YEAR
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AUTHOR(S)
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CITED WORK
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1964
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Stan Hamilton
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"Canal Zone First Day Covers"
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1965
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Curtis B. Patterson and Marge Finger
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"Official Cachets on U. S. First Day Covers” series of articles
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1966
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David J. Simmons
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“Israel First Day Covers”
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1967
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Richard H. Thompson
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"Six Cent Airmail (C19) First Day"
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1968
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Herbert S. Halm
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"First Day Covers of Uruguay"
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1969
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Adam K. Bert
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“Counterfeit First Day Covers” series of articles
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1970
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Jack V. Harvey
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"Earliest Known Date of '22 Two-Cent Use”
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1971
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Jack V. Harvey
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"Four New First Day Cities for the 15c Rotary Special Delivery" as well as his continuing series on FDCs of the Kansas-Nebraska issues
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1972
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Felix D. Bertalanffy
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"The Special Cancellations and First Day Covers of Japan”
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1973
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Curtis B. Patterson
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Series of articles on early cachet makers and servicers
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1974
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David R. Whitesell
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"Yorktown: Anatomy of a First Day"
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1975
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Barry Newton
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For numerous features on both classic and contemporary material which appeared in First Days during 1975
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1976
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Pat and Ed Siskin
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Five-part series on the Valley Forge commemorative of 1928
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1977
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Henry B. Scheuer
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Multi-part series on the Jamestown Commemorative Issue of 1907
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1978
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Edward Siskin and Henry B. Scheuer
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“Designated First Day Dates,” multi-part series on pre-1922 FDCs
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1979
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Dr. Melvin L. Baron
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Multi-part series on the FDCs of the Canadian postal issues of 1930-40
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1980
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Jack A. Harlan
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"Hobart Schacht's Cachets"
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1981
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Dr. Leon Cheris
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Continuing series, "Postal History: Experimental Tagged First Day Covers 1963-1973”
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1982
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Dr. Leon Cheris
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Continuing series, "Postal History: Experimental Tagged First Day Covers 1963-1973”
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1983
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Marshall Ackerman
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Feature column, "The Simple Pleasures of First Day Cover Collecting"
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1984
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Richard A. Monty
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"Prof. Earl G. Planty: The Dean of First Day Cover Collecting"
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1985
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Donald E. Sabo
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"An Illustrated Catalog of the William G. Windhurst Sc. 610 FDCs: With a Critique on his September 1, 1923, Marion Statistics Report"
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1986
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Douglas H. Henkle
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"U.S. Virgin Islands: Part 2 Sc. 799-802 Laird Cachet Varieties"
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1987
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Larry S. Weiss
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"First Day Covers of Sc. 331a and 332a”
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1988
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Joe D. Hough
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Continuing series of articles on First Day Covers of the Virginia Dare commemorative stamp of 1937
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1989
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Five authors contributing to a FDC symposium in The United States Specialist
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"Evolving First Day Fashions" by Ken Lawrence; "What is a First Day Cover?" by George W. Brett; "A PNC Dealer's View" by Ed Denson; "Thoughts on the Legitimacy of Contemporary First Day Covers" by Allison W. Cusick; and “PNC First Day Covers Still Can Be Faked" by Dr. Robert Rabinowitz
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1990
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Melvin L. Baron and Stan Lum
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A series of articles on classic First Day Covers of Canada
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1991
|
Monte Eiserman
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"Conversations with Ludwig W. Staehle” series of articles
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1992
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G. R. "Dick" Danielson
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Two-part article "Vincennes and George Rogers Clark 1779-1929"
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1993
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Robert Colby
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"A Study of Sc. C19, 6¢ Airmail June 30, 1934 FDCs"
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1994
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Tom O'Hagan
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"Bill Olvey and K.M.C. Venture Cachets"
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1995
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Dr. Michael Rosenthal and Dr. Marvin Speer
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Ken Boll Cachet Catalogue
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1996
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Ken Lawrence
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Three-part series "First Day Covers in Earliest Usages"
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1997
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Herb Trenchard
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Series of articles on first day ceremonies of the 1940 Famous American stamps
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1998
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Lloyd de Vries
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"How to Service Quantities of First Day Covers"
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1999
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Tris Fall
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Series of articles "On the Trail of That Elusive Cachet"
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2000
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Alan Berkun and Wilson Hulme
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“Aristocrats of US FDCs - July 1, 1851 3¢ George Washington"
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2001
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Bruce Perkins
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"The International Demise of Private Cachetmaking Part II, Canada Post Office Cachets"
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2002
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Jerry A. Katz
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“FDCs of the Special Delivery Issue of 1922"
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2003
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Barry N. Kaplan and Michael R. Rosenthal
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"The House of Farnam Story"
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2004
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Alan Berkun
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"The 1868 Regular Production D, E, and F Grill EDUs"
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2005
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Eliot A. Landau
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"The 1866 15-cent Black Lincoln"
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2006
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Ralph H. Nafziger
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"Fakes and Forgeries on FDCs and Earliest Documented Usages”
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2007
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Robert Lewin
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"The Magnificent Covers of Ejgil J.S. Halvorsen"
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2008
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Charles Deaton
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"The Philatelic Legacy of the Artistic Edmiston Family: The Story of Gladys Adler & Florence Edmiston"
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2009
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E. Lee Howard
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"Jesse Graham Holland, Pioneer Cachetmaker"
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2010
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Mark Lerner
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“Charles R. Chickering Cachetmaker”
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2011
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David Zubatsky
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“Norbert C. Waldau: A Biography and Catalog of his Handpainted First Day Covers”
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2012
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Jerry A. Katz
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“Henry Hammelman: Pioneer Servicer, Dealer, and Exhibitor”
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2013
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David Zubatsky
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“Walter M. Stawuszewski: Philatelic Artist and Collector”; “Dorothea ‘Dottie’ Bundy and Her Handpainted Cachets”; and “Frank J. Ulrich: Designer of Handdrawn Watercolor Cachets”
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2014
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Harry F. Themal
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“Jackie Kennedy’s ArtCraft Cachet”
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2015
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Douglas S. Weisz
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Dorothy Knapp: Philately and Family
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2016
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Henry B. Scheuer
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“Kansas-Nebraska Overprint Stamps: Why, When and Where They Were Initially Sold”
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2017
|
no award
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2018
|
David Zubatsky
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For his ongoing bibliographic series in First Days
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2019
|
Ken Lawrence
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"Which Items Franked with 1913 Parcel Post Stamps Are Authentic U.S. First Day Covers?”
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2020
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Kris McIntosh
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"The Fight for the Women’s Right To Vote"
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2021
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Susan Bahnick Jones
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Carol Gordon: Unconventional Cachetmaker
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2022 (tie)
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Henry B. Scheuer
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"How the Earliest Collectors Sought Out First Days"
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2022 (tie)
|
Peter J. LaPlaca and Anthony F. Dewey
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The Connecticut Tercentennary Issue of 1935 |
2023
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Ken Lawrence |
"The Greatest American First Day Cover" |