Summary of exhibit awards won by BNAPS members in 2004

	Nationals U.S. and Canada		International FIP		BNAPS		Total
Award Level	Single Frame	Multi Frame	Single Frame	Multi Frame	Single Frame	Multi Frame	All Exhibits
Platinum	4						4
Gold	4	28	2		2	7	43
Large Vermeil				5			5
Vermeil	8	26				4	38
Large Silver				1			1
Silver	8	10	1		2	2	23
Silver-Bronze	3	3			2	1	9
Bronze	1	1			1		3
Total	28	68	3	6	7	14	126

LITERATURE AWARDS

There were eight literature awards to BNAPS members in 2004. A Vermeil and Silver were awarded at FIP shows. Three Golds, two Vermeils and a Silver-Bronze were awarded at U.S. National shows.

2004 AWARD SUMMARY

71 different BNAPS members won a total of 134 exhibit and literature awards in 2004 at major stamp exhibitions in the U.S., Canada and overseas. This compares to 80 members and 135 awards in 2003. The most significant difference was at BNAPEX. We had only 21 exhibits this year but 38 in 2003, primarily because of this year's U.S. venue. Exhibits at major U.S. and Canadian shows increased from 83 to 96, on the other hand.

Single frame exhibiting (now called "OFEs" for "one frame exhibits") continues to grow - 38 this year compared to 27 in 2003. 30% of all exhibits are now OFEs.

Doubtless there are many other members who exhibited at the local or regional levels. In all instances, sharing our philatelic material (exhibits or literature) with the public at stamp shows is a significant outreach. It helps generate interest in BNA philately, and recruits new members. Exhibiting and philatelic writing and research takes a lot of time. All BNAPS members who share their interest in BNA philately with the public are owed our congratulations and thanks.

- Bob Dyer

Competition Awards at CHICAGOPEX, Nov. 19-21, Arlington Heights, Ill.

Multi-frame

Gold: Fred Fawn - Canada - Imperial Penny Postage 1898

Single Frame

Platinum: Fred Fawn - 1868 Canada - 15¢ Queen

Literature

Gold: Lyse Rousseau - Darnell, Stamps of Canada Catalogue, 10th edition, 2003
Vermeil: Michael Smith - The Canada Patriotic Postcard Checklist 1898-1928

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Competition Awards at Singapore 2004, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2004 Singapore

International (F.I. P.) Show. Numerical scores follow awards.

Multi-frame Exhibits

Large Vermeil (87): Richard Malott - Interrupted (Crash) Covers, to, from and within Canada by Canadian and Foreign Airlines

Literature

Vermeil (80): John Walsh and John Butt - Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue, 5th edition, 2002

Single Frame:

Gold (92): John G. McEntyre - Canada 1859 17 cents First Cents Issue

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Competition Award at MiLCOPEX 2004, Sept. 3-5, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisc.

Silver: Marc Eisenberg - Study of Canadian 2-Cent Post Card Rates 1877 to 1905

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Competition Awards at VANPEX 2004, October 8-10, 2004, Richmond, B.C.

Multi-frame Exhibits:

Gold, Grand, PHSC Cert. & BNAPS Award: Gray Scrimgeour - Trans-Pacific Steamship Mail of Canada
Gold, Reserve Grand: Herbert L. McNaught - Canada - 1897 Jubilees
Gold: Robert K. Lane: Railroad Post office Cancellations Used in Manitoba
Gold: Bill Topping - British Columbia - Ship "Way Mail"
Gold: Ian Mowat - Yukon Revenue Issues
Gold: Peter Jacobi - British Columbia's Heritage
Vermeil: Brian C. Plain - Down But Not Out
Vermeil: Ian McTaggart- Cowan - The Federal Inspection Stamps of Canada
Vermeil: David G. Brown - "The Search for Gold: Airmail History in Northwestern Ontario"

Single Frame:

Gold: Herbert L. McNaught - Canada - The Half-Cent Small Queen Issue Of 1882-1891
Silver: Robert K. Lane - 19th Century Brandon Post Office and Railroad Post Office Postmarks

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Competition Awards at BNAPEX & BALPEX 2004, September 3-5, 2004, Baltimore, Maryland

Note: The awards are from the BNAPEX Palmares, with BALPEX awards (when distinct) from the BALPEX Palmares. The BALPEX awards are underlined.

