Once a year, at our annual meeting, the United States Stamp Society
offers our two most prestigious exhibiting awards. The awards are the
Hugh M. Southgate Memorial Trophy and the
Walter W. Hopkinson Trophy. The panel of APS accredited
judges determines the winners during deliberations.
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Clyde Jennings (right), winner of the USSS Hopkinson Award for 2002,
receiving his award from USSS President Jay Stotts.
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The Hopkinson Trophy, represented by a silver tray, was established in
1954. It recognizes the best exhibit of twentieth century U.S.
philatelic material by a USSS member as designated by the judges. The
Hopkinson Award may not be won more than once by an individual for the
same exhibit.
Clyde Jennings of Jacksonville, Florida, won the Hopkinson award for
2002 at the Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition during the 2002 USSS
annual meeting. His exhibit, "The Half-A Collection," is an outstanding
showing of U.S. half-cent stamps issued since the first fractional stamp
in 1925. The exhibit is arranged in a traditional format, featuring die
proofs, stamps and their production varieties and usages on cover. "The
Half-A Collection" won a show Gold Medal. Jennings authored a series of
articles on the subject matter of the exhibit in The Specialist in 1991
and 1992.
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In Philadelphia, attendees also got the opportunity to view the two
previous Walter W. Hopkinson Award winning exhibits. Leonard
Piszkiewicz exhibited "Usages of the Presidential Issue of 1938," which
won the 2001 Hopkinson Trophy in Tucson, and Nick
Lombardi showed his
"1903 Two-Cent Washington Shield Issue," which garnered the 2000 award
in Washington, D.C.
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Peter DuPuy (right), winner of of the USSS Southgate Award for 2002,
receiving his award from USSS President Jay Stotts.
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The Hugh M. Southgate Trophy, also represented by a silver tray, was
established in 1969 to provide an award of equal standing to the
Hopkinson Trophy for member exhibitors showing nineteenth century U.S.
material. Although the Southgate Trophy had similar restrictions in
that winners could only be awarded the Southgate once, that practice has
since changed. Four different society members have won the award twice.
Peter G. DuPuy of New Hampshire won the 2002 Hugh M. Southgate Trophy in
Philadelphia for his outstanding exhibit "30 and 90 Cent U.S. 1861
Issue." By winning the award, DuPuy became the fourth of the double
winners. He also won the Southgate in 1995 at the annual meeting in
Boston. DuPuy's exhibit is an extremely strong showing of the 30 and 90
cent 1861 Issue from essays and proofs to usages on cover. It also won
a show Gold Medal.
Other multiple winners of the Southgate Trophy are Henry Gobie (1975,
1984), William Schumann (1976, 1990) and William Fitch (1973, 1981). The
Philadelphia Stamp Show featured the strongest showing of U.S.
philatelic material presented during 2002. There were 202 frames of
U.S. stamps, postal history and postal stationery presented in 29
exhibits.
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