Benjamin & Naomi Wishnietsky Champion of Champions

Jan H. Hofmeyr, CHICAGOPEX 2024

Philatelic Invention in the United States: 1861-1881

World Series Prix d’honneur

Roger S. Brody, StampShow 2024

America's Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper

Louis Caprario, NAPEX 2025

Pre-Prohibition United States Beer Stamps 1866-1919

Juan Farah, Southeastern Stamp Expo 2025

Great Britain: Development and Evolution of the Penny Red Stars (1854-1864)

Alfredo Frohlich, Sarasota Stamp Expo 2025

United States of Columbia 1868-1881

Alfredo Frohlich, Garfield-Perry March Party 2025

Classic Columbia 1862-1863, The 5th and 6th Issues

Marc E. Gonzales, WESTPEX 2025

Mexico - The Provisional Period 1867-1868

Dawn R. Hamman, NTSS 2024

All Aboard! A Grand Tour - American Style, 1915

James Hering, AmeriCover 2024

The Two Cent Hardings

Daniel M. Knowles, St. Louis Stamp Expo 2025

The Handling of Mail in the Confederate States of America by the Confederate Government and Private Individuals from Secession to Appomattox

Jiri Kraus, Rocky Mountain Stamp Show 2025

Finding Antarctica - Then Finding More of It

Lester C. Lanphear, III, San Diego Stamp Show 2025

U.S. Departmentals, 1873 to 1884

Michael Ley, INDYPEX 2024

Burma - The First Two Issues

Mark M. Loomis, PIPEX 2025

The Development and Impact of Missions in Southern Rhodesia

Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD, BALPEX 2024

Evolution of American Mail 1685 to 1799

Charles J. O'Brien, III, FLOREX 2024

Sesquicentennial Exposition 1926

Paul Sarjeant, CANPEX 2024

Separation Anxiety: Mis-Cuts, Pre-Cuts & Mis-Perfs in Britian's Line Engraved Stamps

Gregory Shoults, NOJEX 2024

Washington & Franklin Coils: The Development of the Third Bureau Flat Plate and Coil Waste Issues 1908-1915

Bradley Wilde, Minnesota Stamp Expo 2024

Panama Postal Stationery 1903-1940

Most Popular Champion of Champions

Rick Gibson

Smokey Bear Issue of 1984

Most Popular Prix d’honneur

Carol Edholm

CACAO: The Path to Chocolate

Tabitha Fox

The History of the Blarney Castle

Rick Gibson

Smokey Bear Issue of 1984

William J. Johnson

James William Denver - The Man and His Times

Michael Schumacher

The Match of the Century - A Philatelic Extravaganza!!

Sahitya Setty

The Wonderful World of Butterflies

Mark Thompson

Women of the Black Heritage Series - From the Fields of Slavery to the Halls of Congress

Karl Winkelmann

The Dublin Censor Office 1939-1945

Literature Grand and Large Gold

Andrew McFarlane     (93 points)

First Day Cover Philatelic Exhibiting: A Master Class

Literature Reserve Grand and Large Gold

Marc E. Gonzales       (93 points)

Reprints Counterfeits and Forgeries of Mexico's First Design, 2nd ed

Calvin Mitchell          (92 points)

A Study in Race, Racism, and Presidential Politics

StampShow Awards

StampShow Grand and Large Gold Medal

Robert J. Faux

Postal History of the 1861 United States 24-cent Design      (96 points)

Also American Philatelic Congress Award

Stampshow Reserve Grand and Large Gold Medal

Michael T. Mahler

Rebel Documents, Yankee Stamps: The Untold Story of How the Union Collected Its            (96 points)

Stamp Taxes in the Confederacy, During Wartime Occupation and by Postwar Retroactive Stamping

StampShow Single Frame Grand and Large Gold Medal

Chip Gliedman

Leonminster, Mass. Provincial Postage Due and Instructional Labels         (93 points)

Stampshow Most Popular

Philip Leber

US Telegraphy: Origins, Consolidations and Technologies

Stampshow Youth Grand and Large Gold Medal

Laurelei Fox

The Life of Saint Patrick        (92 points)

StampShow Multi-Frame Competition

LARGE GOLD MEDAL

Philip Leber     US Telegraph: Origins, Consolidations and Technologies            (96 points)

Michael T. Mahler       Philatelic Scripophily: Taking a Bite from the Bulls and the Bears. Revenue-Stamped Stock Certificates of the Civil War (95 points)

Also Collectors Club of Chicago Gold Medallion

Art Bunce        Watermarks and Countermarks of the AQ Lettersheets of the Republic of Venice 1608-1797        (95 points)

