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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 |
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2021 |
Anthony F. Dewey |
The 3ยข 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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