Multi-frame exhibits

Gold, Harrison Grand Award: John D. Arn - Canada - Cameo Definitive Issues
Gold, Steinhart Reserve Grand Award, Meyerson Award: Martyn Roger Cusworth - PEI Philately - 1794-1873
Gold, BALPEX Grand Award: Warren S. Wilkinson - PEI Postal Rates - January 1, 1860 - July 1, 1873
Gold, Nickle Military Award: Dwight D. Gray - Canadian Internment Camps in World War II
Gold: Kimber A. Wald - Canada 1927 Historical and Confederation Issues
Gold: Robert K. Lane - Railroad Post Office cancellations Used in Manitoba
Gold: John Cooper - Canadian Booklets Under Four Reigns
Vermeil, Rockett Revenue Award: Earle L. Covert - 1897 Tobacco Stamps of Canada
Vermeil: Gary Steele - Canadian Covers to Foreign Destinations with Non-Canadian Postage Due
Vermeil, Silver: Marc Eisenberg - Canadian Dead Letter Office Envelopes
Vermeil, Silver: Earle L. Covert - C.O.D. in Canada
Silver: Robert Shoemaker - Canada's Embossed Cheques, 1915-1963
Silver: Victor Willson - Canadian Special Delivery Rates 1898-1992
Silver/Bronze, Silver: Robert C. Stendel - Canadian Airgraphs & Cross Border V-Mail

Single Frame exhibits

Gold, BALPEX GRAND: Norris (Bob) Dyer - Newfoundland's 1920 Postal Shortage
Gold, Richardson Research Award: Jon Johnson - Canadian Military Hospitals at Sea
Silver: Doug Lingard - Canadian Philatelic Disaster Covers
Silver: Clarence A. Stillions - Newfoundland's Last Definitive
Silver/Bronze: Garfield Portch - The Half-Cent Small Queen: A Postal History
Silver/Bronze: Robert Shoemaker - Canada's Third Bill Stamps Used to Pay Banking Taxes
Bronze: Steve Sacks - 1917 and 1927 Canada Confederation Stamps

Non-Jury Awards (further information on these awards will appear in BNAPS publications)

Vincent G. Greene Award - Best Article in BNATopics, Previous Year: Jean Walton and Lola Caron - Magdalen Islands Postal History II: Post Offices
Ritch Toop Award for best article on Canadian Military Philately, previous year: Steve Luciuk
Jack Levine Fellowship Award to deserving regional group leader: Gray Scrimgeour
John S. Siverts Award - editor of best study group newsletter: Norris (Bob) Dyer - Newfie Newsletter

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Competition Awards at APS StampShow, Aug. 15-17 2004, Sacramento, CA

Single Frame

Platinum: Norris R. Dyer - Newfoundland's 1920 Postal Shortage

Literature (Catalogues)

Vermeil: Lyse Rousseau- Darnell Stamps of Canada Catlogue

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Competition Award At NOJEX, May 29-31, 2004, Secaucus, New Jersey

Gold: Charles Livermore - Thanks for the Smokes

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Competition Awards at NAPEX, June 4-6, 2004, Tysons Corner, Virginia

Literature

Gold: George B. Arfken & Horace W. Harrison - Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909
Silver-Bronze: Michael Smith - The Canadian Patriotic Postcard Checklist 1898-1928

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Competition Awards at ROPEX, June 18-20, 2004, Webster, New York

Gold, Reserve Grand, BNAPS Award: Fred Fawn - Canada's Large Queens 1868-1896
Gold: Fred C. Dietz - Canada's Semi Official Air Mail Carriers

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Competition Awards at Espana2004, May 22-30, 2004, Valencia, Spain

International (F.I.P.) Show. Numerical scores follow awards.

Multi-frame Exhibits.

Large Vermeil (88): Fred Fawn - Canada's Imperial Penny Postage 1898
Large Vermeil (88): Warren S. Wilkinson - Canada's Postal Rates - April 6th, 1851 thru June 30th, 1859
Large Vermeil (86): Richard Malott - Canadian Interrupted (Crash) Covers, Flown Within, to and From Canada, 1918-
Large Vermeil (86): Colin Lewis - Newfoundland Postal History, Jan 1857- Dec 1899
Large Silver (78): John M. Walsh - Newfoundland 1897-1918, Royal Family, Dead Letter Seal and Map Stamp Issues

Single Frame Exhibits (Only Gold, Silver and Bronze awards are given for this Experimental Class)

Gold (92): John McEntyre - 1859 Canada the First Cents - the 17-Cent High Value
Silver (82): Norris Dyer - Edward and Alexandra, Newfoundland's Homage to the Prince and Princess of Wales Literature
Large Silver (78): John M. Walsh - Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue, 5th Edition 2002

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Competition Awards at PIPEX, June 11-13, 2004, Vernon, B.C.

