Current Exhibit Awards
(as of Oct 2023)
ANTHONY FERNANDEZ AWARD
For best multi-frame exhibit in show. Originally sponsored by Ed Brennecke; now sponsored by USCS
YearWinnerExhibit Title
1967 Don McPherson Wings of Our Navy
1968 Howard Koeppen Type 1 USN Cancels
1969 James Russell “S” Class Submarines
1970 Forrest Swisher Type 2 Cancels of the Classic Period
1971 John Hart Salt Water Philately
1972 Martin Longseth Imperial German Navy Postmarks, 1890-1918
1973 James Russell Selected Pages of Tokyo Bay Markings
1974 No Award
1975 Forrest Swisher Type 1 Cancels Used on Cruisers
1976 Don S. Dimpsey Alaska Gazetter
1977 James Myerson Wood, Iron and Steel, Pre-1908 US Navy Covers
1978 James Myerson From Flivvers to Flush Decks
1979 Robert Rawlins Submarine Arctic Operations
1980 Robert Rawlins The NAUTILUS Odyssey
1981 James Myerson Germany’s High Seas Fleet
1982 Robert Rawlins Naval Cover Art
1983 James Myerson Registered!
1984 Jay Milewski, Jr. On Foreign Service
1985 Diane Boehret German Navy Mail in Boxer Rebellion, 1900-1901
1986 David Kent The Scorpion Search
1987 Jackson Bosley Mail from the US Navy in Asia, 1898 to 1923
1988 Forrest Swisher Paquebot Cancels
1989 Frank Hoak III The First Steel Hulled Battleships, 1895-1923
1990 Jim Smith Surrender in Tokyo Bay
1991 Ted Bahry U.S. Marines in China, 1900-1941
1992 Jay Milewski Type One Cancels
1993 Jackson Bosley Mail from the US Navy in Asia, 1898 to 1923
1994 Bob Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarines at War
1995 Bob Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 95, A Retrospective
1996 Jim Myerson The Navy in World War I
1997 Richard Hoffner Coast Guard in SE Asia, Operation Market Time
1998 Robert Rawlins US Navy Mail in 19th/Early 20th Centuries
1999 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarines at War
2000 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON, Bulldog of the Fleet
2001 Robert Rawlins USN Submarine Force at 100, A Retrospective
2002 Jay Milewski Little Giants of the Big War
2003 Henry H. Sweets III U.S. Navy in Asiatic Waters 1899-1916
2004 Robert Rawlins A Survey of Naval Cover Art
2005 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Mail in the 19th Century
2006 No award
2007 Robert Rawlins Submarine Arctic Operations
2008 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON, Bulldog of the Fleet
2009 Steve Shay The Evolution of Naval Cover Collecting
2010 Robert Rawlins Life in the U.S. Navy, 1900-1920
2011 Robert Rawlins Submarines At War, WWII
2012 Robert Rawlins The Nautilus Odyssey – A Philatelic History of the 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Expedition
2013 Robert Rawlins Submarine Arctic Operations
2014 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Battleship Mail During World War I
2015 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON, Bulldog of the Fleet
2016 Steve Shay Mail to and From the US Navy via Airmail, 1918-1941
2017 Mel Dick The Postmarks and Cachets of USS Lexington, 1928-1942
2018 David & Laurie Bernstein Taffy 3, Two Hours of Gallantry, Guts and Gumption
2019 Lloyd Ferrell Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships – without Postal Facilities (4 frames)
2020 No Award (due to COVID, the convention was cancelled)
2021 Lloyd Ferrell Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships – without Postal Facilities (now 5 frames)
2022 Lloyd Ferrell Transition to War at Pearl Harbor: Navy Ships Along Ford Island and Battleship Row
