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World Series Champion of Champions

The U.S. Pictorial Issue of 1869 and its Usage
Irvin Heimburger

World Series of Philately Prix d'Honneur

The Half-Lengths of Victoria, 1850-59
John H. Barwis

The Conquest and British Military Administration of Palestine and Greater Syria: 1914-1920
Jonathan W. Becker

The Massachusetts Island Counties - Postal History to 1890
Douglas N. & Nancy B. Clark

The Valiente SCADTA Issue
Santiago Cruz

Bayeux Tapestry
Jack Andre Denys

First U.N. Issue, 1951
Anthony F. Dewey

The Postage Due Stamps of Australia
Paul A. Fletcher

British Columbia and Vancouver Island - 1858-1871
Robert D. Forster

Morocco Foreign Post Offices and Agencies
Larry Gardner

German North Atlantic Catapult Mail 1929-1935
James W. Graue

Evolution of Postage Due Stamps in the French Community, 1876-1930's
David L. Herendeen

Revenue Stamped Paper of the Spanish American War Tax Era
Robert D. Hohertz

Postal History of Territorial Michigan: 1805-1837
Cary E. Johnson

United States Air Mail: May 15, 1918 - June 30, 1924
Allen Don Jones

Mobile Alabama: Outside of the Union
Van Koppersmith

100 Years of United States Official Seals
James J. Kotanchik

The Air Mail in Poland (1918-1939)
Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Series of 1945-46 and Its First Day Covers
Eliot A. Landau

The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue
Nicholas A. Lombardi

All Roads Lead to San Francisco:The Private Companies that Carried the Mail in the Early West
Larry Lyons

Montserrat: Postal History of a Caribbean Island
Peter P. McCann

The U.S. 1847 Issue: Did it Demonstrate that Stampless Mail could be Eliminated?
Harvey Mirsky

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Mails
Elizabeth J. Nettles

Arkansas Postal History: Territory through 1870
Bruce Roberts

Stampless Cross Border Mail Between United States and Canada
John L. Robertson

The Evolution of Registered Mail in Classic Mexico from Colonial Times to 1890's
Omar J. Rodriguez

New Zealand Postal Stationery, 1876-1940
Stephen D. Schumann

The Usage of Switzerland's Imperforate Sitting Helvetia Issue of 1854-1863
Steve P. Turchik

Baltimore Postal History: From Colonial Times Until the UPU
Patricia Stilwell Walker

British Forces in Egypt and Sudan 1882-1898
Richard S. Wilson

Court of Honor

A Postal History of Hartford, Connecticut
Anthony F. Dewey

Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield

Worldwide Rarities and Uniquities
John M. Hotchner

U.S. Postal Counterfeits: 1894 to Modern Times
John M. Hotchner and Joann Lenz

A Specialized Study of the Plimpton Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Connecticut High Value U.S. Postal Stationery
Robert L. Markovits

U.S. Rosback One Cent Issue of 1919
Robert L. Markovits

The First Commemorative Documentary Revenue Stamp
Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Waterbury, Connecticut 1870-1890
Waterbury

Open Competition

Grand and Gold

The United States of Colombia
Alfredo Frohlich
also
Cuban Philatelic Society of America Award

Reserve Grand and Gold

Great Britain King George V Photogravure Issue 1934-36
Donald R. Hines
also
Great Britain Collectors Club - Tom Current GBCC Founders Award

Additional Candidates for Grand (Gold)

Guatemala: The 1879 and 1881 Small Quetzal Issues
Arthur K.M. Woo

Dhar Philately
Sandeep Jaiswal
also
American Philatelic Society Pre-1900 Medal of Excellence
Collectors Club of Chicago Award

Best Charity/Promotion/Cinderella and Gold

War Propaganda
Tom Minor
also
Poster Stamp Collectors Club Best Presentation Award

Best Display Division and Gold

Lincoln, Slavery and the Civil War
Eliot A. Landau

Best Illustrated Division and Gold

Illustrated WW II British Military Airletters
Jerome V. V. Kasper

Best Postal Division and Gold

The United States of Colombia
Alfredo Frohlich

Best Postcard and Vermeil

A Load of Bullocks
Stephen S. Washburne

Best Revenue and Gold

Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamps
Charles J. Ekstrom, III
also
American Revenue Association Multi-frame Award

Beguiling Orbs of Beauty
M. Teton
also
American Topical Association Jerry Husak Award

Canal Zone Second (First Definitive) Airmail Series
Paul F. Ammons

Prominent American Series - United States, Production and Usage
Roger S. Brody
also
American Philatelic Society 1940-1980 Medal of Excellence

The One Penny Perforated Stars of Great Britain, 1848-1864
Timothy Bryan Burgess

Dr. Sun Yat-Sun Issue Central Trust Print 16 Cents Overprints and Surcharges of China 1942
Cheong-Too Choi

