PHILATELIC SHOW
This WSP show was held the first weekend in May in Boxboro, Mass., outside of Boston. A Large Gold Medal and the Grand Award was won by Matt Kewriga for his “Danish West Indies Foreign Mail to UPU” (in photo, receiving the prize from Doug Clark).
Also winning Large Gold Medals were Ed Andrews for “Winterhilfswerk. The Third Reich’s Winter Relief Charity” Roger Brody for “U.S. Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper / 1755-1856” (also the APS Award of Excellence Pre-1900, and the ARA Association Award); Lawrence Huber for “The State of the U.S. Mails – 1909) (also the APS Award of Excellence 1900-1940, and the USSS Medal of Freedom); and Hal Vogel for “Pioneer Period Expeditions to Greenland” (also the APC award for best write up).
A Large Vermeil Medal was won by Doug and Nancy Clark for “Thomason Maine’s 19th Century Fancy Cancels” (also the U.S. Cancellation Club Award).
PIPEX
The next weekend in May borough us Pipex, held in Portland, Oregon. David Snow (photo, with Chief Judge Kathy Johnson) won a Large Gold Medal and the Single Frame Grand Award for “The 1850 First Issue of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia: A Study of Uses”.
Also winning Large Gold Medals were Tony Wawrukiewicz for “The Ways Postage Due Stamps Were Used 1879-1986” (also the APS Research Award); Robert Forster for Nova Scotia Colonial Postal History” (also the APS Medal of Excellence Pre-1900); John Bowman for his SF “2c Liberty Head U.S. Revenue Tax Stamps 1875-1883 (also the ARA Grand Award for Best Single Frame); and Edward Field for the SF “Use of $5 Stamps for Registry Fees on Security and Banknotes Transfers: 1933-1948”.
Gold Medals were awarded to Ralph Nafziger for “The 3-cent Perforate Wisconsin Tercentenary Issue”; Tony Wawrukiewicz for “Operation and Innovation in the Dead Letter Office from 1860-1985” and
and Jerry Johnson for “United States Third Class Mail”.
