Great American Stamp Show
Cleveland, Ohio
August 10-13, 2023
Benjamin & Naomi Wishnietsky Multiframe Champion of Champions
The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue
Nicholas Lombardi
World Series Prix d’honneur
The 3¢ Connecticut Tercentenary Issue of 1935 and its First Days
Anthony F. Dewey, Philatelic Show 2023
Zeppelins & the United States
Cheryl R. Ganz, Aerophilately 2022
Lithographed General Issues of the Confederate States of America
Leonard Hartmann, BALPEX 2022
The Two Cent Hardings
James Hering, Garfield Perry 2023
Charcot in the Antarctic
Serge Kahn, St. Louis Stamp Expo
The Offset Lithographed Washington-Franklin Heads
Andrew S. Kelley, Rocky Mountain 2023
The Handling of Mail in the Confederate States of America by the Confederate Government and
Private Individuals from Secession to Appomattox
Daniel Knowles, OKPEX 2023
Pan Am Clippers Conquer the Pacific
Jon Krupnick, NAPEX 2023
U.S. Departmentals, 1873 to 1884
Lester C. Lanphear, III, Sarasota 2023
Postal Rates during the Gold Yuan Era: The Chinese Hyperinflation of 1948-49
Hugh Lawrence, Minnesota Stamp Expo 2022
The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue
Nicholas Lombardi, Plymouth Show 2023
The Principality of Serbia - Creation of the Post and Development of the Postal Routes 1830-1882.
William O. Maddocks, IndyPex 2022
Evolution and Impact of Blood's Local Post, 1842 to 1862
Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD, FLOREX 2022
The Story of Lloyd's: From Coffee to Commerce
Norma Nielson, NTSS 2022
Georgia Bicentennial 1933
Charles J. O'Brien, III, AmeriCover 2022
Canada Small Queens 1870-1897
Stuart Reddington, CANPEX 2022
Mexico First Issue By District: The 572 Stamp Set Challenge
Omar J. Rodriguez, San Diego 2023
The U.S. 1847 Issue: America's First Stamps
Daniel J. Ryterband, NOJEX 2022
The New York Postmaster Provisional
Mark S. Schwartz, WESTPEX 2023
Washington and Franklin Coils Flat Plate and Coil Waste Issues from 1908-1915
Gregory Shoults, CHICAGOPEX 2022
SCADTA Mail from and to Switzerland
George W. Struble, Seapex 2022
St-Pierre et Miquelon, Le Type "Groupe" 1892-1908
Jean-Jacques Tillard, NOVAPEX 2022
Chile Postal Stationery. Archival Items 1872-1924
Ross A. Towle, Southeastern Expo 2023
American Heroic Age Polar Expeditions
Hal Vogel, Milcopex 2022
Most Popular Champion of Champions
Women of the Black Heritage Series - From the Fields of Slavery to the Halls of Congress
Mark Thompson
Most Popular Prix d'Honneur
The U.S Alphabet-Denominated Rate-Change Series, 1978-1998
Anthony F. Dewey
The 3₵ Connecticut Tercentenary Issue of 1935 and its First Days
Anthony F. Dewey
Abraham Lincoln's Life and Legacy
Dawn R. Hamman
Hawaii Postal Cards to Germany 1882-1900
Dennis W. Jackson
The Evolution of Outbound Foreign Mail Cancelled in New York City 1845-1878
Nicholas M. Kirke
Raven Story First Day of Issue
Eric R. Knapp
The Handling of Mail in the Confederate States of America by the Confederate Government and Private Individuals from Secession to Appomattox
Daniel Knowles
The U.S. 1847 Issue: America’s First Stamps
Daniel J. Ryterband
The Philatelic History of the Archipelago of Tui Tui
Kristen Shafer
Court of Honor
Hot Wheels Stamps
Jay Bigalke
George W. Linn: Philately's Greatest Showman
Jay Bigalke
In the Beginning…Timbromanie, The Proliferation of Postage Stamps Inspires a Collecting Revolution
Vince King
“Classic Stamps of Britain and the Empire” exhibits sponsored by the Royal Philatelic Society London
Development and Usage of the World's First Postage Stamps
Simon Beresford-Wylie
Penny Red Imprimaturs from the Record Sheets
Alan Druce
Victoria
Joseph Hackmey
Perkins, Bacon, Classic Stamps of the British Empire
Christopher G. Harman RDP, Hon. FRPSL
Mail Across the North Sea
Chris King
Grenada Postal Stationery
Simon Richards
