The APS is pleased to announce the official lineup for the Champion of Champions competition. As Great American Stamp Show will not be held due to the World Expo, the Champion of Champions will be crowned in Boston.
Please join us in congratulating these exhibitors, and wishing them luck in the C of C in May!
The following exhibits won the Grand Award at a World Series of Philately show from July 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026 and are eligible to compete for the title of 2026 Champion of Champions.
Sam Chiu
Hankow, China 1891-1919, CANPEX 2025
Sam Chiu
The IPO Tieprints of 1899: Chinese Imperial Post Office's Measures to Counteract Pilfering of Foreign Stamps on Outgoing Mail, Edmonton Spring National 2026
Rob Faux
Postal History of the 1861 United States 24-cent Design, StampShow 2025
Note: This exhibit is eligible but not submitting for competition during Champion of Champions in Boston 2026
David Hobden
In Defence of the Border - Canadian Military Mails 1667-1885, CHICAGOPEX 2025
William J. Johnson
James William Denver - The Man and His Times, NTSS 2025
Daniel Knowles
Handling American Domestic and International Mail 1860-1869: The Decade of Turmoil and Expansion, San Diego Stamp Show 2026
John C. Lighthouse
Using the Documents of Commerce to Fund the Civil War 1862-1872, Garfield-Perry March Party 2026
Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD
Evolution and Impact of Blood's Local Post: 1842 to 1862, Minnesota Stamp Expo 2025
Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD
Evolution of American Mail from British Colonial to USPO: 1685 to 1799, St. Louis Stamp Expo 2026
Bob Myers
Siege of Paris 1870–1871 – Movement of Mail, BALPEX 2025
Charles J. O'Brien, III
Georgia Bicentennial 1933, FLOREX 2025
Charles J. O'Brien, III
U.S. Sesquicentennial Exposition 1926, Southeastern Stamp Expo 2026
Charles J. O'Brien, III
The Eagle Has Landed - The First Priority Mail Stamp - $2.40 Priority Mail, AmeriCover 2025
Gregory Shoults
Washington & Franklin Coils: The Development of the Third Bureau/Flat Plate Coils & Coil Waste Issues 1908-1915, Sarasota National Stamp Expo 2026
Bradley Wilde
Panama Postal Stationery 1903-1940, INDYPEX 2025