AFDCS AWARDS AND HONORS
Honoring those who have served the American First Day Cover Society
Glenn C. Michel Special Recognition Awards
| 1988 | Ruth
Moore, Mike Litvak, Bill Lloyd,
Wayne Gasper, Clark Heins, Bernard Goldberg, Adam Bert |
| 1989 | Monte
Eiserman, Martin Feibusch, Ron
Allen, Cynthia Scott, Bill Sumpter, Alan Warren |
| 1990 | Gerry
Adlman, Bob Masto, Larry Carney,
Jack Harlan, Charles Schretzmann |
| 1991 | Barry
Ellis, Pat Rourk, Bernie Kroll,
Bill Simpson |
| 1992 | Allison
Cusick, John Jezek, Lee Howard,
Tom Lane |
| 1993 | Lloyd
de Vries, Elliot Fischer, Paul
Hubartt, Margaret Monty, Steve Ripley |
| 1994 | Gary
Denis, Joe Hough, Lorraine Bailey,
Betty Buchanan, Mike Mellone |
| 1995 | Julian
Pugh, Bill Wise, Barry Newton,
George Athens |
| 1996 | John
Cali, Adam Bert, William Paisley,
Ed Ward |
| 1997 | Bob
Colby, Foster Miller, Betty Hundley |
| 1998 | Cynthia
Scott, Norm Walker, James
McCusker, Gary Dunaier |
| 1999 | Earl
Lowenstein, Gary and Sharolyn
Chicoine |
| 2000 | Mike
Mellone, Dottie Graf, Paul Hubartt |
| 2001 | Doug
Kelsey, Tom Foust, Barry Newton |
| 2002 | Charles
Schretzmann, Hal Ansink |
| 2003 | George
Athens |
| 2005 | Linda
Hassa |
| 2006 | Hal Ansink, Andrew McFarlane, William Sumpter, Ralph Achgill, Allison Cusick, Norman Elrod, Tom Foust, Foster Miller, and Mike Litvak and his Donation Auction Committee of Dave Bennett, Kathy Clements, Bob Lewin, Tina Phillips, George Rost, Shirley Ulling and Rick Whyte |
| 2007 | John
Cali |
| 2008 | Lloyd
de Vries, Alan Warren, Dave
Bennett, Allen Klein, Peter Martin |
| 2010 | Mark Goodson, Todd Ronnei, Cynthia Scott, Randall Sherman, Richard Sine |
| 2013 | Diane
and Ralph Achgill, Ralph
Nafziger, Betty Hundley |
| 2019 |
John Byrnes |
| 2021 |
Tom Peluso (posthumous), Otto Thamasett, Tris Fall, James Hogg, Chris Lazaroff, Gary Dickinson, and John White and the Ries Chapter Auction Committee |
| 2022 |
Mark Gereb |
Distinguished Service Awards
| 1970 | Marge Finger* | 1971 | no award |
| 1972 | Richard Thompson* | 1973 | Curtis Patterson* Monte Eiserman* |
| 1974 | Robert Graebner* William E. Decker* |
1975 | Sol Koved* |
| 1976 | Donald G. Heuring* | 1977 | George A. Comnes* |
| 1978 | Ben Papell* | 1979 | Adam K. Bert* |
| 1980 | Frank F. Raciti* | 1981 | Alan Warren |
| 1982 | Patricia A. Siskin | 1983 | William H. Bayless* |
| 1984 | Donald B. Crisman | 1985 | Richard A. Monty* |
| 1986 | no award | 1987 | Harold G. Ansink* |
| 1988 | Allison W. Cusick | 1989 | Wayne P. Gasper* |
| 1990 | no award | 1991 | no award |
| 1992 | William H. Lloyd* | 1993 | John Jezek, Jr.* |
| 1994 | Gerry Adlman* E. Lee Howard* |
1995 | no award |
| 1996 | no award | 1997 | Barry Newton Tom Foust* |
| 1998 | Joe D. Hough* William A. Sumpter* |
1999 | Norman Walker* |
| 2000 | Michael A. Mellone* David S. Zubatsky* |
2001 | Lorraine E. Bailey |
| 2002 | Dorothy Graf* | 2003 | no award |
| 2004 | Cynthia Scott | 2005 | Steve Ripley Betty Buchanan* Elliot Fischer* |
| 2006 | Michael Litvak Foster E. Miller, III |
2007 | Betty Hundley Doug Kelsey* |
| 2008 | Lloyd de Vries | 2009 | Allen Klein* Julian Pugh* |
| 2010 | Norman L. Elrod* | 2011 | Ralph Achgill |
| 2012 | Todd Ronnei | 2013 | no award |
| 2014 |
Peter D. Martin John H. White |
2015 |
Ralph Nafziger |
| 2016 | Chris Lazaroff | 2017 | Peter McClure* |
| 2018 |
no award |
2019 |
Dave Bennett Rollin Berger Mark Goodson Kerry Heffner |
| 2020 |
no award |
2021 |
Gerald Strauss |
| 2022 |
Tris Fall Mark Thompson |
2023 |
no award |
| 2024 |
D.A. Lux |
* deceased
Honorary Life Membership
| Number |
Year |
Name |
| 1 |
1958 |
L. Rohe Walter* -
Special Assistant to the Postmaster General |
| 2 |
1967 |
Stanley J.
