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EXHIBITS - PIPEX 2023 |
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This will be a Hybrid show.
The judges’ feedback session will be Saturday morning, May 6. This will
be a hybrid Zoom event; some judges and some exhibitors will be present
while other judges and exhibitors will participate remotely. Judges who
are present may confer at the frames with exhibitors present at the show
for whom they are first responders; other exhibitors should not expect
feedback or conference opportunities other than the Saturday morning
feedback session and the written UEEF evaluations. May 5 - 7, 2023
Monarch Hotel,
12566 SE 93rd Ave,
Sponsored by: THE NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF STAMP CLUBS
Individual Exhibits
Prospectus for PIPEX
2023 – Downloadable, printable PDF file Exhibit Entry Form – Downloadable, printable PDF file
Club Exhibits
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| Exhibit No. | Name | No. of Frames | Exhibit Title |
| Address | Description | ||
| Frame Numbers | Medal | Special Awards | |
| Court of Honor | |||
| Court of Honor | Stephen McGill | 7 | British Postal Mechanisation: From TRANSORMA to the Modern Era |
| Highlands Ranch, CO | The exhibit presents the evolution of the four main mechanisation threads beginning in the 1930’s that ultimately produced automated letter handling | ||
| 1-7 | |||
| Court of Honor 2 | Giovanni Balimann | 8 | Cancelling Machines in Switzerland |
| Switzerland | Cancelling machines tested and eventually introduced by the Swiss postal administration, including cancelling devices for dedicated applications only | ||
| Competitive Exhibits | |||
| 1 | Ross Marshall | 8 | The Greymouth Coalfield of New Zealand |
| Otorohanga, New Zealand | A unique exhibit, a combination of postal history, coal mining, social and industrial history -- a study of the "coal chain" and social aspects of this coal field | ||
| 135 -142 |
LV/80 | Professional Stamp Experts, Inc.: "It's Not Just Stamps" Award | |
| 2 | Michael Mather | 6 | London Cancels - Development during the Victorian Period |
| Kentville, Nova Scotia | To trace the development of London postal markingsfrom the Maltese cross to the combined date and obliterator changes | ||
| G/86 | |||
| 3 | Bruce Marsden | 1 | Helvetia Visits Six Continents! Switzerland's Imperforate Sitting Helvetia "Strubels" -- International Destinaations 1855-1862 |
| New Hope, PA | Postal and social history of communications from Switzerland during the mid-19th century | ||
| 143 | LV/82 | ||
| 4 | Henrik Mouritsen | 6 | The Bicoloured Skilling Stamps of Denmark 1870-1874 |
| Oldenburg, Germany | This traditional exhibit presents the Danish bicoloured skilling stamps. For the first time ever in an ewxhibit, all 45 different inverted frames existing are shown. | ||
| LG/95 | Grand Award; National Stamp Dealers Association: Outstanding Presentation Award | ||
| 5 | Semyon Melamed | 8 | Giants of the Sky! Zeppelin Airships and their Mail: Demonstration Flights 1900-1931 |
| La Jolla, CA | Exhibit explores mail flown by German Zeppelin airships during the demonstration flights period -- from 1900 to 1931 | ||
| LG/93 | AAMS Grand Award; AAPE Award of Excellence -- Treatment; APS: Medal of Excellence: 1900-1940; AMS Large Gold | ||
| 6 | Greg Galletti | 10 | The Overprinted Issues of Switzerland for the SdN and BIT (1922-1946) |
| Mt Airy, MD | A traditional exhibit of stamps and postal history documenting the use of stamps overprinted for use by the SdN and BIT | ||
| LG/90 | AHPS Bronze Award | ||
| 7 | Ralph Nafziger | 10 | The 15-cent 1978 Viking Mars Issue |
| Albany, OR | Information is provided on the Mars Viking Project, the stamp development from design to production, first day cancels, and worldwide uses | ||
| 31-40 | LV/81 | ||
| 8 | Leon Hong Li | 8 | Pre-Stamp Period of Ecuador |