Natal from the Collection of Eric W. Mann
Royal Philatelic Society of London
Bahamas from the Collection of Louis Bradbury
Royal Philatelic Society of London
Literature Grand & Large Gold
The United States Fourth Bureau Issue 1922-1938 (93 points)
Jay B. Stotts
Literature Reserve Grand & Large Gold
Jean-Baptiste Charcot in the Antarctic (93 points)
Serge Kahn
Philatelic Shangri-la: New York Stamp Taxes on Bonds, 1910-1920 (93 points)
Michael Mahler
StampShow Multi-Frame Grand & Large Gold
The Evolution of Outbound Foreign Mail Cancelled in New York City 1845-1878 (97 points) Nicholas M. Kirke
also United States Philatelic Classics Society and United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom
StampShow Multi-Frame Reserve Grand & Large Gold
Evolution and Development of the USPO to 1799 (96 points)
Vernon R. Morris, Jr.
StampShow Most Popular
Coping with Adversity: Confederate Covers in a time of paper shortage (93 points)
Randolph Smith
StampShow Multi-Frame Competition
Large Gold
Geographic Expansion of Commercial US Mail to Foreign Destinations via Airmail (1920-41) (92 points)
Murray Abramson
also American Air Mail Society
The Rise and Fall of the Grand Trunk Railway - The Big Picture (94 points)
James Allen
APS Research Medal
Great Britain - Postal Reform and Development of the Penny Value 1810-1880 (95 points)
William Barrell
APS Pre 1900 Medal of Excellence
The First Set of the Republic Panama (91 points)
Frederico Brid
British and Irish Telegraph Development 1851-1901 (92 points)
Brian Callan
Canadian Postage Meter Stamps (90 points)
David Crotty
The U.S Alphabet-Denominated Rate-Change Series, 1978-1998 (95 points)
Anthony F. Dewey
APS Post 1980 Medal of Excellence
Engraved Hawaii Postage Issued 1864-1893 (94 points)
Jeffrey Erichson
Collectors Club of Chicago Gold Medallion
United States Possessions Philatelic Society Best Multi Frame
Delaware Postal History 1732-1847 (93 points)
Alfredo Frohlich
The Kansas and Nebraska Overprints (93 points)
Vicky Hadley
APS 1900-1940 Medal of Excellence
Evolution of Territorial Michigan:1792-1837 (92 points)
Cary E. Johnson
Philatelic Foundation Award for Research
Liberia's Postal Stationery of 1881-1920 (90 points)
Bryant E. Korn
United Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Award
Aloha! The 80¢ Diamond Head of 1952 (93 points)
Jon E. Krupnick
Burma - The First Two Issues (91 points)
Michael Ley
Using the Documents of Commerce to Fund the Civil War 1862-1872 (92 points)
John C. Lighthouse
Restoration of the Ethiopian Posts: 1941-1952 (90 points)
Ulf J. Lindahl
The British Non-Denominated Machin Definitive Series: 1989-2022 (94 points)
Stephen McGill
Britain's Marvelous Machins (95 points)
Stephen McGill
also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Creativity Award
Persia, 1902 Provisional Typeset Issue of Teheran (90 points)
Behruz Nassre-Esfahani
Washington & Franklin Coils Rotary Press and Coil Waste Issues 1914-1922 Production and Uses (91 points)
Gregory Shoults
Flag Covers Rallied Southern Pride in a New Nation (90 points)
Randolph Smith
Coping with Adversity: Confederate Covers in a time of paper shortage (93 points)
Randolph Smith
also American Philatelic Congress
The Development and Use of the Provisional Issues of South Vietnam (91 points)
Emory Earl Toops
also APS Award of Excellence 1940-1980
Baltimore Postal History: From Colonial Times until June 30, 1851 (95 points)
Patricia Stilwell-Walker
also Postal History Society Award
Canal Zone Provisional Airmails: 1929 - 1931 (90 points)
Bradley Wilde
also Canal Zone Study Group Silver
Gold
Finland Postal Stationery with 1875 Stamp Design (87 points)
Kauko I. Aro
AQ Lettersheets of the Republic of Venice: 1608-1797 (86 points)
Art Bunce
United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, 1945 (86 points)
Blanton Clement, Jr.
