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Exhibits and Rarities

No other event can offer three grand awards (for National Topical Stamp Show, Americover and APS Stamp Show), three single frame grands, the World Series of Philately Champion of Champions, Most Popular Champion of Champions,  the Youth Exhibiting Championship, a literature competition, and a Court of Honor including rare stamps such as the Inverted Jenny.

Plan to attend to peruse more than 800 frames of world-class exhibits showcasing rare and interesting aspects of philately. 


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Frames of Philatelic Exhibits to be on display:

 

Youth

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
51-52 The Life of Saint Patrick Laurelei Fox
53 The Wonderful World of Butterflies (Most Popular and Youth) Sahitya Setty

Youth Champion of Champions

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
54 Youth Champion of Champion Intro  
55-58 Thinking of You Christina Esbeck
59-60 The Best Way to Own a Cat Victoria A. Munoz
61-63 Maritime Machinery Kaitlyn Zhang
64 The History of the Blarney Castle (Most Popular and Youth C of C) Tabitha Fox
65 The Roaring Reds Andrew Ciko
66 A Penguin's Perspective: A Philatelic Expedition into Antarctic Exploration, Collaboration, and Scientific Research Adrianna Baumle
67 All About Giant Pandas and Stamps Genevieve Turner
68 Swiftie Stamps: A Philatelic Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift Ellen Tate
69 Celebrating 200 Years of Florida's Capital 'Tallahassee' Sahitya Setty

Most Popular

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
53 The Wonderful World of Butterflies Sahitya Setty
64 The History of the Blarney Castle Tabitha Fox
102-109 Women of the Black Heritage Series - From the Fields of Slavery to the Halls of Congress (Most Popular and Americover) Mark Thompson
110-117 Smokey Bear Issue of 1984 (Most Popular and Americover) Rick Gibson
118-126 James William Denver - The Man and His Times (Most Popular and StampShow) William J. Johnson
127-134 "The Match of the Century" - A Philatelic Extravaganza!! (Most Popular and NTSS) Michael Schumacher
135-139 The Dublin Censor Office 1939-1945 (Most Popular and StampShow) Karl Winkelmann
140 CACAO: The Path to Chocolate (Most Popular and NTSS) Carol Edholm

National Topical Stamp Show

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
127-134 "The Match of the Century" - A Philatelic Extravaganza!! (Most Popular and NTSS) Michael Schumacher
140 CACAO: The Path to Chocolate (Most Popular and NTSS) Carol Edholm
401 The ATA One-Page Exhibit Program (Non-Competitive) American Topical Association
402 Benjamin Franklin's Life Story Told with 30 Stamps, Covers, and Cards Edward Mendlowitz
403 The Eastland Phillip J. Stager
404 Postal Stationery of Western Thrace Yavuz M. Corapcioglu
405 Early Glider Mail 1923-1939 Jane Snowdon
406 Spoiled by War: The Games of The XIIth Olympiad Andrew Urushima
407 I Am a Red Panda Catherine Gilbert
408 United Nations Se-Tenant Continuous Design Stamps: Blocks and Strips Timothy Bergquist
409-418 Philatelic Story of the Invasion of Ukraine Glenn Roehrig
419-425 The Commerce of Gold Coast (Africa) 1875-1925 Lesley Lorant
426-435 Ancient Egypt: The Time of the Pharaohs Carl "Van" Jennings
436-445 Mohan to Mahatma: Gandhi's Life and Legacy Raj V. Rajan
446-450 Tale of the Crooked Road: The Alaska Highway from Early Promotion to the opening to the Public Eric R. Knapp
451-458 The Jewel City - Postcards of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 Dawn R. Hamman
459-466 The Bayeus Tapestry Sherri Soraci Jennings
467-473 Games of the Xth Olympiad - Los Angeles 1932 Conrad Klinkner
474-475 Cats, Cats, and more Cats Ardis Quick
476-482 Hand-Painted, Hand-Drawn, and Hand-Colored Covers with Animal Name Postmarks Greg Balagian
483-488 Walt Disney's Richest Superstar: $crooge McDuck and $crooge's Celebrated Creator, Carl Barks Edward Bergen
489-493 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Development and Ramifications Christopher Dahle
494-498 The Bible: From Antiquity to Modern Culture Mark Loomis
499-500 The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine: 1947-1948 Fran Adams
501-505 Captain James Cook's Voyages in the Pacific Alan Farrell
506-510 From Mark of Oppression to Symbol of Gay Pride - The Pink Triangle Tomas L. Griebling
511-515 Fabrege's Imperial Easter Eggs: Extragance & Intrigue Norma Nielson
516-519 Charles Dickinson, Founder of Dickinson Air Line and the First-Which was Their Second to Last - Day of CAM 9 Service from Chicago to Minneapolic - St. Paul in 1926 Dr. Bruce Arlen Wasserman
520-522 Lion as a Subject of Inaugural Stamp Issues Greg Balagian
523-525 Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Explorer Susan Jones
526-528 Japan's Philatelic Commemoration of the 1st Anniversary of the Greater East Asian War David & Laurie Bernstein
529-531 Insular Gospel Books of Ireland and the British Isles (c.650-900) Susan Jones
532-534 Böhmen und Mähren: Nazi Propaganda in World War II Czechoslovakia Martin Kent Miller
535-537 Poland's White Eagle Dr. Edwin J. Andrews