| Hong Kong | The exhibit shows the development of the postal system in Ecuador before the fist stamp was issued on 1st January 1865 | ||
| LG/92 | APS Medal of Excellence: Pre-1900; Postal History Society Medal | ||
| 9 | Steve McGill | 8 | Britain's Marvelous Machins |
| Highlands Ranch, CO | Explores the variety driving factors in the first 50 years of the service | ||
| 11-18 | LG/95 | Reserve Grand Award | |
| 10 | Dickson Preston | 6 | Postal Inflation in the Canal Zone 1958-1979 |
| Seattle, WA | Measures taken by the Canal Zone Postal Service to meet the frequent increases in rates of postage | ||
| G/85 | |||
| 11 | Fabien Barnier | 10 | The Bust of William Tell: Uses between 1914 and 1942 |
| Dijon, France | Letter post, postal parcels, optional services (R, express, urgent, air mail), postal forms, customs, and other cases | ||
| G/88 | |||
| 12 | Richard Wilson | 3 | Dominion of Canada Law Stamps |
| Bedford, NY | A traditional three-frame revenue exhibit exploring the development and use of the law stamps of Canada | ||
| G/87 | BNAPS: Best BNA 2 to 4 Frame exhibit; BNAPS: Best BNA Research | ||
| 13 | Tim Bergquist | 1 | Howard Koslow and his U.S. Postage Designs |
| Eugene, OR | This one-frame topical exhibit focuses on artist Howard Koslow and his over 60 U.S. stamp and postal stationery designs | ||
| 119 | S/68 | Upper Bongoland Collectors' Club: Larry Spray Encouragement Award | |
| 14 | Eric Knapp | 4 | Raven Story First Day of Issue |
| Anchorage, AK | First day covers and cards of the U.S. 2021 Raven Story stamp | ||
| 88-91 | LS/72 | Women Exhibitors: Sterling Achievement Award | |
| 15 | Bob Helms | 8 | Mail Flown on Giant US Airships USS Akron and Macon |
| Garland, TX | The history of the giant US airships -- USS Akron and Macon -- is told using flown mail and some rare event covers | ||
| 53-60 | G/87 | Military Postal History Society Award; AAMS Gold | |
| 16 | Joe Huwiler | 8 | Cross & Numeral / Standing Helvetia 1882-1907 |
| Wohlen, Switzerland | Essays, proofs, color shades, mixed frankings and destinations. Rare perforation, retouching, and types of stamps. Esential covers of types of carriage and frankings | ||
| LG/93 | AHPS Felix Ganz Memorial Grand Award; AHPS Gold Award | ||
| 17 | Charles O'Brien III | 10 | The Eagle Has Landed |
| Atlanta, GA | The essays, proofs, stamps, FDCs and usage for the $2.40 priority mail issue commemorating the 20th anniversary of the first moon landing | ||
| LG/92 | American First Day Cover Society: Best FDC Award of Excellence | ||
| 18 | Charles O'Brien III | 1 | The Lexington-Concord Issue of 1925 |
| Atlanta, GA | This exhibit studies the stamp design, essays, proofs, and stamp production commemorating the first battles of American independence | ||
| G/88 | |||
| 19 | Roger Heath | 10 | Swiss Flexible-head Razor Cancellers |
| Port Townsend, WA | This exhibit documents the story of the Swiss experimental flexible-head rotating date wheel cancellers invented by Frederic Decoppet | ||
| 125 -134 |
LG/92 | AHPS Silver Award; APS Research Award | |
| 20 | John Wynns | 1 | Wings Over the Bahamas |
| Tucson, AZ | A traditional exhibit about the 1969 issue and forerunners | ||
| V/77 | AAMS Vermeil | ||
| 21 | Hugh Sebag-Montefiore | 7 | Postcards of Charles Orens Bonaventure Denizard (1879-1963) |
| Portland, OR | Exhibit introduces viewers to the work of prolific French caricaturist and satirist Orens, whose principal medium was the humble postcard | ||
| 41-46 | LV/83 | ||
| 22 | DongXin Chen | 1 | German Postal Occupation in ShanDong Coastal Area (Forerunner-1898) |
| Beijing, P.R.China | Postal history about Germany post in Shandong coastal area in the period of the occupation of Kiautschou | ||
| G/85 | |||
| 23 | John Wynns | 3 | St. Lucia: 1901-1912 Era |
| Tucson, AZ | A study of the mail usage, stamps, and postal stationery | ||
| V/75 | |||
| 24 | Brad Wilde | 10 | SCADTA: To, from, and through the isthmus of Panama |
