APS STAMPSHOW August 7-10, 2003 Columbus, Ohio

Palmares

World Series of Competition Champion of Champions U.S. Domestic 1776-1869 George J. Kramer

Prix d'Honneur Greece: Large Hermes Heads 1861-1886 Nicholas Asimakopulos Orange Free State Republican Postage Issues 1868-1900 R. Timothy Bartshe Cape of Good Hope - 1853-1910 MaryAnn Bowman Brazilian to Foreign Destination: From Correio Mor to U.P.U. Paulo R. Comelli The Postage Due Stamps of Australia Paul A. Fletcher Study of Imperial Censorship in Bermuda Peter A. Flynn British Columbia and Vancouver Island Fraser Thompson Great Britain King George V Photogravure Issues of 1934-1936 Donald R. Hines U.S. Air Mail: May 15, 1918 - June 30, 1924 Allen Don Jones U.S. Domestic Mails 1776-1869 George J. Kramer Allied Intervention in the Boxer Uprising Alfred F. Kugel Philatelic History of Albania 1900-1935 Alfred F. Kugel Ubangi-Shari-Chad 1900-1938 Paul Larsen Wine: U.S. Customs, Duties and Internal Revenue Taxes G.H. Mumm The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue Nicholas Lombardi Fighting the Fed in Philadelphia: Independent, Carrier, and Local Posts, 1836-1879 Vernon R. Morris, Jr. Volkswagen Chronicle Daniel C. Olsen Boyd's Local Post, : 1844-1911 Martin D. Richardson U.S. and B.N.A. Cross Border Mail - April 6, 1851 to U.P.U. John L. Robertson 150 Years of U.S. Precancels Arnold H. Selengut Switzerland 1862-1883: The Perforated Sitting Helvetia Harlan F. Stone U.S. , 1922-38 Jay B. Stotts Penny Dominion of New Zealand Paul E. Tyler Baltimore: Postal History from 1773 Until the UPU Patricia Stilwell Walker Special Postal Routes Across the Lines During the American Civil War Steven C. Walske The Bechuanalands 1884-1912 David C. Wessely U.S. Special Delivery Issues of 1934-1936 Hideo Yokota

Open Competition Grand The Dominion of Canada: The Small Queens, 1870-1897 Ron R. Brigham also Best Postal Division American Philatelic Society Pre 1900 Medal of Excellence Simon and Mel Goldberg Reserve Grand Nauru: German Colonial and British Periods Robert C. Stein also American Philatelic Society 1900-1940 Medal of Excellence

Best Charity/Promotion/Cinderella and Gold Early Tied-On Christmas Seals; 1907-1936 Louis Caprario Best Display Division and Vermeil The Murder of Lidice Philip K. Rhoade

Best Illustrated Mail and Gold Joint Issues with the U.S., 1959-1994 Charles J. O'Brien

Best Revenue and Gold Usages of the First Federal Issue Henry H. Fisher also American Revenue Association Award Best Thematic and Gold The Sport of Golf Cora B. Collins also American Topical Association Jerome Husak Award

Gold Via Red Skies - Development of Soviet Air Mail 1922-1945 G. Adolph Ackerman also American Air Mail Society Award Rossica Society for Russian Philately Award Momotombos: The First Definitives of Nicaragua John W. Allen Cleveland (To 1868) Thomas F. Allen also Ohio Postal History Society Award Postal History Society Award Philatelic Classics Society Medal Royal Cypher Labels, 1702-1922 Dieter Bortfeldt Railroad Traveling Post Offices in Victoria George W. Bowman They Came to America Lyman R. Caswell also American Topical Association Second Corpus Juris Joseph F. Frasch, Jr. also American Topical Association Third Columbian Classic Alfredo Frohlich German 1934 Airmail Issue James W. Graue also American Philatelic Society Research Award Official Stamps of South Africa Robert W. Hisey also American Philatelic Congress Award Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa Award Bolivia - Transacciones Sociales, Impuestos Internos, and Related Provisionals, 1868-1945 James H. Hunt The Politically Inspired Cachets of Bruce R. McIntyre - 1936 to 1960 Kurt W. Laubinger Usage of the 1928 U.S. Beacon Air Mail Andrew McFarlane also American First Day Society Award Hungary: The Hyperinflation 1945-46 Robert B. Morgan also American Philatelic Society 1940-1980 Medal of Excellence Society for Hungarian Philately Award Postal Rates of the Roman States: Bjocchi Period: 1852-1867 Andrew M. Munster British Airmail Rates Beyond Europe 1931-1951 Thomas P. Myers Definitive Postage Stamps of Sweden, 1920-1938 Rossmer V. Olson Ohio Development and Postal History 1790 to 1816 Richard H. Parker From Sea to Shining Sea Derrick Pillage Postage Due Stamps of Egypt Peter A. S. Smith The 1938 U.S. Christmas Seal Joseph D. Ward, Jr. Gerhard S. Wolff Argentina: The Issues of Buenos Aires & Cordoba Arthur K. M. Woo The Postage Due Stamps of Peru 1874 - 1908 Charles C. Wooster

