BALPEX 2012 PALMARES

Hosting the Annual Conventions for:

Germany Philatelic Society

Society of Czechoslovak Philately

And welcoming the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh)

Jury:

Chairman: Richard E. Drews, Illinois

Jay Carrigan, North Carolina

Anthony Dewey, Connecticut

James W. Graue, Washington

Elizabeth Hisey, Florida

Kalman Illyfalvi, Senior Consultant

Grand:

Mark Schwartz, Boston Postal History: 1703-1851

Reserve Grand:

Jerry H. Miller, German New Guinea 1898-1914

Germany Philatelic Society

President's Award: Gerard Menge, Generalgouvernement Protectorate

C.H. Hunt Award: Jorg Saizowa, Local issues of the Soviet Occupation Zone

Herman L. Halle Commemorative Award: Heinz Selig, Rodenberg (Town) Postal History

Col. W.E. Davis Award: Jerry H. Miller, German New Guinea 1898-1914

GPS Special Prize: Han Vermeulen, Baden - Late Post Offices

Society of Czechoslovak Philately

Alfons Mucha Medal: Frank A. Garancovsky, Czechoslovakia's Hradcany 1918-1920

German Association of Philatelists (BDPh) – Special Prize – Minister Book

Dr. Edwin J. Andrews, Paul Von Letton-Vorbeck- The Events and Times that Molded the Man

American Philatelic Congress Award: Heinz Selig, Rodenberg (Town) Postal History

AAPE Award of Honor(1): Lars Bottger, Retour, Parti, Inconnu: Returned and Forwarded Correspondence to and from Luxembourg

AAPE Award of Honor(2): Darren Y. Corapcioglu, The Universe

AAPE Creativity Award: John J. Chaite, The Utility of Test Stamps and Postal Experiments

AAPE Novice Award: Darren Y. Corapcioglu, The Universe

AAPE Youth Grand Award: Darren Y. Corapcioglu, The Universe

Collectors Club of Chicago Philatelic Exhibitor's Award: Hideo R. Yokota, U.S. Air Mail Special Delivery Issues of 1934-1936

Military Postal History Society: Alfred F. Kugel, Allied Occupation of the Former German Colonies 1914-1922

Postal History Society Award: Harold E. Peter, KOSLIN- A Prussian City in Pommerenia

United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Medal: Hideo R. Yokota, U.S. Air Mail Special Delivery Issues of 1934-1936

WE Sterling Achievement Award: John J. Chaite, The Utility of Test Stamps and Postal Experiments

Yacov Tsachor Award for Judaica Research: Morris Rosen, Ghetto Post and Labor Camps in German Occupied Europe, GPS Silver

APS pre-1900 Medal of Excellence: Mark Schwartz, Boston Postal History: 1703-1851

APS 1900 - 1940 Medal of Excellence: Robert C. Stein, KG V Definitive Nauru Overprints - 1916-
1924

APS 1940 - 1980 Medal of Excellence: Gerard Menge, Generalgouvernement Protectorate

APS Research: Robert C. Stein, KG V Definitive Nauru Overprints – 1916-1924

Baltimore Philatelic Society Awards

Rimma Sklarevski Award: for best stamp exhibit: Hideo R. Yokota, U.S. Air Mail Special Delivery Issues of 1934-1936

Ed Ruckle Memorial Award: for excellence in US postal history: Mark Schwartz, Boston Postal History: 1703-1851

Baltimore Philatelic Society Award: best exhibit by a member: Jerry H. Miller, German New Guinea 1898-1914, GPS Gold

American German Salon Exhibits:

Lars Böttger - The Occupation of Luxembourg 1914-1919

Rolf Bolten - The Federal Republic of Germany 1949-1960

Gerhard Föllner - The UNESCO World Heritage of Germany

Robert Glass - German High Inflation

Peter Hüthmair - Civilian Austrian Airmail to America in the First Republic

Franz-Karl Lindner - Letters for the Blind – A Study in German Postal History

Wolfgang Maassen - From Dealer to World famous Company: Hugo Michel to Schwaneberger Publishing Company

Jerry H. Miller - 'From Hinrichsen to Michelius': The Wilhelmian-Era Experimental Machine Postmarks of Germany 1866-1914

Jerry H. Miller - Watch on the Rhine … Allied Occupation of the Rhineland: 1918-1930

Werner Müller - Money

Jörg Saizowa - OPD 37 Schwerin: Hand-Overprints of the Currency Reform 1948 in the Soviet Occupation Zone

Heinz Kurt Selig - By Sealed Cover.. Seals and Sealed Stamps of the Principality of Schaumburg-
Lippe

Lothar Smektala - Inverted German Machine Slogan Postmarks

Stiftungzur Förderung der Philatelie und Postgeschichte (Foundation for the Promotion of Philately & Postal History) - Concentration	Camp Mail

Gűnther Theile - The Postal Consequences of the Monetary Reform of 1948 in the Postal Administration District of Schwerin

Han Vermeulen - What is America Waiting For?