2023 Lloyd Ferrell Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships – without Postal Facilities (now 6 frames)
2024 Lloyd Ferrell Transition to War: Pearl Harbor: Navy Ships before and after December 7, 1941 (10 frames)
FRANCIS E. LOCY AWARD
Initially given for “the best study of one or more types of postmarks classified according to the Locy System (updated)”. In 1989, the following phrase was added: “or to the best exhibit with its primary emphasis on naval/maritime postmarks or postal markings”. Applies only to multi-frame exhibits. This award was initially sponsored by Ed Brennecke, but is now sponsored by USCS
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1965 Howard Koeppen Independence Day – US Navy
1966 Donald McPherson Asiatic Fleet
1967 Edward Koschmann Fancy Navy Day Cancels
1968 Howard Koeppen Type 1 US Navy Cancels
1969 Howard Koeppen Locy Type Chart Illustrations
1970 William Lawton Study of the Type 9 All-Purpose cancel, 1942-1947
1971 Howard Koeppen Battleships, 1909-1929
1972 James Russell Type “F” Cancels
1973 William Lawton Postal History of the US Fleet, 1908-1973
1974 Horst Rommel US Navy Postmarks
1975 Forrest Swisher Type 1 Cancels Used on Cruisers
1976 George W. Finn Naval Postmarks and Their Variations
1977 William Lawton Postal History of the US Fleet, 1908-1977
1978 Donald McPherson Victory – The US Fleet In Tokyo Bay
1979 Lawrence Groh It’s Official
1980 Lawrence Groh Those Were the Days
1981 James Myerson Type 3 Cancels of the US Navy Postmarks
1982 Henry H. Sweets Postmarks and Postal Markings from USS HANNIBAL
1983 James Myerson Registered!
1984 No Award
1985 Frank Hoak, III Flags in the Navy
1986 Lawrence Groh Destroyer Threes
1987-89 No Award
1990 Jim Smith Surrender in Tokyo Bay
1991 No Award
1992 Jay Milewski Type One Cancels
1993 Jim Smith Dr. Locy and USS PENNSYLVANIA
1994 Jim Davenport Cancels from USS RELIEF (AH-1)
1995 Bob Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 95, a Retrospective
1996 Jim Davenport Postmarks of USS COLORADO (BB-45)
1997 Steve Henderson USN WWI Pacific Censor Markings
1998 No Award
1999 Steve Henderson U.S.N. Censors Handstamp Markings of WWII in the Pacific
2000 No Award
2001 Greg Finnegan When the Mail Clerk is a Collector – W.C. Healy and ABSD-2 in WWII
2002 Robert Rawlins Naval Cancel Errors, Freaks and Oddities
2003 Steve Henderson U.S. Navy Censors Handstamp Markings of WWII in the Pacific
2004 Paul Helman Lapwing Class, the First USN Minesweepers
2005 No Award
2006 No Award
2007 Steve Henderson US Navy Censors Handstamp Markings of WWII in the Pacific
2008 No Award
2009 Wolfgang Krause United States Naval Postmarks
2010 No Award
2011 No Award
2012 No Award
2013 No Award
2014 Steve Shay Mail To and From the US Navy via US Airmail, 1918-1941
2015 Don Tjossem Yangtze River Naval Covers 1932-1941
2016 No award
2017 David & Laurie Bernstein Victims of the Divine Wind
2018 Mel Dick Postmarks and Cachets of the Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington, 1928-1942
2019 John Young US Navy Machine Cancels, 1919-1979
2020 No Award (due to COVID, the convention was cancelled)
2021 Lloyd Ferrell Transition to War at Pearl Harbor: Navy Ships Along Ford Island and Battleship Row
2022 Steve Shay The U.S. Navy in the Tokyo Bay Area, August-September, 1945
2023 Laurie Bernstein Victims of the Devine Wind
2024 No Award
JESSE BURGESS THOMAS MEMORIAL AWARD
