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- Haydn Myer Award
Awarded in honor of Haydn Myer. This award is presented at the discretion of the Trustees for distinguished service to the Civil War Philatelic Society during the previous twelve months. This award may not be presented to a member that is currently holding office as a Trustee. Until the 2005 By-Law change, Generals were also restricted from receiving this award. - August Dietz Award
Awarded in honor of August Dietz. The award is presented at the discretion of the Trustees for distinguished research and writing in the field of Civil War philately. From 1962 through 1978 the award was presented for articles printed in the Confederate Philatelist. After 1978 the criteria were modified to include any article or publication in the field of Confederate Philately. - The Civil War Philatelist Writers Award
This award is presented at the discretion of the Trustees to the author of the best article appearing in The Civil War Philatelist since the last annual meeting of the Civil War Philatelic Society. The last five articles can be viewed by clicking on the year. - Special Trustees’ Award for Sustained and Superior Service
Awarded for superior service to the Society over a period greater than one year. - Special Trustees’ Award for Superior Service
Awarded for superior service to the Society in the past year. - Bruce W. Ball Exemplary Service Award (Retired)
This award was given for exemplary service to the Society.
Haydn Myer Award
Presented for distinguished service to the Civil War Philatelic Society during the previous twelve months.
| 1952 | Tom White Crigler, Jr. | 1953 | Thomas M. Parks | 1954 | Harry Weiss | ||
| 1955 | Lawrence L. Shenfield | 1956 | David Kent | 1957 | Van Dyk MacBride | ||
| 1958 | Harry L. Linquist | 1959 | August Dietz, Sr. | 1960 | Henry M. Spelman, III | ||
| 1961 | Thomas A. Cox | 1962 | Roland E. Hopkins | 1963 | Robert S. Phillips | ||
| 1964 | Earl B. Antrim | 1965 | Harry M. Hewson | 1966 | Not Awarded | ||
| 1967 | Leonard H. Hartmann | 1968 | Not Awarded | 1969 | Charles E. Kilbourne | ||
| 1970 | Robert W. Werner | 1971 | Jerry S. Palazolo | 1972 | Richard H. Byne | ||
| 1973 | Brian M. Green | 1974 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | 1975 | M. Clinton McGee | ||
| 1976 | Joseph Antizzo | 1977 | Charles S. Jones | 1978 | Robert M. Eldridge | ||
| 1979 | Morris Everett | 1980 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | 1981 | Not Awarded | ||
| 1982 | Not Awarded | 1983 | Not Awarded | 1984 | Not Awarded | ||
| 1985 | Not Awarded | 1986 | Sherrell Nunnelley | 1987 | M. Clinton McGee | ||
| 1988 | Morris Everett | 1989 | Raymond Weill and Roger Weill | 1990 | Richard L. Calhoun | ||
| 1991 | Not Awarded | 1992 | Conrad L. Bush | 1993 | Warren H. Sanders | ||
| 1994 | Roger H. Oswald | 1995 | Stefan Jaronski and Genevieve Gwynee | 1996 | John R. Hill, Jr. | ||
| 1997 | Jack E. Molesworth | 1998 | S. Frank Mandel | 1999 | Hubert C. Skinner | ||
| 2000 | Frank J. Stanley, III | 2001 | John L. Kimbrough, MD | 2002 | Jerry S. Palazolo | ||
| 2003 | Not Awarded | 2004 | Not Awarded | 2005 | Not Awarded | ||
| 2006 | Rex H. Felton | 2007 | Edward R. Joyce, Jr. | 2008 | Ronald R. Tate | ||
| 2009 | Not Awarded | 2010 | Stefan T. Jaronski | 2011 | James L. D. Monroe | ||
| 2012 | Francis J. Crown, Jr. | 2013 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | 2014 | Randy L. Neil | ||
| 2015 | Robert A. Rufenacht | 2016 | Schuyler Rumsey | 2017 | John L. Kimbrough, MD | ||
| 2018 | Not Awarded | 2019 | Robert A. Rufenacht | 2020 | Jerry S. Palazolo | ||
| 2021 | Dwayne Littauer | 2022 | Not Awarded | 2023 | Larry Baum | ||
| 2024 | Randy L. Neil |
August Dietz Award
Presented for distinguished research and writing in the field of Civil War philately.
