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Auxiliary Markings Club Award of Excellence

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Criteria

The purpose of the Auxiliary Markings Club Award of Excellence is to recognize and encourage excellence in collecting, researching, and exhibiting auxiliary markings. The jury has broad discretion to present the award to achieve this purpose.

A winning exhibit will typically include auxiliary markings as a substantial component. There is no minimum medal level. Both single-frame and multi-frame exhibits are eligible, and an exhibit or exhibitor may receive the award more than once. If the jury concludes that there are no suitable exhibits, it may decline to give the award.

"Auxiliary markings" should be interpreted broadly. They include any postal or institutional markings—whether applied by handstamp, machine, label, handwriting, or electronic methods such as addressograph or computer - that indicate a cover received special handling or attention due to unusual circumstances. Auxiliary markings encompass postal notices, service endorsements, and explanatory notes, as well as accompanying letters from the postal service and ambulance covers used to forward damaged or misdirected mail. They also include markings applied by non-postal institutions such as the military, prisons, hotels, or similar entities.


Show organizers

Show organizers may contact the Award coordinator, Matthew Liebson , to obtain award certificates and inform him of winners (first time winners receive a one year free digital membership in the Auxiliary Markings Club).

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2025 Awards

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ORAPEX 2025, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (May 3-4, 2025) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ken Snelson, FRPSC UK International Postage Due Letter Mail: Formative Years of Postal Union -The First 25 Years.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• APS Award of Excellence (pre-1900)
• Large Gold medal

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ROYALE '25 FILEX, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (April 25-26, 2025) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Francois Brisse, FRPSC 'PAQUETBOT' Markings on Mail Received in Canada.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Vermeil medal

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WESTPEX 2025, San Francisco CA (April 25-27, 2025) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Vivek S. Chopra "TOO LATE" Boxed Rectangular Cancels of India

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Large Vermeil medal

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2022 Awards

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NOJEX 2022, East Rutherford NJ (October 14-16, 2022) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Zachary Simmons Military Mail from Central Powers in the Holy Land, Ottoman Empire to 1957.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• vermeil medal for multi-frame exhibit

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INDYPEX 2022, Noblesville IN (October 7-9, 2022) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

John Hotchner Mail to and from American Prisoners of War, During and After the Korea War

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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SEAPEX 2022, Tukwila WA (September 9-11, 2022) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Elizabeth Hisey Purser's Markings - United Fruit Company - Six Sisters 1941

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large gold medal

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2021 Awards

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WESTPEX 2021, San Francisco CA (July 30, 2021 - August 1, 2021) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Adhyatman Agarwala (youth exhibitor) Ecuadorian Slogan-Based Covers Related to the Ecuador-Peru Border Conflict of 1941

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large gold medal (90 points) for single frame exhibit

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2019 Awards

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SEATEX 2019, Seattle WA (September 2019) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Charles J. LaBlonde The Rise & Fall of WWII Postal Censorship Swiss Perspective

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• vermeil medal

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2018 Awards

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SEATEX 2018, Seattle WA (September 2018) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz The Ways U. S. Postage Due Stamps were Used 1879-1986

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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2017 Awards

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UNEXPO 2017, Bellefonte PA (October 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Larry Fillion Auxiliary Markings on United Nations New York FDCs Sent to Domestic United States Addresses

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large silver medal

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APS StampShow 2017, Richmond VA (August 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Howard Rotterdam Compulsory Registration in Israel

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large silver medal

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ROPEX 2017, Canandaigua NY (May 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Larry Fillion Auxiliary Markings On United Nations New York FDCs Sent To Domestic United States Addresses

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large vermeil medal

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PIPEX 2017, Portland OR (May 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Jerry Johnson U.S. Mail Delivery Problems, 1851-1950

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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WESTPEX 2017, San Francisco CA (April 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Dr. Ross Marshall Russian Mail via Galicia to UPU (1874)

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large gold medal
• Rossica Best Russian Exhibit
• Polonus Polish Philatelic Society - Gold Award

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St. Louis Stamp Expo 2017, St. Louis, MO (March-April 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Roger Heath Refused Mail of Switzerland

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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AmeriStamp Expo 2017, Reno, NV (March 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Larry Fillion Auxiliary Markings on United Nations New York FDCs Sent to United States Addresses

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large vermeil medal

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Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition, Sarasota, FL (February 2017) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Raymond Murphy Non-Standard Censorship of Mail in the Dependencies of Jamaica (Caymans & Turks, Caicos)

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• large silver medal

Ralph Nafziger Auxiliary Markings on U.S. First Day Covers

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• silver medal

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2016 Awards

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SEAPEX 2016, Seattle, WA (September 2016) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Louis Fiset Censored, Rerouted, Suspended, Resumed: U.S. International Mail in World War II

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal
• American Philatelic Congress Award

Anthony Wawrukiewicz Operation and Innovation in the Dead Letter Office from 1859-1985

