The 2025 edition of The Philatelic Show was held at the usual location on the usual weekend; e.g., the Boxboro Regency Hotel, 242 Adams Place, Boxborough, Ma – April 18th – 20th. This year’s theme was “Lexington & Concord” with the show coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the Ride of Paul Revere. Great timing. Exhibits from 7 Society members won a total of 13 awards. A Great showing.
 

Multi-frame Reserve Grand was won by Mark Schwartz for his “The New York Postmaster’s Provisional”. His exhibit also won Multi-frame Large Gold and the USSS Statue of Freedom.
 

Tony (posthumously) and Martha Dewey won Single-frame Grand for “The 20¢ U.N. “World Unity” Stamp, 1951-1965” (also Single-frame Grand). Tony and Martha also won Multi-frame Gold for the show’s Most Popular exhibit, “The Amazing Cachets of Tom Mueller” (also the APS Medal of Excellence Post-1980 and the AFDCS Award).
 

Multi-frame Large Gold was won by:

• Hal Vogel for American Heroic Age Polar Expedition.
• Hal Vogel for The Post Office That Saved, Served And Almost Scuttled an Antarctic Expedition.
• David Mayo for The U.S. 2¢ Columbian of 1893 (also the APS Medal of Excellence Pre-1900).
• William Fort for U.S. Forth Bureau Issues Paying Postage & Fees – 1922 to 1939 (also the APS Medal of Excellence, 1922-1939).
• Alfredo Frohlich for Guatemala – The Provisional Surcharges of 1922.

Terence Hines won awards for three exhibits:

• “Hanover, New Hampshire won Multi-frame Large Silver.
• “Old Home Week” Multi-frame Silver as well as the Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award.
• ”Old Man of the Mountain.

In addition to his Reserve Grand, Mark Schwartz won awards for two other exhibits:

• “The Use of Boston’s “PAID in Grid” Cancels: 1851-1859 received Single-frame Large Gold and the the USPCS Medal
• Lynn, City of Soles: The Shoe Industry in Lynnn, Massachusetts received Single-frame Vermeil, AAPE Creativity Award and the ATA One-frame Award.

.

The US Philatelic Classics Society is holding its annual meeting at NAPEX this year. The meeting runs June 6th to the 8th at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. This year’s theme is the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord so expect appropriately themed exhibits and presentations. For show-specific information, please visit NAPEX2025.
 

Society-specific presentations have been finalized:
• “The Postal Crisis of 1775” by Vernon Morris 1-2pm, Friday June 6th
• “Free Franks of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence” by Ed Siskin, 1-2pm Saturday June 7th
• “Colonial Postal History 1639 – 1781” by Tim O’Connor, 2-3pm Saturday June 7th
• “Myths and Realities of the American Revolution” by Randal Flood*, 11am-12pm, Sunday June 8th
 

* Randal Flood is Host and Executive Producer of The Real American Revolution Multimedia Center & Consortium for Civic Education; established to educate the American people about what really happened during our American Revolution. Randy is producing a documentary about the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in Virginia, which includes fifteen of the most publicly accessible sites along the Route from Mount Vernon to Yorktown. He teaches over 40 classes about the American Revolution with a particular focus on offering professional development certifications to help Virginia History and Social Science teachers educate their students about our early American heritage.
 

---

The Society’s Board of Director’s meeting will be held 8-10am, Saturday June 7th.
The Annual Member Meeting will be held immediately after, 10-11am, Saturday June 7th.

---

 
The USPCS will hold a dinner jointly with the American Revenue Association and the State Revenue Society. The dinner will take place June 6th starting at 6:30 PM. The cost will be $79 per person, which includes appetizer, salad, entrée, and dessert.
 
Location

Maggiano’s Little Italy Tysons Corner 2001 International Dr. McLean, VA 22102

Menu
Appetizers: Tomato Bruschetta (v), Truffle & Honey Whipped Ricotta (v), and Crab Cakes
Maggiano’s Salad (GF)

Entrees: Spaghetti Marinara (v), Rigatoni “D”, Beef Medallions, Salmon (GF)

Dessert: NY Style Cheese Cake, Warm Apple Crostada (v)

Non-alcoholic drinks are included, and a cash bar will be available
(The dinner will be served family style, so no need to make a selection now)
 
To reserve your spot for the dinner, mail your check to:
USPCS
Wayne Farley
1 Westwood Drive, Unit 304,
Saint Clairsville, OH 43950-1053
 
Seating is limited and payment secures your spot, so reserve early. All checks need to be mailed by June 1. If you have questions or need to arrange for an electronic payment option, please reach out to Wayne Farley at cwfarley@aol.com or Scott Steward at scott_steward@hotmail.com .
 
 
Stay tuned for updates as the details about other Society events are defined.

Society member Dan Knowles took the Multi-frame Grand Award with his “The Handling of Mail in the Confederate States of America by the Confederate Government and Private Individuals from Secession to Appomattox” (also Multi-frame Large Gold, the AAPE Treatment Presentation Award and the USPCS Medal).
 

Two other members won Multi-frame Large Gold:

• William/Bill Johnson for “James William Denver – The Man and His Times” (also the ATA First Award).
• J. James Maxwell for “The Erie Canal and its Offspring” (also the American Philatelic Congress Award).

