2008 GRAND AWARDS


Grand Award
The Half-Lengths of Victoria, 1850-1859 - John Barwis

Reserve Grand Award
A Study of Bermuda Imperial Censorship, Examination of World War II Trans-Atlantic Mail - Peter Flynn


2008 SPECIAL AWARDS


American Philatelic Society Awards
 
Pre-1900 Medal
Balloon Post Cards of the Franco-German War 1870-1871 - Thomas W. Broadhead

1900-1940 Medal
France: The Decorative Arts Exposition - Thomas W. Broadhead

1940-1980 Medal
Dublin Censor Office - Karl Winkelmann

Post-1980 Medal
Sir Rowland Hill Centenary - Nauru 1979 - Robert C. Stein

Research Medal
Cyprus Postal Stationery, Queen Victoria 1878-1901 - Alex Ioannides


2008 American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Awards
 
Pin (1)
The Traveling Post Offices of Queensland and Victoria - Peter K. Iber

Pin (2)
Denmark - World War II Postal History - Charles J. LaBlonde

AAPE Creativity Award
Morale Efforts of Welfare Organizations among the Troops in the First World War - Sergio Lugo

AAPE Youth Grand Award
The Game of Soccer - Trevor Thomas


2008 Other Special Awards
 
SAS/O Gold Medal (best SAS/O Exhibit by a Member)
The Half-Lengths of Victoria, 1850-1859 - John Barwis

SAS/O Vermeil Medal (2nd best SAS/O Exhibit by a Member)
The Penny Dominion of New Zealand - Paul E. Tyler, M. D.

SAS/O Silver Medal (3rd best SAS/O Exhibit by a member)
Niue - Paul A. Fletcher

MPHS Award For Best Military-Postal Exhibit
Balloon Post Cards of the Franco-German War 1870-1871- Thomas W. Broadhead

MPHS Award For 2nd Best Military-Postal Exhibit
Prisoners of War: The Experience of New Zealand in the European Theatre in World War II - George C. Branam

CCGS Award (Best Civil Censorship Exhibit by a Member)
A Study of Bermuda Imperial Censorship, Examination of World War II Trans-Atlantic Mail - Peter A. Flynn

POLONUS One-Frame Grand Award for best 1-Frame Polish Exhibit
First Issue of the Polish People's Republic - Richard Mallow

POLONUS Gold Medal for all RMSS Gold and Vermeil Exhibits
United States Overrun Countries Series - The Poland Stamp - Dr. James Mazepa
General gouvernement Protectorate 1940-1944 - Gerard Menge
Polish Refugees in Africa, World War II - Regis Hoffman
First Issue of the Polish People's Republic - Richard Mallow

POLONUS Silver Medal for all RMSS Silver and Silver-Bronze Exhibits
The Polish Post Office in the Free City of Danzig, 1925-1939 - Alfred F. Kugel

ROSSICA Award for best Russian Exhibit
Military Censorship in Imperial Russia, 1904-1917 - David Skipton

Postal History Society Medal, for Best Postal History Exhibit
A Study of Bermuda Imperial Censorship, Examination of World War II Trans-Atlantic Mail - Peter A. Flynn

U.S. Stamp Society Award
The First Regular Issues of the U. S. Printed by the B. E. P. - Kent Wilson

United Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Award
Cyprus Postal Stationery, Queen Victoria 1878-1901 - Alexander Ioannides

American Philatelic Congress Award
Stamp Detectives Annunciation School Stamp Program

American Air Mail Society Award
Development of Australian Airmail 1914-1934 - John F. Cress

ATA 1st Medall
Voyages Extraordinaire by Land, Sea, and Air - Dalene Thomas

American First Day Cover Society Award
The 9-Cent Alamo Stamp and Its First Day Covers - Jane King Fohn

Felicitations of the Jury for Originality
Stamp Detectives Annunciation School Stamp Program


2008 Local Society Awards


Aurora Stamp Club (best by a Colorado resident)
Cyprus Postal Stationery, Queen Victoria 1878-1901 - Alexander Ioannides

Denver Stamp Club Sam Schlesinger Award (best historical exhibit)
France: Military Campaigns 1823-1897 - Stanley J. Luft

Collectors Club of Denver Best Multi-Frame Display Award
The Golden Age of Horses - Anne Harris

Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library One-Frame Grand Award
Balloon Post Cards of the Franco-German War 1870-1871 -Thomas W. Broadhead

TOPIC Award for Best Topical/Thematic by a member or Colorado Resident
Voyages Extraordinaire by Land, Sea, and Air -Dalene Thomas