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal
• Postal History Society Medal

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AmeriStampExpo / Southeastern Stamp Exposition, Atlanta, GA (January 2016) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Sammy Chiu Hong Kong Wartime Airmail September 1939-December 1941

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Richard Graham Award
• vermeil medal

Mike Ley Exclusive Uses of the 50 Cent Prexie

• Auxiliary Marking Club - President s Award
• gold medal

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2015 Awards

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SEAPEX 2015, Seattle, WA (September 2015) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Roger Heath Refused Mail of Switzerland

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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APS StampShow, Grand Rapids, MI (August 2015) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Roger Heath Refused Mail of Switzerland

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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NAPEX 2015, McLean VA (June 2015) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Alexander Kolchinsky Prisoners of the Great War Send Home Picture Postcards.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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Westpex 2015, San Francisco, CA (April 2015) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

David Fine Guatemalan Auxiliary Markings, 1898-1967.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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St. Louis Stamp Expo 2015, St. Louis, MO (March 2015) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Mike Peter Censor Marks of World War I Submarine Mail.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• vermeil medal

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ARIPEX, Mesa, AZ (February 2015) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ronald Strawser Postal History of the United States Famous Americans Issues.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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2014 Awards

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APS Stampshow 2014, Hartford, CT (August 2014) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Omar J. Rodriguez Registered Mail of Mexico: Colonial to Early UPU.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal
• APS pre-1900 medal of excellence

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NOJEX 2014, Secaucus, NJ (May 2014) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Jaroslav J. Verner Czechoslovak Legions in France, Italy, and Slovakia.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• vermeil medal

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WESTPEX 2014, San Francisco, CA (April 2014) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Dale Forster Western Express Label Covers

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• gold medal

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Garfield-Perry March Party 2014 Annual Stamp Exhibition and Bourse, Cleveland, OH (April 2014 - sic) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ralph H. Nafziger Auxiliary Markings on U.S. First Day Covers

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Richard Graham Award
• Gold Medal

Gary Hendren Twisted Caps Twisted Mail

• Auxiliary Marking Club - President's Award
• Vermeil Medal

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Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition 2014 (PNSE), Philadelphia, PA (April 2014) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Robert Pildes Palestine Emergency Deliveries Inc.

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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2013 Awards

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WESTPEX 2013, San Francisco, CA (April 2013) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Louis Fiset Censored, Rerouted, Suspended, Resumed: U.S. International Mail in World War II

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition 2013, Philadelphia, PA (April 2013) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Tony Wawrukiewicz The Return to Writer/Sender Process in the U.S. Domestic Mails 1860-2010

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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St. Louis Stamp Expo 2013, St. Louis, MO (March 2013) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ralph H. Nafziger Auxiliary Markings on U.S. First Day Covers

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Richard Graham Award

Matthew Liebson Buy A Liberty Bond! - World War I Savings Stamp and Liberty Bond Auxiliary Markings

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Presidents Award

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Texpex 2013, Grapevine, TX (March 2013) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Roger Heath Swiss Markings on Refused Mail

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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2012 Awards

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APS Stampshow 2012, Sacramento CA (August 2012) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Harlan F. Stone Switzerland s Domestic Postage Due Charges 1862-1960s

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Gold Medal

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Philatelic Show 2012 (Northeastern Federation of Stamp Clubs), Boxborough MA (May 2012) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Tony Wawrukiewicz U.S. International Mail Franked with the Non-Official Definitive Non-Denominated Letter Stamps 1978-1995

• Auxiliary Marking Club - President's Award

Nancy and Doug Clark Got Postage?

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Graham Award

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WESTPEX 2012, San Francisco CA (April 2012) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Louis Fiset 1871 Commune of Paris Prisoners Mail

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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Ameristamp Expo, Atlanta GA (January 2012) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Kathryn Johnson Ceylon Too Late Markings

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Single frame gold medal
• Single frame reserve grand medal

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2011 Awards

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MILCOPEX, Milwaukee, WI (September 2011) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Edward Fitch U.S. Rural Free Delivery Auxiliary Handstamp Markings

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Silver medal

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APS StampShow, Columbus, OH (August 2011) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ralph Nafziger Auxiliary Markings on U.S. First Day Covers

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Gold medal

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Minnesota Stamp Expo (2011) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Earl H. Galitz Bulgaria in the First World War

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Vermeil medal
• Military Postal History Society Award

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TEXPEX Stamp Show (2011) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

John H. Barwis The Path to a Philadelphia Exchange Office for United States-British Mails"

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Gold medal
• Grand Award winner for multiframe exhibits (top show honor)

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ROMPEX Stamp Show (2011), Denver, CO - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ralph Nafziger U.S. First Day Covers in the Mailstream

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Richard B. Graham award
• Gold medal

Tim Bartshe Reposted, Advertised and Unclaimed: How the South African Republic Dealt With Undeliverable Mail from the 1890s to 1900

