AAPE Award - Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award - Recipients (Updated Jan 2024)

AAPE Award - Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award - 2023

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Sarasota National Stamp ExpoKenneth MillerCSA #1 From Embattled Confederate Capitals
WESTPEXBJ GowthamMadras postal system in Handstruck era until 1854
Plymouth ShowRon WattsGreat Britain George V Photogravure Definitives
ORAPEX Brian WolfendenThe West Coast Cruise of the U.S. Frigate Constitution & Its Return to Boston From December 25, 1932 to May 7, 1934
Rocky Mountain Stamp ShowSergio LugoVenezuela's Winchester Security Paper Airmail Stamps
GASS 2022Duane HeverlingAlaska Highway, Philatelically Speaking
BALPEX 2023Robert BenninghoffSouvenirs from Stockholm, May & June 2019
GASS 2023Glenn RoehrigThe Invasion of Ukraine and Philately
MILCOPEX 2023David McLaughlinLocal Publishers of Ottmar Zeiher Philatelic Post Cards
INDYPEX 2023John BeckerLinus Pauling - American Scientist
FLOREX 2023Robert BenninghoffSouvenirs from Stockholm May to June 2019


AAPE Award - Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award - 2022

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Minnesota Stamp Expo 2022Jerry Katz1922 - A Banner Year for First Day Cover Collecting
MILCOPEX 2022Tammy MollJesus
WESTPEX 2022Nigel MoriartyThe Mystery of the Generally Absent Surfer
PIPEX 2022Donald BourkasaDesign Changes in the Portrait of Queen Victoria British Empire Postage Stamps from the 19th Century
NAPEX 2022Jere DuttIntro to the Forgeries of Francois Fournier
COLOPEX 2022Regis HoffmanAttilio Gatti - African Adventurer
Rocky Mountain Stamp ShowTonny Van LoijWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sarasota National Stamp ExhibitionFernando IglesiasThe 2013 Inverted Jenny Issue
Garfield Perry March PartyRaymond WysockiSamoa - British (New Zealand) Occupation
WESTPEX 2022Nigel MoriartyThe Mystery of the Generally Absent Surfer
PIPEX 2022Donald BourkasaDesign Changes in the Portrait of Queen Victoria British Empire Postage Stamps from the 19th Century
NAPEX 2022Jere DuttIntro to the Forgeries of Francois Fournier
COLOPEX 2022Regis HoffmanAttilio Gatti - African Adventurer
Rocky Mountain Stamp ShowTonny Van LoijWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
INDYPEX 2022Gal ShiffronFun Postcards
SEAPEX 2022Judith Fernandez NewblomThe Eddystone Lighthouse
NOJEX 2022Edward MendlowitzPresidential Inauguration & Swearing In Covers and Related Events Including Vice President Appointments 20th and 21st Centuries
SESCAL 2022Tushar DeshpandeELEPHANTnama
AEROPHILATELY 2022Christopher & Maureen LynchFlights Abroad: Letters Home, Social Networks Supported by Balloon Mail
CHICAGOPEX 2022Keith MaatmanThe Dead President's Society
FLOREX 2022Bruce RobertsPan American Airmail Test - November 1, 1946


AAPE Award - Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award - 2021

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Minnesota Stamp Expo 2021Jim GrabowskaThe 6¢ Transport Issue: 1941 - 1946
WESTPEX 2021Gowtham BJHandstruck Stamps of India
SEAPEX 2021Eric KnappCold War Radar Stations in the North
BALPEX 2021Guglielmo Marconi (an alias)The Changing Face of Telegraph Communications
San Diego Stamp Show 2021Maulik ThakkarFirst Day Covers of India: 1948 Gandhi
FLOREX 2021Roger WaivioThe Waves Dashed over the Upper Deck
NAPEX 2021Sid MorginstinLundy Island


AAPE Award - Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award - 2020

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Sarasota 2020Alan HanzlCzechoslovakia's Philatelic Exhibition Souvenir Sheets of 1937 and 1938
March Party 2020Robert CollinsUnited States Women in the Military 1941 - 1945 (WWII)


AAPE Award - Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award - 2019

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Minnesota Stamp Expo 2019Jon SchoonmakerThe Hamline District 1874-1915 Featuring the Hamline Post Office of Minnesota
Balpex 2019Norman CohenThe Great Picasso, His Paintings 1894 to 1973
Seapex 2019Lester WadsworthMozambique Company After November 1918
Sarasota 2019Arthur J ColeSnoopy Loves to Get Mail
March Party 2019Alan HanzlCzechoslovakia's Art on Stamps Series
NOVAPEX 2018Loic DetcheverryCancellations of the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia on Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Stamps
PLYMOUTH 2019David H Plunkett70th Anniversary of the 1949 GAR Issue
Philatelic Show 2019Frank SlackPhilatelic Celebrations of the Manned Balloon Mail
ROPEX 2019Ed BaileyThe Farley Issues of 1935
COLOPEX 2019Gary EschelbachThe 18 Cent Flag and 18 Cent Surrey with Plate Number Coils
Milcopex 2019Alexis KneelandRemembering Shakespeare
NOJEX / ASDA 2019George R CampbellCanal Zone: 25th Anniversary of the Opening of the Panama Canal
CHICAGOPEX 2019David GeyfmanJudo: The Olympic Story


AAPE Award - Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award - 2018

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SeapexLarry CrainIceland Unofficial FDC Town Cancels
Stampa 2018Brian O'Shea (paid for)De La Rue - Recess stamps of Ireland - Commemorative Issues-1952-1964
Novapex 2018Jim GrahamPostal History of some aspects of the Canadian Gov't's World War 2 Home Front Effort