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2025 awards won by BNAPS members
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2021-2025 awards►
To acknowledge the philatelic endeavours of BNAPS members and their success in exhibiting BNA material, we list the awards they have won.
The listing covers exhibit awards for BNA exhibits and BNA literature at National exhibitions in Canada and the United States and FIP-sponsored International exhibitions. It also covers non-exhibit awards that recognize the philatelic achievements of members.
Many exhibitions use a points-based system to evaluate exhibits. A number after a medal is the number of points the exhibit was awarded.
If you think we've missed any, let us know. Contact Adri Veenstra (email: a.veenstra@chello.nl) who compiled the listings.
2025 BNAPS member awards, Part III - July-Sept.
BNAPEX 2025, Vernon, BC, 19-21 September 2025
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gold, Horace Harrison Grand Award | Bryan Dunne | British Columbia Forgeries |
| Gold, Allan Steinhart Reserve Grand Award | Robert Stock | Oxford County U.C./C.W. Postmarks |
| Gold | David McLaughlin | Canada: The 1933 UPU Preparatory Commission Meeting Stamp |
| Vermeil, Ed and Mickey Richardson Award | Leopold Beaudet | The Philatelic Scene during the Admiral Era |
| Vermeil, Meyerson Award | Glen Lundeen | Post Offices in the Western Territories 1876-1883 |
| Vermeil | Bill Radcliffe | New Brunswick Grid Cancels |
| Vermeil | Blair Ashford | The Sub-Post Offices of St John’s, Newfoundland, 1877-1949 |
| Vermeil | Chris Ellis | Canadian Pacific Railway “Green View” Pictorial Stationery Cards |
| Vermeil | Ken Pugh | Dr. Robert Bell of the Geological Survey of Canada |
| Vermeil | Richard Thompson | The Large Queens 1868 – 1897 |
| Vermeil | Vic Willson | UPU Letter Rates 1979-1998 |
| Silver with Felicitations | Alex Hadden | 15th World Jamboree WJ’83 |
| Silver | Bruce Pollock | Maitland-Dougall |
| Silver | Dave Bartlet | Canadian and Newfoundland Pioneer Airmails of 1918-1919 |
| Silver | Grégoire Teyssier | Catch Me if You Can: A History of Mails Addressed to Ships with a Canadian Connection |
| Silver-Bronze with Felicitations | Haifa Selo | Centennial Definitives – Low Values 1967-1973 |
| Silver-Bronze | Chris Ellis | “Advertising” Stationery Cards of Gordon, Mackay & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Toronto, Ontario |
| Single Frame | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
| Gold, Herbert L. McNaught One Frame Exhibit Award | Bryan Dunne | Sperati BNA Forgeries |
| Gold, Herbert L. McNaught One Frame Exhibit Award | Gary Steele | Dead Letter Office Wax Seals & Boxed Registration Handstamps |
| Gold, Wilmer Rockett Revenue Award | Dave Bartlet | British Columbia Hospitals Aid Stamps 1933 |
| Gold, Canadian Military Mail Study Group Award | Mike Powell | Great War Mails to and from the Internment Camp at Vernon, British Columbia |
| Gold, John D. Arn White Queen Award | Robert Elias | Postage Due Charged for Canadian 6¢ UPU Letters Prepaid 5¢ |
| Gold, OTB Novice Award | Sébastien Crête | Uses and Rates of the 1¢ Queen Victoria Stamp in the Decimal Era (1859-1868) |
| Vermeil with Felicitations | Donna Trathen | Canada’s First RCMP Stamp |
| Vermeil | Blair Ashford | Save for Security. Newfoundland’s War Time Slogan |
| Vermeil | Ron Smith | Fredericton Postal Markings during the Stampless Era |
| Silver | David Biltek | Variations in the Key of G |
| Silver | Francois Brisse | WAY MAIL Markings on BC Coastal Mail |
| Silver | Jim Andre | Re-Entries and Plate Flaws on Newfoundland’s Second Cents Issue’s 3c Queen Victoria |
| Silver | Leopold Beaudet | Vernon Postmarks |