2008 Medal Awards


Court of Honor
Postal History of the American Forces in China 1900-1941 - Alfred F. Kugel
The Two-Shilling Woodblocks of Victoria - Les Molnar

Gold Awards
Niue - Paul A. Fletcher
Nauru Freighter Issue of 1924-1954- Robert C. Stein
Dublin Censor Office - Karl Winkelmann
The Penny Dominion of New Zealand - Paul E. Tyler, M. D.
The 9-Cent Alamo Stamp and Its First Day Covers - Jane King Fohn
France: Military Campaigns 1823-1897 - Stanley J. Luft
The Polynesian Dependencies of New Zealand - J. Edgar Williams
Steamship Companies - Gregory Frantz
Generalgouvernement Protectorate 1940-1944 - Gerard Menge
Postal Development in Berlin 1945-1950 - Ingeburg L. Fisher
Cyprus Postal Stationery, Queen Victoria 1878-1901 - Alexander Ioannides
A Study of Bermuda Imperial Censorship, Examination of World War II Trans-Atlantic Mail - Peter A. Flynn
Cyprus Civil Censorship, World War II 1939-1945 - Alexander Ioannides
Prisoners of War: The Experience of New Zealand in the European Theatre in World War II - George C. Branam
Postal Censorship in the Grand Duchy of Finland 1914-1918 - Roger P. Quinby
Military Censorship in Imperial Russia, 1904-1917 - David Skipton
France: The Decorative Arts Exposition - Thomas W. Broadhead
Canada Confederation Issue of 1927 - John Wynns
The Half-Lengths of Victoria, 1850-1859 - John Barwis
Development of Australian Airmail 1914-1934 - John F. Cress
The Golden Age of Horses - Anne Harris
Lincoln, Slavery and the Civil War - Eliot A. Landau
United States Overrun Countries Series - The Poland Stamp - Dr. James Mazepa
Morale Efforts of Welfare Organizations among the Troops in the First World War - Sergio Lugo
The First Regular Issues of the U. S. Printed by the B. E. P. - Kent Wilson
Victoria: The English TPOs, 1887-1917 - George W. Bowman
Mail Linked to the Two U.S.-Japan Diplomatic Exchanges in World War II - Louis Fiset
First Issue of the Polish People's Republic - Richard Mallow
Balloon Post Cards of the Franco-German War 1870-1871 -Thomas W. Broadhead
New Zealand POW Aerogrammes - Jerome V. V. Kasper

Vermeil Awards
Army Censorship Markings, 1941 to 1948 - Steve Henderson
The French Conquest of Europe 1792-1814 - Robert T. Kinsley
Denmark - World War II Postal History - Charles J. LaBlonde
The Traveling Post Offices of Queensland and Victoria - Peter K. Iber
The Development of the American Submarine, 1900 to 1924 - David A. Kent
Liberty and the Empire, 1799 to 1815, the 17-Cent Postal Rate - Bill Schultz
Censorship of Mail in Israel, 1948-2000 - David J. Simmons
South Africa's UN Korean Forces Air Letters - Jerome V. V. Kasper
Polish Refugees in Africa, World War II - Regis Hoffman
Sir Rowland Hill Centenary - Nauru 1979 - Robert C. Stein

Silver Awards
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Postage: 1954-1964 - Christopher Dahle
Voyages Extraordinaire by Land, Sea, and Air - Dalene Thomas
Censored First Day Covers of Nordic Countries - Alan Warren
The Great Postal Inflation in the Canal Zone 1958-1979 - Dickson Preston
Letters from the Sand - David A. Kent
World War II Army Fortifications on Oahu, T. H. - Steve Henderson
Cyprus - Paganism and Christianity - Nick Ioannides
The Polish Post Office in the Free City of Danzig, 1925-1939 - Alfred F. Kugel
Geography Militant: Imperialism and War in German Southwest Africa, 1904-1907 -
Carl Barna
Pictorial Letter Cards and Envelopes of Tasmania - Ronald Hill

Silver-Bronze Awards
National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America - James Fabbre
European Union (EU) - Tonny Van Loij


2008 Youth Awards


Vermeil Awards
Stamp Detectives Annunciation School Stamp Program

Silver Awards
The US Space Shuttle Program - Dillon Thomas

Silver-Bronze Awards
The Game of Soccer - Trevor Thomas
The Resplendent Quetzal - Walter G. Nieuwlandt
Cats, Cats, Cats! - Alex Downing

 


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