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A "APS Courses on the Road" symposium will be held prior to the Garfield Perry Stamp Show March 21-22, 2012. The subject will be Financing the Civil War, Ron Lesher, Course Coordinator.

Awards Program

Listed below are philatelic exhibitions that gave a Best Revenue Exhibit (BRE) Award (an engraved ARA medal and ribbon) to a deserving revenue exhibit. All WSP shows are eligible for this award if there are at least three revenue exhibits and the exhibit receives a show silver award or higher. The BRE winner does not have to be a member of the ARA.

If your organization wishes to provide the awards at your show, please read the criteria. Each year a special one-frame Best Revenue Exhibit (1BRE) medal is given at AmeriStamp Expo. At the ARA Convention, gold, silver, and bronze ARA awards along with a Grand and Cunliffe (most popular revenue exhibit) awards are distributed at the awards banquet.

2009 Philatelic Exhibitions

2010 Philatelic Exhibitions

2011 Philatelic Exhibitions
Show	Exhibitor	Award
ARIPEX Tucson, AZ Jan. 14-16, 2011
Vera Cruz Occupation (1914) Revenues	Mark E. Banchik	BRE, Show Grand, ASDA Back of the Book Award, MEPSI Gold
The Civil War Sun Picture Tax: Taxed Photographs 1864-1866	Bruce Baryla	Gold, and APS Medal of Excellence
Mexican Revenues on Documents Used To Collect Estate Taxes 1902-1913	Bill Barr	Silver
Leeward Islands - Federal Judicial Fees Revenue Stamps	Paul Larsen	Single Frame Reserve Grand.
St. Louuis Stamp Expo March 18-20, 2011 (ARA Annual Meeting)
The Civil War Sun Picture Tax: Taxed Photographs 1864-1866	Bruce Baryla	ARA Gold, Show Gold and AAPE Creativity Award
The U.S. Bi-Colored Documentary Stamps, 1871-1874	Joseph R. Carpenter	ARA Gold, Show Gold
Boliva - Transacciones Sociales, Impuestos, and Related Provisionals, 1868-1945	James H. Hunt	ARA Gold, Show Gold
Jewels of the Gilded Age (and Beyond): Bonds Bearing New York, Mortgage Endorsement, Secured Debt, and Investments Stamps of 1911-20	Michael Mahler	ARA Grand Award and Gold, Show Gold, APS Research Medal, State Revenue Society Award
Classically Illegal: The Use of U.S. Postage as Revenue Stamps, 1862-1883	Dr. Edwin J. Andrews	ARA Gold, Show Vermeil
First U.S. Revenue Stamps Used by Playing Card Manufacturers and the Improper Use of Their Stamps	Kristin Patterson	ARA Gold, Show Vermeil
The State of Taxes	Kenneth P. Pruess	ARA Gold, Show Vermeil
Multiples of the U.S. Private Die Proprietary Revenue Stamps: Their Purpose, Use, and Variety	Paul Weidhaas	ARA Gold, Show Vermeil
The Story of the United States Playing Card Company	Kristin Patterson	ARA Silver, Show Silver
Holey Revenue	Arthur J. Mongan	ARA Silver, Show Silver-Bronze
Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition April 1-2, 2011
Classically Illegal: The Use of U.S. Postage as Revenue Stamps, 1862-1883	Dr. Edwin J. Andrews	Show Gold, BRE

Exhibitions not listed either did not have a revenue exhibit or did not request a revenue award.