• Auxiliary Marking Club - President's Best One Frame Exhibit Award

John Hotchner 20^th Century US Auxiliary Markings Documenting Delay or Inability to Deliver the Mails

• Court of Honor

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WESTPEX Stamp Show (2011) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Roy C. Teixeira German and Austrian Internees in the Acores (May 1916 - October 1919)

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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APS AmeriStamp Expo (2011) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Steve Volis Odessa: Clandestine Mail Surveillance, 1920-1940

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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2010 Awards

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TEXPEX Stamp Show (2010) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ralph Nafziger U.S. First Day Covers in the Mailstream

• Auxiliary Marking Club Richard B. Graham award

Anthony Wawrukiewicz The Return to Writer/ Sender Process, the Beginnings, 1859-1975

• Auxiliary Marking Club President's Award

Tim Bartshe Reposted, Advertised and Unclaimed: How the South African Republic Dealt With Undeliverable Mail from the 1890s to 1900

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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NAPEX Stamp Show (2010) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

K. David Steidley An American in Paris: Mail Handling by the American Express Co. in Paris, 1895-1939

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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2009 Awards

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PIPEX Stamp Show (2009) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Jerry Johnson Delays in Delivery of the Mail

• Auxiliary Marking Club Richard B. Graham award

WESTPEX Stamp Show (2009) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Paul Phillips A Matter of Language

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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ROPEX Stamp Show (2009) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Jeffrey Shapiro The Prexies at Work

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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NAPEX Stamp Show (2009) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

David M. Skipton The Blue Pencil: Imperial Russian Censorship of Prison, Exile and Internee Mail

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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2008 Awards

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CHICAGOPEX (2008) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ralph Nafziger First Day Covers in the Mailstream

• Auxiliary Marking Club Richard B. Graham award

Gary Hendren Twisted Caps Twisted Mail

• Auxiliary Marking Club President's award

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ROPEX Stamp Show (2008) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Stephen Suffet Woody Guthrie, His Life and His Songs

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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PNSE (2008) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Bill Drummond FAM 18: Transatlantic Ocean Ops of Pan American

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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Southeastern Stamp Show (September, 2008) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Nancy and Douglas Clark Got Postage?

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit
• Silver medal

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Philadelphia National Stamp Expo - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

John Warren Civil Censorship in India 1939-1945

• Auxiliary Marking Club Richard B. Graham award

Tim Bartshe Rate Regulations of Transvaal UPU-Union 1893-1910 as Interpreted through Postage Due Markings

• Auxiliary Marking Club President's award

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2007 Awards

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ROPEX Stamp Show (2007) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Regis Hoffman Letters to the Stars

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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WESTPEX Stamp Show, San Francisco, CA (April, 2007) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Dale Forster Loose Ship Letters of Australia

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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2006 Awards

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ROPEX Stamp Show (2006) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Alfred Kugel The Allied Intervention in Russia 1918 - 1925

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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2005 Awards

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Southeastern Stamp Show (September, 2005) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Regis Hoffman Letter to the Stars

• Auxiliary Marking Club Richard B. Graham award
• Vermeil medal

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ROPEX Stamp Show (June, 2005) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Alfred Kugel The Allied Intervention in Russia 1918 - 1925

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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PIPEX Stamp Show (May, 2005) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Ralph Nafziger First Day Covers in the Mailstream

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit

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WESTPEX Stamp Show (April, 2005) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

Peter Baker Censor Marks, Cachets and Postal Marking of the Free French 1940 - 1945

• Auxiliary Marking Club - Award of Merit (first time awarded)

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2004

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ROPEX Stamp Show (June, 2004) - Auxiliary Markings Club Award

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John M. Hotchner 20th Century United States Auxiliary Markings Documenting Delay of, or Inability to Deliver, the Mail: The First Fifty Years

• First winner of the Auxiliary Marking Club's Richard B. Graham Award
• ROPEX Gold
• APS Medal of Excellence 1900-1940
• Dusty Millar Award

Ada M. Prill Uh-Oh - Mistakes in U. S. Auxiliary Markings

• First winner of the Auxiliary Marking Club's President's Award
• ROPEX Silver

Nancy and Douglas Clark


• Free Markings Used in Maine - vermeil
• Maine Stampless Period Forwarded Mail - vermeil
• P. H. Brennan Hand Delivery Service - silver



Dave Allan Cooper, Sr. Canadian Pacific Express Uncalled For and Undeliverable Notices

• ROPEX Silver



Thomas M. Fortunato The Diversity of Ceramics and Ceramic Materials

• ROPEX Gold
• ATA 1st
• Hale Award



Gary Hendren Twisted Caps - Twisted Mails

• ROPEX Silver Bronze



Jeffrey Shapiro ConPHessions of a PHat PHilatelist

• ROPEX "Most Popular"
• ROPEX Silver Bronze

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