SEATTLE PHILATELIC EXHIBITION - SEAPEX 2021



Virtual Exhibits

Exhibit No. Name No. of
Frames		 Exhibit Title
Address Description
Medal Points Special Awards
1 Capt Vijay Wadhwa 1 Evolve…A Beak at Evolution
Raipur, India This exhibit gives the viewer a feeling of what Charles Darwin thought was a theory that species originated by evolution from other species and that evolution is mainly driven by natural selection.
G 87 American Topical Association One Frame Exhibit Award
2 Capt Vijay Wadhwa 5 Pennywise…Coinage of the World
Raipur, India It encompasses all aspects of birth of money after barter system lost its relevance. Evolution of coinage from prehistoric ages, and several economic and demographic developmental changes to its present shapes, sizes. Contemporary chronological existence and several factors in major nations of the world.
LV 80 American Topical Association 2nd Place Award
3 Zubin Rustom Kabraji 5 The Bombay-Aden Seapost Office Service - Postmarks and Ships
Pune, India The Bombay-Aden Seapost Office Service was introduced in 1868 to speed delivery to and from India.
V 77  
4 Chandrajit Ghose 5 1854 - India First Issue of Half Anna and One Anna
Kolkata, India Highlights the first issue and the events leading to the issue. Exhibit also highlights the flaws, errors and constant variations in the initial issue of 1854. Exhibit includes proofs, essays of the above issue.
LV 83 American Philatelic Society Award of Excellence Pre-1900
5 Chandrajit Ghose 6 FIFA World Cup
Kolkata, India Exhibit will be in 4 parts namely:- 1] Stamps issued for FIFA and its centenary in 2004. 2] Stamps issued by host countries of FIFA world cup prior to holding of world cup from 1930 till date.3] Stamps issued by and for the winners of the world cup. 4] Stamps issued by nearly 110 countries who have never taken part in world cup.
S 65  
6 Chandrajit Ghose 7 Modern Summer Olympics
Kolkata, India Exhibit will showcase philatelic material issued by Greece and host countries of modern summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021 prior to yhe holding of the Summer Olympics. The exhibit will highlight the birth of Summer Olympics, the foundation of IOC, modem games in relation to Ancient Olympics dedicated to Greek Gods.
SB 64  
7 Chandrajit Ghose 5 Bicentennial Celebration of USA Independence in 1976 on First Day Covers Only
Kolkata, India The exhibit will cover the history of independence struggle against Great Britain, the heroes of independence of USA, FDCs by all 50 states with their flags and FDCs issued by other countries to mark the event in 1976.
SB 61  
8 Kurt Streepy 1 1924 Panama Arms Issue for Use in the Canal Zone
Smithville, IN Review of the development and use of the 1924 Panama Arms issue overprinted for use in the United States Canal Zone.
LG 90  
9 Brian Callan 1 Electric Telegraph Company Stamps 1846-1870
Bishops Town, Ireland Stamps issued by the first public telegraph company in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
LG 92 Single Frame Best in Show Award
10 Brian Callan 10 Irish Postal Stationery - The Iconic Harp 1924-1983
Bishops Town, Ireland First postal stationery issued by the new Irish Free State using the iconic harp national emblem.
LG 91 American Philatelic Society Research Award
11 George Struble 10 Getting Swiss Airmail off the Ground
Salem, OR Development of Swiss airmail from the first Swiss flown mail in 1913 to 1939, when WWII shut it down.
LG 96 Best in Show Award, American Airmail Society Medal
12 George Struble 5 Swiss Airmail to the U.S.: A Rate Study
Salem, OR A rich story of treatment and rates of airmail service; Who knew a rate study could be this interesting?!
LG 90  
13 Edward Field 1 Million Dollar Mail
Pacific Palisades, CA Eight registered covers that bore negotiable contents at more than one million dollars each; Rare uses of $5 Fourth Bureau and Prexie stamps.
LG 91  
14 Fran Adams 1 The Mesozoic Times - Where Prehistory Meets Philately
San Diego, CA Mysterious secrets in our mail 'revealed' for armchair postal history conspiracy theorists - uhhhh pre-historians!
LV 81  
15 Fran Adams 1 Seven Schwabians - A Spear and a Rake
San Diego, CA The Seven Schwabians are German Folktales from 1545 which relate the many misguided adventures of seven would-be heroes oft portrayed as either innocent or foolish.
LS 73  
16 Mohammad abu al Hasan 3 The Contribution to the UNESCO Campaign on Save the Nubian Monuments
Dhaka, Bangladesh This exhibit illustrates the postal contribution of different countries to raise funds in bringing public attention to the UNESCO campaign on Save the Nubian Monuments along with detailed highlights of the total campaign from the emergence to the ends and its outcomes.
