VAPEX 2009 Palmares

Court of Honor

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

Multiframe Exhibit Awards

VAPEX Grand Award

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

VAPEX Reserve Grand Award

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

Gold Awards

Southern Mail - The Story of a Postal Service
Daniel Warren
also
J. Douglas Church Award
American Philatelic Congress Award For Excellence in Text

Union Prisoners' Mail, an In Depth Look, 1861-1865
Galen Harrison
also
Military Postal History Society - Award for the Best MPHS Exhibit

Quarantine and Disinfection of Mail
William A. Sandrik

Switzerland's Domestic and International Postal Services During July 1, 1862 - November 30, 1891
Harlan Stone

Riches of Columbia Airmails 1932-1940
Tom Myers
also
APS Medal Of Excellence - 1900-1940

The A, B, C's of Patent Medicine
Albert Briggs, Jr.

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

Vermeil Awards

Antebellum Virginia 1851-1861
Gene Lightfoot
also
APS Research Medal

Richmond Virginia Stampless Covers and Supplementary Markings from 1850-1861
Robert Mayo
also
AAPE Gold Award of Honor
AAPE Novice Award

Domestic Usages of the U.S. Presidential Series;
Albert Briggs, Jr.
also
APS Medal of Excellence - 1940 - 1980

Celebrating the First Fifty Years of Scouting, Illustrated Through World Scout Jamborees 1920-1957
E. Williams
also
Loyal E. Faulconer Novice Award
AAPE Gold Award of Honor

Ceylon's Slave Island Post Office
Donald Vorhis

Silver Awards

Columbian Express Mail
Tom Myers

German National Postal Cards 1873-1945
David Collins

Silver Bronze Awards

Stamps of the Jewish National Fund
Joseph Weintrob

Polio Stamps of Nations
Paul Smith
also
American Topical Association Special Award

Bronze Award

Philatelic Rail Roading
Sam Wiseman

Single Frame Exhibit Awards

VAPEX Best One Frame Exhibit

1869 Workhorse
Steve Rose

Gold Awards

Confederate Williamsburg, Virginia
Rick Calhoun
also
Virginia Postal History Society Patrick Henry Award

Austro-Americana Shipping Line
William A. Sandrik

Grenada's War Tax Issue June 1, 1916-June 13, 1919
Dan Walker

Vermeil Award

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

Silver Awards

U.S. Coast Guard
Jim McDevitt

First National Jamboree - Boy Scouts of America
E. Williams
also
Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award

Silver Bronze Awards

The Fourth USS Maine
Jim McDevitt

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

Bronze Award

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

Youth Awards

VAPEX Youth Grand Award

Falconiformes
Tim Hodge
also
VAPEX Youth Gold Award
AAPE Youth Grand Award

Silver Award

Creative Characters
Lorah Wilson
also
AAPE Youth Silver Award

VAPEX 2009 Most Popular Awards

First Place

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

Second Place

The A, B, C's of Patent Medicine
Albert Briggs, Jr.

Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly
Rose Fournier

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