Americover

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
102-109 Women of the Black Heritage Series - From the Fields of Slavery to the Halls of Congress (Most Popular and Americover) Mark Thompson
110-117 Smokey Bear Issue of 1984(Most Popular and Americover) Rick Gibson
201 "Combo" First Day Covers of the Fourth Bureau Era James Hering
202 The Southern Rhodesia Commemorative Stamp of the 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of Matabeleland Mark M. Loomis
203 Combination First Day Covers of the Fourth Bureau Definitive Issues Ralph H. Nafziger
204-213 The 1966 Polish Millennium Issue Ronald J. Klimley
214-218 The Thirteen Cent US Liberty Bell Design Jere Dutt
219-228 The Eagle Has Landed - The First Priority Mail Stamp - $2.40 Priority Mail Charles J. O'Brien, III
229-236 The Forest Conservation Issue of 1958 Rick Gibson
237-244 The 2c General Pulaski Stamp Ronald J. Klimley
245-251 Telegraph Centenary Issue of 1944 and it's First Day Covers Philip Leber
252-254 Weird Stuff First Day Covers Lloyd A. de Vries
255-261 The U.S. Prevent Drug Abuse Stamp and Its First Day Covers Robert R. Henak
262-267 STAMPS - The Heart of the Art Mark Thompson
268-272 Don Bloom Cachet Covers Edward Mendlowitz
273-280 Frank Lloyd Wright- First Days and Usage of the 2¢ Issue Charles J. O'Brien, III
281-284 The 1987 Bret Harte $5 Stamp on FDCs with Cachets Cynthia Scott
285-289 Presidential Inauguration and Swear in Covers and Related Events 1929 - 2025 Edward Mendlowitz
290-294 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Commemorative of 1953 Thomas Bieniosek
295-296 WC Handy Stamps, First Day Covers and Memoriabilia Michele D. Brown
297-302 Plan for Better Cities: The 1967 Urban Planning Stamp and its First Day Covers Todd Ronnei
303-307 The US/Canada Not Joint Issue of the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Highway Eric R. Knapp
308-312 How Now Brown Mouse? The Evolution of Anon E. Mouse cachets Cynthia Scott
313-317 The United States Red Cross Issue of 1931 Michael Clark