Multi-Frame

Gold, Grand and BNAPS Award: Jack Wallace - Colonial Vancouver Island and British Columbia
Gold and Reserve Grand: William Topping - Canadian Pacific Steamships Way Mail
Gold: Robert Lane - Railway Post Office Cancellations Used in Manitoba
Vermeil: Barry Brown - Revenues for War, World I & II
Vermeil: Herb McNaught - Canada - 1897 Diamond Jubilee
Vermeil: Ron Leith - Toronto Cork Cancellations, 1870-1875
Vermeil: Peter Jacobi - Cominco Ltd. - A Canadian Mining Success Story
Silver: Kevin Kienlein - Commercial, Official and Private Perfins of BC & the Yukon
Silver: Jon Johnson - Canadian Pacific Railway
Silver: Larry Margetish- Canada 1972-1978 Medium Value Definitives
Silver: Neil Dowsley - Canada's Armed Forces Air Letters, 1942-1945
Silver/Bronze: Alex Hadden - Canada Celebrates the Scouts and Guides

Single Frame

Gold: Herb McNaught - The Half-Cent Small Queen Issue, 1882-1887
Vermeil: Gary Tomasson - Identification of 5-Hole OHMS Stamps
Vermeil: Peter Jacobi - Ghosts of the Silvery Slocan
Silver: Jon Johnson - Canadian Military Hospitals at Sea
Silver/Bronze: Peter Zariwny - Machine Slogan Cancels of Newfoundland
Silver/Bronze: Bill Pawluk - The Squared Circle Postmarks of Canada - A Collecting Challenge

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Competition Awards at Royal/Royale 2004, May 28-30, 2004, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Multi- Frame

Gold, Grand and BNAPS Award: Sandy Clark - Early Nova Scotia Postmarks
Gold and Reserve Grand: John Cooper - Booklets Under Four Reigns
Gold: Graham McCleave - Registered Letter Stamps - Canada
Gold: Hendrick Burgers - Canadians in Russia: The Last Contingent of WWI
Gold: William Topping - Canadian Pacific Steamships Way Mail
Gold: William Wilkinson - Prince Edward Island Postal Rates, January 1, 1860 to July 1, 1873
Vermeil: Herbert McNaught - Canada - 1897 Jubilees
Vermeil: Randall Martin - Newfoundland Surface Mail
Vermeil: John Walsh - Newfoundland Plate Numbers 1897-1947
Vermeil: Gary Steele - Canadian Covers to Foreign Destinations Carrying Postage Due or Regular Issue Stamps, Small Queens to 1952
Silver: Robert Elias - Paper Texture of Canadian Pre-Centennial Elizabethan Definitives
Silver: Ron Smith - Fancy cancels on Small Queens

Single Frame

Silver: Randall Martin - New Brunswick Pre-Confederation Stamped Mail, 1851-1868
Silver: Randall Martin - Nova Scotia Pre-Confederation Stamped Mail, 1851-1868
Silver: Herbert McNaught - Canada - the Half Cent Small Queen Issue of 1882-1897
Bronze: Jane Sodero - An Overview of the Postal History of Guysborough, Nova Scotia

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Competition Award at Rocky Mountain Stamp Show, May 14-16, 2004, Denver, CO

Gold: John D. Arn - Canada - Cameo Definitive Issues

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Competition Award at Garfield-Perry March Party, March 26-28, 2004, Cleveland, OH

Gold: Kimber A. Wald - Canada 1927 Historical And Confederation Anniversary Issues

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Competition Awards at TEXPEX 2004, April 2-5, 2004, Dallas TX

Silver: J. Alex Hadden - Canada Celebrates the Scouts and Guides

Single Frame

Platinum and Grand: Jerome C.V. Kasper - SCADTA Postal Stationery
Vermeil and BNAPS Award: Ray Simrak - The SCADTA System; Canada to Columbia, South America

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Competition Awards at Plymouth Show 2004, April 24-25, 2004, Plymouth MI

Silver: Marc Eisenberg - Canadian Dead Letter Office Mail

Single Frame

Platinum and Grand: John McEntyre - 1859 CANADA First Cents: The 17¢ High Value

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Competition Award at Philatelic Show 2004, April 30-May 2, 2004, Boxborough, MA