Also American Philatelic Society Award for Research

Mark Schwartz     The New York Postmaster Provisional  (95 points)

Also United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award and New Mexico Philatelic Foundation Award of Merit

Yavuz Corapcioglu              Postal Stationery of the Ottoman Empire              (94 points)

Also United Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Award

James D. Hill   All Aboard for the Graf Zeppelin's Flight Around the World!       (93 points)

Brian Callan         Cork Postal History to 1696 to 1875     (93 points)

Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski      The Air and Gas Defense League (LOPP) in Polish Aerophilately (1923 1939)  (93 points)

Also American Philatelic Society Award of Excellence, Predominately 1900-1940

James Mazepa POLAND: Warsaw Postal Adminstration/November 11, 1918 to June 1919/First Issues of a New Country    (93 points)

Also Polonus Polish Philatelic Society Multi-frame Grand Award

Stuart Reddington Line Engraved Issues of Great Britain  (93 points)

Emory Earl Toops       Provisional Issues of South Vietnam (1963-1980): Philatelic Evolution and Uses           (93 points)

Also American Philatelic Society Award of Excellence, Predominately 1940-1980

Michael McClung Union Occupation Mail         (92 points)

Also United States Philatelic Classics Society Medal

Lloyd Ferrell   Transition to War: Pearl Harbor Ships before and after December 7, 1941            (91 points)

Also Universal Ship Cancellation Society Anthony Fernandez Award

Wade E. Saadi   Postal Rates and Usages of U.S. Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps on Domestic and International Mail - 1913 to 1928            (91 points)

Andrew Ward   Fiji Islands 1840-1903            (91 points)

Lary Gardner   German Postal Agencies in Morocco            (90 points)

Also German Colonies Collectors Group Col. W.E. Davis Award and Germany Philatelic Society Chris Hunt Reserve Grand Award

Bob Crossman   Butterfield's Overland Mail Company            (90 points)

Edward J. and Pat Laveroni   Early California Mail 1828-1851          (90 points)

GOLD MEDAL

Greg S. Galletti            Swiss Overprinted Issues for the SdN and BIT - The First Definitive Series and Supplemental Issues       (88 points)

Also United Nations Philatelists, Inc. Gold Award

Ken Gilbert     Landpost "uber" Lehrte: An Example of the Rural Mail System in Germany 1933-1991        (88 points)

Lloyd Ferrell   Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships - without postal facilities          (88 points)

Also Universal Ship Cancellation Society Jesse Burgess Thomas Memorial Award

Ross Marshall  Poland Official Mail - The Flat Fee/Lump Sum Regulations 1923-1931    (88 points)

H. James Maxwell Imperial & Republic of China Official Postal Seals             (88 points)

Karl Winkelmann The Dublin Censor Office 1939-1945   (87 points)

Stephen L. Suffet & Marilyn Suffet         Rates and Usages of the U.S. 3-Cent Circular Die Stamped Envelopes: 1917-1960         (87 points)

John Barwis          American Forces in Korea 1945-1955    (87 points)

Seref Bornovali            Postal History of the Italian Social Republic 1943-1945   (86 points)

Chip Gliedman   A Postal History Map of the United States of America      (86 points)

Jason Yang      Returning mail addressed to killed or missing soldiers in the German feldpost system, 1939– 1945     (85 points)

Also German Colonies Collectors Group Herman L. Halle Research Award

Bruce Marsden            Switzerland Imperforate Sitting Helvetia Definitives 1854-1863 - The "Strubels"         (85 points)

LARGE VERMEIL MEDAL

Rafael Blanco  Postal Stationery Issued and Used in Puerto Rico from 1878-1906           (84 points)

Also United States Possessions Philatelic Society Best Multi Frame Award

Leonard Piszkiewicz    Poland - 1939-45: Occupation - Resistance - Liberation - History from the Combatants' Viewpoints (83 points)

Tim Carey            The Indestructible Irish         (81 points)

James L. McKinzie              Errors, Freaks & Oddities of the U.S. Bicentennial Period  (81 points)

Also Plate Number Coil Collectors Club Certificate of Achievement

Trevor Brock        German East Africa 1890-1927            (81 points)

Ken Gilbert           Six Flags over Lehrte            (81 points)

VERMEIL MEDAL

Wayne Farley  The Evolution and Development of Rural Free Delivery in West Virginia (1900-1925)    (79 points)

A. Lavar Taylor           The End is Near: WWI Era Mail Sent To and From German Colonies and Post Offices Abroad          (78 points)

