2003

TEXPEX 2003 was held April 11-13 at the Renaissance Dallas North Hotel, Dallas, Texas. Exhibition Results:

Open Division

Grand Award
"The Fourth Bureau Issue - 1922-28"
Jay Stotts
(Large Crystal Waterford Balmoral Vase signed by Waterford Design Director Jim O'Leary)

Reserve Grand Award
"Orange Free State - Settings of the V.R.I. Overprints"
R. Timothy Bartshe
(Medium Crystal Waterford Balmoral Vase signed by Waterford Design Director Jim O'Leary)

GGold Medals

"The Fourth Bureau Issue, 1922-38"
Jay Stotts
Grand Award
Best Exhibit by a TPA member
United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award

"Orange Free State - Settings of the V.R.I. Overprints"
R. Timothy Bartshe
Reserve Grand Award

"Puerto Rico Postal History - 1802-1909"
Frank Acevedo
Cuban Philatelic Society Award of Merit
APS Medal of Excellence for pre-1900 material
Postal History Society Award

"Cuba: The Stamps of King Alphonso XIII, 1890-1898"
Ernesto Cuesta
Cuban Philatelic Society Gold Award

"Cuba 1902-1927: The First 25 Years of the Republic"
Alvaro Garcia
Cuban Philatelic Society Silver Award

"The British and French Post Office in Cuba"
Fernando Iglesias
Cuban Philatelic Society Gold Award

"The Philatelic History of Montenegro, 1874-1922"
Alfred R. Kugel
Cuban Philatelic Society Award of Merit
American Philatelic Congress Award for Excellence

"Chinese Airmails"
Tony Lee
APS Medal of Excellence for 1900-1940 material

"United States Department of Justice"
Theodore Lockyear
J.C.M Cryer Cup
Port Lavaca Philatelic Society Award
United States Philatelic Classics Society Medal

"Japanese Art"
Denise Stotts
Texas Series Winner
American Topical Association Award for Best Topical Exhibit

Court of Honor
(by Special Invitation)

"Spanish Colonial Maritime Mail in the Americas"
Yamil H. Khori, Jr.

Vermeil Medals

"Cuba 1898-1902: The End of a Colony to the Birth of an Independent Republic"
Alvaro Garcia
Cuban Philatelic Society Gold Award

"Cuba - Colonial Period - Postage Stamps Used as Revenue"
Silvia Garcia-Frutos
Cuban Philatelic Society Gold Award

"Plating the ½ Real on Cover used in Cuba"
Fernando Iglesias
Cuban Philatelic Society Silver Award

"Spanish Civil War Refugees in France"
Robert T. Kinsley

"The Polish Prisoner of War Camp Posts"
Ervin Mrotek
AAPE Award of Excellence
APS Medal of Excellence for 1940-1980 material

"The Evolution of Postage Currency Fractional Notes"
William Woytowich
AAPE Creativity Award
AAPE Award of Excellence

Silver Medals

"Cuban Forces in Africa: 1975-1991"
Mark Piper
Cuban Philatelic Society Gold Award
American Philatelic Society Research Medal
APS Medal of Excellence for post-1980 material

"Texas Statehood Stamp - A Celebration"
Lyle Boardman
Texas Postal History Society William P. Emery Award, Post-1940

"The First 25 Years of Humans in Space"
Ray E. Cartier
ATA/APS Space Study Unit Award

"Transportation of Mail from,in and to Greenland"
Dan Laursen

"Olympic Philately of 1924"
Dale Lilljedahl

"Netherlands Cancels and Postal Markings, 1850-1940"
Richard A. Phelps

Silver-Bronze Medals

"Errors, Freaks & Oddities on United States Stamps"
Carlos San Martin, Jr.
Cuban Philatelic Society Award of Merit

"Cristobal Precancels"
David Hanschen

Bronze Medals

"America's Crown Jewels - The National Parks"
Harold Patterson

"Overview of Cuban Official Cachets on Cover"
Gerald Vaiser
Cuban Philatelic Society Bronze Award

Single Frame Division

"Kobenhavns Fodpost"
Arthur W. Zeitler
Gold Medal
Best Single Frame Exhibit (Waterford Crystal Egg)

"Postal Markings, Usages of Industry, Texas"
Tom Koch
Gold Medal
Texas Postal History Society William P. Emery Award, Pre-1900

"The U.S. Three Cent Vermillion Stamp of 1887"
David Willig
Silver Medal

"Philadelphia Maritime Markings on Stampless Covers"
Bob Benner
Silver Medal

"The Canadian Five Cent Wilding Queen"
Jeffrey Arndt
Silver-Bronze Medal

"Different Ways to Collect German 1936 Berlin Olympic Postal Items"
Dale Lilledahl
Silver-Bronze Medal

"Study of Postmarks of Portugal"
Norman Cohen
Bronze Medal

"Audi Philately"
Peter Elias
Bronze Medal

Youth Division

"Moving the U.S. Mail"
Alex Napier
Silver Medal
American Topical Association Award

"Trains - Old to New"
Justin Napier
Silver Medal
Junior Philatelists of America Award