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Americover GRAND awardS

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.

TABLE OF WINNERS, BY YEAR

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

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