Hodziewich* - Key Post Office Department staff at first day ceremonies,
arranged for cancellations |
| 3 |
1972 |
Gordon C. Morison*
– Manger, Philatelic Affairs Dept., USPS |
| 4 |
1972 |
Raymond L. Blozis*
– Philatelic Affairs Division USPS, arranged for first day ceremonies |
| 5 |
1973 |
David L. Lidman* -
retired philatelic columnist for the New
York Times |
| 6 |
1977 |
Henry S. Raposa* - Philatelic
Program Analyst, Stamp Development Branch, USPS |
| 7 |
1980 |
Leo August* - founder of
Washington Press and ArtCraft cachets, benefactor of AFDCS |
| 8 |
1980 |
Samuel August* - founder of
Washington Press and ArtCraft cachets, benefactor of AFDCS |
| 9 |
1980 |
Earl Planty* - past president
AFDCS, author of cachet catalogs |
| 10 |
1985 |
Sol Koved* – long time editor of
First Days |
| 11 |
1989 |
Curtis Patterson* - past
president of AFDCS, long term supporter of the society, first curator
of AFDCS Archives |
| 12 |
1992 |
Monte Eiserman* – Membership
Chairman of AFDCS over 30 years |
| 13 |
1996 |
Alan Warren – charter member of
AFDCS, director, recording secretary, author |
| 14 |
2001 |
Richard A. Monty* – long time
chairman of the board, author, spearheaded the First Cachets project |
| 15 |
2002 |
Hal G. Ansink* - long time
author, Education Dept. Chairman, and director of the Court of Honor
First Day Cover series |
| 16 |
2002 |
Tom Foust* – long time president
of AFDCS serving in that office 1988-2006 |
| 17 |
2004 |
Barry Newton – long term editor
of First Days |
| 18 |
2005 |
Mike Mellone* – long time bourse
chairman of AFDCS, author of cachet catalogs |
| 19 |
2005 |
Dottie Graf* – long time
assistant to Mike Mellone |
| 20 |
2007 |
George Athens* – long time
supporter of AFDCS in Florida, representing and promoting the society
at local and national shows there with a society table |
| 21 |
2008 |
Douglas A. Kelsey* – long time
Executive Director |
| 22 |
2008 |
Lorraine E. Bailey – cachet and
covers sales, long time life member |
| 23 |
2008 |
Elliot M. Fischer* – Treasurer
for many years |
| 24 |
2008 |
Allison W. Cusick – past
president, long time expertizing committee chairman |
| 25 |
2009 |
Robert Quintero* – secretary of
Motor City Stamp & Cover Club (AFDCS’s oldest continuous chapter),
hosted AFDCS conventions, produced thousands of covers for the chapter |
| 26 |
2009 |
E. Lee Howard* – past president
and director, bylaws committee |
| 27 |
2022 |
Michael Litvak - 30+ years as
Executive Vice President |
| 28 |
2024 |
Mark Thompson - exemplary
service as advertising manager and treasurer |
* deceased