also United Nations Philatelists Bronze
Zanzibar WWI (89 points)
Gary A. DuBro
Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships - without postal facilities (86 points)
Lloyd Ferrell
also Universal Ship Cancellation Society Anthony Fernandez
Mail Between USA and France in World War II (1939-1945) (89 points)
Louis O. Fiset
Machine Cancel Society
Meched Postmaster Provisional Issue 1902 (85 points)
Khosrow Ghadiri A Postal History Map of the United States of America (89 points)
Chip Gliedman
A History of Nineteenth Century Nepal - Seals and Signatures (89 points)
Edward F. Gosnell
Hawaii Postal Cards to Germany 1882-1900 (88 points)
Dennis W. Jackson
Origins of Western Union Telegraph and the Transformation of Written Communication 1835-1975 (86 points)
Philip Leber
Union Occupation Mail (86 points)
Michael McClung
Posthorn Postal History: Uses of the 1951 Definitive Series of West Germany (86 points)
Dickson H. Preston
The 1924 Arms Issue of Panama (87 points)
Kurt Streepy
The Evolution of Hawaiian Circular Date Stamps to 1900 (88 points)
Gannon Sugimura
The Documentary Revenues of Haiti: 1807-1957 (88 points)
Charles J.G. Verge
Newfoundland's 1897 Royal Family and 1908 Map Stamp Issues (88 points)
Richard S. Wilson
Large Vermeil
Holyland Printed Matter 2nd UPU - May 15, 1948 (83 points)
Donald A. Chafetz
U.S. Military Licenses, Stamps and Usages (82 points)
David Torre
Undeliverable Mail in the Netherlands 1852-1989: Auxiliary markings to document effort and explain reason of return (83 points)
Ben H. Jansen
also Auxiliary Markings Club Award of Merit
British & Guernsey Stamps & Their Use During German Occupation 1940-45 (84 points)
Andrew Mazzara
Austro-Hungarian Military Mail in the Middle Eastern Theatre During World War I (83 points)
Zachary Simmons
Vermeil
1800's - 1920's Postmarks of Hungary. Shown in the Evolution of Hungary Post World War I (77 points)
Lesley Lorant
Stamps of the Overrun Countries Series (75 points)
Thomas Schilling
Large Silver
A study in the design of Queen Victoria postage stamps during the 19th Century (71 points)
Donald Bourassa
also Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award
Canada's Embossed Stamps 1974-1981 (74 points)
Clarence Stillions
Silver Souvenirs From Stockholm (65 points)
Robert M. Benninghoff
Silver Bronze
Mail Through the Amazon Basin until the Emergence of Airmail (61 points)
Roger Van Laere
StampShow Single Frame Grand & Large Gold
La Surcharge SPM Gothique de 1885 (92 points)
Jean-Jacques Tillard
StampShow Single Frame Competition
Large Gold
The Life of St. Patrick in Ireland (92 points)
Laurelei Fox
Graf Zeppelin Iceland Flight (90 points)
James D. Hill
The Non-Denominated Domestic Air Letter Sheets of China (90 points)
Hugh Lawrence
The 10₵ Copper Plate Engraved Stamps of the Rebel States (90 points)
Daniel J. Ryterband
1861 Bicolor Envelope Usage - Unrecognized Rarity (91 points)
Richard Taschenberg
also United Postal Stationery Society Best Single Frame
Ship Letter Rates of Ireland: Act of 1711 through Act of 1840 (90 points)
Patricia Stilwell-Walker
also Universal Ship Cancellation Society Jesse Burgess Thomas Memorial
Gold
The 1861 One-Cent Franklin Issue - A Study of Domestic Usages 1861-1869 (89 points)
Keith E. Maatman
Grand Canyon, A.T. Post Office, 1902 -1912 (88 points)
Marjory J. Sente
Defying Alleviated World Hunger (86 points)
Sahitya Setty
Large Vermeil
The U.S. Battleship Oregon: A Brief History (1893-1919) (83 points)
Lloyd Ferrell