For the most outstanding multi-frame exhibit of maritime or naval history. Initially sponsored by Adm Byrd Chapter #11; now sponsored by USCS
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1974 Donald McPherson The Asiatic fleet
1975 James Watt Transatlantic Passenger Ships
1976 Harvy A. Amers Last Frontier
1977 Frank Hoak Tokyo Bay
1978 Donald McPherson Victory – The U.S. Fleet At Tokyo Bay
1979 James Russell Tokyo Bay Markings
1980 Leonard Joesten United States Sea Post
1981 James Myerson Germany`s High Seas Fleet
1982 Jesse D. Boehret German Navy Mail
1983 James Russell USS SQUALUS
1984 John Milewski, Jr. On Foreign Service
1985 Diane Boehret German Navy Mail in Boxer Rebellion, 1900 – 1901
1986 David A. Kent The Scorpion Search
1987 Jackson Bosley Mail from the US Navy in Asia, 1898 to 1923
1988 Aline Ziesemer Old Ironsides
1989 John Young U.S Navy in Spanish Waters, 1936-1940
1990 Jim Smith Surrender in Tokyo Bay
1991 Ted Bahry U.S. Marines in China, 1900-1941
1992 Robert Rawlins Submarines at War
1993 Jackson Bosley Mail from the US Navy in Asia, 1898 to 1923
1994 Steve Henderson U.S. Navy Censorship Handstamps of WWII in the Pacific
1995 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 95, a Retrospective
1996 Jim Myerson The Navy in World War One
1997 Shawn Pelky 1931-1934 National Cruise of Old Ironsides
1998 Gilbert Pittman Great White Fleet World Cruise
1999 Allen Klein The 1931 Cruise of Old Ironsides
2000 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON, Bulldog of the Fleet
2001 Robert Rawlins The U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 100, A Retrospective
2002 Frank Hoak III Dr. F.E. Locy, Naval Cover Collector
2003 Henry H. Sweets III U.S. Navy in Asiatic Waters 1899-1916
2004 Allen Klein USS Akron – Pride of the Navy
2005 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Mail in the 19th Century
2006 No Award
2007 Robert Rawlins Submarine Arctic Operations
2008 Steve Shay The Evolution of Naval Cover Collecting
2009 Mel Dick The Life and Career of USS LEXINGTON CV-2
2010 No Award
2011 Robert Rawlins Submarines At War, WWII
2012 Robert Rawlins The Nautilus Odyssey – A Philatelic History of the 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Expedition
2013 Liz Hisey Purser’s Markings, United Fruit Company – Six Sisters 1931-41
2014 Henry Sweets U.S. Navy in Asiatic Waters 1899-1916
2015 The Pollock Family The Often Forgotten Role of the Union Navy in the Civil War
2016 No award
2017 Lloyd Ferrell Little Known Ships at Pearl Harbor
2018 Mel Dick Postmarks and Cachets of the Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington, 1928-1942
2019 Steve Shay The US Navy in the Tokyo Bay Area, August-September 1945
2020 No Award (due to COVID, the convention was cancelled)
2021 Mark Schwartz Packet Mail Sent From Essex County, Mass: 1840 up to U.P.U.
2022 Mel Dick Postmarks and Cachets of the Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington, 1928-1942
2023 Patricia Stilwell-Walker Ship Letter Rates of Ireland: Act of 1711 through Act of 1840
2024 Lloyd Ferrell Little Known Pearl Harbor Ships – without Postal Facilities (6 frames)
CAPTAIN HERBERT F. ROMMEL AWARD
(previously) SINGLE FRAME AWARD)
For best one-frame (16 page) exhibit. Established as the Single Frame Award at the 1995 Convention. The name was changed in 2015 to the Captain Herbert F. Rommel Award, and was first awarded under that name in 2015. The award is sponsored by USCS.
