Exhibits and Rarities

No other event can offer three grand awards (for National Topical Stamp Show, Americover and APS Stamp Show), three single frame grands, the World Series of Philately Champion of Champions, Most Popular Champion of Champions,  the Youth Exhibiting Championship, a literature competition, and a Court of Honor including rare stamps such as the Inverted Jenny. Plan to attend to peruse more than 800 frames of world-class exhibits showcasing rare and interesting aspects of philately. 


 

Exhibit entry is closed at this time, except for World Series winners - contact exhibits@stamps.org.

Youth

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
51 Blarney Castle Tabitha Fox
52 World Without Butterflies Sahitya Setty

Youth Champion of Champions

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
53 Youth Championship Intro AAPE
54 CUPCAKES Christina Esbeck
55 A Penguin's Perspective: A Philatelic Expedition into Antarctic Exploration, Collaboration, and Scientific Research Adrianna Baumle
56 African Elephants: An Animal that Never Forgets Mikayla Ann Kaloustian
57 Defying Alleviated World Hunger Sahitya Setty
58-59 Dog Sledding in Alaska and beyond Xander Haislip
60 Malaria Still Thrives Sahitya Setty
61 Mexico Through the Eyes of Lance Wyman Yumilo Ramirez
62 Straw Hats: Weaving the World Aradhana Alexandra Agarwala
63 The Life of St. Patrick in Ireland Laurelei Fox
64-67 Thinking of You Christina Esbeck

Most Popular

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
63 The Life of St. Patrick in Ireland (Most Popular and Youth C of C) Laurelei Fox
102-108 The Amazing Cachets of Tom Mueller Anthony F. Dewey
109-116 All Aboard! A Grand Tour - American Style, 1915 Dawn R. Hamman
117-122 WALT DISNEY'S RICHEST SUPERSTAR: $CROOGE MCDUCK and $CROOGE'S CELEBRATED CREATOR, CARL BARKS Edward Bergen
123-132 The W.H.O.'s "The World United Against Malaria" Stamp Campaign Larry Fillion
133-141 20-cent U.S. Flag of 1981 Tim Lindemuth
1103-1111 Britain's Marvelous Machins (Most Popular and WSP) Stephen McGill

National Topical Stamp Show

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
109-116 All Aboard! A Grand Tour - American Style, 1915 (Most Popular and NTSS) Dawn R. Hamman
117-122 WALT DISNEY'S RICHEST SUPERSTAR: $CROOGE MCDUCK and $CROOGE'S CELEBRATED CREATOR, CARL BARKS (Most Popular and NTSS) Edward Bergen
201 The Oceanographic Institute and Museum of Monaco: 1910-1960 Fran Adams
202 The Seven Schwabians and a Forgotten Rake Fran Adams
203 Poland's White Eagle Dr. Edwin J. Andrews
204 Felines in Armenia and Armenian Culture Greg Balagian
205 The 13-Cent U.S. Commemorative Stamps Timothy Bergquist
206 Supernatural - Hunting Monsters in Philately Anthony J. Curiale
207 Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of Human Rights Christopher Dahle
208 The Canada Goose Larry E. Davidson
209 Armenian Scented Paper: From Incense to Commodity Igor Grigorian
210 The Iconography of the Atomium Roger Van Laere
211-220 The Olympic Symbol in Design Tomas L. Griebling
221-225 Pre-Christian Armenia: From Origins to Acceptance of Christianity Igor Grigorian
226-235 Africa - Evolution of Countries and their Stamp on Stamps Lesley Lorant
236-245 Mohan to Mahatma: Gandhi's Life and Legacy Raj V. Rajan
246-250 Art Deco Influence on European Philately Dr. Terry Hursh
251-258 Trains: Components-Types-Uses-Renown Dr. Edwin J. Andrews
259-266 "The Match of the Century" - A Philatelic Extravaganza!! Michael Schumacher
267-272 Petroleum - The Industry, its Treatment and Consequences for Our Life Experiences Anthony J. Curiale
273-275 In the Name of the Lion Greg Balagian
276-279 Mystery to History - Revealing Nature's Unseen Worlds to the Human Eye Joel Cohen
280-281 From Mark of Oppression to Symbol of Gay Pride - The Pink Triangle Tomas L. Griebling
282-283 Building the Alaska Highway: A story in postcards Eric R. Knapp
284-291 From Smyrna to Izmir: Daily Life Yavuz Corapcioglu
292-297 Glider Flight Jane Snowdon
298-300 United Nations Special Committee on Palestine: 1947-1951 Fran Adams
301-308 Development, Organization and Operation of Argentina's Railroads: 1857-1947 Paul B. Goodwin
309-312 Fifteen Months in the Antarctic Roger Van Laere
313-316 Lincoln - Then and Now Ardis Quick
317-319 Go for the Gold! The Introduction of Women in the Olympic Games Laurie Anderson
320-324 A look at the centennial of the Penny Black by stamps clubs in the US and Canada Charles Karnolt

Americover

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
102-108 The Amazing Cachets of Tom Mueller (Most Popular and Americover) Anthony F. Dewey
401 U.S. 1938 Presidential Series First Day Covers Edward Mendlowitz
402 "Combo" First Day Covers of the Fourth Bureau Era James Hering
403 The Rise of Self-Adhesive Stamps - from their Birth in the 1960s to their Coming of Age in the 1990s Frank Slack
404-413 Baseball Centennial: Every Boy a Cover Jeffery Bennett
414-423 The 1966 Polish Millennium Stamp Ronald J. Klimley
424-426 Weird Stuff First Day Covers Lloyd A. de Vries
427-436 The U.S Winston Churchill Memorial Stamp and its First Day Covers Todd Ronnei
437-444 Smokey Bear Issue of 1984 Rick Gibson
445-452 The Forest Conservation Issue of 1958 Rick Gibson
453-461 Vermont Sesquicentennial and its First Day Covers Robert S. Edson
462-469 Women of the Black Heritage Series - From the Fields of Slavery to the Halls of Congress Mark Thompson
470-476 The United Nations 1962 Housing Issue - a FDC Exhibit Greg S. Galletti
477-478 Animalistic Art of Legendary American Cachet Artists Greg Balagian
479-486 The Two Cent Hardings James Hering
487-494 Collecting the Steel Centennial Commemorative Thomas Bieniosek
495-499 Presidential Inauguration and Swearing in Covers and Related Events 1929 - 2021 Edward Mendlowitz
500-504 The Raven Story Stamp of 2021 Eric R. Knapp
505-512 The 5c Virginia Dare Stamp of 1937 Mark Schwartz
513-516 The United States Red Cross Issue of 1931 Michael Clark
517-523 Auxiliary Markings on U.S. First Day Covers Ralph H. Nafziger
524-528 Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Stamp and the Woman Norma Nielson

