CHICAGOPEX 2013 Palmares November 23, 2013

Grand Marvin Platt The Columbian Envelopes of 1893

Reserve Grand Robert G Rufe U. S. 1925 - 1959

One Frame Grand Dickson Preston Processing Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg Passenger Mail 1928-1937

COURT OF HONOR EXHIBITS Stephen D Schumann New Zealand Postal Stationery 1876-1940

MULTI-FRAME EXHIBITS

Gold Art Bunce AQ Lettersheets of the Republic of Venice and their Watermarks, 1608-1797 Louis Fiset Japanese Canadians in World War II Brian Callan Graf Zeppelin 127 - The Postal Globe trotter Douglas Clark The U.S. Revalued Postal Stationery of 1971 James Pullin American Sailing Packets on the North Atlantic 1818 to 1840 Robert G Rufe U. S. Special Handling 1925 - 1959 Eliot Landau 1909 Lincoln Centennial Issues, Varieties and Usages Paul Larsen French Sudan and Niger Roger Brody Prominent American Series / Inspiration - Innovation - Inflation Matthew Liebson Development of the Postal Savings System 1911-1970 DR Robert B Pildes Holy Land Forerunners - Foreign Administrations Kauko I Aro The 1875 stamp design on Finland's Postal Stationery Jeff Bennett Baseball Centennial Irv Heimburger Mr. Ostrander Smith goes to Washington Lawrence Haber The half Penny (decimal) Machin Kurt and Joann Lenz The 6 cent Stamp 1955-1968 Robert Schlesinger The 1938 Presidential Issue - A Survey of Rates Alfred Kugel Postal History of the American Forces in China 1900-1941 Alexander Kolchinsky Stalin on stamps. covers, and postcards: Philately at the service of dictatorship

William J Johnson James William Denver - The Man & his Times Geoffrey Lewis Philippines International Airmails up to 1941 Ken Gilbert United States 10 cent Issue of 1861 Marvin Platt The Columbian Envelopes of 1893

Vermeil Dickson Preston Purple Horrors: U.S. 3 cent Commemoratives 1904-1945 Nicholas Lombardi United States Registered Mail 1867 - 1923 Eric Glohr Hawaiian Postal Cards and Envelopes: Kingdom, Provisional Government and Republic Issues Geoffrey Kellow Sierra Leone: The Bernard Mechanick Era, 1963-1964 Lionel Savins Perforations, Papers, and Varieties of the 1935 Pictorial Definitive Issue of New Zealand Timothy G Wait Rockford Illinois Postal Markings 1837 - 1939 Stephen L Suffett The U.S. 3 cent letter rate: Domestic 1932-1958, International 1931-1958

Silver David Collyer Architecture Series - 4th definitive of Republic of South Africa Dorothy Kugel The Struggle for Women's Rights

Silver Bronze James A Bowman A special study of the first 70 years of Privately Printed Pictorial Postal Stationery Cards of Germany Alexis Kneeland Shakespeare - The World is his Stage Gerald Forsythe United States of America Regular Issued Airmail Postage Stamps, Plate blocks, sheets and Covers for the years 1918 thru 1935

SINGLE FRAME EXHIBITS

Gold Bob Hohertz Revenue Imprinted Parlor Car Tickets 1898-1902 Louis Fiset Bureau of Engraving and Printing Gum Breaker Experiments 1919-1940 Alfred Kugel The Washington 2 cent definitive of 1919 Duane Larson The 3 cent National Parks Issues of 1934-1935 Dickson Preston Processing Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg Passenger Mail 1928-1937

Vermeil Edward Grabowski The Era of the French Colonial Group Type: Obock Richard Taschenberg The All New U.S. 10 cent Envelopes of 1870-1874 Frank Braithwaite 13 cent Stamp of 1902

Silver Edward Fitch West Wheeling/Dunton & Arlington Heights, Illinois: From Prairie Village to Bedroom Community David Y. Lu The International Aerogrammes of China 1948-1949 Lawrence Haber The Hudson Fulton Issue of 1909: First Day Covers and early uses

Silver Bronze Neal West Domestic use (1886-1896) of the Grant United States Letter Sheet Envelope

NON-COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS Eliot Landau 1948 Gettysburg Address stamp, FDCs and Usages Alexander Kolchinsky Champaign Urbana Stamp Club Jackie Alton Chicagoland Chapter #5 Germany Philatelic Society Gary Danzer Northwest Stamp Club Harry Mccullogh Glen Ellyn Philatelic club - Club One Frame Timothy G Wait Illinois Postal History Society Mike Dennany Kalamazoo Stamp Club Paul Larsen Park Forest Stamp Club

CHICAGOPEX 2013 Jury Members: Jay Stotts, Jury Chairman David McNamee, Judge Wayne Menuz, Judge Ben Palmer, Judge AUSTRALIA Kent Wilson, Judge Chris Dahle, Apprentice Judge

CHICAGOPEX 2013 Literature Palmares

Grand Fred J. Nash The Philatelic History of Dutch West Borneo during the World War II Era