Development of Australian Airmail 1914-1934
John F. Cress

Air Mail To and From Great Britain via French and German South Atlantic Services 1928-1940
Michael Dixon
also
American Air Mail Society Award

Washington-Franklin One Cent Issues 1908-1923
Gerald Farrelly

“All Aboard!” The Development, Organization and Operations of the Argentine Railroads 1857-1949
Paul B. Goodwin
also
Manchester Philatelic Society Award

Postal History of the French Colonial Allegorical Group Type: Use in the French Pacific Ocean Colonies
Edward J. J. Grabowski
also
American Philatelic Society 1900-1940 Medal of Excellence

Usages of the Ring Stationery of Finland, 1891-1911
Stephen P. Kaplan

Official Seals of Great Britain
James J. Kotanchik
also
American Philatelic Society Research Medal

Allied Occupation of the Former German Colonies 1914-1922
Alfred F. Kugel
also
German Philatelic Society Gold Award
Military Postal History Society Award

Lemberg: The Postal History of an Imperial Austrian Crownland Capital
Ingert Kuzych

Boyd's, A Local Post: 1844-1889
Lawrence LeBel
also
United States Cancellation Club - Charles D. Root Memorial Award

The 6¢ Theodore Roosevelt Definitive Stamp 1955-1968
Joann Lenz

The Taxation of Legal Alcohol During the Prohibition Era
Ronald E. Lesher, Sr.
also
State Revenue Society Award

U.S. War Department Official Stamps 1873-1884
David Lobdell
also
United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award

“Hors-sac” – Urgent Dispatch Mail
Stanley J. Luft
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Creativity Award

Tomorrow's Classics (U.S. Flags and Transportation Coil Issues of 1981)
Bill McMurray
also
Plate Number Coil Collectors Club Certificate of Achievement Award

Persia, 1902 Provisional Typeset Issue of Teheran
Behruz Nassre-Esfahani

New Zealand: 1855-1872
Robert P. Odenweller

U.S. Bicolor Postage Issues of 1869 - 1918
Don David Price
also
United States Philatelic Classics Society Award

The Philatelic Legacy of Martha Washington Stamps
William A. Rader

Air Letter Sheets (Aerogrammes) of Trinidad & Tobago 1943-1995
Reuben A. Ramkissoon
also
British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group Award

U.S. Special Handling 1925-1957: The Stamps and the Service
Robert G. Rufe
also
American Philatelic Congress Award

1938 Presidentials - A Rate Study
Robert A. Schlesinger
also
Prexie Study Group Roland Rustad Memorial Award

Postal History of Suffolk 1839-1844
Thomas Slemons

Switzerland's Domestic and International Postage Due Charges During 1862-1907
Harlan F. Stone
also
Postal History Society Posthorn Medal

Cuba's Struggle for Political and Philatelic Independence (1868-1914)
Jack E. Thompson

Usages of U.S. Coils Issued in the 1980s
Robert Washburn
also
American Philatelic Society Post 1980 Medal of Excellence

Plate Number Coil Collectors Club Presidents Award

Cracow Postal History From the Middle Ages to the Postage Stamp
Frank M. Wiatr
also
Rossica Society Award for best Russian Area Exhibit

Vermeil

British Palestine: The Civil Administration
Jonathan W. Becker
also
Ottoman and Near East Philatelic Society Award

Domestic Usages United States Presidential Series
Albert L. Briggs, Jr.

The First Postage Dues of Hungary, 1903-1922
Lyman R. Caswell
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor

“Expressions of Grief” – A Philatelic And Cultural Exploration of the Mourning Cover
Elmer W.A. Cleary

U.S. Classic Stamps 1847-1868 - The First Four General Issues
Kenneth D. Gilbart

When Camels Fly: The Levant Fairs of Mandate Palestine
Arthur Groten

Ladies of the Early 20th Century (ca 1905-1920) As Portrayed by Picture Post Card Publishers & Artists
Barbara A. Harrison

Gold Rush Days
Dennis Hassler

The First Definitives of the Finnish Republic, 1917-1930
Robert W. Hisey

The British and French Post Offices in Cuba
Fernando Iglesias

The Poster Stamps of Postage Stamp Dealers
Charles Kiddle
also
Poster Stamp Collectors Club Creativity Award

An Economic History of the German Jews 1800-1940
Dasa Metzler
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor
German Philatelic Society Bronze Award

The Allied Occupation of Togo 1914-1918
Gernot H. Reiners
also
German Philatelic Society Silver Award

Ecuador - The Control Markings of 1902 & 1907
Roger G. Schnell

Chemistry Philatelically
Gianluigi Soldati
also
American Topical Association Third

Postal History of the United States One-Cent Presidential Series
Stephen L. Suffet

