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MPHS Exhibit Award
Presented for best-in-show military exhibit at WSP Shows
Criteria
The Military Postal History Society will award the best military postal history award with the following criteria:
1. The exhibit must have a military theme as determined by the jury chairman.
2. The exhibit may have 1-10 frames.
3. The exhibit may be entered into any class exhibit as determined by the APS CAN\EJ, Committee on Accreditation of National Exhibitions and Judges, committee.
4. There must be 3 exhibits pertaining to military postal history in the competition.
5. The exhibit must have won a silver or higher award in the competition
6. The award will be given at the awards banquet.
7. An envelope will be given to the winner which will have a picture of the award. An addressed stamped envelope to the MPHS award chairman will be enclosed. The winner is to send the enclosed post card to the MPHS awards chairman. The award will be engraved and sent to the winner by return mail.
Shows Held During 2010-2011
| SHOW | EXHIBITOR | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| BALPEX | Henry Laessig | Sanjak of Novi Pazar |
| SESCAL | Louis Fiset | Great Britain Interns Her Refugees |
| MILCOPEX | No Winner | |
| INDYPEX | No Winner | |
| CHICAGOPEX | Louis Fiset | US Internment Camp Mail in World War II |
| SANDICAL | Frank M. Wiatr | Fortress Krakau 1914-1918 |
| COLOPEX | Al Kugel | Postal History of American Forces in China 1900-1941 |
| APS AMERIPEX STAMP EXPO | Dr. Edwin J. Andrews | Paul Von Letton-Vorbeck: The Events and Times That Molded the Man |
| GARFIELD-PERRY MARCH PARTY | Dr. Michael Dixon | British Forces Air Mail Letter Cards and Air Letters Used In World War II |
| PHILA. NAT'L STAMP EXPO | Richard S. Wilson | British Forces In Egypt 1932-1936 the Postal Concession |
| WESTPEX | Jack Thompson | U.S.A. Postal Administration Cuba (1895-1905) |
| PLYMOUTH | Ed Dubin | Civilian and German & Austro-Hungarian POWs Interned in the US During WW I |
| NAPEX | Ernest Bergman | The Swiss Army: Its Duties, Services and Patriotice Support 1930-1945 |
| MILCOPEX / AMERICAN TOPICAL | Dr. Edwin J. Andrews | Paul Von Letton-Vorbeck: The Events and Times That Molded the Man |
| MINNESOTA STAMP SHOW | Earl Galitz | Bulgaria In the First World War |
| AMERICOVER | Phil Rhoade | Czechoslovakia Overrun Nations Issue |
| APS STAMP SHOW | Korean War | Korean War |
Shows Held During 2008-2009
| SHOW | EXHIBITOR | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| INDYPEX | Al Kugel | Postal History of the American Forces in China 1900-1941 |
| MINNESOTA | Jon Becker | Conquest & British Administration of Palestine |
| APS STAMPSHOW | Al Kugel | Allied Occupation of the German Colonies 1914-1923 |
| OMAHA | Steve Henderson | World war II Post Offices of the 8th Air Force in England |
| BALPEX | Arnold Levin | Russian Mute Cancels & Registration in World War I |
| AMERICOVER | Steve Durst | The Wernher von Braun Rocket Team in War & Peace |
| VAPEX | Phil Rhoade | The Murder of Lidice |
| SESCAL | Giorgio Migliavacca | Italian POWs in the U.S. During World War II |
| CHICAGOPEX | Eliot Landau | Lincoln, Slavery & the Civil War |
| SANDICAL | Charles LeBlonde | WWII Censorship of Danish Mail |
| ARIPEX | Ralph H. Nafziger | Soldier's Diary of WWI-North Russia Expedition |
| AMERISTAMP/TEXPEX | Robert D. Rawlins | Remembering the Maine (one frame) |
| ST. LOUIS EXPO | Al Kugel | Polish Forces in Exile and Following WWI |
| COLOPEX | James C. Cate | General Banks Division |