Germany Philatelic SocietyCHICAGOLAND CHAPTER 5
GPS NATIONAL PRESS RELEASE - Jul 22, 2009
GPS Members won top awards at the Minnesota Stamp Expo 2009
The Germany Philatelic Society is pleased to announce that nine exhibits
by GPS Members won top awards at the Minnesota Stamp Expo 2009, July 17-19,
2009, located at the Crystal Community Center in suburban Minneapolis.
Those were:
When Money Buys Little by Jerry Jensen
(GPS & Show Gold / American Congress Award)
Germany’s 1889-1900 Crown and Eagle Issue by Jerry Jensen
(GPS & Show Gold)
Barbados Seal Issues 1892-1935 by Paul Larsen
(Show Gold)
French Sudan and Niger by Paul Larsen
(Show Gold)
German Military Internees in Schleswig-Holstein,
May 5, 1945 – January 31, 1946 by Harold E. Peter
(GPS & Show Silver)
Rising Numbers-Falling Value: German High Inflation:
August 1 – December 1, 1923 by James R. Pullin
(GPS Gold/Show Vermeil)
The Murder of Lidice by Phil Rhoade
(GPS & Show Gold, AAPE Award)
A History of the Dresdner Bank and its Perfins by Eugene G. Will
(GPS Gold/Show Vermeil/AAPE Award)
‘From Hinrichsen to Michelius'...The Wilhelmian-era Experimental
Machine Postmarks of Germany 1866-1914 by Jerry H. Miller
The latter exhibit won a total of six awards …
Show Grand Award
APS Research Award
Postal Society Award
GPS Chapter 10
50th Anniversary Award
GPS Gold/Show Gold …
and is now eligible to participate in the Champion of Champions Competition which takes place at the APS Stamp Show at Richmond, Virginia, August 12-15, 2010.
