WESTPEX® 2025

Stamp Show

This page illustrates some of the WESTPEX 2024 awards available to the judges to award to the winning exhibits.

Each year WESTPEX presents specially chosen awards for the Grand Award, Reserve Grand, Don Dretzke Memorial Award, Chairman's Award, and California Collectors Club Award.

 

Grand Award 2025

Hinged box made of exotic woods by Edward Laveroni

 

Reserve Grand Award 2025

Charcuterie board made of exotic woods by Edward Laveroni

Grand Award 2025 for Single-Frame Exhibits

Hinged box made of exotic woods by Edward Laveroni
1925-California-Half-Dollar

WESTPEX Chairperson's Award 2025

1925 California Diamond Jubilee Silver Half Dollar
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Don Dretzke Memorial Award 202r

for Best Exhibit of "Used" Stamps

Stamp Collector Figurine

Margaret Munda Award of  Merit 2025

San Francisco Pacific Philatelic  Society

Jewerly Music Box

 

 
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San Diego Stamp Show

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WPX Youth Award
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WESTPEX Large Gold medal.

The WESTPEX Gold, Large Vermeil, Vermeil, Large Silver, Silver, Silver-Bronze, and Bronze medals are the same size but made of different metals.

Youth Award

Old Clock Tower 3D Wooden Puzzle to Build
MEPSI Gold
MEPSI Silver
MEPSI Bronze

MEPSI

Gold, Silver, Bronze awards
swiss gold
swiss silver

American Helvetia Philatelic Society
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United Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Award for best postal stationery exhibit.
CZSG Silver Exhibitor's Medal

Canal Zone Study Group silver medal
Eugene Garrett Award

Eugene Garrett Award

Best Philippines Exhibit

Collectors Club Award

British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group

United Postal Stationery Society Porter Venn Single Frame Award
USPPS Award

United States Possessions Philatelic Study Award
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COPAPHIL Debby Friedman Medal of Excellence

US Philatelic Classics Society Medal

Best U.S. exhibit up to 1894 by the United States Philatelic Classics Society
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COLOMPHIL

Outstanding Study of South & Central American Philately

The American Philatelic Society provides Award of Excellence for 19th Century, 1900-1940, 1940-1980, and post-1980 exhibits.
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aapecreativity

The American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors provides three awards. One is for creativity (above).  Another is for presentation (upper right).  And the treatment award (to the left).
apc award

The American Philatelic Congress award for writeup.  The award is a Congress Book.
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U.S. Stamp Society Statue of Freedom award for the best United States stamp exhibit from 1847 to the present.
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The Collectors Club Award of Merit

BNAPS Award
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India Study Circle Award is used to encourage interest in India's postal and philatelic history.

American Revenue Association
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Sterling Achievement Award

Women Exhibitors

Nepal & Tibet Philatelic Study Circle

Best Nepal , Tibet or Himalayan Exhibit
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Professional Stamp  Experts It's Not Just Stamps Award

U.S. Cancellation Club
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Collectors Club of Chicago Award
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Germany Philatelic Society Award of Merit