2008 Palmares

 

 

 

GRAND AND GOLD

 

All Roads lead to San Francisco: The companies that carried the mail in the early West

Larry Lyons

also

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

Postal History Society:  Posthorn Medal

Sectional Award:  Postal History

 

 

RESERVE GRAND AND GOLD

 

Switzerland’s Domestic and International Postage Due Charges During 1862-1907

Harlan F. Stone

also

Sectional Award:  Foreign

 

 

COURT OF HONOR

 

U.S. Postal Counterfeits: 1894 to Modern Times

John Hotchner and Joann Lenz

 

 

Washington and Franklin Coils 1912 Issue

Gregory Shoults

 

 

Washington and Franklin Coils 1914 Issue

Gregory Shoults

 

 

Baltimore Postal History: From Colonial Times until the UPU

Patricia Stilwell-Walker

 

 

GOLD

 

U.S. Airmail Rates to Foreign Destinations 1924 - 1941

Demonstrated Through the Use of the U.S. 1922 Definitive Series

Murray A. Abramson

Also

American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence: 1900-1940

 

 

Lincoln Definitive 4¢ and 5¢ Issues of 1890-1908

William Ainsworth

 

 

Postmarks of Lancaster Pennsylvania 1757-1899

James G. Boyles

 

 

Prominent Americans Series

Roger Brody

Also

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors:  Creativity in Philatelic Exhibiting Medal

 

 

Development of Morris County Mail Service 1760-1850

Donald A. Chafetz

 

 

The United States Two-Cent Columbian 1893

Tom Curette

Also

U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Medal

 

 

Bayeux Tapestry

Jack André Denys

Also

American Topical Association Medal

 

 

Three-Cent Stamps of the 1954 Liberty Series

C. David Eeles

Also

American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence: 1940-1980

EFO Collectors Club:  EFO Award

 

 

Washington-Franklin 1 Cent Issues 1908-1923

Gerald Farrelly

Also

U.S. Stamp Society:  Walter W. Hopkinson Trophy

 

 

Boyd’s - A Local Post: 1844-1889

Lawrence LeBel

 

 

Erie, Pennsylvania: The First 75 Years

Thomas C. Mazza

Also

American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence: Pre-1900

 

 

The Columbian Envelopes of 1893

Marvin and Judith Platt

Also

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

U.S. Stamp Society:  Hugh M. Southgate Memorial Trophy

United Postal Stationery Society:  Marcus White Medal

 

 

Struck on Stamps 1851 to 1868

Wade E. Saadi

Also

U.S. Cancellation Club:  Charles D. Root Memorial Award

 

 

150 Years of U.S. Precancels

Arnold M. Selengut

Also

Sectional Award:  United States

 

 

Postal history of the United States One Cent Presidential Series Stamp

Stephen L. Suffet

 

 

The First Regular Issue of the United States Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Kent Wilson

 

 

VERMEIL

 

A Study of German Panzer Mail

Joseph S. Chervenyak

Also

Germany Philatelic Society:  Silver Medal

 

 

Hudson, New York: Postmarks and Postal Markings 1794-1920

George F. Dekornfeld

 

 

Postal History of the United States Second Bureau Series

Geoff Dutton

 

 

Deutsche Feldpost, German Military Mail in Europe

James E. Lewis

Also

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors:  Gold Award of Honor

Germany Philatelic Society:  Gold Medal

American Philatelic Congress Award

 

 

U.S. Special Handling 1925-2008

Robert G. Rufe

Also

American Philatelic Society Research Medal

 

 

Chemistry Philatelically

Gianluigi Soldati

Also

Joseph Kocheisen Memorial Award: Best Multi-Frame Exhibit

 

 

SILVER

 

Second Bureau Philatelic Poker, Special Study

Nicholas Lombardi

 

 

SILVER-BRONZE

 

Errors, Freaks & Oddities

Joseph S. Chervenyak

 

 

20th Century Presidents: Campaign to Inauguration

John J. Crout

 

 

 

ONE FRAME EXHIBITS

 

 

GRAND AND GOLD

 

Larry Lyons

The Carriers of Charleston, S.C. 1849-1859

 

 

GOLD

 

The 50¢ Zeppelin Issue: A Study in Design

Cheryl Ganz

 

 

The United States Three Cent Jackson Stamp of the 1902 Series

Nicholas Lombardi

 

 

The U.S. 1847 Issue: A Domestic Rate Study

Harvey Mirsky

 

 

Washington and Franklin Coils 1910 Issue

Gregory Shoults

 

 

VERMEIL

 

Primary Croatian Postal Tax Rates of WWII, Jan. 1, 1944, to May 1945

Henry A. Laessig

 

 

Ohio’s Mad River and Little Miami Railroads: Early Postal Marking for the two connecting lines, 1848-1853

Millard H. Mack

Also

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors:  Gold Award of Honor

 

 

SILVER

 

The Tuscan Connection: International Mail between Tuscany and the United States, 1801-1861

Joseph J. Geraci

 

 

Germany Inflation: Part 22, November 1-4, 1923

Ronald Morgan

Also

Germany Philatelic Society:  Bronze Medal

 

 

SILVER BRONZE

 

World Recognition of the State of Israel

Richard Herman

 

 

The 2002 Austrian Mixed Franking in Schilling and Euro

Reynold F. Salmon

 

 

 

 

Jury: Roger G. Schnell, Chairman, Edwin J. Andrews, Matthew Kewriga, Martin D. Richardson, Jay B. Stotts