LITERATURE EXHIBITS

Gold Scott R. Trepel The Alyeska Collection of Mail Falkland Islands and Dependencies 1800-2013 Specialized Catalogue, 6th ed. Patricia A. Kaufmann et al. Confederate States of America Catalog & Handbook

Fred J. Nash The Philatelic History of Dutch West Borneo during the World War II Era Oscar Melton Thomas The Western Express Companies 1850-1890: A catalog of their franks and hand stamps Thomas Lera The Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium: Select Papers 2010-2011 Sean Burke Rhodesian Study Circle Journal Wayne Youngblood Topical Time Daniel C. Warren Vorläufer Michael Mahler The American Revenuer, 2012, Vol. 65 American First Day First Days Society Michael D. Roberts Mexicana 2012

Vermeil India and States Stamp Catalogue, 4th edition, 2013 Schuyler J. Rumsey The Richard Warren Collection of Confederate States of America Inc. Philatelic Auctions, The Richard F. Winter Collection of Trans-Atlantic Mails Jay Grace Walmsley Inc. The Travelling Post Offices of Uruguay (Second Edition) Diane DeBlois & Robert Postal History Journal Dalton Harris Roger D. Curran U.S. Cancellation Club News Bill Featherstone Upland Goose: Journal of the Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group

Silver David Y. Lu China Airmails: A Study of the Development of Aviation & Airmail Services in China from 1920 to 1941 Eric Knapp The Alaskan Philatelist Mal Tedds Postal Order News Albert W. Starkweather, Stamp Insider Jr.

Ernesto Cuesta Journal of Cuban Philately

Silver Bronze C. D. Singh Stamps on Sikhs Gene E. Pitzer Roadrunner Frederick C. Skvara Americana Philatelic News Jack R. Congrove Biophilately Peter Thy Forerunners

Certificate Ronald Blanks Field Guide to Postal Uses of the Prominent Americans Series Donald R. Ager October 12

CHICAGOPEX 2013 Literature Jury Members: Robert Odenweller, Jury Chairman NJ Hal Vogel, Judge NJ James Graue, Judge Valleyford, WA

Special Awards Best Exhibit by a Chicago Philatelic Society Member

William J Johnson James William Denver - The Man & his Times

APS Pre -1900 Award

Ken Gilbert United States 10 cent Issue of 1861

APS 1900 -1940 Award

Alfred Kugel Postal History of the American Forces in China 1900-1941

APS 1940 -1980 Award

Kurt and Joann Lenz The 6 cent Theodore Roosevelt Stamp 1955-1968

APS 1980 - Present Award

David Collyer Architecture Series - 4th definitive of Republic of South Africa

APS Research Award

Robert G Rufe U. S. Special Handling 1925 – 1959

American Airmail Society

Geoffrey Lewis Philippines International Airmails up to 1941

American First Day Cover Society

Jeff Bennett Baseball Centennial

AAPE PIN

Eric Glohr Hawaiian Postal Cards and Envelopes: Kingdom, Provisional Government and Republic Issues

Lionel Savins Perforations, Papers, and Varieties of the 1935 Pictorial Definitive Issue of New Zealand

AAPE Creativity Award

Lawrence Haber The half Penny (decimal) Machin

AAPE Best Title Page

Kurt and Joann Lenz The 6 cent Theodore Roosevelt Stamp 1955-1968 American Philatelic Congress Award

Ken Gilbert United States 10 cent Issue of 1861

American Topical Association Award

Alexander Kolchinsky Stalin on stamps, covers, and postcards: Philately at the service of dictatorship

Military Postal History Society Award

Alfred Kugel Postal History of the American Forces in China 1900-1941

Postal History Society Award

James Pullin American Sailing Packets on the North Atlantic 1818 to 1840

United States Cancellations Club

Alfred Kugel Postal History of the American Forces in China 1900-1941

United States Philatelic Classics Society

Ken Gilbert United States 10 cent Issue of 1861

United States Stamp Society Hopkinson Award

Irv Heimburger Mr. Ostrander Smith goes to Washington

United States Stamp Society Presidents Award

Marvin Platt The Columbian Envelopes of 1893

Women Exhibitors Achievement Award

Lawrence Haber The Hudson Fulton Issue of 1909: First Day Covers and early uses

Best Novice Award

Gerald Forsythe United States of America Regular Issued Airmail Postage Stamps, Plate blocks, sheets and Covers for the years 1918 thru 1935

Illinois Postal History Award

Timothy G Wait Rockford Illinois Postal Markings 1837 – 1939

United States Postal Stationery Society Champion of Champions

Marvin Platt The Columbian Envelopes of 1893

United States Postal Stationery Society Champion of Champions Single Frame

David Y. Lu The International Aerogrammes of China 1948-1949

United States Postal Stationery Society Marcus White

Douglas Clark The U.S. Revalued Postal Stationery of 1971

United States Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Single Frame

Richard Taschenberg The All New U.S. 10 cent Envelopes of 1870-1874