Members of the United States Stamp Society did themselves proud at the recent Annual Convention held at Texpex in Dallas.

The Grand Award, as well as the Statue of Freedom medal, was won by our own President Nicholas Lombardi for “The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue.” The Walter W. Hopkinson Memorial Trophy for the Best 20th Century Exhibit was won by Roland Austin for “Postal History of the 1954 Liberty Series.” This highly coveted award can be won only once by an exhibit. We were unable to offer the Hugh M. Southgate Trophy for Best 19th Century because there weren’t enough exhibits to qualify.

Other United States exhibits receiving gold medals were: “Lincoln Portrait Stamps of the United States: 1866-1882″ by William J. Ainsworth; “The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Series of 1945-46 and Its First Day Covers and Uses” by Eliot A. Landau; “150 Years of U.S. Precancels” by Arnold Selengut; “Canal Zone Second Air Mail Series” by Paul Ammons; and “The 5¢ China War Resistance Issue of 1942: Its Proof, Issue, First Day Covers and Postal Issues” by Eliot A. Landau. A vermeil medal was won by Joann Lenz for “The 6¢ Theodore Roosevelt Stamp 1955-1968.”

U.S. Exhibits also did well in the Single Frame Division. Eliot A. Landau won the Grand for “The 1909 Lincoln Commemorative Issues: Early uses and First Day Covers”; and Greg Shoults took golds for his exhibits “Washington and Franklin Coils 1912 Issue Perf 8.5″ and “Washington and Franklin Coils 1910 Issue Perf 8.5.” A Vermeil medal was won by Frank Braithwaite for “13¢ Benjamin Harrison Stamp of 1902.”

-Denise Stotts, Awards Chairwoman