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APS AmeriStamp Expo 2008

Charlotte, North Carolina
January 11-13, 2008

Multiframe Competition
Most Popular Championship
Non-Competitive Exhibits
Single Frame Championship
Single Frame Competition
Team Competition
Youth Exhibits

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Single Frame Champion of Champions
America's First Issue: Philadelphia Usages & Markings
Harvey Mirsky

Candidates for Single Frame Champion of Champions
Victoria: The Five Shilling Laureate 1867-1912
Les Molnar

The Jenny - Development of America's First Airmail Stamp
Don David Price

Washington and Franklin Coils - 1910 Issue Perf 8.5
Gregory Shoults

Single Frame Prix d'Honneur
Victoria Barred Oval Cancels

George W. Bowman

Certified Mail in Northern Bavaria, 1945
Jay T. Carrigan

The 1953 Commemorative Postage Due Stamps of Hungary
Lyman R. Caswell

General Banks Division - Civil War Union Army Field Cancellations 1861-1862
James C. Cate

Chattanooga Straight-Line Cancellations Union Army Provisional Field Cancellations 1863-1864
James C. Cate

Local Type-Set Provisional Stamp of Macau, 1911
Cheong-Too Choi

Canal Zone 1918 Registration Envelopes
Irwin J. Gibbs

Dr. Kilmer Provisionals
Sheldon Gosline

The Production of the U.S. Air Mail Issue of 1928 - The Beacon
Gregg A. Hopkins, Sr.

Uganda on British East Africa
George T. Krieger

The Turkish Occupation of the Caucasus & Persia
Alfred F. Kugel

The 1909 Lincoln Commemorative Issues: Early Uses and FDCs
Eliot A. Landau

E-COM and Its Forerunners
Joann Lenz

National One Cent Letter Postage Association (NOCLPA)
Joann Lenz

Austro-Americana Shipping Line
William A. Sandrik

Swiss Postal Involvement in 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War
Harlan F. Stone

Swiss Hotel Posts
Harlan F. Stone

La Surcharge SPM Gothique de 1885
Jean-Jacques Tillard

Indian One-Quarter Anna Postcard of 1902
Steven Zwillinger

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Most Popular Champion of Champions
Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cachets by Watercolor Artist Vaughn Hord 1980-1993

Kurt W. Laubinger

Most Popular Prix d'Honneur
Beavers: Nature's Engineers

Larry E. Davidson

Under the Big Top
Roland Essig

Grandma's House - 1870-1950
Barbara A. Harrison

Prisoners' Mail from the American Civil War 1861-1865
Galen D. Harrison

Christmas Dinner at the Portland Hotel, Portland, Oregon 1914
Elizabeth Hisey

Forerunners - The Philatelic Truck & Souvenir Sheet
Gregg A. Hopkins, Sr.

Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cachets by Watercolor Artist Vaughn Hord 1980-1993
Kurt W. Laubinger

To Conquer the Sky
Daniel C. Olsen

The Jenny - Development of America's First Airmail Stamp
Don David Price

Pursuing the Blue Birds of Happiness
Bethel Strawser

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Single Frame Grand and Gold
The Two-Shilling Woodblocks of Victoria
Les Molnar
also
American Philatelic Congress Award
American Philatelic Society Pre-1900 Medal of Excellence

Single Frame Reserve Grand and Gold
Registration Marcophily of the South African Republic (Transvaal) 1881-1900
R. Timothy Bartshe

Latvia: The Rising Sun Stamp of 1919
Vesma Grinfelds

The Dublin Bishop Mark: 1670-1795
Patricia Stilwell-Walker

Single Frame Gold
Victoria: The English Mail TPOs, 1887-1917
George W. Bowman

The Wartburg - A History Told with Postal Stationery
Marian E. Bowman

Edward and Alexandra, Newfoundland's Homage to the Prince and Princess of Wales
Norris R. Dyer

Three Cent Liberty: The Booklet Panes
David Eeles
also
American Philatelic Society 1940-1980 Medal of Excellence
Errors, Freaks & Oddities Collectors Club Award

The Swiss Landi 1939
Richard Hall

A 1941 Dinner Party
Elizabeth Hisey

The First Issue of Dhar
Sandeep Jaiswal
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Novice Award

I'll Be Seein' Ya: Five Years as a P.O.W. in Stalag VIII-B
Janet Klug

The Nyasaland Field Force in World War I
Alfred F. Kugel

Guano and Saltpeter
Thomas M. Lera

Revenue Stamps of Canton of Graubunden
Donn Lueck

The Grilled Three Cent, 1867-1869
Michael McClung

Tasmania Registered Postal Stationery
David W. McNamee
also
United Postal Stationery Society Award

A Moral Dilemma in Persia - 1903
Behruz Nassre
also
American Revenue Association Best Revenue Exhibit

Trinidad Connections of the 1931 Dornier - DO-X Return South American Flight
Reuben A. Ramkissoon
also
British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group Award

USS Maine In Memoriam
Robert D. Rawlins

Austrian Earthquake Reporting Stationery
William A. Sandrik

Hawaiian Disinfected Mail
William A. Sandrik

Ceylon - The King George VI 40¢ Aerogrammes
Stephen D. Schumann

Switzerland to United States by Four Routes
Harlan F. Stone
also
American Helvetia Philatelic Society Award

Belgian Congo 3, 3.50 and 10 Franc Mols Issues of 1898-1921
Ronald E. Strawser
also
American Philatelic Society 1900-1940 Medal of Excellence