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1995 David Ahl Old Subs, New War
1996 David Kent Austrian Battleships
1997 James Watt “535” Type American Passenger Liners
1998 Steve Henderson Operation Iceberg
1999 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON, Bulldog of the Fleet
2000 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON, Bulldog of the Fleet
2001 Hal Vogel Cold War, Hot Ships
2002 Steve Shay The Naval Career of Frank Herman Schofield
2003 Robert Rawlins Mail from Manila Bay, December 1941 to 3 May 1942
2004 Robert Rawlins The Cruise of USS Lancaster from 1884 to 1887
2005 Steve Henderson Hawaiian Sea Frontier – Island Outposts
2006 Allen Klein Salute to USS SHENANDOAH
2007 Steve Henderson Hawaiian Sea Frontier – Protection of the Eastern Pacific
2008 Robert Rawlins The Tragedy of USS MAINE
2009 Steve Henderson Hawaiian Sea Frontier, Protecting the Eastern Pacific
2010 Robert Rawlins USS TRITON: Philatelic Aspects of her Submerged Circumnavigation of the world
2011 Allen Klein Flown Mail on USS Shenandoah
2012 Allen Klein Flown Mail on USS Shenandoah
2013 Liz Hisey Purser’s Markings, United Fruit Company – Six Sisters 1931-41
2014 Steve Henderson Hawaiian Sea Frontier – Protecting the Eastern Pacific
2015 Lloyd Ferrell Oregon Connections to Pearl Harbor and Early Events in the Pacific 1941-1942
2016 No Award
2017 David & Laurie Bernstein Kriegsmarine Schlachtschiff Bimark, A Philatelic History
2018 No Award
2019 Thomas Richards US Naval Mission to Brazil Postal History, 1922-1977
2020 No Award (due to COVID, the convention was cancelled)
2021 Steve Shay The Locy Classification System of US Naval Cancels (as created in 1929)
2022 Lloyd Ferrell The U.S. Battleship Oregon: A Brief History (1893-1919)
2023 Lloyd Ferrell The U.S. Battleship Oregon: A Brief History (1893-1919) [revamped exhibit]2024 No Award
Discontinued Exhibit Awards
NOVICE AWARD
For best exhibit by an exhibitor who has never shown maritime covers in competition before. Sponsor was the Host Chapter of the convention.
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1973 James Ronnerud USPS FDC`s Cancelled on Ships
1974 No Award
1975 Don Dimpsey 1934 – U.S. Navy in Alaska
1976 James Myerson Steel Cities
1977 Walter Brady Ships and Signatures
1978 Richard J.Weber Operation Highjump
1979 John E. Borges Nautical First Day Covers
1980 Henry H. Sweets III (1) The China Station
(2) Life And Times Of USS HANNIBAL
1981 Larry Fusselman U.S. Navy Presence In San Diego
H.G. Roberson Pearl Harbor, The Last Moment Of Peace
1982 John Milewski, Jr On Foreign Service
1983 Harold Dylhoff Operation Crossroads
1984 Suzanne Nazak 1931-1934 USF CONSTITUTION Cruise
1985 No Award
1986 Thomas Koch Imperial Japanese Navy