In addition to his Large Gold, H. James Maxwell won Single-frame Gold for his “Nationalist China’s Last Commemoratives”.
 

Gus Clark won Single-frame Large Vermeil for “Sustaining Postal Service Amid Political Turmoil in Hawaii—1893”.
 

And two members won Single-frame Large Silver for their exhibits:

• Nathan Esbeck for “Terror in the Mail: The 2001 Anthrax Attacks” (also the Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award).
• Dr. Bruce Wasserman for “The Rapid Censorship of Civilian Mail in WWII”.

The US Philatelic Classics Society is holding its annual meeting at NAPEX this year. The meeting runs June 6th to the 8th at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. This year’s theme is the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord so expect appropriately themed exhibits and presentations. For show-specific information, please visit NAPEX2025.
 
As the USPCS’s first announced NAPEX-event, a dinner will be held jointly with the American Revenue Association and the State Revenue Society. The dinner will take place June 6th starting at 6:30 PM. The cost will be $79 per person, which includes appetizer, salad, entrée, and dessert.
 
Location
Maggiano’s Little Italy Tysons Corner 2001 International Dr. McLean, VA 22102

Menu
Appetizers: Tomato Bruschetta (v), Truffle & Honey Whipped Ricotta (v), and Crab Cakes
Maggiano’s Salad (GF)

Entrees: Spaghetti Marinara (v), Rigatoni “D”, Beef Medallions, Salmon (GF)

Dessert: NY Style Cheese Cake, Warm Apple Crostada (v)

Non-alcoholic drinks are included, and a cash bar will be available
(The dinner will be served family style, so no need to make a selection now)
 
To reserve your spot for the dinner, mail your check to:
USPCS
Wayne Farley
1 Westwood Drive, Unit 304,
Saint Clairsville, OH 43950-1053
 
Seating is limited and payment secures your spot, so reserve early. All checks need to be mailed by June 1. If you have questions or need to arrange for an electronic payment option, please reach out to Wayne Farley at cwfarley@aol.com or Scott Steward at scott_steward@hotmail.com .
 
 
Stay tuned for updates as the details about other Society events are defined.

Held the usual weekend before Thanksgiving, November 22nd – 24th this year, CHICAGOPEX had it all. Exhibits. Dealers. Philatelic Presentations. And messy winter weather on the setup day.
 
As the culmination of the annual Single Frame Champion of Champion competition, this year saw 11 Society members competing to be the best of the best. But “there can only be one” and that one, this year, is Dan Knowles, the 2024 AAPE Single-frame Champion of Champions with his “United States Demonetization and Transition to the 1861 Design Stamps.” The other society members in the running were:

• James Cate with “General Banks Division”
• Stephen Chaffin with “The 1851/57 One Cent Franklin of Plate One Late”
• Tony Dewey with “The Postal Stationery of the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) for Netherlands New Guinea”
• Chip Gliedman with “Leominster, Mass. Provisional Postage Due and Instructional Labels”
• James Milgram with “Abraham Lincoln Illustrated Stationery 1860-1865”
• Vernon Morris with “World’s Third Producer of Stamps: Philadelphia Local Post Fee Reduction, 1842-1861”
• Peter Schwartz with “The Earliest Black Portrayals on US Stamps 1864-1872”
• Timothy Wait with “2¢ Blue Liberty Tax Stamp 1875-1883”
• Doug Weisz with “New Orleans 5 Cent Provisional. The War Rate: United States Postal Rates and Fees from February 1, 1815 through March 30, 1816”.

Member multi-frame exhibits generally did well. Jan Hofmeyr won the Multi-frame Grand with his “Philatelic Invention in the United States: 1861-1881” (also the USPCS Medal and the American Philatelic Congress Award).
 
Multi-frame Large Gold was won by Tony Dewey for “The U.S. Alphabet-Denominated Rate-Change Series, 1978-1998” (also the APS Post 1980 Medal and the US Stamp Society Medal) and Chip Gliedman for “Imperforate Line Engraved Stamps of Great Britain from Plate Position “CG” – My Victoria”.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Single-frame Grand went to Dan Knowles for “Trans-Mississippi River Mail Services by the Confederate States of America Post Office Department and Private Individuals During the American Civil War” (also Single-frame Large Gold). This sets up Dan for a potential repeat in ’25.
 
Three Society members won Single-frame Large Gold.

• Wayne Farley for “Soldier Due Uses from West Virginia during the Civil War” (also Auxiliary Markings Club Award)
• Cheryl Ganz for “Basel Zeppelin Posts” (also Best Exhibit by a Chicago Philatelic Society Member).
• Tony Dewey for “The United Nations 20¢ “World Unity” Stamp, 1951-1965”.

Mark Schwartz won a Single-frame Gold for his “The Barr-Fyke Cancels of Chicago”.
 
Three members won Single-Frame Large Vermeil:

• Kenneth Nilsestuen for “Contemporary Hand-Crafted First Day Covers of the Eagle Holding Shield Airmail of 1938”
• Bob Hohertz for “The London Numbered Maltese Cross” (also American First Day Cove Society Award)
• Dr. Bruce Wasserman for “The Rapid Censorship of Civilian Mail in World War II”.

And Dan Undersander’s “Letters Carried Outside the Mail in the 20th Century” won Single-frame Large Silver.
 
A great show and great competition.

---