| 2024 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | "Ogden Handcrafted Confederate Provisional Forgeries (with census)" in Q2 2024 issue of the Civil War Philatelist |
| 2023 | Francis J. Crown, Jr. | "Edward H. Cushing: His Express and the Mail." in the 2022 American Philatelic Congress book |
| 2022 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | Original research on Jenkins Express, as presented in a December 2021 online Collectors Club of New York presentation, and the Q3 2020, and Q1 2022 issues of the Civil War Philatelist |
| 2021 | Richard F. Winter | Extensive research on North Carolina Confederate postal history and post office data, as published on the North Carolina Postal History Society website |
| 2020 | Francis J. Crown, Jr. | “The 3 cent Nashville provisional adhesive: A study in postal history research" |
| 2019 | Deane R. Briggs, MD | Florida Postal History During the Civil War |
| 2018 | Steven M. Roth Francis J. Crown, Jr. Patricia A. Kaufmann | The Springfield Facsimiles of Confederate Postage Stamps |
| 2017 | Francis J. Crown, Jr. | Uniontown, Alabama, Postmaster's Provisionals |
| 2016 | Peter W. W. Powell John L. Kimbrough, MD | Confederate States of America Philatelic Fakes, Forgeries, and Fantasies of the 19th and 20th Century |
| 2015 | Not Awarded | |
| 2014 | Richard L. Calhoun | The Confederate Postmaster Provisionals of Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2013 | Patricia A. Kaufmann Francis J. Crown Jr. Jerry S. Palazolo | The Confederate States of America Catalog and Handbook of Stamps and Postal History |
| 2012 | Bruce Roberts | "Arkansas in the Confederate Postal System." in January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December 2011, and January-April 2012 Confederate Philatelist |
| 2011 | James L. D. Monroe | A Lifetime of Collecting Confederate States of America Postal History |
| 2010 | Richard H. Byne | CP indexing work for the Royal Philatelic London Society |
| 2009 | Steven C. Walske Scott R. Trepel | Special Mail Routes |
| 2009 | James W. Milgram, MD | Federal Civil War Postal History |
| 2008 | Warren Sanders Erin Gunter | Confederate Post Offices, Postmasters and Postmarks of the Trans-Mississippi Department |
| 2007 | Not Awarded | |
| 2006 | Steven C. Walske | “Civilian Mail to and from the Confederacy during the American Civil War” in November-December 2005 Collectors Club Philatelist |
| 2005 | Peter W. W. Powell | Missent, Forwarded and Advertised |
| 2004 | Steven C. Walske | Post Office Mail Sent Across the Lines at the Start of the Civil War May to July 1861 |
| 2003 | John Kimbrough, MD Conrad Bush | Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately |
| 2002 | Leonard H. Hartmann | For distinguished service in the field of research and writing on “Lithographs” in the Chronicle |
| 2001 | Richard H. Byne | Confederate States of America Philatelic Subject Index and Bibliography 1862-1999 |
| 2000 | Tony L. Crumbley Vernon Stroupe | Post Offices and Postmasters of North Carolina |
| 1999 | Daniel C. Warren, MD | The Two-Cent Green Lithograph of the Confederate States of America - An Inventory of Known Covers |
| 1998 | Galen D. Harrison | Prisoners’ Mail from the American Civil War |
| 1997 | Deane R. Briggs, MD | Jacksonville, Florida, Confederate Postal History |
| 1996 | Not Awarded | |
| 1995 | Not Awarded | |
| 1994 | Peter W. W. Powell | Confederate Stamps: How to Tell the Genuine from the Counterfeit. |
| 1993 | Not Awarded | |
| 1992 | Not Awarded | |
| 1991 | Benjamin Wishnietsky | Confederate Patriotic Covers and Their Usages |
| 1990 | Richard B. Graham | “The Knoxville 10c Postmaster’s Provisional,” July-August 1989, September-October 1989, and January-February 1990 Confederate Philatelist |
| 1989 | Conrad L. Bush | Video on collecting Confederate stamps and covers. |
| 1988 | Peter W. W. Powell | Confederate States of America. Markings and Postal History of Richmond, Virginia. |
| 1987 | Richard H. Byne | Confederate States of America Philatelic Subject Index and Bibliography, 1862 - 1984. |
| 1986 | Hubert C. Skinner Warren Sanders Erin Gunter | The New Dietz Confederate States Catalog and Handbook. |
| 1985 | Stefan T. Jaronski | “Postal History of the Army of Northern Virginia” in 1984 American Philatelic Congress Book |
| 1984 | Francis J. Crown, Jr. | Surveys of the Confederate Postmaster's Provisionals |
| 1984 | Richard Krieger | The Trans-Mississippi Mails After the Fall of Vicksburg |
| 1983 | Brian M. Green | The Confederate States Two-Cent Red-Jack Intaglio Stamp |
| 1982 | Morris Everett | Confederate Handstamp Paids |
| 1981 | Brian M. Green | The Typographs of the Confederate States of America |