1987 Louis Bushnell First Days From the Fleet
1988 Gilbert Pittman Great White Fleet
1989 No Award
1990 Sanford Solarz U.S.S. MACON, the last rigid airship
1991 Thierry Delespesse 1990-91 Middle East War Covers
1992 Hyman Rosman Greenland Patrol
1993 Bernard Hennig German Submarine Mail of World War I
1994 Allen Klein U.S. Navy Flies the Pacific
1995 Graham Hurd War-time Mail from the Royal Navy, 1939-1945
1996 No Award
1997 Shawn Pelky 1931-1934 National Cruise of Old Ironsides
1998 Paul Farley USS WYOMING
1999 Larry Greg Walter G. Crosby Does San Diego
2000 Raymond Whyborn Naval Covers Call Attention to the Observance of our Nations
Holidays, Special Events, and Historic Events
2001 Steve Shay Mare Island Built Submarines
2002 No Award
2003 Dr. Fred Dunn U.S. Naval Mail in Southeast Asia before WWII
2004-05 No Award
2006 David Bernstein Sink the Bismark
2007 No Award
2008 Glenn Smith Pennsylvania Sea Services’ Connections
2009 Mel Dick The Life and Career of USS LEXINGTON CV-2
2010 Philip Schreiber The U.S. Navy and the Jewish Connection
2011 No Award
2012 Don Tjossem USS Moffett – First Year Illustrated Covers
BEST USCS DISPLAY CLASS AWARD
For best naval cover exhibit in the display class. Established 2007 for the 2008 Convention
Year Winner Exhibit Title
2008 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON, Bulldog of the Fleet
2009 Paul Helman The President’s Civilian Sailor
2010 Glenn L. Smith Heroes of the Cloth and Caduceus
2011 No Award
2012 No Award
2013 John Young BEAR – The Legendary Polar Ice Ship
2014 Jim Smith Surrender in Tokyo Bay
BEST USCS ILLUSTRATED CLASS AWARD
For the best naval cover exhibit in the illustrated mail class. Established 2007 for the 2008 Convention
Year Winner Exhibit Title
2008 John Young Mr. Grey & Friends
2009 Alan Klein Old Ironsides Comes to California
2010 No Award
2011 Marty Danford USS Argonaut Mail Clerk Charles J. Cerrinnack
2012 Mel Dick The Life and Career of the Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington 1928-1942
2013 Christine & W. Eugene Sanders, Jr Stinemetts: Naval Cachetmaker and Cover Decorator Extraordinaire
BEST USCS POSTCARD EXHIBIT
For the best naval postcard exhibit in the postcard class. Established 2007 for the 2008 Convention
Year Winner Exhibit Title
2008 David A. Kent The Development of the American Submarine, 1900-1924
2009 David A. Kent The Development of the American Submarine, 1900-1924
2010 Robert. D. Rawlins Life in the U.S. Navy, 1900-1920
2011 No Award
2012 No Award
2013 David A. Kent The Merchant Submarine Deutschland in Picture Postcards
RESERVE GRAND AWARD
For Runner up multi-frame Exhibit. Sponsor was Moffett Chapter #6; discontinued in 2005.
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1979 James Russell Tokyo Bay Markings