Vermeil: Fred Dietz - Canada's Semi-Official Air Mail Carriers

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Competition Awards at ORAPEX 2004, April 30-May 2, 2004, Ottawa

Gold and Grand: Michael Rixon - To, Through & From Montreal - Pre 1851
Gold and Reserve Grand: Kimber A. Wald - Canada 1927 Historical and Confederation Anniversary Issues
Gold: John Cooper - Booklets under Four Reigns
Gold: Robert Lane - Railway Post Office Cancellations used in Manitoba
Vermeil: Stephane Cloutier - Ontario Numeral Duplex Cancellations
Vermeil: Herbert McNaught - Canada 1897 Jubilees
Vermeil: Peter McCarthy - Cancellations used by Railroad Post Offices
Vermeil: Richard Lamb - Rennie's Seeds
Vermeil: Charles Livermore - Thanks for the Smokes
Silver: John Gordon - Ontario Town Cancels on the 1897 Victoria Jubilees
Silver-Bronze: John Munro-Cape - Comings and Goings of the One Cent of the War
Issue

Single Frame

Gold: John McEnytre - 1859 CANADA First Cents: 17¢ High Value
Vermeil: Doug Lingard - Canadian Philatelic Disaster Covers
Vermeil: Herb McNaught - Canada: Half-Cent Small Queen Issues of 1882-1891
Silver: Fred Fawn - To the Corners of the World
Silver: Fred Fawn - Large Queen Postal History

Juniors

Vermeil: Dan Handelman - Foreign Place Names in Canada

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Competition Awards at APS AmeriStamp Expo, Jan. 30-Feb1, 2004, Norfolk, Virginia

Single Frame Champion of Champions

Prix d'Honneur: Norris R. Dyer - Newfoundland's 1897 Postal Shortage

Single Frame Open Competition

Gold: Norris R. Dyer - Newfoundland's Surcharged Air Mail Stamps

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Competition Award at COLOPEX 2004, February 13-15, 2004, Columbus, Ohio

Literature

Gold: Horace Harrison, George B. Arfken and Harry W. Lussey - Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909

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Competition Awards at Edmonton Spring National, March 26-28, 2004, Edmonton, Alberta

Multi-Frame Gold, Reserve Grand, PHSC Award and BNAPS Award: Gray Scrimgeour - Trans-Pacific Steamship Mail of Canada

Gold: David Piercey - Newfoundland: The Postal Issues 1865-1908
Gold: William Topping - Canadian Pacific Steamships Way Mail
Gold: Kevin O'Reilly - A Pre-Confederation Postal History of Labrador
Vermeil: Herbert McNaught - Canada: 1897 Diamond Jubilee
Vermeil: John Jamieson - Newfoundland John Guy Tercentenary 1910-1911 Issue
Vermeil: William Robinson - Northern Gold
Vermeil: Robert Lane - Railway Post Office Cancellations used in Manitoba
Vermeil: James Taylor - St. Pierre and Miquelon 1858-1937
Vermeil: Earle Covert - C.O.D. in Canada
Vermeil: Earle Covert - 1897 Tobacco Stamps of Canada
Vermeil: Pete Jacobi - Cominco Ltd. - A Canadian Mining Success Story
Silver-Bronze: John Rodgers - Canada, The Evolution of Cancels from Pen to Machine

Single Frame

Vermeil: Russell Sampson - A Selection of Canadian Perfins of the King Edward VII Issue
Vermeil: Herbert McNaught - Canada: Half Cent Small Queen
Vermeil: Pete Jacobi - Ghosts of the Silvery Slocan - The Postal History of BC's Highway 31A
Silver: Robert Lane - 19th Century Brandon Post Office and Railway Post Office Post Marks
Silver-Bronze: Peter Zariwny - Machine Slogan Cancels of Newfoundland 1918-1949

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International Website Gives John Hillson Gold Award

www.stamp2.com is an FIP Top 5% website based in Singapore. Its panel of experts "scour the Internet to honor the best philatelic websites. Evaluations are based on Presentation, Content and Originality". It has given a 2003 Gold award to John Hillson for his article "The Small Queens Issue 1870-1897", which is on the Royal Canadian Philatelic Society website.

Hillson is a Fellow of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, and a BNAPS member. His article can be accessed by going to the RCPS website, www.rpsc.org and scrolling down to LIBRARY.

Congratulations!