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VAPEX 2009 Palmares

Court of Honor

Liz Hisey Around the World in 24 Hip Hops
Liz Hisey America's Favorite Dessert Apple Pie

Multiframe Exhibit Awards

VAPEX Grand Award

Captain W.D. Burnett


U.S. Early Mail Service, Military Postal Stations and Franklin in the Philippines 1898-1902;
also VAPEX Gold Award, International Philippine Philatelic Society Eugene A. Garrett Award,
US Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award

VAPEX Reserve Grand Award

Ron Lesher

The Two-Cent Revenue Stamped Paper of the United States 1865-1883;
also VAPEX Gold Award, American Revenue Association Best Revenue Exhibit Award

Gold Awards

Daniel Warren

Southern Mail - The Story of a Postal Service;
also J. Douglas Church Award, American Philatelic Congress Award For Excellence in Text
Galen Harrison

Union Prisoners' Mail, an In Depth Look, 1861-1865;
also Military Postal History Society - Award for the Best MPHS Exhibit
William A. Sandrik Quarantine and Disinfection of Mail
Harlan Stone Switzerland's Domestic and International Postal Services During July 1, 1862 - November 30, 1891
Tom Myers

Riches of Columbia Airmails 1932-1940;
also APS Medal Of Excellence - 1900-1940
Albert Briggs, Jr. The A, B, C's of Patent Medicine
Marc Gonzales

Mexico - The Provisional Period of 1867-1868;
also APS Medal Of Excellence - Pre 1900

Vermeil Awards

Gene Lightfoot

Antebellum Virginia 1851-1861;
also APS Research Medal
Robert Mayo

Richmond Virginia Stampless Covers and Supplementary Markings from 1850-1861;
also AAPE Gold Award of Honor, AAPE Novice Award
Albert Briggs, Jr.

Domestic Usages of the U.S. Presidential Series;
also APS Medal of Excellence - 1940 - 1980
E. Williams

Celebrating the First Fifty Years of Scouting, Illustrated Through World Scout Jamborees 1920-1957;
also Loyal E. Faulconer Novice Award, AAPE Gold Award of Honor
Donald Vorhis Ceylon's Slave Island Post Office

Silver Awards

Tom Myers Columbian Express Mail
David Collins German National Postal Cards 1873-1945

Silver Bronze Awards

Joseph Weintrob Stamps of the Jewish National Fund
Paul Smith

Polio Stamps of Nations;
also American Topical Association Special Award

Bronze Award

Sam Wiseman Philatelic Rail Roading

Single Frame Exhibit Awards

VAPEX Best One Frame Exhibit

Steve Rose

1869 Workhorse;
also VAPEX Gold

Gold Awards

Rick Calhoun

Confederate Williamsburg, Virginia;
also Virginia Postal History Society Patrick Henry Award
William A. Sandrik Austro-Americana Shipping Line
Dan Walker Grenada's War Tax Issue June 1, 1916-June 13, 1919

Vermeil Award

Gregory Shoults Washington and Franklin Coils Rotary Press Issues One Cent Tax of WWI

Silver Awards

Jim McDevitt U.S. Coast Guard
E. Williams

First National Jamboree- Boy Scouts of America;
also Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award

Silver Bronze Awards

Jim McDevitt The Fourth USS Maine
Rose Fournier

Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly;
also American Topical Association Novice Award

Bronze Award

James Mathis The National Archives 50th Anniversary Commemorative: Design, Production, FDC, Usage

Youth Awards

VAPEX Youth Grand Award

Tim Hodge

Falconiformes;
also VAPEX Youth Gold Award, AAPE Youth Grand Award

Silver Award

Lorah Wilson

Creative Characters;
also AAPE Youth Silver Award

VAPEX 2009 Most Popular Awards

First Place

Galen Harrison Union Prisoners' Mail, an In Depth Look, 1861-1865

Second Place

Albert Briggs, Jr. The A, B, C's of Patent Medicine
Rose Fournier Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly


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