APS StampShow

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
118-126 James William Denver - The Man and His Times (Most Popular and StampShow) William J. Johnson
135-139 The Dublin Censor Office 1939-1945 (Most Popular and StampShow) Karl Winkelmann
601 The KgU Propaganda Parodies of East Germany, 1953 to 1957 Oliver Wyrtki
602 US #1 "Block of 100" Grant Marquette
603 The Czechoslovak Legion in Russia 1917-1920 David L. McKinney
604 Leonminster, Mass. Provincial Postage Due and Instructional Labels Chip Gliedman
605 Covers Mailed to President Roosevelt from the 2nd Republic of Poland Leslie Butler
606 The U.S.-German Treaty Rate of 1909-1915: Creating Confusion but Saving Money A. Lavar Taylor
607 Pre-WWII U.S. Navy Ship Cancellations, 1933-1939 James Hering
608 Stamps of the Indian Princely State of Jhalawar Vivek S. Chopra
609 Production Archival Material and Final Appearance of 1933 Garni Stamp Igor Grigorian
610 The Provisional Government of Ireland Dec. 1921 to Dec. 1922 Robert M. Benninghoff
611-620 US Telegraph: Origins, Consolidations and Technologies Philip Leber
621-625 Swiss Overprinted Issues for the SdN and BIT - The First Definitive Series and Supplemental Issues Greg S. Galletti
626-635 Transition to War: Pearl Harbor Ships before and after December 7, 1941 Lloyd Ferrell
636-645 Union Occupation Mail Michael McClung
646-650 The End is Near: WWI Era Mail Sent To and From German Colonies and Post Offices Abroad A. Lavar Taylor
651-660 Philatelic Scripophily: Taking a Bite from the Bulls and the Bears. Revenue-Stamped Stock Certificates of the Civil War Tax Era, 1862–1872 Michael T. Mahler
661-670 Poland - 1939-45: Occupation - Resistance - Liberation - History from the Combatants' Viewpoints Leonard Piszkiewicz
671-675 The Evolution and Development of Rural Free Delivery in West Virginia (1900-1925) Wayne Farley
676-685 Watermarks and Countermarks of the AQ Lettersheets of the Republic of Venice 1608-1797 Art Bunce
686-695 Returning mail addressed to killed or missing soldiers in the German feldpost system, 1939 – 1945 Jason Yang
696-700 Landpost "uber" Lehrte: An Example of the Rural Mail System in Germany 1933-1991 Ken Gilbert
701-709 Rebel Documents, Yankee Stamps: the Untold Story of How the Union Collected It's Stamp Taxes in the Confederacy, During Wartime Occupation and by Positive Retroactive Stamping Michael T. Mahler
710-718 All Aboard for the Graf Zeppelin's Flight Around the World! James D. Hill
719-726 Postal Stationery of the Ottoman Empire Yavuz Corapcioglu
727-732 Postal Rates and Usages of U.S. Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps on Domestic and International Mail - 1913 to 1928 Wade E. Saadi
733-740 Fiji Islands 1840-1903 Andrew Ward
741-748 Postal History of the 1861 United States 24-cent Design Robert J. Faux
749-756 Cork Postal History to 1696 to 1875 Brian Callan
757-764 Postal History of the Italian Social Republic 1943-1945 Seref Bornovali
765-772 The Air and Gas Defense League (LOPP) in Polish Aerophilately (1923 1939) Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski
773-780 POLAND: Warsaw Postal Adminstration/November 11, 1918 to June 1919/First Issues of a New Country James Mazepa
781-786 Switzerland Imperforate Sitting Helvetia Definitives 1854-1863 - The "Strubels" Bruce Marsden
787-792 Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships - without postal facilities Lloyd Ferrell
793-794 Poland Official Mail - The Flat Fee/Lump Sum Regulations 1923-1931 Ross Marshall
795-796 The Indestructible Irish Tim Carey
797-803 25¢ Honeybee - From Design to Postal Usage Robert E. Thompson
804-810 German Postal Agencies in Morocco Larry Gardner
811-817 Line Engraved Issues of Great Britain Stuart Reddington
818-824 Rates and Usages of the U.S. 3-Cent Circular Die Stamped Envelopes: 1917-1960 Stephen L. Suffet & Marilyn Suffet
825-828 Butterfield's Overland Mail Company Bob Crossman
829-836 The Rocket Mails of India Markand Dave
837-842 American Forces in Korea 1945-1955 John Barwis
843-848 Provisional Issues of South Vietnam (1963-1980): Philatelic Evolution and Uses Emory Earl Toops
849-853 Early California Mail 1828-1851 Edward J. and Pat Laveroni
854-858 Postal Stationery Issued and Used in Puerto Rico from 1878-1906 Rafael Blanco
859-860 The First International Women's Year of the United Nations (1975) and the Philatelic Voices of Africa Agbenyega Adedze
861-865 Errors, Freaks & Oddities of the U.S. Bicentenial Period James L. McKinzie
866-870 The New York Postmaster Provisiona ogb 1845 Mark Schwartz
871-875 German East Africa 1890-1927 Trevor Brock
876-879 Six Flags over Lehrte Ken Gilbert
880-883 Shanghai, Port of Last Resort, 1939-1947 Edward G. Rosen
884-886 A Postal History Map of the United States of America Chip Gliedman
887-889 Airmail Service to Palestine/Israel During Transition, March to August 1948 Edward G. Rosen
890-892 Imperial & Republic of China Official Postal Seals H. James Maxwell

World Series
Champion of Champions

The following exhibits won the Grand Award at a World Series of Philately show during the past two years and are eligible to compete for the title of 2025 Champion of Champions.

Frames
Exhibit Title
Exhibitor
902-911 America's Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper Roger S. Brody
912-921 Evolution of American Mail 1685 to 1799 Vernon R. Morris, Jr. MD
922-930 Burma - The First Two Issues Michael Ley
931-938 The Two Cent Hardings James Hering
939-946 Great Britain: Development and Evolution of the Pony Road Stars (1854-1864) Juan Farah
947-954 The Handling of Mail in the Confederate States of America by the Confederate Government and Private Individuals from Secession to Appomattox Daniel M. Knowles
955-960 All Aboard! A Grand Tour - American Style, 1915 Dawn R. Hamman
961-970 Panama Postal Stationery 1903-1940 Bradley Wilde
971-980 The Development and Impact of Missions in Southern Rhodesia Mark M. Loomis
981-985 Separation Anxiety: Mis-Cuts. Pre-Cuts & Mis-Perfs in Britian's Line Engraved Stamps Paul Sarjeant
986-993 Mexico - The Provisional Period 1867-1868 Marc E. Gonzales
994-1001 Pre-Prohibition United States Beer Stamps 1866-1919 Louis Caprario
1002-1009 Washington & Franklin Coils: The Development of the Third Bureau Flat Plate and Coil Waste Issues 1908-1915 Gregory Shoults
1011-1018 Sesquicentennial Exposition 1926 Charles J. O'Brien, III
1019-1026 U.S. Departmentals, 1873 to 1884 Lester C. Lanphear, III
1027-1034 Finding Antarctica - Then Finding More of It Jiri Kraus
1035-1042 Philatelic Invention in the United States: 1861-1881 Jan H. Hofmeyr
1043-1050 United States of Columbia 1868-1881 Alfredo Frohlich
1051-1058 Classic Columbia 1862-1863, The 5th and 6th Issues Alfredo Frohlich