| Washington, DC | An in-depth look at SCADTA and the isthmus of PANAMA through postal history from inception until cessation of operation in 1931 | ||
| G/89 | AAMS Gold | ||
| 25 | Joe Voice | 3 | US Navy Patrol Wings Over the Pacific |
| Pasco, WA | Philatelic material, picture postcards and period photographs illustrating the story of development and deployment of the long range aerial patrol function in the Pacific | ||
| 98-100 | V/79 | AAMS Vermeil | |
| 26 | Gregg Redner | 9 | The Evolution of Port Paye' Auxiliary Marking on Pre-philatelic Belgian Mail |
| Dorchester, ON | This exhibit traces the evolution of Port Paye' marks from manuscript to handstamp during the period 1600-1849 | ||
| G/85 | |||
| 27 | Louis Fiset | 6 | US Transatlantic 30-cent Globe Airmail Stamp at Work (1939-1942) |
| Seattle, WA | Uses during prewar, neutrality, and first year of war periods | ||
| 47-52 | G/88 | AAPE Gold Award of Honor; AAMS Gold | |
| 28 | Margaret (from Urbana, IL) | 8 | The Sunburst Registry Seals of Mexico |
| Singapore | Studies all 24 types of Mexico's sunburst registry seals, with strong emphasis on the die varieties and uses (pre-production material not known to exist) | ||
| G/85 | |||
| 29 | Lloyd Ferrell | 1 | The U.S. Battleship Oregon (1893-1919) |
| Beaverton, OR | The career of the battleship is illustrated using mail, postcards, and other material from the 1893 launching to final decommissioning in 1919 | ||
| 92 | LV/81 | ||
| 30 | Giovanni Balimann | 10 | The Handling of Bulk Mail by the Swiss Postal Administration |
| Switzerland | Forms, postmarks, and numbered labels up to the introduction of postcodes (exhibit in German) | ||
| G/87 | |||
| 31 | Giovanni Balimann | 8 | Swiss Parcel Cards |
| Switzerland | Particular emphasis on parcel cards with a "journey's end" in the Swiss Post's area of activity (exhibit in German) | ||
| G/87 | |||
| 32 | Larry and Randy Weirather | 1 | Pacific Heroes: 1935 - WW2 |
| Vancouver, WA | This exhibit honors sung and unsung Pacific heroes through their important personal correspondence flown by Pan American Airways Clipper during this critical time | ||
| 21 | V/75 | PIPEX: George Struble Innovation Award; AAMS Vermeil | |
| 33 | Lloyd Ferrell | 2 | Transition to War at Pearl Harbor: Navy ships along Ford Island and Battleship Row |
| Beaverton, OR | Features covers from ships at Ford Island and Battleship Row, both before and after the attack on Pearl Harbor | ||
| 8-9 | LV/81 | ||
| 34 | Peter Beer | 8 | North Atlantic Catapult Flights 1928-1935 |
| Boswil, Switzerland | The exhibit shows airmail flown by catapult flights from steanships between USA and Europe including foreign acceptances and combinations with other airmail flights | ||
| G/87 | AAMS Gold | ||
| 35 | Frank Blechschmidt | 2 | The Official Postcards of Great Britain 1870-1901 in the Reign of Queen Victoria |
| ScSchwarzenberg, Germany | The collection shows the official postcards of the kingdom, some mint, some used. Interesting destinations, stamps and proofs as well as essays are shown. | ||
| V/78 | |||
| 36 | Richard Hall | 4 | The Other Pro Juventute Items |
| Asheville, NC | How to enhance your Pro Juventute stamp collection -- add the Pro Juventute postcards and greeting cards/envelopes | ||
| V/78 | |||
| 37 | Bruce Marsden | 5 | The Natural and Social History of Switzerland |
| New Hope, PA | A thematic exploration of Switzerland through philately | ||
| 109 -113 |
LV/83 | AAPE Creativity in Philatelic Exhibiting Medal | |
| 38 | George Struble | 1 | 1920 Airmail Service Basel-Frankfurt: What a Fiasco! |
| Salem, OR | Winter weather caused this service to be a miserable failure. But the experience had a strong effect on later Swiss airmail service | ||
| 153 | LG/90 | AHPS: Best Swis One-frame Award; AAMS Large Gold | |
| 39 | Esther Pfister | 5 | The Dove: the symbol- and messenger bird |
| Buchrain, Switzerland | The dove has retained its symbolic power for thousands of years. Even in the postal service, the dove is of great importance as an emblem. | ||