Vermeil of Lancaster, PA 1785-1899 James G. Boyles Literacy Ruth Caswell Ceres Issues and of Macau 1913-1931 Cheong-Too Choi V-Mail George Cosentini Win the War Charles L. Deeb U.S. Machine Cancel Service Markings Mike W. Ellingson also Machine Cancel Society Award TIPEX-The U.S. Third International Philatelic Exhibition Martin Feibusch The Pashupati Era of Nepal Paul C. Hager Israel Military Postal Services During the War of Independence 1948-1949 David A. Held Illustrated WWII British Military Air Letters Jerome V.V. Kasper Methods of Mail Carriage in Ohio Matthew E. Liebson Keeping Pace With Inflation - The Chinese National Currency Issues H. James Maxwell The Coast Guard Commemorative Jim McDevitt First Days of the 1929 George Rogers Clark Commemorative Andrew McFarlane U.S. Vended Postal Insurance (1965 - 1985), A Failed Experiment Alan L. Moll also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Creativity Award The 3¢ 1948 Oregon Territory Issue Ralph H. Nafziger Postal History of the Spanish Philippines, 1854-1898 Donald J. Peterson also International Philippine Philatelic Society Award United States Postage Dues 1879-1986 Timothy R. Pusecker Great Britain-1841 and 1864 Penny Red Specialized Exhibit Edward Quinn, Jr. Knox County, Ohio Postal History Mark Reasoner also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor The Movies: A Philatelic Journey Thomas J. Richards The 1942 Christmas Seal Thomas J. Richards 1938 - A Rate Study Robert A. Schlesinger Pan American Trans-Pacific Commercial Airmail 1935-1941 Roger G. Schnell Postal Stationery of Nicaragua, 1878-99 Michael F. Schreiber also United Postal Stationery Society Award Two Medallions and a Profile: The 1858-1865/6 issues of Belgium Otto Z. Sellinger Civil War Playing Card Revenues Edward Tricomi French Transatlantic Covers 1849-1875 Lauren Wiebe

Silver Switzerland A Safe Haven for Civilian Refugees & Military Internees During World War II Ernest Bergman Confederate States of America - Adversity Covers Buck Boshwit Summit County Ohio Post Offices, 1812-1923 Rocco Caponi Postal History of the Panama , Pacific, International Exposition Commemorative Issue John Cunningham First Day Covers of the Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Stamp of 1949 Allison W. Cusick The Ten Year Experiment Robert C. Dix U.S. Experimental Tagging David Eeles The Aerogrammes of Iceland Jerome V.V. Kasper China: The Northwest Scientific Expedition Set of 1932 David You Lu A Postal History of Paulding County, Ohio Thomas B. Mahon The Clever Hand Daniel C. Olsen Switzerland's Stamp Day Observance John Steinberg St. Pierre Miquelon 1871-1938 James R. Taylor Ohio Counties: Delaware and Marion Harry C. Winter The Impossible Epistle Paul M. Zatulove