Pharos - The Lighthouses of the World
Dalene T. Thomas
also
American Topical Association Second
Lighthouse Stamp Society Award

The FDCs of the 1959 Commemorative for the Centennial of the American Dental Association
Charles J.G. Verge
also
American First Day Cover Society Award

Silver

Crazy Quilt: Postage Rates to the German States 1851-61
Robert S. Boyd
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Novice Award

The Art of the Cachet
Chris Calle

The Tag-a-Long 1¢ Inkwell and Quill
Ruth Caswell

Cuba: The Stamps of King Alfonso XIII, 1890-1898
Ernesto Cuesta

The Art of the Poster Stamp
Nicholas Follansbee

Victory & Defeat - Bulgaria and Her Foes in the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
Earl H. Galitz

“Wonder at the Unknown” – The 1958 U.S. International Geophysical Year Stamp
Robert Greenwald

Great Britain: Rates & Uses of the Photogravure Definitives 1934-1939
Jerone R. Hart

Postal History of German East Africa 1890-1918 including German Seapost to East Africa
Egbert Heinemann

The Rise and Fall of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Yamil H. Kouri Jr

Portugal: The Lusiadas Issues 1931-1938
John N. Liles

Inauguration Day Covers from 1885 to 2005
Edward Mendlowitz

A Grand Event: Cinderella Stamps of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Tom Minor

Purple Horrors: U.S. 3¢ Commemoratives 1904-1945
Dickson H. Preston

Civil War Revenue Stamps
Richard Steele

Turkey-Ottoman Post in Lost Territories in Europe
Robert W. Stuchell

Municipal Revenue Stamps of Ecuador
Elvis Velez

Newfoundland: 1898 Queen Victoria Issue First Revenue Series Used on Documents
John M. Walsh

Silver Bronze

First Man on the Moon - The Hand Drawn First Day Covers of a Stamp Designer - Paul Calle
Chris Calle

Trieste, AMG-FTT: Stamps, First Day Covers, and Cards. October 1, 1947 to November 12, 1954
Paolo Trapanese

Bronze

The Government Presence in Your Community: Post Office Post Cards
Diane De Blois & Robert Dalton Harris

For the Birds
Walt Krasowski

Certificate

The Deaths of Cuban Patriots Antonio Máceo and José Martí
Ronald Hill

Single Frame Competition

Grand and Gold

Early Contract Steamship Mail Between Charleston, Savannah and Cuba
Yamil H. Kouri, Jr.
also
Universal Ship Cancel Society Award

Gold

The Third Federal Issue
Henry H. Fisher
also
American Revenue Association Single Frame Award

A Soldier's Diary - The World War I North Russia Expedition
Ralph H. Nafziger

SCADTA 1925 Caribbean Survey Flight
Roger G. Schnell

The 15¢ Gannet Definitive of 1954
Charles J.G. Verge

Vermeil

Mainz: The Use of Poster Stamps in the “Classic Period
Charles Kiddle

Ohio's Mad River and Little Miami Rail Roads - Early Postal Markings for the Two Connecting Lines, 1848-1853
Millard H. Mack

One Polish Family's WWII Ordeal
Jan Niebrzydowski

Allied Military Government (AMG) Travel Permit Stamps
Thomas J. Richards

Constana-Alexandria-Constanta 1907-1939
Lucien S. Toutounji

Silver

The Lundy Island Anti-Malaria Issue for the World United Against Malaria Campaign
Larry Fillion

FDCs of the South Vietnam .5, 1, 2 & 6 Dong Issues for The World United Against Malaria Campaign
Larry Fillion

Sluitzegels: Poster Stamps
Charles Kiddle

The British Expeditionary Force in France - The Early Days
Alfred F. Kugel

The Coast Guard Commemorative
James E. McDevitt

Use of the 2 Pfg. Value in the German Colonies & Offices
Gernot H. Reiners
also
Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award

Ludwig Hesshaimer (1872-1956) - Passion for Philately
Wolf Spille

Steam Conquers The Atlantic 1819-1860
Wolf Spille

Mobile Post Offices of Switzerland
Harlan F. Stone

Mahatma Gandhi - 1948 Memorial Issues
Maulik Thakkar

Silver Bronze

The USS Maine (SSBN - 741)
James E. McDevitt

Bronze

The Presidents of Congress
Paul Schumacher

Youth

Grand and Gold

Breadfruit
R. J. Butterline
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth Grand Award
American Topical Association One Frame Merit Award
American Topical Association Youth Award

Silver

Creative Characters
Lorah Wilson

Silver Bronze

Disney Stamps
Shane Guyer

Non-Competitive

Workbook Exercises for Kindergarteners Using Stamps
Larry Fillion

Poster Stamps: Germany: Poverty
Charles Kiddle

Aerophilately - Selected items from the Spellman Museum's Collections
Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History

Ships on Stamps - An Invitation
Wolf Spille