APS StampShow

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
601 Postal Stationery of Russian Levant Post Office Yavuz Corapcioglu
602 Washington, DC's Earliest Duplex Postal Markings Clarence A. Stillions
603 The 1944 Woldenberg POW Olympics Andrew Urushima
604 Dumont d'Urville Helps Reveal Antarctica Serge Kahn
605 Machine Cancels at Japanese Offices in Korea (1920-1945) Kenji Nakano
606 Thor Solberg's Odyssey Serge Kahn
607 Philippine Islands Special Delivery: The "Running Messenger" Design, 1906-1946 Michael Beck
608 Insurrectionist Issues of Laos, 1961 and 1974 - CANCELLED Emory Earl Toops
609 The First Spanish Perforated and Multicolor Stamps and Their Errors Frank Slack
610 The Legend of the Polish Legion as told by the 25th Anniversary of the Polish Legion Postal Cards of 1939 Ray Pietruszka
611-620 Usages of U.S. Coils Issued in the First Decade of the 2000s Robert Washburn
621-630 Watermarks and Countermarks of the AQ Lettersheets of the Republic of Venice 1608-1797 Art Bunce
631-636 Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships - without postal facilities Lloyd Ferrell
637-646 Panama: The "Mapita" Stamps, 1887-1903 Bradley Wilde
647-656 The Offspring of the Erie Canal: 1825-1862 H. James Maxwell
657-666 America's Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper Roger S. Brody
667-672 ALOHA! The 80¢ Diamond Head Stamp of 1952 Jon Krupnick
673-682 The Polish Hyperinflation of 1923-24 Ronald J. Klimley
683-692 Transition to War: Pearl Harbor Ships before and after December 7, 1941 Lloyd Ferrell
693-700 Postal History of Colonial Victoria's Maritime Mails to 1901 John Barwis
701-708 The Rocket Mails of India 1934-44 - CANCELLED Markand Dave
709-716 U.S. Transatlantic 30-Cent Globe Airmail Stamp at Work (1939 - 1942) Louis Fiset
717-724 Coaching Ways and Coaching Days in Great Britain and Ireland Heloise Mitchell
725-732 Clements Photography: Prints & Postcards Cheryl R. Ganz
733-740 Indonesian Revolution Postal History on Java, 17-AUG-45 to 27-DEC-49 Bryant E. Korn
741-744 Balloon Post of the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871 Bob Myers
745-752 Fiji Islands 1840-1903 Andrew Ward
753-760 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamps Charles J. Ekstrom III
761-768 Irish Postal Stationery 1922-1970 Brian Callan
769-776 Pre-Prohibition United States Beer Stamps 1866-1919 Louis Caprario
777-780 United Nations Aerogrammes 1952-1982 Larry E. Davidson
781-788 Poland 1920 Officials Ross Marshall
789-796 The Dual Currency Issues of Persia, 1881-1885 Behruz Nassre-Esfahani
797-804 My Victoria - Imperforate Line Engraved Stamps of Great Britain from Plate Position 'CG' Chip Gliedman
805-812 Jozef Pilsudski: Father of Poland's Independence - the Second Republic Dr. Edwin J. Andrews
813-816 The Life of the Marquis de Lafayette: His personal, military and political journey Donald Bourassa
817-824 Under Government Lock and Key Ronald E. Lesher
825-832 Hawaii Postal Cards Richard Malmgren
833-840 Warsaw Postal Administration: First Issues of the New Country November 1918 to June 1919 James P. Mazepa
841-848 British India Postal Stationery (11 December 1936 - 15 August 1947) Sandeep Jaiswal
849-852 Philately of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954-1964 Christopher Dahle
853-859 The U.S. 3¢ Letter Rate: Domestic 1932-1958, International 1931-1958 Stephen L. Suffet
860-866 Canadian Scout and Guide Cancellations 1937 to 2015 J. Alex Hadden
867-871 The Irish Gerl Definitives - The Pre-Decimal £sd Issues Brian Warren
872-876 Google Doodles Are The New Commemoratives Gauresh Mehra
877-881 Tunisian First Postage Issues: The Bey of Tunis Coat of Arms Norval L. Rasmussen
882-886 The Dublin Censor Office 1939-1945 Karl Winkelmann
887-888 The KgU Propaganda Forgeries of East Germany, 1953 to 1957 Oliver Wyrtki
889-893 Hawaiian Stamped Envelopes 1884-1900 Michael Beck
894-898 Zeppelin On Board Mail Brian Callan
899-903 UPU British Commonwealth and Empire Specimen Stamps, 1884-1948 Bob Myers
904-908 Border conflicts from the fall of the Inca Empire to the current borders of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador Roger Van Laere
909-913 U.S. Postal Counterfeits - The Classic Period to Modern Times, 1895-2004 John Hotchner
914-916 The "Unknown" Forms on Undeliverable Netherlands Mail Ben H. Jansen
917-919 Return to Sender: The Development of Label P4582 Used on Netherlands Mail Ben H. Jansen
920-922 The Making and Use of a Classic US Stamp: The One Cent Issue of the 1869 Series Hal Leland
923-927 The United States National Airmail Week 1938 Clem Hegarty
928-932 Iceland Stamps Printed by Courvoisier Printers - Color Proofs to Usage 1970-1979 Michael Schumacher
933-937 Armed Struggle for India's Freedom - The endgame during World War II Apratim Bhattacharya
938-942 Indonesian Revolution Postal History on Sumatra, 17-AUG-45 to 27-DEC-49 Bryant E. Korn
943-945 Costa Rica First Issue, 1863. The Medio Real Stamp Juan Calvo
946-948 Airmail Service used by the League of Nations and International Labor Organizations (1922-1955) Greg S. Galletti
949-951 A Postal History Map of the United States of America Chip Gliedman
952-953 The inks and shades of the 3c orange red Small Queen and 2c carmine Admiral of Canada Richard Judge
954-955 Development and Deployment U.S. Atomic Bomb 1942-1945 Joseph G. Bock