also Universal Ship Cancellation Society Captain Herbert F. Rommel
The 1936 Swedish-Icelandic Vatnajokull Expedition/Mail (84 points)
Mike Schumacher
Silver
The Philatelic History of the Archipelago of Tui Tui (68 points)
Kristen Shafer
NTSS Multi-Frame Grand & Large Gold
Blood: A Modern Medicine (91 points)
Jean Wang
ATA Biology Unit First
NTSS Multi-Frame Reserve Grand & Large Gold
Mohan to Mahatma: Gandhi's Life and Legacy (91 points)
Raj V. Rajan
NTSS Most Popular
Egypt of the Pharaohs (82 points)
Leroy Crain
NTSS Multi-Frame Competition
Large Gold
All Aboard! A Grand Tour - American Style, 1915 (90 points)
Dawn R. Hamman
Abraham Lincoln's Life and Legacy (90 points)
Dawn R. Hamman
ATA Americana Unit
Woody Guthrie: His Life and His Songs (90 points)
Stephen L. Suffet
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Excellence
Gold
Walt Disney's Richest Superstar: Scrooge McDuck (86 points)
Edward Bergen
also National Stamp Dealers Association Outstanding Presentation
An Introduction to the Evolution of Plants (86 points)
Christopher Dahle
also ATA Biology Unit Third
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Development and Ramifications (86 points)
Christopher Dahle
The World's Capital - The United Nations Headquarters (86 points)
Greg S. Galletti
also United Nations Philatelists Silver
The Coelacanth and the Comores (89 points)
Susan B. Jones
also ATA Biology Unit Second
Böhmen und Mähren: Nazi Propaganda in World War II Czechoslovakia (89 points)
Martin Kent Miller
Cleveland - The Lakefront & Cuyahoga River (85 points)
Phillip J. Stager
also Professional Stamp Experts "It's not just Stamps"
Large Vermeil
Unusual Place Names, Uncommon Postmarks, Unordinary Articles. United States Postmarks and Precancels with Animal Names (84 points)
Greg Balagian
The Lion - Most Symbolic Animal of All (83 points)
Greg Balagian
also ATA Cats on Stamps Study Unit
Victims of the Divine Wind (83 points)
Laurie Bernstein
also Universal Ship Cancellation Society Francis E. Locy
Egypt of the Pharaohs (82 points)
Leroy Crain
Pre-Christian Armenia: From Origins to Acceptance of Christianity. (81 points)
Igor Grigorian
The Book of Hours - A Medieval Bestseller (84 points)
Susan B. Jones
also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Gold Award of Honor
Mayflower's Historic Voyage (80 points)
Fred Pritchard
"The Match of the Century" - A Philatelic Extravaganza!! (84 points)
Mike Schumacher
Glider Philately Through the Ages (82 points)
Jane Snowdon
Laitière Flamande - The Flemish Milkmaid (83 points)
Roger Van Laere
Vermeil
Odor-able Stamps (76 points)
Pepe Le pew
Silver
The Invasion of Ukraine and Philately (69 points)
Glenn Roehrig
also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Jean Benninghoff Award
NTSS Single Frame Grand & Large Gold
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine - 1947 (90 points)
Francis Adams
United Nations Philatelists Gold
NTSS Single Frame Competition
Gold Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf (86 points)
Elizabeth Hisey
Large Vermeil
Armenian Scented Paper (Papier d'Armenie) - From Incense to Commodity (83 points)
Igor Grigorian
also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Gold Award of Honor and Also ATA Armenica Study Unit
Cleveland - The Group Plan of 1903 (83 points)
Phillip J. Stager
Vermeil
Major League Baseball in Cleveland: Where the Games Were Played (75 points)
John M. Hamman
Overnight Stay in Yellowstone National Park (78 points)
Elizabeth Hisey
Bram Stoker's Dracula (77 points)
Thomas M. Lera
