PSSC Achievement Awards & Award Recipients
The Socitey has four different types of awards that can be given:
- PSSC Specialization Medal
- Sutherland-McKanna Award
- Herbert Dubé Lectureship Award
- PSSC Lapel Pin
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PSSC Specialization Medal
This is the current version of the PSSC Specialization Medal
This is awarded at national level Canadian Philatelic Exhibitions for exhibits that show evidence of significant research relating to a subject. No more than one award per show will be given. Recipients who are not members will be invited to join the Society.
| Year | Winner | For | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | William H.P. Maresch | ||
| Lou Crosby | |||
| Edwin Mueller | ... | ... | |
| 1957 | J. Watson Yuile | ... | ... |
| 1958 | D.A. Young | ... | ... |
| Dr. James J. Matejka Jr | ... | ... | |
| 1959 | A. Banfield | ... | ... |
| S.C. Jersey | |||
| 1962 | Anthony Ruta | ... | ... |
| D.D.S. Haverbeck | ... | ... | |
| 1963 | M.A. Boianowicz | ||
| 1967 | Horace W. Harrison | ||
| 1975 | Dr. Fred Stulberg | ||
| 1976 | Prof. H.E. Duckworth | ||
| Dr. H.W. Duckworth | |||
| 1977 | Sidney Shelton | ||
| 1978 | J. Fosberry | ||
| 1981 | William L. Percy | ||
| 1993 | R.F. Narbonne | ||
| 2000 | Harry Machum | Canada’s Wilding Issue | Orapex 2000 |
| Brian Murphy | Transatlantic Mails in the Victorian Era | Edmonton | |
| 2002 | Susan Sheffield | Post Offices of Muskoka Resort Hotels | Royal 2002 |
| 2003 | Timothy Bartshe | Orange Free State Republican Postal Issues 1868-1900 | Royal 2003 |
| 2004 | Ian McTaggart-Cowan | ||
| Dr. Sandy Clark | Royal 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Robert Anderson | Brant County Postmarks & Cancellations to 1950 | