SANDICAL 2008, January 25-27, San Diego, California

Jerome Kasper Aerogrammes of Ethiopia: Vermeil, UPSS Marcus White Award.

Steve Schumann The King George VI 40 Cent Air Letters of Ceylon (SF): Vermeil.

Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition 2008, February 1-3, Sarasota, Florida.

John Cress Development of Australian Airmail 1914-1934: Vermeil.

Peter McCann Montserrat: Postal History of a Caribbean Island: Gold.

Raymond Murphy Jamaica in World War II - Buildup to Victory (SF): Silver.

St. Louis Stamp Expo 2008, February 29-March 2, St. Louis, Missouri.

George Bowman Microprinting and Hidden Images on Modern U.S. Stamps: Silver Bronze.

Paul Larsen Caroline Islands to 1914: the Spanish and German Periods: Show Grand
Award, Gold, GPS Grand Award, GPS Gold.

Filatelic Fiesta 2008, March 7-9, San Jose, California.

Peter McCann Montserrat: Postal History of a Caribbean Island: Grand Award, Gold,
Postal History Society Award, APS Pre-1900 Medal.

Postage Stamps Mega-Event 2008, March 6-9, New York, New York.

Reuben Ramkissoon Air Letter Sheets (Aerogrammes) of Trinidad & Tobago
1943-1995: Gold.

Stephen Schumann Ceylon: the King George VI 40¢ Air Letter (SF): Vermeil.

The WESTPEX 2008 Exhibition

The WESTPEX show invariably attracts a large number of rather powerful exhibits and this year was no exception. There were eight single frame and 46 multiframe entries. A wide variety of subjects were included but content was heavily South & Central America, Caribbean, and U.S. related. The predominance of excellent material resulted in 93% of the exhibits achieving gold or vermeil awards!

BCPSG members entered a total of 11 exhibits; four single frame and seven multiframe. Of the eleven, eight were Caribbean area subjects. Following is a summary of results:

W = WESTPEX Award; BC = BCPSG Award; SF = Single Frame.

Caribbean Area

Reuben Ramkissoon Revenues of Trinidad and Tobago 1886-2000: W-Vermeil, BC- Cameron Trophy, BC-Vermeil, ARA Best Revenue Exhibit.

Trinidad Connections of the 1931 Dornier DO-X Return South American Flight (SF): W-Gold , BC -Gold.

Edward Waterous Bahamas Postal Stationery Through The Reign of King George VI: W-Vermeil, BC-Vermeil.

Danforth Walker Grenada’s War Tax Issues (SF): W-Gold , BC -Gold.

Robert Wynstra Leeward Islands Village Mail: 1734-1932: W-Gold, Friend of WESTPEX Award-Best British Commonwealth, BC-gold.

Duane Larson Jamaica – Issues of 1860-1921: W-Vermeil , BC -Vermeil.

Raymond Murphy Jamaica in World War II (SF): W-Vermeil , BC -Vermeil.

Paul Larsen Barbados Seal Issues of 1892-1935: W-Gold , BC -Gold.

Other Areas

John Cress Up and Over ... Down Under: W-Gold, W-Jack R. Hughes Award for Outstanding Philatelic Research in Australasia/Oceania.

Jerome Kasper Aerogrammes of Ethiopia : W-Vermeil.

SCADTA Postal Stationery (SF): W-Gold.

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Other Awards Given by BCPSG to Members

Lifetime Achievement in Philatelic Writing and Research

2007–Peter Flynn

2006–Tim Tweddell

2005–Steve Jarvis

2004-Charles Freeland

2003–Michel Forand

2002-Michael Oliver

Robert J. Cooley Award Lifetime Service to the BCPSG

2007–Peter McCann

2006-Michel Forand

2005-Ben Ramkissoon

2004-Paul Larsen

2003-Gayle Raymond

2002- Jay Fredrick

2001- Mark Swetland

2000–Fred Seifert

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