Silver Bronze
The U.S. Postage Designs of Artist Howard Koslow (64 points)
Timothy Bergquist
The Eradication of Smallpox (64 points)
Roger Van Laere
AmeriCover Multi-Frame Grand & Large Gold
The Iwo Jima Stamp of 1945 - Its First Days, Cachet Variations & Use (95 points)
William Kelly
also AFDCS Award of Excellence Classic Period 1932-1945
AmeriCover Multi-Frame Reserve Grand & Large Gold
Smokey Bear Issue of 1984 (91 points)
Rick Gibson
also AFDCS Award of Excellence Modern Era 1981-present
AmeriCover Most Popular
The Amazing Cachets of Tom Mueller (90 points)
Anthony F. Dewey
AmeriCover Multi-Frame Competition
Large Gold
The Amazing Cachets of Tom Mueller (90 points)
Anthony F. Dewey
also AFDCS Award of Excellence Hand Drawn/Hand Painted Cachets
Joint Issues with the United States (90 points)
Charles J. O'Brien, III
Gold
Dorothy Knapp Airmail First Day & Aviation Event Covers, 1941 - 1950 (89 points)
Bob Helms
The 15¢ 1978 Viking Mars Issue (88 points)
Ralph H. Nafziger
also AFDCS Award of Excellence Modern Era Modern Era 1946-1980
Women of the Black Heritage Series - From the Fields of Slavery to the Halls of Congress (86 points)
Mark Thompson
The FDCs of the 1959 Commemorative for the Centennial of the American Dental Association (87 points)
Charles J.G. Verge
Large Vermeil
1988 65¢ H.H. "Hap" Arnold Great Americans Series Stamp (81 points)
Basil L. Copeland
The Vermont Sesquicentennial Issue and Its First Days (80 points)
Robert S. Edson
The U.S. Children's Friendship Commemorative of 1956 (81 points)
Kerry L. Heffner
Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cachets by Water Color Artisit Vaughan Hord - 1980-1993 (80 points)
Kurt W. Laubinger
(Almost) A Century of Minnesota First Days (84 points)
Todd Ronnei
Vermeil
Weird Stuff First Day Covers (75 points)
Lloyd de Vries
Covers of the Overrun Countries Series (77 points)
Thomas Schilling
Bret Harte: Originator of the Western Romance (78 points)
Cynthia Scott
Large Silver
Raven Story First Day of Issue (74 points)
Eric R. Knapp
This Phizzog: The Faces and Facets of Carl Sandburg (73 points)
Cynthia Scott
AmeriCover Single Frame Grand & Gold
The 30¢ Roosevelt and 50¢ Taft Prexies Used Together (85 points)
Michael Ley
AmeriCover Single Frame Competition
Large Vermeil
"Combo" First Day Covers of the Fourth Bureau (81 points)
James Hering
and AFDCS Award of Excellence Pre Classic Period 1847-1931
Vermeil
Bi-Color Prexie First Day (77 points)
David S. Ball
Large Silver
Introducing Singular First Day Covers (Canadian) (73 points)
John McEntyre
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth Champion of Champions
Grand
Cupcakes
Christina Esbeck
Reserve Grand
Ecuadorian Slogan-Based Covers Related to the Ecuador-Peru Border Conflict of 1941
Adhyatman Agarwala
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth Prix d’Honneur
Coffee! Early Cancellations and Slogans in Latin America and the Caribbean
Adhyatman Agarwala
Railroad Companies and Perfins
Sjon Brejtfus
Judo Techniques Featured Throughout the Olympics
David Geyfman
Dog Sledding in Alaska
Alexander Haislip
Literature Palmares
Grand and Large Gold
The United States Fourth Bureau Issue 1922-1938
Jay B. Stotts
Reserve Grand
Jean-Baptiste Charcot in the Antarctic
Serge Kahn
Philatelic Shangri-la: New York Stamp Taxes on Bonds, 1910-1920
Michael Mahler
Articles
Large Gold
Martial Law & Censored Mail in Poland 1981-1982
Ronald J. Klimley
Gold
WWII Patriotic Covers of Victory, Vermont (3 Part Series)
Basil L. Copeland Jr.
