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AMERICOVER GRAND AWARD

Grand Award

The Americover Grand award is sponsored by the Claude C. Ries Chapter of the AFDCS. It consists of a crystal pyramid with suitable inscriptions. The award is given to the best multi-frame FDC exhibit at Americover.

The First Winner

Andrew McFarlane won the first Americover Grand Award in 2005 with his exhibit:

First Days of the 1929 George Rogers Clark Commemorative.


GRAND WINNERS

Year
 Exhibitor
 Exhibit
2024  James Hering The Two Cent Hardings
2023William Kelly The IwoJima Stamp of 1945 -- Its First Days, Cachet Variations & Use
2022Charles J. O'Brien IIIGeorgia Bicentennial
2021Anthony F. DeweyThe 3ยข Connecticut Tercentenary Issue of 1935 and its First Days
2020 No Show held 
2019James S. HeringThe Two-Cent Hardings
2018Charles J. O'Brien IIIFrank Lloyd Wright – First Days and Usage of the Two Cent Issue
2017Charles J. O'Brien IIINew York World’s Fair 1939
2016Ronald J. KlimleyThe 1964 New York World's Fair Commemorative
2015Jane King FohnThe 9-cent Alamo Stamp and Its First Day Covers
2014Charles J. O'Brien IIThe Eagle Has Landed
2013Andrew McFarlaneFirst Days of the George Rogers Clark Commemorative
2012Charles J. O'Brien III U.S. Sesquicentennial Exposition
2011Andrew McFarlaneThe 1947 Postage Stamp Centenary Commemorative
2010 Ralph NafzigerThe 3-Cent Oregon Territory Issue
2009 Charles J. O'Brien III Georgia Bicentennial
2008 Gregg A. Hopkins, Sr.Forerunners: The Philatelic Truck & Souvenir Sheet
2007 Eliot LandauThe Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Series of 1945-46 and its First Day Covers
2006 Charles J. O'Brien IIIJoint Issues with the United States 1959-1994
2005 Andrew McFarlaneFirst Days of the 1929 George Rogers Clark Commemorative

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