Exhibits

The NAPEX 2010 Philatelic Exhibition is filled and no longer accepting applications. The prospectus is archived here for reference.

The following is the complete list of philatelic exhibits accepted for competition at NAPEX 2010. The winner of the NAPEX Grand Award will go on to the American Philatelic Society's World Series of Philately in August.

Clicking on bolded blue exhibit titles will bring up a PDF of that exhibit's synopsis in a new window.

Court of Honor (Non-Competitive)

S | 4¢ Pony Express Centenary Certified Plate Proof
Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Promotional and Non-Competitive

1-2 | NAPEX Literature Competition
Promotional

3 | NAPEX Alphabet Challenge
Promotional

30 | Highway to Heaven: Building Rome's Via della Conciliazione
Daniel A. Piazza
Non-competitive

31 | TBA
Non-competitive

213 | TBA
Non-competitive

NAPEX Alphabet Challenge: The Letter J

4 | The Javelin at the Summer Olympics, 1908-2008
Elizabeth Hisey
Display showing the javelin as part of the Summer Olympics.

5 | USS Juneau
Glenn Smith
Stories of the three ships named for Juneau, Alaska.

6 | In the Name of "Jay"
Liam Malone
People, events, and things named by the letter "Jay" on Irish stamps.

7 | The 1959 Seaway Joint Issue: Illegal and Unusual Usages
Charles J G Verge
FDCs of the joint Canada-USA issue illegally prepared, processed and survived.

General Class and Single Frame Exhibits

8-15 | Nauru Freighter Issue of 1924-1954
Robert C Stein
The printings of the Nauru 1924-54 freighter issue. Includes paper varieties, surface and airmail usage.

16 | Northern Territory: The Squared Circle Cancellations
David Hopper
A display, in chronological order of the 1881-1913 squared circle cancellations of the Northern Territory of Australia.

17-21 | Van Diemen's Land Pre-Adhesive Postal Markings
David McNamee
A comprehensive study of the pre-adhesive postal markings of Australia's second oldest colony.

22-29 | First Definitives of the Finnish Republic, 1917-1930
Robert Hisey
Tells the story of how an originally simple 9 value all-purpose issue grew finally to 92 different items in this period of turmoil, war, civil war, independence, and inflation.

32 | Austria First Issue 1850-1858, 1 Kreuzer
Patrick H Crowe

33-37 | Niue
Paul A Fletcher
A study of the 1902-1936 stamp issues of Niue.

38-44 | The Postmarks of the Queensland Travelling Post Offices
David Hopper
A comprehensive exhibit of all of the markings used by the Queensland travelling post offices (TPOs).

45-49 | Development of Australian Air Mail, 1914-1934
John Cress
Introduction of internal and external air mail during the first twenty years (1914-1934).

50 | Australia's Official Aerogrammes
Jerome V V Kasper
The story of the aerogrammes used for official correspondence by the Australian government shown through mint and/or used copies.

51-60 | Zeppelin South America Flights, 1930-1937
James W Graue
Air mail of the South America flights of the Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg.

61-66 | Illustrated WWII British Military Air Letters
Jerome V V Kasper
A study of the illustrations on air letters provided to servicemen by the British Military during World War II.

67-73 | British Forces Air Mail Letter Cards and Air Letters Used in WWII Michael D Dixon
Illustrates characteristics of the military postal history of WWII by showing GB military air mail letter cards and letter sheets used from, to and between forces in different war theaters.

74 | FAM 18: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia Air Mail Connection to North America, 1939-1941
Ratomir Zivkovic
Personal and commercial mail flown between the United States and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Pan Am clipper service FAM 18 line from 1939-1941.

75-81 | The Coronation Aerial Post, 1911
Myron Hill, Jr
This was the first official airmail service in Europe; coverage includes the printing of stationery required for air service, flight documents, diverse usages and destinations.

82 | Uruguay Zeppelin Agency Cachets
Cheryl Ganz
The agent in Uruguay created pictorial cachets for the postal regulations requiring routing instructions "Via Condor Zeppelin."

