Club competitions
The One-Frame Competition
The annual One-Frame Competition is held at the Club, typically at the first meeting of November. The competition is open to all members, and is typically limited to twenty exhibits. Exhibits from first-time exhibitors and seasoned veteran exhibitors make up the mix in this competition. The purpose is to highlight the broad collecting interests of members of the Club.
The Chair of the exhibit is responsible for issuing the prospectus and application to all Club members in early September, and for announcing the selected exhibits for the competition in mid-October. A panel of three APS-qualified judges is responsible for judging the competition and selecting the winners for the following awards: the Grand Award, the Reserve Grand Award and up to five Awards of Merit. The number of Awards of Merit is determined by the judges based on their assessment of the overall strength of the exhibits. The awards are announced at the end of the competition, and are presented at the Awards Dinner the following May.
Past winners
| Year | Name of Grand Award Winner | Exhibit Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Daniel Knowles | Trans-Mississippi River Express Mail Service by the CSA POD and Private Individuals during the American Civil War |
| 2024 | Daniel Ryterband | Steamboat Mail and the U.S. 1847 Issue |
| 2023 | Chip Gliedman | Mail Routes of Rupert’s Land, British North America |
| 2022 | No Competition | |
| 2021 | No Competition | |
| 2020 | Dr. Vernon R. Morris | Local Posts of Philadelphia, 1843-1861 |
| 2019 | Barry K. Schwartz | The St. Louis Bears Postmaster’s Provisional Stamps |
| 2018 | Larry Lyons | Swarts’ City Dispatch |
| 2017 | Mark Schwartz | Boston’s Use of the 1847 Issue |
| 2016 | Mark Schwartz | The Special Arrangement Between Liverpool and the US, 1843 – 48 |
| 2015 | Larry Lyons | Honours City Express Post |
| 2014 | Larry Lyons | America’s First Stamp Design, The US City Dispatch Post, Aug. 16, 1842 – Nov. 28, 1846 |
| 2013 | Nicholas Lombardi | The U.S. Three Cent Jackson Stamp of the 1902 Series |
| 2011 | Larry Lyons | New Orleans Carriers |
| 2010 | Larry Lyons | Philadelphia Carrier Adhesives and Handstamps 1849-1863 |
| 2009 | Alan M. Holyoake | The First Day |
| 2008 | Larry Lyons | |
| 2007 | Michael Laurence | |
| 2006 | Robert Markovits | |
| 2005 | Kees Adema | |
| 2004 | Harlan F. Stone II | |
| 2003 | Robert P. Odenweller | |
| 2002 | No Exhibit | |
| 2001 | Roger S. Brody | Series 1902 – Dollar Values |
| 2000 | No Exhibit | |
| 1999 | Colin Fraser | |
| 1998 | No Exhibit | |
| 1997 | Richard Pounder | |
| 1996 | No Exhibit | |
| 1995 | No Exhibit | |
| 1994 | Thomas C. Mazza | |
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| 1974 | Louis Grunin | |
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| 1959 | George E. Burghard |