Fran Adams won a Large Vermeil Medal for “The Oceanographic Institute of Monaco”; Doug and Nancy Clark won a Vermeil Medal for “Thomaston Maine’s 19th Century Fancy Cancels”; and winning Large Silver Medals were Ed Laveroni for “Pueblo de San Jose de Guadeloupe, San Jose California” and Ralph Nafziger for “The Grundy Center, Iowa Post Office”.