| G/85 | ATA Third | ||
| 40 | Steve McGill | 8 | The British Non-Denominated Definitive Series 1989-2022 |
| HiHighlands Ranch, CO | This exhibit explores the technology, packaging, and value changes in the "forever" British NVIs. | ||
| 23-30 | LG/92 | APS: Medal of Excellence: Post-1980 | |
| 41 | Fran Adams | 1 | The Leticia Incident |
| San Diego, CA | Colombian-Peruvian border conflict of 1932-1934 and the League of Nations’ first international peacekeeping effort | ||
| LG/90 | ATA One-frame Merit Award | ||
| 42 | Clemens Albert | 5 | The New Hebrides (1892-1941) |
| Freising, Germany | Traditional exhibit about the stamps designed for and used in the New Hebrides in the period between 1892 and 1941 | ||
| G/85 | |||
| 43 | Roger Heath | 5 | The Development of Refuse' Markings on Swiss Mail |
| Port Townsend, WA | Swiss Refuse' markings before and after the UPU regulations of 1891 on both international and domestic mail | ||
| 114 -118 |
G/85 | ||
| 44 | John Wynns | 1 | Japan: Centennial of the 1860 USA Treaty Issues |
| Tucson, AZ | An exhibit about the 1960 Japan-USA treaty issues | ||
| V/76 | |||
| 45 | |||
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| 46 | Joseph Bock | 1 | Uses of the 20 Cent US Transport Airmail Series |
| Sedona, AZ | Postal history of the 20-cent transport; battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor; a variety of unpublished rate uses | ||
| 22 | LV/84 | AAMS Vermeil | |
| 47 | Sam Chiu | 5 | Chefoo/Yantai, China: Picture Postcards 1898-1911 |
| North York, Ontario | Picture postcards of Chefoo/Yantai in the Qing dynasty are shown, following the rise and fall of the most important printer, Sietas & Co. and its competitors | ||
| G/86 | |||
| 48 | Soeren Andersson | 1 | United States Air Parcel Post to Sweden 1948-1980 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | An exhibit of parcel wrappers and fronts with adhesive stamps or meter marks to document the rates | ||
| LV/80 | AAMS Vermeil | ||
| 49 | Louis Fiset | 1 | Political Prisoners' Mail from the 1848 Paris "June Days Uprising" |
| Seattle, WA | Incoming and outgoing mail of Parisian political prisoners generated during the 1848 Paris uprising and aftermath | ||
| 82 | LG/91 | Single-Frame Grand Award; American Philatelic Congress Award; Northwest Federation of Stamp Club: Thunderbird Award | |
| 50 | Naina Dhawan (youth exhibit) |
1 | Elephants of the World |
| Redmond, WA | This exhibit showcases the lifestyle of elephants as well as their influence on today's cultures and society | ||
| V/76 | AAPE Second Place Youth Award | ||
| 51 | Donald Blais | 5 | The Evolution of Bridges |
| Polson, MT | To display to the viewer the origins of bridge forms and their construction materials from prehistoric times through modern day | ||
| 83-87 | LS/71 | Jean Benninghof Encouragement Award | |
| 52 | Sylvia Kaelin | 8 | I Love Chickens |
| Brittnau, Switzerland | The significance of chickens in culture and commerce. Including their keeping, their practical use, and the preservation of individual breeds | ||
| LG/90 | AAPE Gold Award of Honor; ATA First | ||
| 53 | Hans Scheibler | 8 | All Scrap or What? |
| Brittnau, Switzerland | The cycle from primary to secondary raw materials. Mining, processing of the raw material to the final product are shown. Conservation of resources and environmental protection are taken into account. | ||
| G/88 | ATA Second | ||
| 54 | Peter Beer | 5 | Manned Space Stations |
| Boswil, Switzerland | This exhibit shows with event documents and space flown covers the construction, operation, supply and important events of the various space stations | ||
| LV/83 | AAMS Vermeil | ||
| 55 | |||
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| 56 | Bob Helms | 1 | International Destinations for Flugpost am Rhine und Main -- June, 1912 |