1980 James Myerson Floating Veterans of the Civil War
1981 Horst Rommel U.S. Navy Greyhound Mail
1982 Jesse Boehret German Navy Mail
1983 James Russell USS SQUALUS
1984 Harold Dylhoff Operation Crossroads
1985 Jackson Bosley The Yangtze Service Medal
1986 John Milewski, Jr. Greyhounds of the Great War
1987 James Myerson The Cruiser and Transport Force
1988 John Milewski, Jr. Development of the American Battleship
1989 John Young U.S. Navy in Spanish Waters, 1936-1940
1990 John Hart Cancels & Markings of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Co.
and the Royal West Indian Mail Service
1991 Henry Sweets U.S. Navy in Asiatic Waters 1899-1916
1992 Robert Rawlins Submarines at War
1993 Gilbert Pittman The Great White Fleet Cruise, A Postal History
1994 Steve Henderson U.S. Navy Censorship Handstamps of WWII in the Pacific
1995 John Milewski, Jr. U.S. Naval Auxiliaries, 1909-1929
1996 Henry Sweets U.S. Navy in Asiatic Waters, 1899-1916
1997 Sanford Solarz AKRON/MACON, Giants of the Air
1998 Gilbert Pittman Great White Fleet World Cruise
1999 Graham Hurd British Naval Mail 1939-1945
2000 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 100, A Retrospective
2001 Steve Shay Mare Island Built Submarines
2002 Robert Rawlins Naval Cancel Errors, Freaks and Oddities
2003 Allen Klein USS Macon, Queen of the Sky
2004 Allen Klein USS Akron, Pride of the Navy
2005 Steve Henderson U.S. Navy Handstamp Markings of WWII in the Atlantic
2006 No Award
SMOKIES OF THE SEAS AWARD
For the best multi-frame exhibit of covers from U.S. Coast Guard ships or stations. Sponsored by USS MICHIGAN Chapter #80; discontinued award in 2005
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1985 John P. Young Hooligan’s Navy In Antarctica
1986 No Award
1987 No Award
1988 John P. Young Blue Ice
1989 No Award
1990 John Young Coast Guard Black Fleet
1991 No Award
1992 Hyman Rosman Greenland Patrol
1993-4 No Award
1995 Hy Rosman The Secretary Class Cutter of the US Coast Guard
1996 No Award
1997 Richard Hoffner Coast Guard in SE Asia, Operation Market Time
1998 No Award
1999 John Young Semper Paratus
2000-04 No Award
CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD
For the best exhibit in the Championship Class Initially an annual competition limited to gold award winners with minimum of three entrants; in 1983, changed to triannual; in 1988, changed to every five years with only Fernandez Award Winners eligible to compete. The award was sponsored by USCS; discontinued in 1996
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1982 Robert D. Rawlins The NAUTILUS Odyssey
1985 Jesse D. Boehret German Navy Mail, 1914 – 1919
1988 Janice & Herb Harvis Seven Trips to the Poles with R.E. Byrd
1993 Ted Bahry Postal History of U.S. Marines in China
In 2006, the Board of Directors decided to discontinue the following named awards for which no exhibits are normally entered. In place, a series of new awards were developed to standardize with APS exhibit award
NUCLEAR SHIPS TROPHY
For the best multi-frame exhibit comprised primarily of covers from or related to nuclear ships. Sponsor was initially Nuclear Ships Chapter #61; later it was the USS NATHAN HALE Chapter #68
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1965 Karl Sadowski NS SAVANNAH
1966 No Award
1967 Jack Howland NS SAVANNAH
1968 Tom Stopka The Nuclear Submarine, A Most Commonplace Miracle
1969 Hugh Blackard ENTERPRISE CVA(N)-65
1970 Jack Howland NS SAVANNAH
1971 Jon Hansen Forty One For Freedom
1972 No Award
1973 David A. Kent Forty One for Freedom
1974 No Award
1975 Larry Briend DLGNs
1976 Robert D. Rawlins Submarine Arctic Operations
1977 Robert D. Rawlins Nuclear Powered Submarine Firsts
1978 No Award
1979 Robert D. Rawlins Submarine Arctic Operations
1980-86 No Award
1987 Vernon Engstrom The Old and the Nukes
1988-96 No Award