| Silver | Mark Oakley | Post Offices of the Pacific Northwest Coastal BC |
| Silver-Bronze | Richard Baxter | Rev. E. A. Butler |
| Non-exhibit Awards | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
| Vincent G. Greene Award | Laurent Bélisle | “A Study of the Hamilton Carrier Marks: Parts 1, 2, and 3”, BNA Topics, Vol. 81, No. 1, 3, and 4, 2024 |
| John S. Siverts Award | Ross Gray | The Newsletter of the Canadian R.P.O. Study Group, Railway Post Office Study Group |
| Jack Levine Fellowship Award | Mark Berner and Luc Frève | Co-chairmen, Lower Canada / Bas Canada Regional Group |
| E. R. Ritch Toop Memorial Award | Mike Street | The Second Canadian Military Postal History Anthology. BNAPS book published in 2024. |
| Hall of Fame Award | Leopold Beaudet | |
| Hall of Fame Award | Mark Oakley | |
| Induction into the Order of the Beaver | David McLaughlin | |
| Induction into the Order of the Beaver | Bill Radcliffe | |
| OTB Lifetime Achievement Award | Christiane Faucher | |
| OTB Lifetime Achievement Award | Robert Leigh | |
| OTB Lifetime Achievement Award | Jacques Poitras | |
| OTB Lifetime Achievement Award | Graham Searle | |
| OTB Lifetime Achievement Award | Michael D. Smith | |
PHILAKOREA 2025 World Stamp Exhibition, Seoul, Korea, 17-21 September 2025
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| World Stamp Championship/entry | David McLaughlin | The Maple Leaf Issue of Canada 1897-1898 |
| Large Vermeil/88 | Douglas Irwin | 1950 King George VI Definitive Issue of Canada: Original Design |
| Single Frame | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
| Vermeil/81 | Peter MacDonald | Canada's 1969 Christmas Issue |
| Literature | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
| Large Silver/78 | David McLaughlin | Research Paper: "The Maple Leaf Issue of Canada 1897-1898" |
| Large Silver/75 | Yohann Tanguay and Luc Doucet | Catalogue: Brigham Estate Province of Canada Part III |
Postal History Society of Canada, Annual General Meeting (Zoom), 26 August 2025
| Non-exhibit Awards | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elected Fellow of the PHSC | C.R. McGuire | |
Great American Stamp Show (GASS), Schaumburg, IL, 14-17 August 2025
| Literature | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gold/87 | Gordon Smith | Handbook: The Port Hood Provisional Stamps of 1899, A Literature Review and Census |
2025 BNAPS member awards, Part II - Apr.-June
Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, Annual General Meeting (Zoom), 8 June 2025
| Non-exhibit Awards | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPSC Geldert medal | Paul Young | Best article in The Canadian Philatelist in 2024: “Early 20th-Century Covers Trace the Canadian Banking Career of Halifax’s Fritz Hechler” (published in Vol. 75, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2024, pp. 32-38) |
NAPEX 2025, McLean, VA, 6-8 June 2025
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Large Gold/90 | Ronald Majors | Canadian Postal History: A Rate Study using Decimal-Franked and -Stampless Covers (1859-1868) |
EuroPhilEx Birmingham 2025, Birmingham, UK, 7-11 May 2025
| Literature | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Vermeil/80 | Graham Searle | Editor, Maple Leaves, journal of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain |
ORAPEX 2025, Ottawa, ON, 3-4 May 2025
| Court of Honour (non-competitive) | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Large Gold | Terry Wilson | The Three Pence Beaver |
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
| Large Gold, Grand Award, BNAPS Best BNA Exhibit, Herbert L. McNaught Best Canadian Traditional, John D. Arn White Queen Award | Douglas Irwin | The Centennial Definitives of Canada, 1967 to 1974, Booklet Stamps and their Usages |
