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; and the USPCS Medal).
Exhibits from four Society members won Multi-frame Large Gold:
- John Hotchner with “The U.S. CIPEX Souvenir Sheet of 1947: Development, Production, First Days and Contemporary Uses” (also the AAPE Award of Excellence of Treatment and the American First Day Cover Society Award).
- Daniel Ryterband with “The U. S. 1847 Issue: Post-Production Proofs”.
- Dawyne Littauer with “Pre-U.P.U. Mail Between the United States and Bremen” (also the APS Medal of Excellence Pre-1900).
- Chip Gliedman with “Imperforate Line Engraved Stamps of Great Britain from Plate Position “CG””.
Randy Smith won Multi-frame Large Vermeil for “Civil War Washington as Seen Through the Drawings of Charles Magnus, Lithographer”.
Gerry Oberst won Multi-frame Vermeil for “Jean-Michel Folon: Postal Artist” (also the AAPE Gold Award of Honor, the APS Medal of Excellence Post-1980 Material, and the NSDA Award for Outstanding Presentation).
Rounding out the multi-frame awards, Robert Toal won Multi-fame Silver for “American Souvenir Company Postcards: The Other Side of the Card” (also the Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award).
Single-frame awards started off with Daniel Ryterband winning Single-frame Large Gold for “Steamboat Mail and the U.S. 1847 Issue”.
Three members won Single-frame Gold for their exhibits.
- Daniel Undersander for “The 5¢ Taylor Envelopes of 1875 to 1882” (also the UPSS Porter Venn Award).
- Thomas Lera for “Ship Island Postal Markings Used by Postmaster John M.G. Parker: 1862 – 1865” (also the Virginia Philatelic Federation Award for Excellence.
- Chip Gliedman for “Leominster, Mass. Provisional Postage Due and Instructional Labels ”.
Two members won Single-frame Large Vermeil.
- John Schorn for “Essays and Proofs of the 1967 UN Disarmament Stamps”.
- David Steidley for “Airmail Between the U.S. & Iraq, 1940-41”.
Rounding out this year’s Society winners at NAPEX is Robert Toal who won Single-frame Large Silver with “Colonial Heroes Patriotic Postcards – Anticipating the Semiquincentennial of the United States in 2026”.