The Swiss 1913 Flugspende Flights
George W. Struble
also
American Air Mail Society Struck Medallion of Winged Globe

Canada: The Gannet
Charles J. G. Verge

Ireland: Uniform Postage: The Pre-Adhesive Era
Patricia Stilwell-Walker

Bundi as Part of Rajasthan, 1948-1950
John Warren

Franca Por Falta De Estampillas
Charles C. Wooster

Single Frame Vermeil
U.S. Advertising Covers for Monthly Magazines, 1870-1905
Ruth Caswell

Selling the Twin Territory Towns: Civic Advertising Covers and Cards from Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory, 1891-1907
Joe H. Crosby

The L.O.P.P. Issues of Poland
Bill Dwyer

RFD in Rockingham County, Virginia
Darrell R. Ertzberger

Grandma's Attic (ca 1945)
Barbara A. Harrison

Our Wandering Capitol
Dennis Hassler

Little Tommy's 4th of July
Elizabeth Hisey

South Africa's UN Korean Forces Airletters
Jerome V.V. Kasper

The Belgian Occupation of German East Africa
Alfred F. Kugel

Portuguese India - The Years of Flux 1877-1883
Roger Lawson

Essays and Proofs of the 1939 Christmas Seal
Douglas K. Lehmann

Campione D'Italia, A Geographic Anomaly
Bruce Marsden

Overall Ad Covers of the Confederate States of America
Menachim Mayo

Andrew Dougherty Playing Card Company
Michael J. Morrissey

Allied Military Permits of Germany - 1947-1951
Joseph L. Ross

Pursuing the Blue Birds of Happiness
Bethel Strawser

Sanitary Inspection Fee Stamps
Ann M. Triggle

The Windsor Hotel, Montreal
Charles J. G. Verge

Portuguese Postal Cards: Kingdom-Republic Transition 1910-12
Stephen S. Washburne

The Geologic History of Yellowstone Park
Kent Wilson
also
American Topical Association Best One Frame Thematic

India's One Anna Receipt Stamps and Usages
Steven Zwillinger

Single Frame Silver
Portugal - Coimra University - Queima das Fitas
John J. Dahl
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor

Chapeaux Rouge
Judy Essig

The World United Against Malaria - Lundy Anti-Malaria Puffin Issues and Postmark of 1962
Larry Fillion

Buggied
Anne Harris

Grandpa's Stamp Box (1946)
Barbara A. Harrison

The Zeppelin Flight Addressed to China
David You Lu

Patriotic Full Flag Covers of the Civil War
Menachim Mayo

Wouldn't You Really Rather Have a Buick?
Ralph H. Nafziger

USS Maine and the Naval War With Spain
Robert D. Rawlins

Postal Documentation of Early Economic Growth: Stark County, Ohio
Thomas Ringenbach

Ludwig Hesshaimer (1872-1956) - Passion for Philately
Wolf Spille

The Hunt Thru the Ages
Jose Lobao Tello

Single Frame Silver Bronze
The Creation of an Oil Painting
Elizabeth Ward Carter

Portugal: Airmail, 1934-45
John N. Liles

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Multiframe Grand and Gold
All Aboard! The Development, Organization and Operations of the Argentine Railroad System: 1857-1949
Paul B. Goodwin
also
Best Display Division
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Creativity Award
American Philatelic Society Research Medal

Best Illustrated Mail and Gold
Joint Issues With the United States
Charles J. O'Brien, III
also
American First Day Cover Society Award

Best Picture Post Card and Gold
A Visitor's Guide to Bloemfontein: A Tour of the Capital ca 1910
R. Timothy Bartshe

Multiframe Gold
Christmas Dinner at the Portland Hotel, Portland, Oregon 1914
Elizabeth Hisey

Forerunners - The Philatelic Truck & Souvenir Sheet
Gregg A. Hopkins, Sr.
also
United States Stamp Society Award

The Development of the American Submarine 1900-1924
David A. Kent

The Coast Guard Commemorative
James E. McDevitt

The Eagle Has Landed
Charles J. O'Brien, III
also
American Philatelic Society Post 1980 Medal of Excellence
National Stamp Dealers Association Most Popular Award

Woody Guthrie: His Life and His Songs
Stephen L. Suffet

The FDCs of the 1959 Commemorative for the Centennial of the American Dental Association
Charles J. G. Verge

Multiframe Vermeil
Under the Big Top

Roland Essig
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor

Grandma's House - 1870-1950
Barbara A. Harrison

Multiframe Silver
Jamestown Settlement - 400th Anniversary
Douglas N. & Nancy B. Clark

Multiframe Silver Bronze
U.S. Philately - 1861 to 1867
Sheldon Gosline

Austria - The Changing Times and Money
Herbert Kucera

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Youth Grand and Silver
The Wonder of Animals
Shannon Madigan
also
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth Grand

Youth Silver
Creative Characters
Lorah Wilson

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Noncompetitive
Argentina 1892: The World's First Columbians
Wolf Spille

Ships on Stamps - An Invitation
Wolf Spille

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Team Competition

First Place
The Untotally Called For
R. Timothy Bartsche, Joe H. Crosby, David W. McNamee, Ronald E. Strawser and Kent Wilson

Second Place - American Helvetia
Third Place - Collectors Club of San Francisco
Forth Place - Capital Punishers
Fifth Place - Worthington Stamp Club

Sixth Place - Not Grumpy Old Men
Seventh Place - Fab Five

Eighth Place - Portuguese Philatelic Phanatics

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