| 1980 | Henry Hensel | “South Atlantic Blockade Run Mail” in September-October 1979 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1979 | Hubert C. Skinner | “Notes on the New Orleans Postmaster’s Provisionals: Plating and Postal History” in the 1978 American Philatelic Congress Book |
| 1978 | John D. Kohlhepp | “Recent Discoveries in Civil War Prisoners’ Mail” in January-February 1978 Confederate Philatelist |
| 1977 | Judge Harry J. Lemley | Twenty-five articles, printed in the Confederate Philatelist between September 1959 and March 1964, and reprinted in the John W. Kaufmann Auction Catalog dated October 22, 1977 |
| 1976 | Raymond Giron Edwin Taylor | "Florida Confederates, An Original Find” in May-June 1976, July-August 1976, and September-October 1976 Confederate Philatelist. Mr. Taylor was not a member of the Confederate Stamp Alliance. |
| 1975 | Francis J. Crown, Jr. | “Hamburg - Oglethorpe Provisional Challenged” in May-June 1975 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1974 | Everett K. Cooper | “The Strange Case of Dr. Paterson and Mr. Camman” in September-October 1973 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1973 | A. Earl Weatherly | “A Confederate Find from the Land of Eden” in January-February 1973 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1972 | James W. Milgram, MD | “Sectional Correspondence” in May-June 1971 and July-August 1971 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1971 | Brian Green Patricia Green | For numerous articles in the Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1970 | Francis J. Crown, Jr | Compilation of the yearly indexes for the Confederate Philatelist from 1960 through 1970. |
| 1969 | Harry F. Rooke | “Crazy Confederates or Bogus Adhesives” in January-April 1969 Confederate Philatelist and “Crazy Confederates or Bogus Adhesives, Supplement 1” in July-August 1969 Confederate Philatelist. Rooke was not a member of the Confederate Stamp Alliance. |
| 1968 | Robert W. Werner | “The Manuscript Paids” in September-October 1967 Confederate Philatelist and “More Manuscript Paids” in September-October 1968 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1967 | Harvey E. Sheppard | “Research Problems in Virginia Postal History” in May 1966 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1966 | M. Clinton McGee | “New Greensboro Provisional” in October-November 1966 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1965 | Earl B. Antrim | “First Confederate Stamp. The Five Cents Green” in August and September 1964 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1964 | M. Clinton McGee | “Southern Usages of the Star-Die Envelope” in November 1963 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1963 | Robert S. Phillips | “Postal Markings of Occupied New Bern, North Carolina – 1862-1865” in October 1962 Confederate Philatelist. |
| 1962 | Judge Harry J. Lemley | “The Confederate Signal Corps” in November 1961 Confederate Philatelist |
The Civil War Philatelist Writers Award
Presented to the author of the best article appearing in the Civil War Philatelist since the last Annual Meeting of the Society.
The articles receiving this award since 2015 can be viewed by clicking on the year.
| 2024 | Thomas M. Lera | "Rebel Archives New Discoveries: Jefferson Davis Covers and Dupree's Old Store" in Fourth Quarter 2023 Issue |
| 2024 | John R. Miller | "Delisting of Camp Shenandoah As An Army Field Cancel - A Dissenting Opinion" in Third Quarter 2023 Issue |
| 2023 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | "A Cammann Imprint Discovery that Changed a Catalog Listing Plus Insights on Dr. James T. Patterson" in Fourth Quarter 2022 Issue |
| 2022 | Daniel M. Knowles, MD | "Pioneer Express Company, Its History and a Cover Census” in Third Quarter 2021 Issue |
| 2021 | Steve Feller | "Thomas de la Rue: Confederate Stamp Printer” in Fourth Quarter 2020 Issue |
| 2021 | Kevin P. Andersen | “Confederate Postal Markings of Petersburg, Virginia” in Third Quarter 2020 Issue |
| 2020 | Thomas M. Lera | “Federal Postage Currency and Confederate Banknotes During the Civil War,” in Third Quarter 2019 issue. |
| 2020 | Stefan T. Jaronski | “Mail Service for the Confederate Army on the Hatteras Coast 1861-62,” in Fourth Quarter 2019 issue. |
| 2019 | Steven M. Roth John L. Kimbrough, MD | "Stampless Provisional Covers Having Charge Box or Similar Notation," in Second Quarter 2018 issue. |
| 2018 | Francis J. Crown, Jr. | "Fake Columbia, South Carolina, Five-Cent Hanstamped Provisionals," in First Quarter 2017 issue. |
| 2017 | Kevin P. Andersen | "Demystifying the So-Called Stone Y Flaw," in Third Quarter 2016 issue. |
