The 2016 Champion of Champions is society member Richard Malmgren, for his exhibit of “Hawaiian Foreign Mail.”  Richard also won this coveted award in 2010 for “Hawaiian Postage Stamps.”  He is one of only 5 exhibitors to win the Benjamin and Naomi Wishnietsky Champion of Champions Award multiple times. Several other members also took home medals and […]

On August 4-8, 2016, The APS will hold its annual StampShow in Portland, Oregon. That means that the USPCS will be holding a meeting there, sponsoring a number of talks and hosting a Society dinner on Friday night. Dale Forster will also be organizing a chartered-bus field trip from the show hotel to Fort Vancouver. […]

Philatelic Show Tim O’Connor won the Grand Award at the Philatelic show in Boxboro, Mass. on the weekend of May 6-8, 2016 with his “Postal History of the Thirteen Colonies.”  He also won the APS Pre-1900 award; the APS Research Medal; and the Postal History Award  Mark Schwartz won the Classics Society Medal (and a gold medal) […]

Gordon Eubanks won the Grand Prix National (see photo) and Mark Schwartz was a Candidate for that award. Schwartz’ exhibit was “Boston Postal History to 1851.” These exhibits had won the U.S. Champion of Champions in the past two years. James Peter Gough was a Candidate for the Grand Prix International with “Universal Postal Union […]

Several new exhibits have been added to the website, including Bill Gross’ “United States: The 1847 Issue.” Arguably the best exhibit of this issue ever put together, it contains many of the iconic 1847 items and has won two large golds in International competition.  We have also added Vern Morris’ 2006 Champion of Champions winner “Fighting the Fed […]