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The Westpex show took place in Burlingame, California, just south of San Francisco and a short ride from SFO. The theme for this year’s show was the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

The Single-frame Grand was won by Michael Mahler for his “Stamp Tax on Nevada Territory Stock Certificates: the “25c Blaze of Glory” (also Single-frame Large Gold).

Three other Multi-frame Large Gold awards were won by Society members:

• Michael Mahler for “ California’s “Gold Rush Revenues”. Aristocrats of American Fiscal Philately, a Fiscal History” (also APS Award of Excellence: Pre 1900)
• Alfredo Frohlich for “ The United States of Colombia 1868-1881” (also COPAPHIL – Debby Friedman Award of Excellence)
• Timothy O’Conner for “ Postal History of the Thirteen Original Colonies 1634-1782” (also San Diego Stamp Show Award of Merit).

Gold continued with three members winning Single-Frame Large Gold:

• Larry Lyons for “ Honour’s City Express Post”
• Alfredo Frohlich for “ SCADTA – 1923: THREE PHILATELIC SOLUTIONS”
• Mark Banchik for “ Overprinted 1929 Black Airmail Official Stamps of Mexico .

Chip Gliedman won the Single-frame Grand and Large Gold for “Leominster, Mass. Provisional Postage Due and Instructional Labels” (also the APS Medal of Excellence, Pre-1900 and the Auxiliary Markings Club Award of Merit)!

Three Society Members won Multi-frame Large Gold.

• Tony Dewey for “The U.S. Alphabet-Denominated Rate-Change Series: 1978 – 1998” (also American Philatelic Congress Award Excellence in Write-up; APS Medal of Excellence, Post-1980; Errors, Freaks, Oddities Collectors’ Club First Place; United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award).
• Patrick Walters for “The United States Governmental Flights (1918-1927)” (also the APS Medal of Excellence, 1900-1940 and American Air Mail Society Large Gold).
• Dr. Murray Abramson for “Geographic Expansion of Commercial U.S. Mail To Foreign Destinations Via Airmail (1920-41)” (also the APS Research Medal and American Air Mail Society Large Gold).

Tony Dewey won Multi-frame Gold and American Air Mail Society Gold for “Rattlesnake Island Local Post, 1966 -1976”.

Michael Clark won Multi-frame Large Vermeil for “The United States Red Cross Issue of 1931” (also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor – Gold Pin).

Tony Dewey won Single-frame Large Gold for “Swiss Official Stamps for the International Refugee Organization, 1950 – 1952”.

Single-frame Gold was won by Tony Dewey for “The Postal Stationery of the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) for Netherlands New Guinea” and Patrick Walters for “Michigan Pioneer Air Mail” (also American Air Mail Society Gold).

Garfield Perry’s March Party

The Garfield Perry Stamp Club threw their annual March party March 13th to the 15th. The venue was the Best Western Strongsville, in Strongsville, Ohio – a hop and a skip from the Cleveland airport!

 
James Cate won the Single-frame Grand as well as a Single-frame Large Gold and the Military Postal History Society Award for his exhibit, “General Banks Division”. James’ “Camp George H. Thomas – Lytle, Georgia – Spanish American War 1898” earned a Multi-frame Large Vermeil.

Rob Faux won Multi-frame Large Gold for “Postal History of the 1861 United States 24-cent Adhesive” (also Thomas Allen Award for the Best for Best Postal History Exhibit; Postal History Society Medal; and the USPCS Medal).

Eigil Trondsen doubled with Multi-frame Large Gold for each of “Cunard Line: The Ships and the Transatlantic Mail 1840-1867, the Monopoly Years” (also Auxiliary Markings Society Award of Merit) and “Norway Registered Mail to 1945” (also German Philatelic Society Special Prize).

Chip Gliedman’s exhibit “Leominster, Mass. Provisional Postage Due and Instructional Labels” earned him a Single-frame Large Gold.

Gerry Oberst won Multi-frame Large Vermeil for “Jean-Michel Folon: Philatelic Artist” (also APS Medal of Excellence for Post-1980 Material and American Topical Association 2nd Award).

Edmonton National Stamp Show

Hosted by the Calgary Philatelic Society in Edmonton at the Central Lions Recreational Centre, the Edmonton National Stamp show ran March 23rd and 24th. The theme of this year’s show was the 150th Anniversary of the UPU.

Jane Sodero won Multi-frame Large Vermeil for “First Day Covers and Usage of Canada’s 1955 Kayak Hunter” (also the British North America Philatelic Society Best BNA 2X4 Exhibit).

St. Louis Stamp Expo

Meanwhile, South of the border in the US of A, the St. Louis Stamp Expo was hosted by the stamp clubs of St. Louis, Missouri and surrounding communities in St. Louis, albeit not directly under the famous arch.

Society members took the top two Palmares slots with Daniel Ryterband winning the Multi-frame Grand for “The U.S. 1847 Issue: America’s First Stamps” (also Multi-frame Large Gold, natch) and Daniel Knowles winning the Single-frame Grand for “United States Demonetization and Transition to the 1861 Design Stamps” (also Single-frame Large Gold).

Multi-frame Large Gold was won by Bob Hohertz for “Revenue Stamped Paper of the Spanish American War Era” (also APS Medal of Excellence for Pre-1900 Material) and by Michael Mahler for “Philatelic Scripophily: Taking a Bite from the Bulls and the Bears” (also APS Research Award).

Multi-frame Gold was won by Robert S. Boyd for “The Toppan, Carpenter Years: 1851-1861”; Tony Dewey for “The Amazing Cachets of Tom Mueller” (also APS Medal of Excellence for Post-1980 Material and Most Popular Exhibit); and Randolph Smith for “Coping with Adversity: How Southerners Adapted to Wartime Paper Shortages”.

Daniel Ryterband won Multi-frame Large Vermeil for “Day of Infamy: Pearl Harbor and the U.S. Pacific Fleet” (also the American Philatelic Congress Award).

Nathan Esbeck won Multi-frame Large Silver for “Byrd’s Second Antarctic Expedition – Philatelic Frenzy and the Funding of an Expedition”.

Single-frame Large Gold was won by Daniel Knowles for “Trans-Mississippi Express Mail Services by the Confederate States of America Post Office Department and Private Individuals During the American Civil War”; Bob Hohertz for “The American Phototype Two-Cent Instructive Clauses” (also American Revenue Association Single-frame Grand); and Michael Mahler for “The U.S. $15 Mortgage Stamp, 1862-1872: A Fiscal History “Perfect Storm””.

Wayne Farley won Single-frame Gold for “Western Virginia: A Period of Turmoil and Unrest”.
Single-frame Large Vermeil was won by Daniel Ryterband for “The American Civil War: Adversity Uses” (also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Gold Award of Honor #2) and Rodney Kelley for “Arkansas Postal Operations:1861-1865”.