| Large Gold, Reserve Grand Award, BNAPS Best BNA 2 to 4 Frame Exhibit, PHSC Best BNA Postal History Exhibit | John Cooper | New Brunswick Postal History, the Pence Era 1851 - 1860 |
| Large Gold, AAPE Award of Excellence - Treatment | Bryan Dunne | Sperati's Techniques and Forgeries |
| Large Gold, RPSC Excellence - Material | Danny Cantor | The Admiral Issues of Canada |
| Large Gold, BNAPS Best Researched BNA Exhibit, PHSC E.R. Toop Best Military Postal History Exhibit, APS Award of Excellence (1940-1980) | Sam Chiu | Canada's C-Force in Hong Kong and its Forerunners, 1940 - 1945 |
| Large Gold, RPSC Excellence - Title Page / Synopsis | John Hall | Marketing the Canadian War Savings Stamps and Certificates of World War II |
| Gold | Blair Ashford | The Sub-Post Offices of St John's 1877-1949 |
| Large Vermeil, CAS Best Airmail Exhibit | Dave Bartlet | Canadian and Newfoundland Pioneer Airmail Flights of 1918-1919 |
| Large Vermeil | Rick Baxter | The Quebec Tercentenary |
| Large Vermeil | Peter Macdonald | Canada's 1969 Christmas Issue |
| Vermeil, APO Best Show Theme | Robert Carswell | The Three Pence Beaver and Five Cent Beaver Stamps Issued by the Province of Canada |
| Large Silver | Ray Villeneuve | Mail to and from Russell County: 1851 - 1961 |
| Single Frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
| Large Gold, BNAPS Best BNA One-Frame Exhibit, RPSC Excellence - Presentation | Jean Wang | Smokes for the Troops: British and Canadian Tobacco Funds in WWI |
| Large Gold | Sébastien Crête | Uses and Rating of the 1¢ Queen Victoria Stamp in the Decimal Era 1859 - 1868 |
| Gold | Robert Elias | Postage Due Charged for Canadian 6 Cent UPU Letters Prepaid 5 Cent |
| Large Vermeil | John McEntyre | The Postmaster-General Publicity Letters Sent Abroad in Replacement FDCs |
| Large Vermeil | Blair Ashford | Save for Security. Newfoundland's War Time Slogan |
| Vermeil, AAPE Gold Award of Honor | J. Michael Powell | Conflict and Captives: Over Two Centuries of Prisoner of War Mail |
| Large Silver | J. Fred Pritchard | Joseph Wyman's Overland Mail Service to Pontiac County, Quebec (1853-1889) |
ROYALE * 2025 * FILEX, Montréal, QC, 25-26 April 2025
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Large Gold/95, Reserve Grand Award, RPSC Excellence Material, BNAPS Best BNA Exhibit | Richard Gratton | Les épreuves de planche et les essais de couleur de la Province du Canada. 1851-1864 |
| Large Gold/93, SHPQ Meilleure recherche en histoire postale | Yan Turmine | Courrier transfrontalier entre le Bas-Canada et les États-Unis jusqu'en 1851 |
| Gold/85, APS Best Research, BNAPS Best BNA Research | David Schurman | The Supreme Court Revenue Stamps of Canada - 150th Anniversary |
| Large Vermeil/83, AAPE Gold Award of Honor, BNAPS Best BNA 2-4 Frame Exhibit | Blair Ashford | The Sub-Post Offices of St. John's. 1877-1949 |
| Large Vermeil/80, RPSC Excellence Title page/Synopsis, APS Excellence Post-1980, John D. Arn White Queen Award | John Hall | The Canadian National Parks Stamps. Rates, Fees, Usages. 1979-1990. |
| Vermeil/78 | Alexandre Fortier | Les marques postales duplex de type 'chiffré' et 'lettré' de Montréal |
| Single Frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
| Large Gold/91, PHSC Best BNA postal history exhibit, BNAPS Best BNA One Frame | Cimon Morin | Cantons de l'Est - Les premiers bureaux et marques postales |
| Large Gold/90, RPSC Excellence Novice | Sébastien Crête | Uses and Rating of the 1cent Queen Victoria Stamp in the Decimal Era (1859-1868) |
| Gold/87, RPSC Excellence Presentation, PSSC Best Research | James P. André | Re-entries and Plate Flaws on Newfoundland's Second Cents Issue's 3c Queen Victoria |
