PREXIE AWARDS
The PREXIE AWARD is the GMCSC’s highest award. It is presented to a club member whose contributions to the club have far exceeded what would normally be expected from members of a volunteer organization. The award is presented at the discretion of the Club President.
Club Member Philatelic Awards and Recognition
APS Top Recruiters 2020 – Alex Haimann (8/8/2021)
PUBLICATION RECOGNITION
The GMCSC Members are frequently recognized Expertise or for a Specialized Area of Collecting.
Phil Schorr
My Topics: Roses
by Dawn Hamman
Topical Times, Jan-Feb 2015
pg 33
Christina Esbeck
My Topics: Cupcakes
by Don Neal
Topical Times, Nov-Dec 2018
pg 36-37
Lesa Morgan
My Topics: Accordions
by Don Neal
Topical Times, Jan-Feb 2020
pg 36-37
EXHIBITOR AWARDS
Our GMCSC Members are frequently recognized for Philatelic Exhibiting.
| Exhibitor | Exhibit Title | Category | Award | Show | Additional Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan R. Barasch | Canada's Maritime Provinces | Multiframe | Gold | HOGPEX 1990 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 1878-1902 | Single Frame | Silver | St Louis Stamp Expo 1996 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 1878-1902 | Multiframe | Vermeil | MIDAPHIL 2005 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 1878-1936 | Multiframe | Grand and Gold | HOGPEX 1989 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 1878-1952 | Multiframe | Silver | VAPEX 1979 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 1878-1952 | Multiframe | Grand and Gold | HUNTSPEX 1982 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 1878-1952 | Multiframe | Gold | COLOPEX 1982 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 19th Century Penny Reds | Single Frame | Silver | AmeriStamp Expo 2001 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Falkland Islands: 19th Century Penny Reds | Single Frame | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2013 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | FDCs of World Refugee Year 1960 | Multiframe | Gold | ALAPEX 1978 | |
| Alan R. Barasch | Hugo Schlottfeldt Correspondence | Single Frame | Bronze | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2015 | |
| Christina Esbeck | Cupcakes | Youth | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2019 | American Topical Association Youth Award |
| Christina Esbeck | Cupcakes | Youth | Large Vermeil | Great American Stamp Show 2021 | |
| Christina Esbeck | Cupcakes | Youth | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2022 | Youth Award |
| Christina Esbeck | Cupcakes | Single Frame | Youth Award | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2023 | American Topical Association Youth Award |
| Christina Esbeck | Cupcakes | Single Frame | Large Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2023 | Youth Award |
| Christina Esbeck | Cupcakes | Single Frame | Youth Grand | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2023 | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE) |
| Christina Esbeck | Cupcakes | Youth | Grand | Great American Stamp Show, Cleveland OH | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth Champion of Champions |
| G. Scott Ward | Use of U.S. Parcel Post Stamps, 1913-1926 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2009 | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Novice Award Missouri Exhibitors Award Most Popular Award |
| G. Scott Ward | Use of U.S. Parcel Post Stamps, 1913-1926 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2010 | United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award |
| G. Scott Ward | Use of U.S. Parcel Post Stamps, 1913-1926 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2013 | Missouri Exhibitors Award |
| G. Scott Ward | Use of U.S. Parcel Post Stamps, 1913-1926 | Multiframe | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2014 | United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award |
| G. Scott Ward | Use of U.S. Parcel Post Stamps, 1913-1926 | Multiframe | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2016 | United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award |
| G. Scott Ward | Use of U.S. Parcel Post Stamps, 1913-1926 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2017 | USSS Statue of Freedom |
| Gary Hendren | Rural Free Delivery - The First 25 Years | Multiframe | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2010 | Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award |
| Gary Hendren | Rural Free Delivery - The First 25 Years | Multiframe | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2011 | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor |
| Gary Hendren | Rural Free Delivery - The First 25 Years | Multiframe | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2012 | |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Pioneer Air Mail, Oct 4-8, 1911 | Single Frame | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2016 | |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Pioneer Air Mail, Oct 4-8, 1911 | Single Frame | Large Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2017 | The American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence, 1900-1940 |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Pioneer Air Mail, Oct 4-8, 1911 | Single Frame | Grand and Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2019 | American Airmail Society Gold |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Pioneer Air Mail, Oct 4-8, 1911 | Single Frame | Large Gold & Single Frame Champion | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2022 | |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Street Car Mail 1892-1915 | Multiframe | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2009 | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Street Car Mail 1892-1915 | Multiframe | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2013 | |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Street Car Mail 1892-1915 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2014 | Missouri Exhibitors Award United States Cancellation Club Award |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Street Car Mail 1892-1915 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2015 | American Philatelic Congress Award Missouri Exhibitors Award |
| Gary Hendren | St. Louis Street Car Mail 1892-1915 | Multiframe | Large Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2018 | Postal History Society Award |
| Gary Hendren | Twisted Caps - Twisted Mail | Single Frame | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2013 | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Creativity Award |
| Jerry Schultz | The Lesser Known Talents of Czeslaw Slania | Single Frame | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2018 | Polonus Philatelic Society Silver Polonus Society Novice Award Germany Philatelic Society Special Prize |
| Marcus Meyerotto | Hyperinflation in Germany in November 1923 | Multiframe | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2015 | |
| Marcus Meyerotto | Hyperinflation in Germany in November 1923 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2016 | Germany Philatelic Society Gold |
| Marcus Meyerotto | Hyperinflation in Germany in November 1923 | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2019 | Germany Philatelic Society Gold Collectors Club of Chicago |
| Marcus Meyerotto | Imprinted Telegram Receipts of Poland | Single Frame | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2010 | |
| Marcus Meyerotto | Imprinted Telegram Receipts of Poland | Single Frame | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2012 | |
| Michael Marian | The Length and Breadth of Rotary | Single Frame | Bronze | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2011 | |
| Nathan Esbeck | Development of Special Delivery Service for Incoming Foreign Mail | Single Frame | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2022 | |
| Nathan Esbeck | Necessity for, and Application of Section 774.3 of the 1907 Postal Laws & Regulations | Single Frame | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2018 | |
| Nathan Esbeck | Byrd's Second Antarctic Expedition | Multiframe | Large Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2023 | |
| Patick Morgan | Cachetmaker: Tom Mueller (First Days) | Philatelic Literarture | Large Vermeil | Sarasota National Stamp Expo & Writers Unit 30 | |
| Patrick Morgan | Cachet Media: Oil Paint | One-page | Certificate | 2023 ATA My One-Page Exhibiting Program | |
| Patrick Morgan | Cachet Artist: Verna Mann - That Cover Artist | Philatelic Literature | Vermeil | 2023 Great American Stamp Show, Cleveland OH | |
| Robert Ogrodnik | Battle of Grunwald Commemorated by Polish Philately | Multiframe | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2012 | American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor Polonus Philatelic Society Silver |
| Robert Ogrodnik | Poland: First Airmail Issue after WWII | Single Frame | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2009 | |
| Robert Ogrodnik | Poland: First Airmail Issue after WWII | Multiframe | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2012 | Polonus Philatelic Society Silver Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award |
| Robert Ogrodnik | Production and Use of the Polish Air Mail Issue of 1946 | Multiframe | Large Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2018 | Polonus Philatelic Society Gold American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Honor |
| Tom Minor | A Bicentennial of American Architecture | Single Frame | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2005 | |
| Tom Minor | Cinderellas of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition | Multiframe | Gold | LinPex 2005 Lincoln Neb | |
| Tom Minor | Cinderellas of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition | Multiframe | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2003 | |
| Tom Minor | Cinderellas of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition | Multiframe | Vermeil | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2004 | |
| Tom Minor | Poster Stamps | Single Frame | Silver | StampFest 2000 | |
| Tom Minor | Poster Stamps (an illegal display) | Single Frame | Bronze | St. Louis Stamp Expo 1999 | |
| Tom Minor | Poster Stamps: Selling It | Multiframe | Gold | APS Stampshow 2001 | Best Charity/Cinderella Sherwood Springer Memorial Award |
| Tom Minor | Poster Stamps: Selling It | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2002 | |
| Tom Minor | Poster Stamps: Selling It | Multiframe | Gold | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2004 | |
| Tom Minor | War Propaganda | Multiframe | Gold | APS StampShow 2008 | |
| Tom Minor | War Propaganda | Multiframe | Silver | St. Louis Stamp Expo 2009 |