LARGE SILVER MEDAL

Edward G. Rosen  Shanghai, Port of Last Resort, 1939-1947            (72 points)

Edward G. Rosen        Airmail Service to Palestine/Israel During Transition, March to August 1948     (71 points)

BRONZE MEDAL

Agbenyega Adedze      The First International Women's Year of the United Nations (1975) and the Philatelic Voices of Africa    (58 points)

StampShow Single Frame Competition

LARGE GOLD MEDAL

Robert M. Benninghoff        The Provisional Government of Ireland Dec. 1921 to Dec. 1922         (90 points)

GOLD MEDAL

Vivek S. Chopra   Stamps of the Indian Princely State of Jhalawar   (88 points)

LARGE VERMEIL MEDAL

Igor Grigorian                       Production Archival Material and Final Appearance of 1933 Garni Stamp         (84 points)

Oliver Wyrtki     The KgU Propaganda Parodies of East Germany, 1953 to 1957      (81 points)

VERMEIL MEDAL

James Hering                        Pre-WWII U.S. Navy Ship Cancellations, 1933-1939         (79 points)

David L. McKinney         The Czechoslovak Legion in Russia 1917-1920   (75 points)

StampShow Youth Competition

LARGE VERMEIL MEDAL

Sahitya Setty         The Wonderful World of Butterflies       (84 points)

National Topical Stamp Show Awards

NTSS Jack Congrove Grand Award and Large Gold Medal

William J. Johnson

James William Denver - The Man and His Times      (96 points)

NTSS Reserve Grand Large Gold Medal

Conrad Klinkner

Games of the Xth Olympiad - Los Angeles 1932        (92 points)

NTSS Mary Ann Owens Single Frame Grand Gold Medal

Andrew Urushima

Spoiled by War: The Games of The XIIth Olympiad  (86 points)

NTSS Most Popular

Tomas L. Griebling

From Mark of Oppression to Symbol of Gay Pride - The Pink Triangle

NTSS Multi-Frame Competition

LARGE GOLD MEDAL

Carl "Van" Jennings       Ancient Egypt: The Time of the Pharaohs         (91 points)

Raj V. Rajan               Mohan to Mahatma: Gandhi's Life and Legacy         (90 points)

Dawn R. Hamman          The Jewel City - Postcards of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915                     (90 points)

Sherri Soraci Jennings     The Bayeux Tapestry         (90 points)

GOLD MEDAL

Mark Loomis               The Bible: From Antiquity to Modern Culture         (88 points)

Tomas L. Griebling        From Mark of Oppression to Symbol of Gay Pride - The Pink Triangle         (87 points)

Greg Balagian              Lion as a Subject of Inaugural Stamp Issues              (86 points)

Martin Kent Miller         Böhmen und Mähren: Nazi Propaganda in World War II Czechoslovakia         (86 points)

Fran Adams                The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine: 1947-1948         (85 points)

Also United Nations Philatelists, Inc. Silver Award

LARGE VERMEIL MEDAL

Michael Schumacher           "The Match of the Century" - A Philatelic Extravaganza!!   (83 points)

Edward Bergen           Walt Disney's Richest Superstar: $crooge McDuck and $crooge's Celebrated Creator, Carl Barks          (83 points)

Dr. Bruce Arlen Wasserman          Charles Dickinson, Founder of Dickinson Air Line and the First—Which was Their Second to Last—Day of CAM 9 Service From Chicago to Minneapolis – St. Paul in 1926          (83 points)

David & Laurie Bernstein Japan's Philatelic Commemoration of the 1st Anniversary of the Greater East Asian War (83 points)

Susan Jones Insular Gospel Books of Ireland and the British Isles (c.650-900) (83 points)

Eric R. Knapp         Tale of the Crooked Road: The Alaska Highway from Early Promotion to the opening to the Public  (82 points)

Alan Farrell     Captain James Cook's Voyages in the Pacific      (80 points)

Dr. Edwin J. Andrews         Poland's White Eagle            (80 points)

VERMEIL MEDAL

Norma Nielson Fabergé’s Imperial Easter Eggs: Extravagance and Intrigue       (78 points)

Also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Gold Award of Honor

Susan Jones     Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Explorer (77 points)

Also ATA Biology Unit First Award

Lesley Lorant  The Commerce of Gold Coast (Africa) 1875-1925           (75 points)

LARGE SILVER MEDAL

Christopher Dahle       The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Development and Ramifications          (73 points)

