AMERICOVER 2008
August 22-24, 2008
Fairview Park Marriott Hotel
Falls Church, Virginia
53rd Annual Convention and Exhibition
Palmares
Grand and Gold
"FORERUNNERS" - The Philatelic Truck & Souvenir Sheet
Gregg A. Hopkins, Sr.
also
APS Research Medal
American Philatelic Congress Award
Reserve Grand and Gold
First Day Cover Exhibit of the 1939 Baseball Stamp
Jeff Bennett
also
WINFRED M. GRANDY Award
Gold
Georgia Bicentennial
Charles J. O'Brien III
also
USSS Statue of Freedom Medal
The Wernher Von Braun Rocket Team in War and Peace
Steve Durst
also
Pre-1940 APS Award of Excellence
AAPE Creativity
Military Postal History
General Barry's Rocket Battalion, 1861-1863
Steve Durst
CURTIS B. PATTERSON Award
Pre-1900 APS Award of Excellence
LUCK-OF-THE-DRAW Legends of the West: Bill Pickett, Errors, Revisions & Lottery
Gregg A. Hopkins, Sr.
also
HERMAN FRANZ FLUEGEL Award
Post1980 APS Award of Excellence
Washington Irving
Gary Denis
The U.S. Revalued Postal Stationery of 1971
Douglas N. & Nancy B. Clark
The 1947 U.S. Postage Stamp Centenary Commemorative
Andrew McFarlane
also
1940-1980 APS Award of Excellence
The Eagle Has Landed
Charles J. O'Brien III
also
LEO & SAMUEL AUGUST Memorial Award
Vermeil
Frederic R. Rice Cachetmaker 1932-1941
Wayne Anmuth
The First Man on the Moon
Dr. Reuben A. Ramkissoon
The 1964 New York World's Fair Commemorative and Its First Day Covers
Ronald J. Klimley
also
AAPE Gold Award of Honor
A Look Back Forty Years to HemisFair '68
Marilyn J. Bearr
Silver
Censored First Day Covers of Nordic Countries
Alan Warren
also
BEST FOREIGN FDC Award
Earliest Known/Documented Uses, Then and Now
Ralph H. Nafziger
also
LAWRENCE S. FISHER Award
Project Mercury -- To Put A Man in Space
Dennis Dillman
Great Joint Venture
David W. Roberts
Christmas Seals, Emily Bissell, and the Red Cross
John Hayner
Old Ironsides Unofficial Yorktown First Days
Allen Klein
Cachets of Edward Mendlowitz, 1958 Through 2008
Edward Mendlowitz
also
AAPE Gold Award of Honor
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
John Macco
X-15: The Forgotten Spaceship
Dennis Dillman
Silver-Bronze
The Art of the Cachet
The Cachetmakers
Computer Generated Add-On Cachets
Tom Peluso
Pioneering the First Days of the Automated Postal Center Stamp
Anonymous
The Art of Space Exploration
Eugene Mszar
Bronze
First Day Covers of the Last Airmail Special Delivery Stamp
Allen Klein
Postal Journey to the Desert City
Dionisio T. Taeza
Non-Competitive
Jamestown 400th Anniversary Celebration
Barbara A. Montgomery
AFDCS Court of Honor Covers
Alan Warren
A Personal First Day Exhibit by B.R. McIntyre, 1948-1951
Kurt Laubinger
