AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY

APPLICATION FOR JUDGE ACCREDITATION

Date ______APS No. ______

Name ______Birth Date ______

Address ______

Tel. No ______Fax No. ______e ______

Collector ______Dealer ______Collector/Dealer ______

Requirements for Accreditation

1. You must have exhibited and received at least a Vermeil medal in a National level show before beginning your Apprenticeships. Give details:

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2. You must have served as an apprentice at a minimum of four APS accredited National level shows. Please list these WSP shows with their dates:

Show Name City Year

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Please Complete the Reverse Side 3. You must have attended at least three seminars listed below that are currently required by CANJE. These must have been CANJE approved seminars.

Seminar Attended Presented By Given Where

Fundamentals of Philatelic Judging I ______

Fundamentals of Philatelic Judging II ______

How to Use and Complete the UEEF ______

Other Seminars Approved as CANEJ or CANEJ/AAPE Seminars:

Complete the following Judging Specialties form and submit with this application.

If you have met these 3 requirements this application is complete

Notes: 1. A person, who is first accredited as a Philatelic Judge need serve only three literature apprenticeships to upgrade the accreditation to include philatelic literature, plus attend the appropriate judging seminar. The other criteria are stipulated in the APS Apprentice Literature Judge Application.

2. A person, who is first accredited as a Literature Judge need serve only three philatelic apprenticeships to upgrade the accreditation to include philatelic judging plus attend the appropriate seminars. The other criteria are stipulated in the APS Apprentice Judge Application.

Return Form to:

COMMITTEE ON ACCREDITATION OF NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS & JUDGES

Elizabeth Hisey, Chairwoman 7203 St. Johns Way University Park, FL 34201

revised 2016/08/19 Last Name______First Name______Please circle at most five (5) of the specialties listed below and to the left of each circled item write one or more “justification codes” from the list found at the bottom of this form. You may personalize the code list to include reasons not found. Current Judging Specialties (These are the only specialties currently available – Circle up to 5) 19th Century Czechoslovakia Leeward Islands Revenues Danish West Indies Literature Romania Astrophilately Denmark Local/Private Posts Russian Area Africa Display Exhibits Luxembourg Ryukyu Islands Eastern Europe Madagascar Salvador Algeria Errors, Freaks & Oddities Maritime Scandinavia Asia Europe Mesopotamia Shanghai Australia & States First Day Covers Meters Single Frame Austria France Mexico South America Belgian Congo France & Colonies Middle East Southern Africa Belgium French Africa Military Southern Europe Brazil German Area Modern Spain & Colonies British Africa Germany Morocco St. Helena British America Great Britain Near East St. Vincent British Caribbean Greece Nepal Stampless British Commonwealth Grenada Netherlands Sweden British North America Guatemala Netherlands & Colonies Switzerland British Oceania Haiti New Hebrides Thailand British Pacific Heligoland New Zealand Thematics British West Indies Holyland Nicaragua Tibet Canada Hungary Norway Traditional Caribbean Iceland Palestine Turkey/Ottoman Empire Censorship Illustrated Mail Paraguay United Nations Central America India & States Perfins United States Central Europe Iraq Poland U.S. & Possessions Chile Ireland Polar U.S. 19th Century China Isle of Man Portugal U.S. Back of the Book Colombia Israel Postage Dues U.S. Postal History Confederate States Italy Postal History U.S. Revenues Costa Rica Italy & Colonies Postal Stationery Western Europe Croatia Japan Postcards Worldwide Cuba Kuwait Puerto Rico Youth Cyprus Latin America Railroad Post Offices Zimbabwe

Justification codes are: 1. Have exhibited material at WSP level or higher. 2. Have published material about the area. 3. Have given seminars on this area. 4. Have served as an officer, board member or in other major position in specialist society for this area. 5. Am a member of, or consultant to, an expert committee in this area. 6. Have collected, but not exhibited, material in this area for at least 5 years. 7. 8. 9. 10. For 7-10 you may list any other reasons why you feel that you have specialist knowledge in this area.