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| TEXPEX 2000 was held April 7-9 at the Renaissance Dallas
North Hotel, Dallas, Texas. Exhibition Results: GRAND AWARD - Large Waterford cut crystal vase to "First Day Covers of the 2-Cent Black Warren G. Harding Memorial Stamp of 1923" by Alan Berkun. RESERVE GRAND AWARD - Medium Waterford cut crystal vase to "The U.S. Domestic Two Cent Rate" by Earle Plyler. SINGLE FRAME AWARD - Waterford crystal egg to "U.S.S. Oregon, Bulldog of the Fleet" by Robert Rawlins.
OPEN CLASS GOLD MEDAL AWARDS "First Day Covers of the 2-Cent Black Warren G. Harding Memorial Stamp of 1923" by Alan Berkun. Also American First Day Cover Society Award. "The U.S. Domestic Two Cent Rate" by Earle Plyler. Also Postal History Society Award. "Independent State and Confederate Mail of North Carolina" by Tony Crumbley. Also Port Lavaca Philatelic Society JCM Cryer Cup. "Washington-Franklin, 1908-1921" by Patrick Murphy. Also APS Medal of Excellence for 1900-1940 Material, Bureau Issues Association Statue of Freedom Medal. "Pre-UPU Letter Rates Between theU.S. and the German States" by Dewayne Littauer. Also APS Medal of Excellence for pre-1900 material. "First U.N. Issue, 1951" by Anthony Dewey.. Also APS Medal of Excellence for pre-1940-1980 Material. "Canal Zone Postage Dues" by Gary Weiss. "Confederate States of America" by James Bowman. "The Southern Mail" by David Warren.
OPEN CLASS VERMEIL MEDAL AWARDS "The U.S. Navy Submarine Force at 100, a Retrospective" by Robert Rawlins. Also USCS Reserve Grand Award, USCS Admiral Lockwood Award, AAPE Award of Excellence. "Old Ironsides East Coast and Gulf Coast Cruise" by Allen Klein. Also, USCS Best of the Rest Award. "Dead Letters in the U.S. Mails" by Howard Ness. Also, AAPE Creativity Award. "Hawaiian Bank Note Postage" by Jeffrey Erichson. "Cancels & Handstamps on the Confederate General Issue Stamps" by Conrad Bush.
OPEN CLASS SILVER MEDAL AWARDS "The 9-Cent Alamo Stamp" by Jane King Fohn. Also, AAPE Award of Excellence, American First Day Cover Society Certificate. "T.H. - Treatment as First Class Mail" by Jeffrey Erichson. "U.S. Navy in Spanish Waters, 1936-1940" by John Young.
OPEN CLASS BRONZE MEDAL AWARDS "America's Crown Jewel, The National Parks" by Harold Patterson. Also, American First Day Cover Society Certificate. "The Navy Celebrates" by Allen Jones. Also, USCS Novice Award.
ONE-FRAME MEDAL AWARDS Gold. "U.S.S. Oregon, Bulldog of the Fleet" by Robert Rawlins. Also, USCS Anthony Fernandez Trophy, USCS Jesse Burgess Thomas Memorial Award. Silver. "Manassas Junction, Confederate Virginia, 1861-62" by Anonymous. Silver-Bronze. "Sausalito's Mission Class Tankes" by Alvin Eckert. Silver-Bronze. "Switzerland, 1854-62: The Silk Threads" by John Barrett. Silver-Bronze. "Naval Covers Call Attention to the Observance of our Nation's Holidays, Special Days and Historic Events" by Raymond Whyborn. Silver-Bronze. "German Influence on Austin County, Texas Postal History" by Tom Koch. Bronze. "Early U.S. Postal Cards, 1873-1910" by Harold Patterson. Bronze. "Irish Postal Stationery" by Patrick Ryan Sr. YOUTH DIVISION Silver. "The Development of Railroads in the United States" by Nathan Matteson. DISPLAY CLASS Silver. "West Virginia in the Civil War" by Charles Channell.
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