Silver Bronze Great Britain Postal Strike - 1971 J. F. Gates Clarke Letters to the Stars Regis M. Hoffman Philippine Cigarette Tax Strip Stamps John M. Hunt Event Covers of U.S. Naval Vessels from Ohio and Her Cities Mark Rose Certificates Something Fishy is Going on Here! Scott Duffey Hindenburg Ritchy E. Tuazon

Single Frame Grand and Platinum Canada: The Twelve Pence of 1851: From Production to Forgery Ron R. Brigham Platinum Victoria Barred Oval Cancels George W. Bowman Essays of the Canada Bank Note Engraving & Printing Co. Ron R. Brigham Newfoundland's 1897 Postal Shortage Norris R. Dyer

Gold Russian Imperial Air Units in World War I G. Adolph Ackerman also American Air Mail Society Award The Toppan Carpenter Caselear Issue of 1851-Imprint Usages on Cover. Chip Gliedman Australian Contingents in the Anglo-Boer War Alfred F. Kugel 1909 Lincoln Commemorative Issues: The First Days & Early Usages Eliot A. Landau 90-Cent Lincoln Issue of 1869 Eliot A. Landau also United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award Agriculture Department and its Cancels Theodore Lockyear 400th Anniversary of the Landfall of Columbus at Trinidad, 1498-1898 Reuben A. Ramkissoon The Trinidad World War I Red Cross Label That Became a Reuben A. Ramkissoon Vermeil Auxiliary Markings used by U.S. Censorship to identify privileged mail to and from Chile. Timothy Hale United States Postal Agencies in the Far East 1867-1899 Alfred F. Kugel Wheat Ridge - The Other Christmas Seal Alan L. Moll also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor Airmail in Wartime Hungary Andrew M. Munster Kelley's Island: Pre 1893 David G. Pool Australia 1d. Red George V Greg Pope Western Australian Postal Fiscal: Stamps and postal uses of series of 1882 Mark Reasoner First Day of the MacArthur West Virginia, Post Office April 15, 1942 Lawrence Sherman Private Alterations of Switzerland's 1870-1905 Postal Cards Harlan F. Stone

Silver Registered Mail 1905-1922 Alfred F. Kugel The National 1¢ Letter Postage Association Labels Joann Lenz Siege and Blockade Mail 1861-1967 Gennaro A. Santangelo

Silver Bronze Hungarian Cancellations on the First Five Issues of Austria's Definitive Stamps (1850-1871) James M. Gaul United States Special Delivery With Perfined Stamps Paul H. Gault Usages of the 8¢ Grant-U.S. 4th Bureau Issue Howard Lee Posting Foreign Mail from the Third Reich During WWII Jason H. Manchester The Third USS Maine Jim McDevitt The Post Office Dispute of 1978 Charles J.G. Verge U. S. Post Office Department Official Air Mail 1922-67 Fumiaki Wada

Bronze Jesus Tammy Moll A Glimpse of Ohio Bicentennial History Through U.S. Postage Carol Thatcher

Certificates Airships Robert C. Sherwood

Youth

Grand and Vermeil The Vostok Program Kurt H. Glatzfelder also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth Award American Topical Association Youth ATA Space Unit Award Vermeil Chess: Game of Champions Kurt H. Glatzfelder also Junior Philatelists of America Award Silver Birds on Stamps Maria Hoffman Transportation on Stamps Matthew Hoffman

Invited Exhibits Boston Tea Party Stamps Henry H. Fisher Jupiter Balloon Mail Cover 1910 U.S. 3-cent Deep Violet Imperforate Coil Ken Lawrence Presidential Autographs Jacques C. Schiff, Jr. CIA Invert Donald J. Sundman Columbus, Ohio Postal History, 1814-1914 Richard B. Graham Worldwide Rarities and Uniquities John M. Hotchner Wright Brothers: Celebration of 100 Years of Flight Frank L. Shively U.S. 1 Cent Donald J. Sundman New Zealand 1898-1899 World's First Paul M. Zatulove

Noncompetitive Korean War Robert W. Collins What is Ohio Postal History Ohio Postal History Society Lloyd coe-Christmas Seal Designs Joseph D. Ward The Domestic First Class Rate Change of June 30, 2002, Commercial Usages Only Anthony Wawrukiewicz