83-90 | The Development of British Internal Airmail, 1933-1939
Derrick Pillage

91-98 | Brazil: The First Air Mails, 1925-1934
William V Kriebel
The air mail stamps used by Condor, Varig, ETA and Aeropostale, mint and used on cover, including varieties, errors and proofs.

99-108 | Use of U.S. Airmail Stamps, 1918-1993: The First 75 Years
K David Steidley
This exhibit displays the intended use of all 121 face-different U.S. airmail stamps issued between 1918 and 1993.

109-113 | "Riches of Colombia" Airmails, 1932-1940
Thomas P Myers
Postal history of Colombia's most attractive airmail series.

114 | SCADTA Postal Stationery
Jerome V V Kasper
The five items of postal stationery issued by the Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aereos (SCADTA) for use in correspondence.

115-122 | SCADTA Consular Mail
James C Johnson
SCADTA overprinted issues for foreign mail to Colombia.

123-130 | SCADTA: The Pioneer Years, 1920-1922
Santiago Cruz
Highly specialized aerophilatlic exhibit of the first years of Colombia air mail company SCADTA.

131-138 | SCADTA Correspondence, 1923-1929
Manuel Arango
This exhibit shows a wide selection of SCADTA flown correspondence to places inside Colombia and to the exterior, basically with stamps of the 4th SCADTA issue among others.

139-143 | SCADTA Third Issue: Servicio Postal Aereo de Colombia
James C Johnson
First multi-rate issue by SCADTA for tariff in the different routes.

144-148 | The Franco-British Exhibition of 1908
Stephen Luster
A stroll through the exhibition using picture postcards.

149-156 | Colombia: Department of Antioquia, 1886-1904
Santiago Cruz
Highly specialized exhibit on the stamps and their usages.

157-166 | Panama: The 1924 Coat of Arms Issue
James A Cross
The stamps and their use.

167-176 | Panama Canal Construction Era Picture Post Cards
Jerry Craig
Stamped, postmarked post card scenes of Panama and the Canal Zone from about 1881 to 1915.

177-182 | The Postal History of Tahiti through the First Pictorial Issue
Ralph DeBoard
This exhibit traces the philatelic history of the South Pacific Islands centered around Tahiti from the earliest postal artifact through the usage period of the first pictorial issue.

183-192 | Thessaloniki, Bride of the North
Bill O'Neill
Postal History of Thessaloniki, Greece from pre-stamp period to the end of the Greek Civil War.

193-198 | Chemistry: Chemist's Perspective of the Science and Industry from Alchemy to Modern Day
Gianluigi Soldati
Presentation of the science of chemistry, early scientists and their discoveries. Chemistry has changed our world socially, culturally and economically because of its contributions to food, medicines, agriculture, clothing and energy.

199-203 | Scott and Shackleton in the Antarctic
J Edgar Williams
Philately and postal history of British expeditions to New Zealand's Antarctic dependencies: King Edward VII Land and Victoria Land; postscript on Shackleton-Rowett Expedition.

204-211 | The 4¢ Jackson Issue of 1883
Ron Carr
The four cent Jackson of 1883 from its original design through post-production.

212 | An American in Paris: Mail Handling by the American Express Co. in Paris, 1895-1939
K David Steidley
A postal history of the enormous mail handling done by AmEx Paris office from 1895 to 1939.

214-219 | The U.S. 3¢ NATO Stamp of 1952
Stephen Luster
A traditional first day cover exhibit.

220-222 | The Confederate Navy
James L D Monroe
The exhibit presents a rich array of Confederate States Navy postal history.

223-227 | The Documentary Revenues of Haiti, 1817-1957
Charles J G Verge
An in depth study of the fiscal stamps of Haiti used to pay for the production of documents.

228 | The Rise and Fall of Government Carrier Service in New York: Aug. 16, 1842 - Nov. 28, 1846
Larry Lyons
The story of the United States City Despatch Post.

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