1997 Herbert Swain Russian Nuclear Icebreakers
1998-2006 No Award
2007 Award discontinued
ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD AWARD
For the best multi-frame exhibit of postmarks, cachets and related material from conventional submarines, submarine tenders and submarine rescue ships. Sponsored initially by USS SAGINAW Chapter #59, and later the Admiral Lockwood Chapter #70, Dorothy M. Mitchell, and finally by the USS SAGINAW Chapter #59
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1968 Kurt Mittl Nuclear Submarines of the Western World
1969 Eugene Schelcher Submarines (Fish)
1970 Fred Karcher Submarines Lost in World War II
1971 James Russell S-Class Submarines
1972 Fred Karcher S-Class Submarines
1973 Fred Karcher S-Class Submarines
1974 No Award
1975 Horst Rommel Invisible in the Depths of the Ocean
1976 David A. Kent V-Class Submarines
1977 Donald McPherson The V-Boats
1978 Frank M. Hoak III V Boats
1979 No Award
1980 Robert D. Rawlins The NAUTILUS Odyssey
1981 No Award
1982 James P. Myerson Letter Boats
1983 James Russell USS SQUALUS
1984-86 No Award
1987 David A. Kent Submarine Tenders
1988 No Award
1989 James Davenport USS CUTTLEFISH (SS-171) Covers, Cachets & Cancels, 1933-41
1990-91 No Award
1992 Robert Rawlins Submarines at War
1993 Bernard Hennig German Submarine Mail of World War I
1994 No Award
1995 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 95, a Retrospective
1996 No Award
1997 Marty Danford Victory Yard Submarines
1998 No Award
1999 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarines at War
2000 Robert Rawlins U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 100, A Retrospective
2001 Steve Shay Mare Island Built Submarines
2002 Martin Danford Victory Yard Submarines
2003 -06 No Award
2007 Award discontinued
FRANKLIN ERWIN MEMORIAL TROPHY
For best multi-frame exhibit of covers from steel hulled battleships. It was sponsored by the Adm Byrd Chapter #11
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1971 Donald McPherson Battleships On Parade
1972 Forrest Swisher USS MISSISSIPPI
1973 Fred Karcher The Battleship Era
1974 Howard Koeppen Round The World
1975 Kenneth Hanson U.S. Battlewagons
1976 James Myerson Steel Cities
1977 Kenneth Hanson Classic U. S. Battleships
1978 James Russell 1908 Cancels
1979 James Myerson The Type 1 Cancel, U.S. Naval Postmarks
1980-87 No Award
1988 John Milewski, Jr. Development of the American Battleship
1989 Frank Hoak III The First Steel Hulled Battleships, 1895-1923
1990-92 No Award
1993 Gilbert Pittman The Great White Fleet World Cruise, A Postal History
1994 No Award
1995 Jim Davenport Postmarks of USS COLORADO (BB-45)
1996-97 No Award
1998 Gilbert Pittman Great White Fleet World Cruise
1999-2001 No Award
2002 Karl Zurn W.G. Crosby Covers
2003 -04 No Award
2005 Robert Rawlins USS OREGON – Bulldog of the Fleet
2006 No Award
2007 Award discontinued
ALBERT O. WICKARD AWARD
For the best multi-frame exhibit of covers from destroyers. Sponsor initially Mrs Albert Wickard (deceased), and later her son, Richard Wickard
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1975 James Russell Destroyers
1976 Donald McPherson Greyhounds of the Deep
1977 Jack Howland The Old Flushdeckers
1978 James Myerson From Flivvers to Flush Decks
1979 Frank Hoak Flush Deckers
1980 No Award
1981 Horst Rommel U.S. Navy Greyhound Mail
1982 Larry R. Fusselman Sim`s Destroyers – A Class With Class
1983 Lawrence R. Groh Brooks
1984 Jack Howland Flushdeckers of the 1920s
1985 No Award
1986 John Milewski, Jr. Greyhounds of the Great War
1987 No award
1988 William MacMillan The Famous Fifty
1989 Jackson Bosley U.S. Navy Mail from Destroyers Serving in the Asiatic Fleet 1925-1942
1990-2 No Award
1993 Steve Henderson Louis and Mae Weigand Hand Drawn Destroyer Covers
1994–2000 No Award
2001 John Young Picketing America
2002-2006 No Award