| Garland, TX | Cards flown by the LZ-10 Schwaben Zeppelin to international destinations during airmail week in Hessen are highlighted | ||
| 73 | G/88 | AAMS Gold | |
| 57 | Jaagruthi
Adka (youth exhibit) |
5 | Olympics -- Bird's Eye View |
| Bangalore, India | This exhibit is about the bird's eye view of the world's largest sporting extravaganza and all the religious festivities and the venues and disciplies of the Olympic games | ||
| LV/84 | AAPE First Place Youth Award | ||
| 58 | Richard Barton | 3 | William Tell -- World Traveler |
| Loveland, CO | A review of the countries visited by William Tell vicariously as his bust | ||
| 122 -124 |
V/75 | ||
| 59 | Fran Adams | 7 | Atlantic Meeting -- 1941 |
| San Diego, CA | The top secret "Atlantic meeting" in 1941 between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill | ||
| LG/90 | APS: Medal of Excellence: 1940-1980 | ||
| 60 | Ross Marshall | 5 | Poland Galicia Judicial Mail 1919-1933 |
| Otorohanga, New Zealand |
A rates exhibit of Civil Court mail where the return postage paid by the recipient and postage due steamps used | ||
| 93-97 | G/87 | ||
| 61 | Tony Dewey | 1 | International Education Bureau Labels for the Service of Intellectual Aid to Prisoners of War |
| Hartford, CT | Labels used bythe International Education Bureau to raise funds to buy educational materials for POWs and internees | ||
| 154 | G/87 | ||
| 62 |
Tony Dewey | 8 | Swiss Official Stamps for the UNEO and International Agencies |
| Hartford, CT | A synoptic look at the official stamps created by the Swiss P.T.T. for the United Nations European Office and its affiliated agencies | ||
| 145 -152 |
G/88 | ||
| Convening society frames | |||
| AAMS | 1 | American Air Mail Society: What We Collect | |
| Society Publicity Frame | |||
| AAMS table | |||
| AHPS | 1 | American Helvetia Philatelic Society | |
| Society Publicity Frame | |||
| 10 | |||
| Non-competitive exhibits | |||
| 81 | Mike Adams | 1 | Punt, Pass, & Collect |
| Hilsboro, OR | A dive into the relationship between the sport of football and the sport of philately | ||
| 120 | Non-competitive | ||
| 82 | Norma Nielson | 8 | The Story of Lloyd's: from Coffee to Commerce |
| Eugene, OR | |||
| 74-81 | Non-competitive | ||
| 83 | Ken Sanford | 5 | Air Crash Mail of Pan American World Airways |
| Oxford, CT | |||
| 104 -108 |
Non-competitive | ||
| 84 | Joe Voice | 3 | The Varney Airgram: An Introduction |
| Pasco, WA | Results of a special study presented as a philatelic reference for use by other collectors. Includes a type catalog. | ||
| 101 -103 |
Non-competitive | ||
| 85 | George Struble | 5 | Swiss Airmail to the US: a Rate Study |
| Salem, OR | |||
| Non-competitive | |||
| 86 | George Struble | 7 | SCADTA mail to and from Switzerland |
| Salem, OR | |||
| 63-69 | Non-competitive | ||
| 87 | Patrick Rodwell | 2 | A Human Letter -- Lillian Gatlin's Coast-to-coast Flight with the U.S. Air Mail |
| Seattle, WA | In 1922, Lillian Gatlin rode in an open cockpit De Havilland DH-4 mail plane, becoming the first woman passenger to fly coast-to-coast | ||
| 61-62 | Non-competitive | ||
| 88 | Mark Loomis | 1 | Loomis post offices -- a family connection |
| This one-frame exhibit shows postmarks from active and inactive Loomis post offices and traces the genealogical connection between the exhibitor and the Loomis for whom the town was named. | |||
| 144 | Non-competitive | ||
| 89 | Josiah W | 1 | The Wedgwood Booklets |
| The first two of Britain's Prestige Booklets, in 1972 and 1980, celebrated Josiah Wedgwood's art | |||
| 121 | Non-competitive | ||
| Club exhibits | |||
| C1 | Evergreen Stamp Club | 1 | Club Exhibit |
| 19 | |||
| C2 | Strait
Stamp Society |
1 | Club Exhibit |
| 20 | |||
| C3 | Greater Eugene Stamp Society | 1 | Club Exhibit |
| 70 | |||
| C4 | PNW Postal History Society | 1 | Club Exhibit |
| 71 | |||
| C5 | Salem Stamp Society | 1 | Club Exhibit |
| 72 | |||
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