The APS AmeriStamp Expo was held in Reno March 3-5 at the Atlantis Hotel. AmeriStamp Expo is a special APS exhibition showcasing One-Frame exhibits. In addition to a general competition, the show features a Champion of Champions (CofC) class that pits all of the OFE Grand Award winners from each of the national-level shows.
Another special event at the show is a Team Competition among teams of five formed by exhibitors. The teams score points for medal level achieved, new exhibits/exhibitors and special awards. The team with the best total score wins. It is a friendly, but very serious, competition!
The Collectors Club of San Francisco fielded three teams of exhibitors, and all three teams did exceptionally well.
The show had 210 Frames:
- 29 Multi-frame Exhibits in 113 Frames
- 71 One-frame Exhibits in the Open competition
- 21 One-frame “Champions” in the CofC competition
- 5 One-frame Youth Exhibits Plus a number of non-competitive exhibits.
Council Members who exhibited at the APS Show bringing home LOOT:
Multi-frame Competition
Terri Edwards, Best Postcard Exhibit, and GOLD
Richard Dreiling, Multi-frame LARGE VERMEIL
One-Frame Competition
Paul Allen, LARGE GOLD (2 exhibits)
Akthem Al-Manaseer, LARGE GOLD
Norris R. Dyer, LARGE GOLD
Vesma Grinfelds, LARGE GOLD + Special Prize
Clyde Homen, LARGE GOLD
Sandeep Jaiswal, LARGE GOLD + Special Prize
Didier LeGall, LARGE GOLD
David McNamee, LARGE GOLD + Special Prize
Behruz Nassre-Esfahani, LARGE GOLD
Edward Cahoon, GOLD
Sandeep Jaiswal, GOLD
Edward Laveroni, GOLD
Stephen Schumann, GOLD
James Busse, LARGE VERMEIL+ Special Prize
Gordon Eubanks, LARGE VERMEIL
Richard Rose, LARGE VERMEIL
Blue team:
- Richard B. Rose, The Hejaz Railway Stamps, 1904-1925, Large Vermeil
- Richard B. Rose, The Hejaz Railway Stamps, 1904-1925, Large Vermeil
- Akthem Al-Manaseer, The First Issue of Transjordan, Large Gold
- James Busse, Bosnia-Herzegovina Tobacco Tax Paid Revenues, Large Vermeil + Special Prize
- Clyde Homen, The British Concession at Chinde, Large Gold
- Paul Allen, Victorian Indian Mai to West Indian Ocean Destinations, Large Gold
Red team:
David McNamee, Conquest of the Zulu Kingdom 1876-1897, Large Gold + Special Prize
Sandeep Jaiswal, The First Issue of Dungarpur, Gold + Special Prize
Behruz Nassre-Esfahani, Persia: The First Portrait Issue of Nasser-eddin
Shah Qajar, Large Gold
White team: Team Winners!!
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- Vesma Grinfelds, Latvia: The First Banknote Issue and Its Overprints, Large Gold + Special Prize
- Ed Laveroni, San Francisco to Mt. Tamalpais & “The Crookedest Railroad in the World,” Gold
- Stephen Schumann, New Zealand Prison of War Air Letter Cards, Gold
- Paul Allen, Victorian Indian Mail to the “Far East,” Large Gold
- Didier LeGall, The First 5/- Stamp of Great Britain: Stamp, Postal History and Use abroad, Large Gold
White Team won in a three-way tiebreaker in a field of six teams.