2007 Palmares

 

 

GRAND AND GOLD

 

Imperial Airways and the Early Development of Airmail Service in Africa

Paul Magid

also

Sectional Award:  Aerophilately

American Airmail Society:  Grand and Gold Medal

Postal History Society Medal

 

 

RESERVE GRAND AND GOLD

 

The Conquest and British Administration of Palestine and (Greater) Syria: 1914-1920

Jonathan Becker

also

Sectional Award:  Israel, Holyland and Judaica

Society of Israel Philatelists:  First Place Medal

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Best Palestine Exhibit

 

 

COURT OF HONOR

 

Imperial Airways Crash Mail

Ken Sanford

 

 

GOLD

 

A Study of Airmail Rates from Palestine to the Americas 1933-1948

Leslie A. Bard

also

American Philatelic Society Research Medal

American Airmail Society:  Gold Medal

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Third Place Medal

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Best Holyland Research Exhibit

Society of Israel Philatelists Award:  Best Exhibit Highlighting Jewish History, Places or Personalities

Society of Israel Philatelists Award:  Best Israel/Mandate/Holyland Exhibit Featuring Postal Rates/Currencies

 

 

Argentine Airmail: Carriers, Routes and Rates: 1917-46

Paul B. Goodwin

also

American Airmail Society:  Gold Medal

 

 

Grandma’s House

Barbara A. Harrison

also

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors:  Medal for Creativity in Philatelic Exhibiting

 

 

Rishon Le Zion (Palestine): From Settlement to City (1882–1950)

Edwin C. Kroft

 

 

U.S. War Department Official Stamps: 1873-1884

David Lobdell

also

U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Medal

U.S. Stamp Society “Statue of Freedom” Award

 

 

The Two Cent Columbian of 1893

David W. Mayo

 

 

The 1928 U.S. Beacon Airmail Stamp

Andrew McFarlane

also

American Philatelic Society:  Medal of Excellence: 1900-1940

American Airmail Society:  Gold Medal

 

 

The U.S. 1847 Issue: How it Demonstrated that U.S. Stampless Mail Could Be Eliminated

Harvey Mirsky

also

Sectional Award:  United States

American Philatelic Society:  Medal of Excellence: Pre-1900

 

 

The Four Siege Cities of 1948: Rishon LeZion, Safad, Nahariya, Jerusalem

Dr. Henry Nogid

 

 

Railways Fly The Mail

Derrick Pillage

also

American Airmail Society:  GoldMedal

 

 

The Columbian Envelopes of 1893

Marvin and Judith Platt

also

Sidney Schneider Memorial Award: Best Exhibit by North Jersey Federated Stamp Club Member

 

 

The Two Cents Columbian Stamp of 1893

Marvin and Judith Platt

 

 

Ghetto Post and Labor Camps in German Occupied Europe: 1939-1944

Morris Rosen

also

American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence: 1940-1980

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Second Place Medal

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Best Exhibit Highlighting Jewish History

 

 

Intended Use of U.S. Airmail Stamps: 1918-1993

K. David Steidley

also

American Airmail Society:  Gold Medal

American Philatelic Congress Award

 

 

Switzerland’s Postal Stationery 1867-1905: Envelopes, Cards, Wrapper Bands

Harlan F. Stone

also

United Postal Stationery Society:  Marcus White Medal

 

 

VERMEIL

 

Holyland Postal Services: 1707-1917

Michael Bass

 

 

Taxi Mail of the Holyland

Arthur H. Groten

 

 

Israel-Arab P.O.W. Mail 1948–49

Richard A. Kandel

also

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Best New Holyland Exhibit

 

 

The Duchy of Slesvig: Language, Loyalty and Land—1872-1920

Chris King

also

Joseph Kocheisen Memorial Award: Best Multi-Frame Exhibit by a Novice Exhibitor

 

 

Portugal: The Lusiadas Issue, 1931-38

John N. Liles

 

 

Postal Stationery of the Palestine Mandate

Claire Ruth Nutik

also

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors:  Gold Medal of Honor

 

 

1948 Israel Transition Period

Robert B. Pildes, M.D.

 

 

The Use of American President Stamps on Mail to the Holyland

Stephen Rothman

also

American Airmail Society:  Vermeil Medal

 

 

Army Flies the Mail Again

“William Turner”

also

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors:  Gold Medal of Honor

American Airmail Society:  Vermeil Medal

 

 

History of U.S. Airmail 1918-1925

Ralph Valles

also

American Airmail Society:  Vermeil Medal

 

 

SILVER

 

The Issues of the Jewish National Fund

Howard S. Chapman

 

 

Innovative Handling of Holyland Mail.

Albert Kahn

 

 

Categories of Balloon Mail: Pushing the Envelope

Maureen Lynch

also

American Airmail Society:  Silver Medal

 

 

German Official Postal Service in Occupied Russia: 1941-1944

James E. Lewis

 

 

Lydda, Lod, Ludd Junction: Variations on a Postmark in the Holyland

Henry B. Stern

 

 

SILVER BRONZE

 

A Philatelic Treatment of Vatican Radio

K. Thomas Adkins

 

 

Errors Freaks & Oddities

Joseph S. Chervenyak

 

 

Postal Letters Sent from Panzer Divisions

Joseph S. Chervenyak

 

 

Rebirth of a State as seen through Postal Issues and Covers

Richard S. Herman

also

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Best Creative Exhibit

 

 

BRONZE

 

Lundy Island

Sidney D. Morginstin

 

 

 

SINGLE FRAME EXHIBITS

 

 

GRAND AND GOLD

 

The Pictorial Issue Three Mils of the Palestine Mandate

Irwin Math

 

 

GOLD

 

The International Aerogrammes of China: 1948-1949

David Y. Lu

also

American Airmail Society:  One-Frame Gold Medal

 

 

The First Airmail Stamps of Uruguay

Roger G. Schnell, MD

also

American Airmail Society:  One-Frame Gold Medal

 

 

Palestine’s London Two Overprints

Nathan Zankel

 

 

VERMEIL

 

Grandma’s Attic

Barbara A. Harrison

 

 

Postal History of the High Value Doar-Ivri Stamps of Israel

Stephen Rothman

also

Society of Israel Philatelists:  Best Doar Ivri Exhibit

 

 

Switzerland’s 5c Sitting Helvetias: Uncommon Uses of Common Stamps on Common Mail

Harlan F. Stone

 

 

SILVER

 

Primary Croatian Postal Tax Rates of WWII

Henry Laessig

 

 

Usages of the United States 8¢ Air Mail Stamp of 1944

Stephen L. Suffet

also

American Airmail Society:  One-Frame Silver Medal

 

 

SILVER BRONZE

 

The Hobby that “Nassau Street” Built

“Henry E. Harris”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jury: Patrick A. Walters, Chairman, Donald A. Chafetz. Eddie Leibu, James R. Pullin, Robert Zeigler, and Edwin J. Andrews, Apprentice.