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.

 
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Grand Award 2024

Crystal vase donated by Judy and Edward Jarvis

 

Reserve Grand Award

Wooden box by Edward Laveroni

Grand Award 2024 for Single-Frame Exhibits

Charcuterie board by Edward Laveroni

WESTPEX Chairman's Award 2024

Bronze medal Congress Union Postale Universelle, Paris 1947 by Robert Cochet
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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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WPX Youth Award

San Diego Stamp Show

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Youth Award

Old Clock Tower 3D Wooden Puzzle to Build
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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.
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United Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Award for best postal stationery exhibit.

United Postal Stationery Society Single Frame Award
USPPS Award
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 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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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).
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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
MEPSI Gold
MEPSI Silver
MEPSI Bronze

MEPSI

Gold, Silver, Bronze awards
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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