Annually, the American Philatelic Society (APS) presents The Luff Award for Meritorious Contributions to Philately by Living Philatelists. The Award was established in 1940 in memory of John N. Luff, APS president from 1907 to 1909, who was considered the most prominent American philatelist of his era.   The APS Luff Award is available annually […]

  This year’s Minnesota Stamp Expo was held at the Crystal Community Center in Crystal, Minn. July 18-20th. Members provided 6 of the 40 exhibits. And the winners were…   Vern Morris won the Multi-frame Grand, Multi-frame Large Gold, Multi-frame Large Gold and the USSS Statue of Freedom for his “Evolution & Impact of Blood’s […]

This year’s NAPEX show was held at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corners, June 6-8. The USPCS held its annual meeting at the show and many of our members exhibited. Vernon Morris was the winner of the Multi-frame Reserve Grand with his “Evolution & Impact of Blood’s Local Post: 1842 to 1862” (also Multi-frame Large Gold; […]

EuroPhilEx was held in Birmingham, UK from May 7th through the 11th. Strong member participation at this international show resulted in a large number of awards for Society members. As a FIP show, medal levels are 5 points higher than in WSP shows. Thus it took 95 points at Europhilex to get a Large Gold, […]