LS 72  
17 Ladd Faszold 9 A Penny Saved…Coating Postal Cards for Reuse
Glencoe, MO This exhibit tells the story of coating postal cards for reuse, discussing production, types, usages, and demise by counterfeited cards.
LG 93 Second Best in Show Award
18 Ladd Faszold 1 Fake Postal Card Surcharges of 1920
Glencoe, MO This exhibit introduces narratives, origins, and connections of unauthorized surcharges on postal cards, mimicking official surcharges of 1920.
LG 90  
19 Margaret Tan 1 Commercial Uses of the Australian Pound-denominated Postage Stamps on Postal Articles other than Parcel Tags
Urbana, IL To show commercial uses of ten of the 14 Australian pound-denominated postage stamps on postal articles other than parcel tags.
LG 92  
20 Margaret Tan 5 The Sunburst Registry Seals of Mexico
Urbana, IL The types and major die varieties of Mexico's sunburst registry seals, how the different types and varieties can be distinguished, and uses on commercial mail.
G 85  
21 Bhavana Baglodi 1 Global Pandemic - COVID 19
Mangalore, India WHO declared a global pandemic in the name of COVID which was first spreading, leading to fatalities with variants. This exhibit displays philatelic material on COVID.
SB 63  
22 Gurudath Kamath 1 National Savings Certificate (NSC) Preprinted 1943
Mangalore, India My exhibit consists of 16 pages of NSC 1943 of India pre-independence encashed post-independence.
S 66  
23 K. Sridhar 5 The Candle on the Water
Mangalore, India Exhibit narrates the functions of lighthouses, their locations, their shapes, their languages, etc.
LS 70  
24 Clem Hegarty 1 KLM, the Oldest Airline in the World Still Flying
Dublin, Ireland Using philatelic material charts chronologically the key historical events of the Dutch airline KLM from its beginnings in 1919 to date.
V 76  
25 Sahdev Sharma 1 Fiscals of Tonk State
Mangalore, India Purpose of the exhibit is to create awareness of our past history which is a forgotten era and to rekindle the interest in the minds of all and to show the beauty of the writing skills of yesteryears.
S 65   
26 Kishore K Baglodi 1 Insight into Sports through Philately
Mangalore, India Sports refers to any form of physical activity or game for competitive health reasons. This exhibit is of 16 pages covering sports.
B 57  
27 Daniel Monteiro 5 PEACOCK - The King of Feathers
Brahmavar, India Only one bird stamps and postal stationery and philatelic materials displayed. Very rare materials. Errors, colour trials, specimen and other rare stamps also displayed.
LS 71 Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award
28 Michael Mather 6 London Cancels - Development during the Victorian Period
Kentville, NS Tracing the development of London postal markings from the maltese cross to the development of the combined date and obliterator during Victoria's reign.
G 86  
29 Jaagruthi Adka Youth 5 Olympics - "Bird's Eye View"
Bangalore, India Quadrennial sports extravaganza celebrated by the world is displayed through philatelic materials in a detailed manner and with its motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius."
LV 84 Youth Best in Show, American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth 1st Ribbon, American Topical Association Youth Grand, Sports Philately International Best in Show - Youth
30 Praveen Shastry 5 Bygone Era of Indian Hundi
Bangalore, India Hundis refer to financial instruments evolved on the Indian sub-continent used in trade and credit transacions. They were used as remitance instruments (to transfer funds from 1 place to another), as credit instruments (to borrow money, IOU) and for trade transaction (as bill of exchange).
V 75 American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Silver Award
31 Ramu Srinivasa 1 Victoria Terminus
Bangalore, India Victoria Terminus was the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway in Bombay. The exhibit showcases the architecture, architect, immediate neighborhood of VT. It also defines categorization of its most published scenes.
LV 84  
32 Tushar Deshpande 1 Elephantnama - The Elephant Chronicles
Thane, India The exhibit aims to enable readers to better understand elephants and explore their complex relationship with humans.
LV 83  
33 Louis Fiset 6 The Uprooting of British Columbia's Japanese Canadians, 1942-1949
Seattle,WA Shows the impact of WWII on Japanese Canadians uprooted from their prewar BC homes by the Canadian government, lasting from March 1942 - April 1949
LG 92 Postal History Society Certificate, Americal Philatelic Society Award of Excellence 1940-1980
34 Clemens Albert 5 The New Hebrides (1892-1952)
Freising, GERMANY The exhibit focuses on the stamps issued and used in the New Hebrides between the first postal agency and the time right after World War II.
LG 91 Americal Philatelic Society Award of Excellence 1900-1940
35 Jaagruthi Adka Youth 5 Olympics "Bird's Eye View" - Heraldic First Day Covers
Bangalore, India The exhibit is a study of Heraldic FDC Olympic covers of different countries displayed with information of the depicted countries.
