Philadelphia
National Stamp Exhibition
October 12-14, 2001
QVC Studio Park - West Chester, PA
Palmares
PNSE 2001 Grand Award
David L. Herendeen * Evolution of Postage Due Stamps in the French Community
PNSE 2001 Reserve Grand Award
M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * Postal Stationery of the Ottoman Empire
PNSE Past Presidents Award
Norman Shachat * Philadelphia French Mail, 1784-1900
PNSE - SEPAD Merit Awards
Local: Suzanne Haney
National: Charles Peterson
PNSE Gold Medals
M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * Civil Engineering
Jeffrey C. Bohn * Accountancy Markings Associated with the 1857 Franco-British Convention
David L. Herendeen * Evolution of Postage Due Stamps in the French Community
Edward J. J. Grabowski * French Colonial Group Type in Madagascar & Dependencies
Alfred Kugel * 20th Century Ottoman Empire Postmarks of the Lost Territories
Norman Shachat * Philadelphia French Mail, 1784-1900
David F. Weeden * Portuguese Maritime Mail
Dr. Klerman Wanderley Lopes * Brazil-France Maritime Mail Routes up to 1890
Philip E. Parker * Zeppelins - The Portuguese Connection
Robert W. Stuchell * Ottoman Post in Lebanon
Diane D. Boehret * Post of the German Military Mission in Turkey, 1914-1918
Philip E. Parker * WWI German East Africa - The Portuguese Connection
Seref Bornovali * Postmarks of the Ottoman Empire 1840-1918
Mike Fulford * Foreign Post Office in Smyrna
Henry Hahn * Pre-Stamp Mail on Future Czechoslovak Territory (1584-1850)
Dr. Paul G. Abajian * U.S. Classic Issues 1845-1888: A Selection of Vermont Usages
Nicholas G. Carter * Gold Coast 1938-48
Richard M. Stevens * France & Serbia: Allies in the Great War
Arnold Engel * Germany-Latvia Airmail 1921-1940
M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * Postal Stationery of the Ottoman Empire
Alan Berkun * First Day Covers of the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition
PNSE Vermeil Medals
John R. G. Dahl * Portugal - 'Imposto do Sello' Stamped Paper 1868-1910
Mehmet Akan * Postal History of Eastern Anatolia
Dr. Pinar T. Ozand * Eastern Roumelia
Bill Robertson * Free French Censorship in Syria & Lebanon
Robert T. Kinsley * Spanish Civil War Refugees in France
Charles Waterstradt * Christmas Around the World With Philately
Earl H. Galitz * Kingdom of Afghanistan 1891-1907
Sanford Solarz * The Bleriot XI Monoplane & Its Impact on Early Aviation
C. T. Poynton * Portugal in the Great War
PNSE Silver Medals
Bill Schultz * West Chester, PA
Gary F. Paiste * British Occupation of Iraq
Arnold Engel * Germantown Pennsylvania Postal History
Armand Cote * F.A.M. 5 Inaugural Flight Covers & Cancellations
William Drummond * An Overview of Philadelphia Postal History: 1805-1946
Thomas O. Taylor * "When the Saints Went Marching In"
PNSE Silver-Bronze Medals
Sanford Solarz * Introduction to Aerophilately
Edward A. Tucker * Finland's Three Major Wars 1939-1945
PNSE Single Frame Medals
Platinum Alfred Kugel * French Consular Postal Service in Jerusalem 1948-49
Gold Alfred Kugel * Kionga & The Portuguese Campaign in East Africa
Vermeil M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * Postal Stationery of Western Thrace
Vermeil Alfred Kugel * The Portuguese Expeditionary Force in World War I
Vermeil David Sheby * Ladino in Postal History
Silver M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * A Short History of the Turkish Posts
Bronze Gregory Frantz * Constantinople City Post
PNSE Youth Medals
Silver Bronze Melissa Yezdimir * Horses
Bronze Lauren Yezdimir * Australia
Convening Society Awards
Pennsylvania Postal History Awards
Yeager Award: Norman Shachat * Philadelphia French Mail, 1784-1900
Von Hake Award: Arnold Engel * Germantown Pennsylvania Postal History
France & Colonies Philatelic Society Award
David L. Herendeen * Evolution of Postage Due Stamps in the French Community
Ottoman & Near East Philatelic Society Awards
First: M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * Postal Stationery of the Ottoman Empire
Second: Alfred Kugel * 20th Century Ottoman Empire Postmarks of the Lost Territories
Third: Robert W. Stuchell * Ottoman Post in Lebanon
International Society for Portuguese Philately George Pearson Award
Philip E. Parker * WWI German East Africa - The Portuguese Connection
Philatelic Society Awards
American Philatelic Society Awards
pre 1900: Jeffrey C. Bohn * Accountancy Markings of the 1857 Franco-British Convention
1900-1940: Alfred Kugel * 20th Century Ottoman Empire Postmarks of the Lost Territories
1940-1980: Nicholas G. Carter * Gold Coast 1938-48
Research: Jeffrey C. Bohn * Accountancy Markings of the 1857 Franco-British Convention
Postal History Society Posthorn Medal
Jeffrey C. Bohn * Accountancy Markings Associated with the 1857 Franco-British Convention
American Airmail Society Medal
Philip E. Parker * Zeppelins - The Portuguese Connection
American Philatelic Congress Award for Write-up
Nicholas G. Carter * Gold Coast 1938-48
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors
Presentation: Sanford Solarz * The Bleriot XI Monoplane & Its Impact on Early Aviation
Creativity: Charles Waterstradt * Christmas Around the World With Philately
American Topical Association
1st Place Medal: M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * Civil Engineering
Junior Philatelists of America
Blue Ribbon: Melissa Yezdimir * Horses
H.E. Harris Ribbon: Lauren Yezdimir * Australia
U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Medal
Norman Shachat * Philadelphia French Mail, 1784-1900
U. S. Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Medal
Alan Berkun * First Day Covers of the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition
United Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Award
M. Yavuz Corapcioglu * Postal Stationery of the Ottoman Empire