World Series
Champion of Champions

The following exhibits won the Grand Award at a World Series of Philately show during the past two years and are eligible to compete for the title of 2024 Champion of Champions.

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
1002-1011 The 3¢ Connecticut Tercentenary Issue of 1935 and its First Days Anthony F. Dewey
1012-1021 Evolution and Impact of Blood's Local Post: 1842 to 1862 Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD
1022-1029 Postal Rates during the Gold Yuan Era: The Chinese Hyperinflation of 1948-49 Hugh Lawrence
1030-1034 The United Nations Precancel, 1952-1958 Anthony F. Dewey
1035-1044 Evolution of American Mail 1685 to 1799 Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD
1045-1052 Classic Costa Rica to the 1889 Overprints Issue Roland Nordberg
1053-1060 Finding Antarctica - Then Finding More of It Jiri Kraus
1061-1068 The Offset Lithographed Washington-Franklin Heads Andrew S. Kelley
1069-1078 Pan Am Clippers Conquer the Pacific - Aug 1933 to Dec 31, 1941 Jon Krupnick
1079-1086 The Handling of Mail in the Confederate States of America by the Confederate Government and Private Individuals from Secession to Appomattox Daniel M. Knowles
1087-1094 The 3¢ Iwo Jima Stamp and its First Days and Uses William Kelly
1095-1102 Mexico First Issue by District: The 293 Stamp Challenge Omar J. Rodriguez
1103-1111 Britain's Marvelous Machins Stephen McGill
1112-1120 A Penny Saved…Coating Postal Cards for Reuse, 1876-1902 Ladd Faszold
1121-1128 Washington & Franklin Coils: The Development of the Third Bureau Flat Plate and Coil Waste Issues 1908-1915 Gregory Shoults
1129-1136 The U.S. 1847 Issue: America's First Stamps Daniel J. Ryterband
1137-1144 U.S. Departmentals, 1873 to 1884 Lester C. Lanphear, III
1145-1150 Line Engraved Issues of Great Britain 1840 & 1841 Stuart Reddington
1151-1155 Baltimore Postal History: From Colonial Times until June 30, 1851 Patricia Stilwell-Walker
1156-1163 Evolution of Outbound Foreign Mail Cancelled in New York City 1845-1878 Nicholas Miles Kirke
1164-1169 U.S. Vended Postal Insurance (1965-85) Alan L. Moll
1170-1174 BLOOD: A Modern Medicine Jean Wang

 


Literature Entries:

Updated 5/10/2024

Class
Literature Title
Articles A Miscellany of Belgium Golf Philately
Articles An Unlisted Major Double Transfer on the Trenton Match Co.'s U.S. Private Die Proprietary 1c Revenue Stamp RO176d
Articles Barrackpore Mutinity of 1824 during the Anglo-Burmese War
Articles Department of Florida National Woman's Relief Corps
Articles Dominica #55 - What Is It?
Articles Hometown Collecting and Genealogy: Hohenems, Austria
Articles Hotel Stationery and Pre-Maximaphily Pioneers
Articles How to Topically Collect your Hometown: A case Study of Asheville, NC
Articles Indian Rocks Beach, Florida
Articles On the Origins of Maximum Card Precursor Families by Means of Concordance Selection
Articles Printed on Both Sides: 1919-1921 Latvian Stamps on Banknote Paper
Articles The 1869 Safety Paper Essays: New Discoveries and Perspectives
Articles The Barefoot Mailman
Articles The Headsville Post Office: From West Virginia to Bellefonte
Articles The Imperial Durbar of 1877
Articles The U.S. 3¢ 1851 Stamp: Newly Discovered Plate Flaw on 91R1L
Articles The US Post Office at the Centennial of 1876
Articles William B Hale: A World Class Swindler
Catalogs 1948 Interim Period Stamp Album
Catalogs Scout and Guide Meter Stamp Catalog
Catalogs The Yugoslavia Stamp & It's Varieties
Electronic Material www.Paleophilatelie.eu - The place where Paleontology and Paleoanthropology meets Philately
Handbooks Anguilla's Quest for Identity - The Philatelic Story
Handbooks Behavioral Diversity Among Birds
Handbooks Cites: Endangered Species on Stamps
Handbooks Collecting Third Reich Philatelic Material
Handbooks Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 South America Airmail 1930 to 1937
Handbooks MS Gripsholm and the US-Japan Diplomatic Exchanges in World War II
Handbooks New York City Foreign Mail 1845-1878 (Volume 1, Volume 2)
Handbooks Now That's Fascinating: Birdlife on Stamps
Handbooks Plating Canada's 1/2 Queen Victoria Stamp
Handbooks Reprints Counterfeits and Forgeries of Mexico's First Design - Stamps of the 1856, 1861 & 1867 Issue - CANCELLED
Handbooks The Beak
Handbooks The New River Mail - A Postal and Social History of Virginia's Montgomery, Pulaski, and Giles Counties
Handbooks The Parliament - Gallery of Owls on Postage Stamps
Handbooks The Pigeon
Handbooks The Stamp Cancelling Machine Slogan Postmarks of Trinidad and Tobago 1923-2023
Handbooks The West Point Post Office, 1815-1981
Handbooks The Women's Philatelic Society of New Haven and The New Haven Railroad Y.M.C.A. Stamp Club
Handbooks Understanding the Grill Stamps of the United States
Journal/Periodical Bulletin of the Polonus Polish Society
Journal/Periodical Duck Tracks
Journal/Periodical Excelsior! Journal of the New York State Postal History Society
Journal/Periodical First Days
Journal/Periodical Georgia Post Roads
Journal/Periodical Ice Cap News
Journal/Periodical Journal of Sports Philately
Journal/Periodical Military Postal History Society Bulletin
Journal/Periodical NJPH, The Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society
Journal/Periodical North Carolina Postal Historian
Journal/Periodical Souvenir Card Journal
Journal/Periodical The Canadian Aerophilatelist - Vol XXXIX
Journal/Periodical The Posthorn
Journal/Periodical Topical Time
Journal/Periodical VORLÄUFER - Journal of the German Colonies Collectors Group

Exhibit Jury

Michael Ley, Nebraska (Chief)
Akthem Al-Manaseer, California
Timothy Bartshe, Colorado
Bernard Beston, Queensland, Australia
Jere Dutt, Ohio
Tom Fortunato, New York
Elizabeth Hisey, Florida
Mark Loomis, Oregon
Jane Sodero, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ross Towle, California
Ken Trettin, Iowa
Charles Verge, Ontario, Canada

FIP Option Jury

John Hotchner, Virginia
Ed Kroft, British Columbia, Canada

Literature Competition Jury

Patricia Walker (Chief), Florida
Bill DiPaolo, Florida
Peter McCann, Florida

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