Andreas Wehner - AM-Post – From Planning & Design to the Point of Sale & Usage

General Class

Non Competitive:

James W. Graue, German North Atlantic Catapult Airmail 1929-1935

BALPEX Youth

Vermeil Medal:

Darren Y. Corapcioglu, The Universe, also AAPE Youth 1st Place Ribbon, ATA Youth Award

BALPEX Gold Medals:

William P. Winter, The China Martyrs Stamps1932 to 1949

Alfred F. Kugel, Allied Occupation of the Former German Colonies 1914-1922, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Harold E. Peter, KOSLIN- A Prussian City in Pommerenia, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Gerard Menge, Generalgouvernement Protectorate, GPS Gold

Han Vermeulen, Baden - Late Post Offices, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Dr. Edwin J. Andrews, Paul Von Letton-Vorbeck- The Events and Times that Molded the Man, GPS Gold

N.O. Goode, A Message to the Enemy, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Hideo R. Yokota, U.S. Air Mail Special Delivery Issues of 1934-1936, Candidate for Grand Award

Robert C. Stein, KG V Definitive Nauru Overprints - 1916-1924

Heinz Selig, Rodenberg (Town) Postal History, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Gunter Theile, Soviet Occupation Zone - From the Monetary Reform to the Establishment of the DDR, GPS Gold, BDPh Special	Prize

Mark Schwartz, Boston Postal History: 1703-1851

Jorg Saizowa, Local issues of the Soviet Occupation Zone .. The Re-Start of the Post Office 1945/46, GPS Gold, BDPh Special	Prize

Jerry H. Miller, German New Guinea 1898-1914, GPS Gold

Burton Miller, Danzig: Essays, Proofs, and Unissued Stamps, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

BALPEX Vermeil Medals:

Morris Rosen, Ghetto Post and Labor Camps in German Occupied Europe, GPS Vermeil

John N. Liles, Portugal: The Lusiadas Issues: 1931-38

Lars Bottger, Retour, Parti, Inconnu: Returned and Forwarded Correspondence to and from Luxembourg

Oliver W. Clemons, Jr., The Dornier Do-X, GPS Vermeil

Dr. Edwin J. Andrews, Eisernes Kreuz - The History and Symbolism of the Iconic German Military Decoration, GPS Vermeil

Rev. Edward J. Mullowney, Usages of the Stamps of the Roman States

John Barbour, Emergency Measures Used in Germany in 1945 & 1946 under Allied Occupation., GPS Vermeil

BALPEX Silver Medals:

Frank A. Garancovsky, Czechoslovakia's Hradcany 1918-1920

Bill Schultz, Dining Cars - Epicurean Pleasure on the Rails

BALPEX Silver Bronze Medals:

Stephen S. Washburne, Prussia 1850-67 Stamps and Postal History

David Shachar, Lundy Island

John J. Chaite, The Utility of Test Stamps and Postal Experiments

Gerhard Follner, The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage of U.S.A.

BALPEX Bronze Medals:

Carl Barna, Imperialism and War in German Southwest Africa, 1896-1907

Arnold R. Krommenohl, Germany under Allied Occupation 1945-1949

Single Frame Class

Single Frame Grand Award:

Cheryl Ganz, Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Onboard Postmarks, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Gold Medals:

Franco Post, Postal Stationery of the French Levant Post Office

Cheryl Ganz, Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Onboard Postmarks, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Jerry H. Miller, News for the World: Usage of the German Newspaper Stamps of 1939, GPS Gold, BDPh Special Prize

Vermeil Medals:

Thomas Richards, AMG Military Travel Permit Stamps, GPS Vermeil

Allen Klein, ZR-3 Transatlantic Mail, GPS Vermeil

Alfred F. Kugel, Auxiliary Markings of the German Colonies and Offices Abroad, GPS Vermeil

Silver Medals:

Heinz Selig, Hamburg City Streetcar Mail, GPS Silver

Stanislaw August Poniatowski, The Last Issue of German Occupied Poland, GPS Silver

Douglas K. Lehmann, Philippine First Revenue Issue

Silver Bronze Medals:

Morris Rosen, Dachau, First Concentration Camp under the Nazi Regime

Richard M. Drought, Saxony: an Independent German Kingdom 1851-1863

Bronze Medal:

Richard G. Palaschak, The First Commemorative Issues of Czechoslovakia