Also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Gold Award of Honor

Glenn Roehrig      Philatelic Story of the Invasion of Ukraine           (72 points)

Greg Balagian  Hand-Painted, Hand-Drawn, and Hand-Colored Covers with Animal Name Postmarks         (72 points)

SILVER-BRONZE MEDAL

Ardis Quick           Cats, Cats, and more Cats     (63 points)

NTSS Single Frame Competition

LARGE GOLD MEDAL

Yavuz M. Corapcioglu         Postal Stationery of Western Thrace     (90 points)

Also United Postal Stationery Society Porter Venn Award

GOLD MEDAL

Carol Edholm        CACAO: The Path to Chocolate            (86 points)

Also ATA Biology Unit Second Award

Phillip J. Stager    The Eastland          (85 points)

Also USCS - NS Savannah Chapter #109 Nuclear Ship Savannah Medal

VERMEIL MEDAL

Jane Snowdon       Early Glider Mail 1923-1939 (78 points)

LARGE SILVER MEDAL

Catherine Gilbert  I Am a Red Panda  (73 points)

Timothy Bergquist       United Nations Se-Tenant Continuous Design Stamps: Blocks and Strips    (72 points)

SILVER-BRONZE MEDAL

Edward Mendlowitz    Benjamin Franklin's Life Story Told with 30 Stamps, Covers, and Cards            (64 points)

Americover Awards

AmeriCover Multi-Frame Grand and Large Gold Medal

Charles J. O'Brien, III

The Eagle Has Landed - The First Priority Mail Stamp - $2.40 Priority Mail         (94 points)

Also American First Day Cover Society Award of Excellence (modern era, 1981-present)

AmeriCover Multi-Frame Reserve Grand and Large Gold Medal

Ronald J. Klimley

The 2c General Pulaski Stamp           (93 points)

Also American First Day Cover Society Award of Excellence (classic period, 1932-1945)

AmeriCover Single Frame Grand and Gold Medal

Mark M. Loomis

The Southern Rhodesia Commemorative Stamp of the 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of Matabeleland       (88 points)

AmeriCover Marge Finger Most Popular

Charles J. O'Brien, III

The Eagle Has Landed - The First Priority Mail Stamp - $2.40 Priority Mail

AmeriCover Multi-Frame Competition

LARGE GOLD MEDAL

Rick Gibson     The Forest Conservation Issue of 1958   (93 points)

Also American First Day Cover Society Award of Excellence (modern era, 1946-1980)

Rick Gibson                          Smokey Bear Issue of 1984         (90 points)

Ronald J. Klimley          The 1966 Polish Millennium Issue         (90 points)

Charles J. O'Brien, III     Frank Lloyd Wright- First Days and Usage of the 2¢ Issue         (90 points)

GOLD MEDAL

Philip Leber                Telegraph Centenary Issue of 1944 and it's First Day Covers         (88 points)

Mark Thompson            Women of the Black Heritage Series - From the Fields of Slavery to the Halls of Congress                           (87 points)

Robert R. Henak           The U.S. Prevent Drug Abuse Stamp and Its First Day Covers         (86 points)

Cynthia Scott               How Now Brown Mouse? The Evolution of Anon E. Mouse cachets         (86 points)

Also American First Day Cover Society Award of Excellence (hand-drawn/hand-painted cachets)

LARGE VERMEIL MEDAL

Todd Ronnei                Plan for Better Cities: The 1967 Urban Planning Stamp and its First Day Covers  (84 points)

Jere Dutt                   The Thirteen Cent US Liberty Bell Design         (82 points)

Thomas Bieniosek          The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Commemorative of 1953         (80 points)

Michael Clark              The United States Red Cross Issue of 1931         (80 points)

Also American First Day Cover Society Award of Excellence (pre-classic period, 1847-1931)

LARGE SILVER MEDAL

Lloyd A. de Vries           Weird Stuff First Day Covers         (73 points)

Cynthia Scott               The 1987 Bret Harte $5 Stamp on FDCs with Cachets         (73 points)

Mark Thompson            STAMPS - The Heart of the Art         (72 points)

Edward Mendlowitz        Presidential Inauguration and Swear in Covers and Related Events 1929 - 2025    (71 points)

SILVER MEDAL

Eric R. Knapp              The US/Canada Not Joint Issue of the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Highway         (65 points)                

SILVER-BRONZE MEDAL

Edward Mendlowitz        Don Bloom Cachet Covers         (64 points)

Also Women Exhibitors (WE) Sterling Achievement Award

Michele D. Brown WC Handy Stamps, First Day Covers and Memoriabilia   (64 points)