2007 Award discontinued
GRAF VON SPEE CHAPTER AWARD
For the best multi-frame exhibit composed of non-Navy or non-U.S. Navy material by an American exhibitor. Sponsor was Graf von Spee Chapter #65
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1975 Martin & LaRita Longseth U.S. Paquebot Markings
1976 John Hart Postcards Only
1977 James Watt, Jr Ships Of The Cunard Line
1978 No Award
1979 Jesse D. Boehret German Navy Mail, 1914-1918
1980 Leonard Joesten United States Sea Post
1981 James Myerson Germany`s High Seas Fleet
1982-84 No Award
1985 Diane Boehret German Navy Mail in Boxer Rebellion, 1900 – 1901
1986 Gustav Lund Ocean and Riverboat Mail
1987 No Award
1988 Forrest Swisher Paquebot Cancels
1989 No Award
1990 John Hart Cancels & Markings of the K.N.S.M & K.W.I.M
1991 Bill MacMillan Sea Post and Ship Post, 1889-1939
1992 No Award
1993 Bernard Hennig German Submarine Mail of World War I
1994 No Award
1995 Graham Hurd War-Time Mail from the Royal Navy, 1939-45
1996 No Award
1997 Graham Hurd British Naval Mail 1914-1918
1998 No Award
1999 Graham Hurd British Naval Mail, 1939-1945
2000 No Award
2001 James Watt Through the Years with the IMU
2002 James Watt Lives of the Ships that Brought us Home
2003-06 No Award
2007 Stanley Luft Shipboard Postal Markings of the 20th Century French Navy
2008 Award discontinued
WINGS OF GOLD AWARD
Initially awarded for best multi-frame exhibit of covers from naval vessels with “CV” designation In September 1988, eligibility for award modified to read “for the best exhibit relative to history or operations of U.S. naval aviation”. Sponsor was the USS NATHAN HALE Chapter #68
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1980 Frank M. Hoak III CVEs of World War II
1981-89 No Award
1990 Sanford Solarz U.S.S. MACON, the last rigid airship
1991-3 No Award
1994 Allen Klein U.S. Navy Flies the Pacific
1995 Sanford Solarz The Navy’s Twin Giants of the Air, USS AKRON & MACON
1996 Allen Klein U.S. Navy Rigid Airships
1997 No Award
1998 Allen Klein USS MACON, Last US Navy Airship
1999-2001 No Award
2002 Jay Milewski Little Giants of the Big War
2003 Allen Klein USS Macon, Queen of the Sky
2004 Allen Klein USS Akron – Pride of the Navy
2005-06 No Award
2007 Award discontinued
WORKHORSES OF THE FLEET AWARD
For the best multi-frame exhibit of covers of auxiliary ships, i.e., naval vessels with a hull designation starting with “A”. Sponsor was the USS KALAMAZOO Chapter #75
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1984 No Award
1985 Paul A. Helman Bird Boats
1986 No Award
1987 David A. Kent Submarine Tenders
1988-91 No Award
1992 Henry Sweets Catch-all Class
1993 John Young Naval Workhorses at the Poles
1994 Jim Davenport Cancels from USS RELIEF (AH-1)
1995 John J. Milewski, Jr. U.S. Naval Auxiliaries, 1909-1929
1996-97 No Award
1998 Paul Helman Once the Mines Were Cleared
1999-2000 No Award
2001 Greg Finnegan When the Mail Clerk was a Collector: W.C. Healy & ABSD-2 in WWar II
2002-2003 No Award
2004 Paul Helman Lapwing Class, the First USN Minesweepers
2005-06 No Award
2007 Award discontinued
BEST OF THE REST AWARD
For the best multi-frame exhibit which received no other named award. Sponsor was the USS SACRAMENTO Chapter #91
Year Winner Exhibit Title
1991 John Young Teddy Roosevelt’s Birthday
1992 John Hartman The Wolfpack, American Style
1993 No Award
1994 David Ahl Old Subs, New War
1995 No Award
1996 Steve Henderson U.S. Civil Censorship in WWII
1997 John Young Hooligan’s Navy in Antarctica
1998 No Award
1999 Arthur Lang Russian Drifting Stations 1937-1991
2000 Allen Klein Old Ironsides East Coast and Gulf Coast Cruise
2001 No Award
2002 Steve Shay Mare Island Built Ships
2003 Steve Shay Mare Island Built Ships
2004 Karl Zurn Walter Crosby – Early Covers, Primarily Battleships
2005 John Young USS BEAR (AG-29)
2006 No Award
2007 Award discontinued