| 2017 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | "Confederate Mail Runner and Spy Lottie Moon Clark and a New Look at the Undelivered Camp Chase Letters." in Fourth Quarter 2016 issue. |
| 2016 | Patricia A. Kaufmann | "The Largest Recorded Multiple of a Confederate Patriotic Sticker," in First Quarter 2015 issue. |
| 2015 | Clifford Alexander | “Detecting S. Allan Taylor Confederate Postmaster Provisional Fakes and Fantasies,” in Third Quarter 2014 issue. |
| 2014 | Harry G. Brittain | “Forensic Studies of Stamps Issued by the CSA,” in April-June 2013 issue. |
| 2013 | Kevin Andersen | “From Richmond to Columbia: Frank Baptist and the 1864 Transfer of the Confederate 10 cents Stamp Steel Printing Plates,” in April-June 2012 issue. |
| 2012 | Bruce Roberts | Series “Arkansas in the Confederate Postal System," in January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December 2011, and January-April 2012 issues. |
| 2011 | Larry Baum | “Advertising Covers of Richmond, Virginia,” in July-September 2010 issue. |
| 2010 | Kevin P. Andersen | “Confederate Laid Paper: Fact or Fiction,” in July-September 2009 issue. |
| 2009 | Lawrence Lohr | “The Joseph Parry Correspondence/Salisbury Prison,” in October-December 2008 issue. |
| 2008 | William S. Parks | “Corinth Postmaster Followed CSA Army to Tupelo, MS,” in July-September 2007 issue |
| 2007 | John L. Kimbrough, MD | “Transatlantic CSA Patriotic Covers," in July-September 2006 issue. |
| 2006 | Jerry S. Palazolo William S. Parks | “After Secession and Confederate Mail service in the Yazoo River Basin,” in July-September 2005 issue. |
| 2005 | Tony Crumbley | “Company Shops, NC: Headquarters for Troops and Supplies for the North Carolina Railroad,” in March-April 2004 issue. |
| 2004 | Deane R. Briggs, MD | “Jacksonville, Florida, During the Civil War: Confederate and Federal Occupation Use,” in March-April 2003 issue |
| 2003 | Peter W. W. Powell | “The 3¢ Nashville Tennessee Post-secession Provisional” in July-August 2002 issue |
| 2002 | William S. Parks | "The Anomalous Date in Vicksburg's Confederate Postmark ” in November-December 2001 issue. |
| 2001 | Thomas M. Lera | “Semi-Official Imprinted Envelopes of Nitre and Mining Bureau,” in July-August 2001 issue. |
| 2000 | William S. Parks | “Confederate Postal History of Grenada, Mississippi,” in November-December 1999 issue. |
| 1999 | Not Awarded | |
| 1998 | Richard D. Norton | Series “Confederate ‘Official’ Perforations and ‘Private’ Separations,” in the January-February 1997, March-April 1997, September-October 1997, November-December 1997, January-February, March-April, and May-June 1998 issues. |
| 1997 | Richard L. Calhoun | “Fredericksburg. Virginia – Revisited,” in the March-April 1997 issue. |
| 1996 | Lawrence Lohr | “Salisbury, North Carolina, Military Prison: A Union Soldier’s Correspondence,” in the November-December 1995 issue. |
| 1995 | Richard A. Hall | “The Story of an Old Tattered Cover -- An Absalom Grimes Carried Letter?” in the July-August 1995 issue. |
| 1994 | James L. D. Monroe | “Blockade Mourning Cover with Frameline,” in the March-April 1994 issue. |
| 1993 | Not Awarded | |
| 1992 | Herbert P. McNeal | “A New Florida Provisional: Jacksonville, Florida,” in the May-June 1991 issue. |
| 1991 | Richard B. Graham | Series, “The Knoxville 10¢: Postmaster’s Provisional" in the July-August, September-October 1989, January-February, September-October 1990, and March-April 1991 issues. |
| 1990 | Richard L. Calhoun | “Inventory of Charleston, South Carolina Postmaster Provisionals,” in the January-February 1989 issue. |
| 1989 | Stefan T. Jaronski | “Private Trans-Mississippi Mail Expresses During the War Between the States,” in the November-December 1987 issue. |
| 1988 | Earl Kaplan | Series “The Use of United States Stamps and Envelopes in the Independent and Confederate States,” in the January-February, May-June, September-October, November-December 1986; and January-February, and May-June 1987 issues. |
Special Trustees’ Award for Sustained and Superior Service
Awarded for superior service to the Society over a period greater than one year.
| 1978 | Patricia A. Kaufmann |
| 2015 | Scott R. Trepel |
| 2019 | Patricia A. Kaufmann |
Special Trustees’ Award for Superior Service
Awarded for superior service to the Society in the past year.
| 1988 | John L. Kimbrough, MD | 2007 | James W. Milgram, MD | 2009 | Jerry S. Palazolo | ||
| 2015 | John H. Walker | 2019 | Thomas M. Lera |
Bruce W. Ball Exemplary Service Award (Retired)
Awarded for Exemplary Service to the Society.
1975 – Morris Everett
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