CWPS members took top honors at NAPEX 2026. CWPS President Daniel Knowles was presented the Multi-Frame Grand Award for his exhibit “Handling American Domestic and International Mail 1860-1869: The Decade of Turmoil, Expansion and Resurgence”. CWPS member Cliff Alexander won the Single-Frame Grand Award for his exhibit “Wiley’s Washington & Baltimore Short-Lived One Cent Despatch Post”.
Two CWPS members exhibited for first time and were well rewarded for their efforts.
- Stephen Milne was presented a Large Gold for his multi-frame exhibit “Confederate Locals – The Postmasters’ Provisionals of the Confederate States of America (1861-1864”.
- Dennis King was presented with a Large Vermeil for his single-frame exhibit “Listed Varieties of the Confederate States 5c Blue Typographed Stamps Printed in Richmond, VA”.
CWPS exhibitors with Muti-Frame exhibits included:
- John Lighthouse (Large Gold) – “Using the Documents of Commerce to Fund the Civil War 1862-1872”
- Wayne Farley (Gold) – “West Virginia Patriotic Uses During the Civil War”
- Randy Smith (Gold) – “Circulars Mailed in the Southern States” and “Civil War Washington Through the Lithographs of Charles Magnus”
- Jerry Wells (Gold) – “United States Mail Service in the South after Secession – the 3¢ Single-Letter Rate”
James Montich won a Large Gold for his Single-Frame Exhibit – “Mississippi 1861: Post-Secession Use of U.S. Postage”
See NAPEX Palmares for the full list of awards.
Congratulations to all the exhibitors for their achievements.