| Show | Date | Exhibitor | Exhibit Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDICAL | Feb. 1-3rd | not awarded | |
| SARASOTA | Feb. 1-3rd | Galen D. Harrison | Prisoners’ Mail from the American Civil War 1861-65 |
| ARIPEX | Feb. 15-17th | not awarded | |
| COLOPEX | Feb. 15-17th | Theodore Lockyear | Department of Justice, U.S. Official Stamps 1873-1884 |
| ST LOUIS EXPO | Mar. 1-3rd | Irvin Heimburger | The 1869 Pictorial Issue and Its Usage |
| ROPEX | Mar. 8-10th | Dogulas & Nnacy Clark | The Massachusetts Island Counties: Postal History to 1890 |
| MARCH PARTY | Mar. 15-17th | Richard H. Parker | Settlement of Ohio and Postal History 1790 to 1816 |
| ASDA-MEGA EVENT | Apr. 4-7th | not awarded | |
| TEXPEX | Apr. 5-7th | Wm. K. McDaniel | U.S. Three Cent 1851-1857 Issues: Production and Usage |
| WESTPEX | Apr. 26-28th | Jeffrey Forster | U.S. 1869 Issue: Postal History |
| PLYMOUTH SHOW | Apr. 27-28th | not awarded | |
| PHILATELIC STAMP (MS) | May 3-5th | Donald B. Johnstone | U.S. Carrier Studies |
| OKPEX | May 3-6th | not awarded | |
| ROCKY MT. SHOW | May 17-29th | not awarded | |
| NOJEX | May 25-27th | Vernon R. Morris Jr. | Fighting the Fed in Philadelphia: Independent, Carrier, and Local Posts, 1836-1879 |
| NAPEX | May 31-June 2nd | Seymour B. Stiss | The Chicago Exchange Office: Foreign Mails |
| INDYPEX | Jul. 12-14th | not awarded | |
| MN. STAMP EXPO | Jul. 19-21st | not awarded | |
| STAMPSHOW 2002 | Aug. 15-18th | Vernon R. Morris Jr. | Fighting the Fed in Philadelphia: Independent, Carrier, and Local Posts, 1836-1879 |
| BALPEX | Aug. 30-Sept. 1st | Fred MacDonald | Railway Postal Markings of New Jersey, 1844-1882 |
| OMAHA | Aug. 31-Sept. 2nd | Daniel A. Brouillette | New York City Postal History 1694-1900 |
| MILCOPEX | Sept. 20-22nd | Tim Wait | United States Civil War Documentary |
| PIPEX | Sept. 20-22nd | not awarded | |
| PEACH STATE | Sept. 27-29th | not awarded | |
| AIRPEX | Sept. 29-29th | not awarded | |
| SESCAL | Oct. 4-6th | Michael T. Mahler | Legal and Illegal Usages of Proprietary, Playing Cards, and Private-Die Stamps of the Civil War Era |
| PHILADELPHIA | Oct. 11-13th | Vernon R. Morris Jr. | Fighting the Fed in Philadelphia: Independent, Carrier, and Local Posts, 1836-1879 |
| MIDAPHIL | Oct. 11-13th | not awarded | |
| VAPEX | Nov. 16-18th | van Koppersmith | Mobile, Alabama: the Introduction of Stamps |
| CHICAGOPEX | Nov. 22-24th | Theodore Lockyear | Department of Justice, Official Stamps, 1873-1884 |