| Gold/85 | Blair Ashford | Save for Security. Newfoundland's War Time Slogan. |
| Non-exhibit Awards | ||
| Award | Member | Notes |
| Elected Fellow of the RPSC | Jean Wang | |
| Elected Fellow of the RPSC | John Wilson | |
2025 BNAPS member awards, Part I - Jan.-Mar.
2025 Spring National Stamp Show, Edmonton, AB, 29-30 March 2025
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Large Gold/93, APS Award of Excellence 1900-1040, BNAPS Best BNA Exhibit, PHSC Best BNA Postal History Exhibit | Kevin O'Reilly | Yukon Postal History before World War II |
| Large Gold/92, BNAPS Best Researched BNA Exhibit, American Philatelic and Postal History Congress Postal History Medal | David McLaughlin | Householder Mail in Canada, 1889-1989 |
| Large Gold/90, APS Award for Research | Sam Chiu | Canada’s C-Force in Hong Kong and its Fore-runners, 1940-1945 |
| Gold/86, PSSC Specialization Award | Mark Boyce | Emerging Wildlife Management in Alberta |
| Gold/86, RPSC Award for Excellence Synopsis/Title page, APS Award of Excellence 1940-1980 | Steven Friedenthal | Postage Meters at War: Canada World War II Patriotic Postage Meter Slogans |
| Gold/85, American Air Mail Society Gold Medal | Kevin O'Reilly | The 1929 Mackenzie River Airmails |
| Large Vermeil/83, AAPE Exhibiting Excellence | Ed Dykstra | 3-Cent Cartier Issue: A Single Stamp Study |
| Large Vermeil/82 | Hal Kellett | How Japan’s Quest for Power Prior to and During World War II Affected Canada’s Military and Civilians 1940-1945 |
| Large Vermeil/81, BNAPS Best BNA 2 to 4 Frame Exhibit, Canadian Aerophilatelic Society Award | David Bartlet | Canadian Pioneer Airmail Flight of 1918 – 1919 |
| Vermeil/78, AAPE Creativity Award | Earle Covert | Tobacco Duty Paids – 1973 to 2011 |
| Vermeil/78 | Hal Kellett | The Raid on Dieppe 19 August 1942 |
| Vermeil/78 | Hal Kellett | Canadian Military Personnel Missing/Prisoner of War/Killed in Action during World War II |
| Single Frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
| Large Gold/93, BNAPS Best BNA One-Frame Exhibit | Jean Wang | The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children’s Christmas Appeals to 1926: The Sweetest of All Charities |
| Large Gold/93, AAPE Excellence of Treatment | Jean Wang | A Call to Arms: Canadian Red Cross Blood Donor Appeals in World War II |
| Large Gold/90, AAPE Exhibiting Excellence | Donna Trathen | Canada’s First RCMP Stamp 1935 |
BNAPS 2025 Virtual, 1 March 2025
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Brian D. Murphy | Canada's External Mail, 1873-24 December 1898 |
| Vermeil | Christopher J. Ellis | Canadian Pacific Railway "Green View" Pictorial Cards |
| Vermeil | Steven H. Friedenthal | Canadian Postage Meters at War: World War II Patriotic Postage Meter Slogans |
| Vermeil | Ian McMahon | Envelopes and Postcards of Canada |
| Vermeil | Jerry H. Miller | Canada's Postmark 'Golden Age' 1896-1902 |
| Silver | Earle L. Covert | Tobacco Duty Paids - 1973 to 2011 |
| Silver | John A. Hall | Canada's Inspection of Electricity Meters 1894 - 1950s |
| Silver | Peter J. McCarthy | Mail to and from Canadian Naval Personnel Serving in Shore Bases and Auxiliary Vessels during World War II |
| Silver | Richard Wilson | Half-cent Small Queen Issue 1882 - 1897 |
| Silver-Bronze | James D. Graham | Postal History of Some Aspects of the Department of Munitions and Supply 1940-1945 |
| Single Frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
| Gold | John G. McEntyre | CANADA 1906 & 1915 Weights and Measures Revenue Issues |
| Vermeil | James P. André | Re-entries and Plate Flaws on Newfoundland's Second Cents Issue's 3c Queen Victoria |
| Silver | William G. Burden | Admiral Plate Flaws: Scratching the Surface |
| Silver | J. Fred Pritchard | Joseph Wyman's Overland Mail Service to Pontiac County, Quebec (1853-1889) |
| Bronze | Mark Oakley | History BC NW Coast |
FIP World Stamp Exhibition Uruguay 2025, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 17-22 February 2025
| Multi-frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Gold/90 | David McLaughlin | Householder Mail in Canada, 1889-1989 |
| Single Frame | ||
| Award | Exhibitor | Exhibit |
| Gold/91 | John McEntyre | 1855-59 10 pence. Canada's First Trans-Atlantic Rate Stamp |
| Large Vermeil/85 | John McEntyre | The Development of Official Canadian Airmail Routes 1928-42 |
| Non-exhibit Awards | ||
| Award | Member | Comment |
| FIP Medal of Appreciation for Exceptional Jury Service | Charles Verge | |
Notes
AAPE = American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors
APO = Amicale des philatélistes de l'Outaouais
CAS = Canadian Aerophilatelic Society
FIP = Fédération Internationale de Philatélie
PSSC = Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada
The John D. Arn White Queen Award is sponsored by the BNAPS Elizabethan II Study Group
The Herbert L. McNaught Best Canadian Traditional Award is sponsored by the Herbert L. McNaught family
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