LS 73 American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth 3rd Ribbon
36 Jayaprakash Rao 5 Early Indian Postal Cancellations
Udupi, India Study of postal cancellations in India pertaining to Victorian era. By 1854 there were four “postal circles” which regulated the provincial postal service in India. They were Bengal, Madras, Bombay and North western province. Each province had its own method of obliterator and other postal markings. In 1873 this practice was replaced by Postal Manual of uniform “All India Cancellations.” This exhibit displays pre-1873 practice and after experiments all over India.
LV 82  
37 Suhas Kulkarni 5 The Supreme Abode - Story of Religious Architecture
Pune, India This exhibit tells us a story of development and journey of the abodes of different beliefs and faiths. Exhibit refers to different religions and explains various forms of architecture evolved over a period and its key characteristics with the help of philatelic material.
LS 74  
38 K. C. Gupta 5 Elephants Gentle Giants of Versatile Importance
 Lucknow, India  
V 75 American Topical Association 3rd Place Award
39 Saket Bajaj 5 French Settlements in India
Bangalore, India The exhibit focuses on one of the many French Colonies, namely French India. It showcases the workings of the postal system with a detailed study of the postage stamps issued and used in the colony during the period.
G 85  
40 Saket Bajaj 5 The World of Flowers
Bangalore, India The exhibit is on flowers. Talks about its science, history, discoveries, classification and mainly concentrate on various uses by mankind.
G 87 American Topical Association 1st Place Award
41 Sandeep Jaiswal 1 India - King Edward VII UPU Postcards and their Usage
Cranston, RI A display of the UPU postcards bearing the portrait of King Edward VII with special emphasis on usages and destinations.
LG 91  
42 Sandeep Jaiswal 1 The "Numerals" Issue of Cochin
Cranston, RI An in-depth study of the 1898-1903 issue of Cochin with special emphasis on printings and errors.
G 86  
43 Jagannath Mani 5 The Images of Summer Olympics
Bangalore, India History of summer olympics
LS 70 Sports Philately International Best in Show - Multi-frame exhibit, Sports Philately International Best in Show - Novice
44 Sören Andersson 1 United States Parcel (4th Class) Mail to Sweden 1906-1961
Stockholm, Sweden Surface and air parcel and additional services rates documented by parcel wrappers and tags.
LV 80  
45 Pavan Rao Youth 2 Dominion of India 1947
Bangalore, India Jai Hind stamps, Independence stamps set of 3 stamps, Mahatma Gandhi set of 4 stamps, 1949 UPU set of 4 stamps, 1950 Republic of India, 1st Asian Games 1951 New Delhi.
SB 60  
46 M.R. Pavanje 5 India Pre-Independence
Bangalore, India India Pre-Stamp covers, East India lithographs, Specimens, East India Queen Victoria stamps, King Edward VII high value stamps Rs. 25, 1929 air mail, military stamps, East India service, Edward VII sheet, Regd. Service cover Bombay to England.
V 76  
47 Rochan S. H. Youth 1 Deepavali Wishes through Greeting Post
Mangalore, India Greeting post is an innovative product of India Post consisting of a card with pre-printed postage stamp upon the envelope. The envelope contains multi-coloured stamp with miniature replica of design that appears on the card.
LS 70  
48 Ghouse Ali Zameer 5 Postal Stationery of British India
Bangalore, India Showcasing the wide range of Postal Stationery of British India which includes Post cards, postal envelopes, registered envelopes, letter sheets, aerogrammes and wrappers.
LV 83  
49 Ghouse Ali Zameer 5 Portuguese India
Bangalore, India Showing the rich and vast postal heritage of Portuguese India through the postage stamps and related material right from the issue of its first stamps in 1871 until the time of the amalgamation into the Indian Union in 1961.
G 87  
50 Ruchita Sudharshana Hegade Youth 2 Meghdhoot Cards Jago Grahak Jago
Mangalore, India Jago Darhak Jago is a consumer awareness programme from the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution of Government of India. Government has used one of the channels to create consumer awareness through the print media advertisements in the form of Meghdhoot post cards.
LS 74 American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Youth 2nd Ribbon
51 Liam Malone 1 The Controversial US 20c 1981 James Hoban Stamp
Washington, DC The exhibit presents the reason the 20c Hobam stamp was issued along with the 18c stamp.
LV 80 American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Silver Award, American First Day Cover Society Best First Day Cover Exhibit Ribbon
52 Alex Hadden 1 1978 Blair Atholl International Scout Camp
Richmond, BC An exhibit of the postal and philatelic aspects of the 1978 international jamborette held at Blair Atholl.
LS 72 Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs Thunderbird Award
99 Club Frame 1 Puget Sound Collectors Club
Seattle, WA Philatelic Perspectives on India, Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan
     
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