A Cammann Imprint Discovery that Changed a Catalog Listing, Plus Insights on Dr. James T. Patterson
Patricia A. Kaufmann
Large Vermeil
The Miracle of Bern: West Germany and the 1954 World Cup
Kenneth Gilbert
Philately for Non-Philatelists – Four Articles in Non-Philatelic Journals
Jay Joyce
Vermeil
The Crown of Hungary - Was it Prepared for the Armenian King?
Igor Grigorian
Cachet Artist: Verna Mann - That Cover Artist
Patrick J. Morgan
Large Silver
Introduction to Trinidad & Tobago Semi-Postal Stamps
Dan Maddalino
Silver
The Sikorsky S-38 in the British West Indies
Juan L. Riera
Silver Bronze
Breadfruit is Found on Numerous Stamps
Juan L. Riera
Catalogs
Large Gold
New Mexico Territorial Postmark Catalog, 11th Edition
Robert L. Conley
Columns
Gold
Stamp Collecting Column
Dennis Sadowski
Exploring Astrophilately
Charles J. Vukotich, Jr.
also ATA Study Unit Journal Award 1st Place
Electronic
Gold
Air Crash Mail of The World
American Air Mail Society
Large Vermeil
www.Paleophilatelie.eu - the place where Paleontology and Paleoanthropology meets Philately
Michael Kogan
Large Silver
India's Special Edition Stamps 1947-1980
Dr. Sulekha Chaudhuri
www.CollectorsNZ.co.nz
Ross Marshall
Handbooks
Large Gold
The Congress Book 2022
American Philatelic Congress
Poste Restante at the Cape (2 Volumes)
Franco Frescura
Tasmanian Postal Stationery
Tasmanian Philatelic Society
The Uses of U.S. Postage Due Stamps and Their Substitutes, 1879-2023
Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
also APS Research Medal
Gold
Christmas Seal and Charity Stamp Society Tied-On Seal Guide
Christmas Seal and Charity Seal Society
Wellington Philatelic Society - The First 100 Years
Sue Vernall
Large Vermeil
Natural Disasters on Postage Stamps: A Guide for Collectors
Raymond J. Burby
also ATA Study Unit Journal Award 2nd Place
Focus On Fakes
Robbin Dick
Peru - The Scenic View Cards 1898-1901 - A Postal Stationery Odyssey
Erik A. Emsing
The Development of the Ethiopian Posts 1894-1909: The Exhibit
Ulf J. Lindahl
Himalayan Birds on Stamps
Lokeswara Rao Madiraju
also ATA Study Unit Journal Award 3rd Place
The 50th Anniversary of "The Match of the Century" A Philatelic Look
Michael Schumacher
Hypnostamp: Uncovering The Healing Power of Postage Stamps
George Toth
Society Journals
Large Gold
The Upland Goose
James Grist
La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History
Peter Martin
The Airpost Journal
Vickie Canfield Peters
The Posthorn
Scandinavian Collectors Club
NJPH, Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society
Jean R. Walton
also Postal History Award
Gold
The Israel Philatelist
Donald A. Chafetz
Bulletin of the Polonus Polish Philatelic Society
Polonus Polish Philatelic Society
Mexicana
Michael D. Roberts
Possessions, Vol. 64
U.S. Possessions Philatelic Society
Large Vermeil
"238", Journal of the Faroe Islands Study Circle
Faroe Islands Study Circle
The Czechoslovak Specialist
Keith Hart
Duck Tracks
Jeff Stage
Empire State Postal History Society Publications
Jeff Stage
Vermeil
ARPA Journal
Armenian Philatelic Society
The News of Hungarian Philately
Society for Hungarian Philately
Large Silver
The Ration Board
Kent Choquette
The Album Page
Oregon Stamp Society