The winners:
Grand Award
Mail Routes of Rupert’s Land, British North America
Chip Gliedman
Reserve Grand Award
The Pigeon Mail of Great Barrier Island: Stage Setting for the First Airmail Stamps of the World
Damian Läge
Five Equal Awards of Merit
First Issue of Jaipur
Sandeep Jaiswal
United States Demonetization and Transition to the 1861 Design Stamps
Daniel M. Knowles
St. Louis Bears Postmaster Provisional Issue
Barry K. Schwartz
Persia 1876: The First Portrait Issue of Nasser-eddin Shah Qajar
Behruz Nassre-Esfahani
New York Supplementary Mail, 1853-1877
Nicholas M. Kirke
Holyoake Friendship Cup
(most popular Exhibit)
United States Free Frank Covers
Daniel J. Ryterband
All these awards will be bestowed at the special Gala the Club will hold on May 11, 2024, in New York, marking the opening of our new clubhouse.
We would like to thank the judges for their efforts in supporting the competition:
Mark Banchik, Darrell Etzberger, and Ron Lesher.
The Club would also like to express its deep appreciation for all of the efforts of the National Postal Museum and its staff. Their efforts were critical towards ensuring that the Collectors Club Competition was a great success.