 


Literature Entries:

Updated 6/11/2025

Class
Literature Title
Articles A Basic Classical Postal History Review
Articles A study in Race, Racism, and Presidential Politics
Articles Fishing with FDR
Articles Georgia Postmaster and County Postmarks
Articles Great Barrier Reef on Stamps
Articles Korean War POW Mail, 70 Years After the Armistice
Articles Objective Methods for Philatelic Grading
Articles Pep Pills, Porn and Postage Stamps: 1983 Counterfeiting of the 20-cent Flag
Articles Plating Finland's Serpentine Rouletted Stamps
Articles Postal Stationey as Maximum Card Forerunners
Articles Pursuing UOs in Northern New Jersey
Articles Royal Arch Oak
Articles The Death of the Phillippine Clipper
Articles The Little Route that Couldn't: The Short Life of the Minneapolis to Deluth Cam 9 Spur
Articles The Real Stalag 13: Camp Hammelburg
Articles The USS Manley (DD-74) at Puerto Colombia
Articles When the US Post Office Silenced the Father of Rural Free Delivery
Articles Zloty Centenial
Catalogs Western Ukraine 1918-1919: A Specialized Philatelic Catalog
Electronic Material Celestial Chronicles-Stellar Impressions
Electronic Material Concepts to Cosmos
Electronic Material Croatia (Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska) 1941-1945 Concentration Camp Cards
Electronic Material Online Battleship Desk Reference
Electronic Material Pennywise - All About Money
Handbooks A Post Office Adventure Along the British Indian Railway
Handbooks First Day Cover Philatelic Exhibiting: A Master Class
Handbooks Gandhi Connections
Handbooks Kashmir Calling
Handbooks Postal History of Cowlitz County, Washington
Handbooks Ramayana on Stamps
Handbooks Rebel Document, Yankee Stamps - The untold Story of How the Union Collected Its Stamp Taxes in the Confederacy, During Wartime Occupation and by Postwar Retroactive Stamping
Handbooks Reprints Conterfeits and Forgeries of Mexico's First Design, 2nd ed
Handbooks The Port Hood Provisional Stamps of 1899, A Literature Review and Census
Handbooks The Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery of Guatemala
Journal/Periodical Bulletin of the Polonus Polish Philatelic Scoeity
Journal/Periodical El Quetzal - Journal of the International Society of Guatemala Collectors
Journal/Periodical La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History
Journal/Periodical NJPH, Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society
Journal/Periodical PA Postal History Journals
Journal/Periodical TELL - Journal of the American Helvetia Philatelic Society
Journal/Periodical The Airpost Journal
Journal/Periodical The Airpost Journal
Journal/Periodical The Album Page
Journal/Periodical The Cuban Philatelist
Journal/Periodical The Meter Stamp Society Quarterly Bulletin 2024 (Volume 76)
Journal/Periodical The Roadrunner - Journal of the Arizona & New Mexico Postal History Society

Exhibit Jury

Ed Kroft (Chief), Vancouver, Canada
Michael Bloom, Oregon
Charles Bromser, Australia
Robert Hohertz, Minnesota
John Hotchner, Virginia
Kathy Johnson, Minnesota
Andre Kelley, Colorado
Behruz Nassre-Esfahani, California
Raymond Pietruszka, Alabama
Stephen Reinhard, New York
Simon Richards, United Kingdom
Patricia Stilwell Walker, Florida
 

FIP Option Jury

James Mazepa, Florida
W. Danforth Walker, Florida

Literature Competition Jury

Kenneth Trettin (Chief), Iowa
Patrick Walters, Colorado
Alan Warren, Pennsylvania
Thomas Lera, (Literature Apprentice) Florida

American Philatelic Society

The American Philatelic Society is a non-profit organization for stamp collectors worldwide. Founded in 1886, the APS serves collectors, educators, postal historians, and the general public by providing a wide variety of programs and services.