Thomas Peluso won the top award in the 2005 Earl Planty Cachetmakers Contest at AMERICOVER 2006. His award winning cachet is shown above.

Category

Winner

Honorable Mention

Hand Drawn/Hand Painted

Dave Dube

Mary Fisher

Hand Painted/Printed From Original Art

Fred Collins

Dave Bennett

Hand Painted/Printed from Non-Original Art

Larry Gassen

None

Handpainted/Mechanically Reproduced

Dave Bennett

Doris Gold

Original Artwork

Thomas Peluso

David Peterman

Non-Original Artwork

Thomas Peluso

Tricia Richmond

Printed Art/Single Color (also B&W)

Dave Bennett

Chris Lazaroff

Printed Art/2 Color or more

Rollin Berger

Rollin Berger

Computer/Copier Art/Single Color (also B&W)

Elena Cornejo

Rollin Berger

Computer/Copier Art/2 Colors or more

Thomas Peluso

Thomas Peluso

Miscellaneous Medium Cachets

Thomas Peluso

George Forby

Federal and State Duck Covers

Lois Hamilton

Dave Dube

Esoteric Covers

George Forby

Elena Cornejo

Se-tenant Covers

Larry Gassen

Mary Fisher

Noncommercial Covers

Larry Gassen

Thomas Peluso

Event Covers

Thomas Peluso

Thomas Peluso

Rookie of the Year

Nirlay Kundu

Robert Friedrich, Jr.

Juniors Age 10 and Younger

Lee Anne Fox

None

Juniors 11 to 17

No Winner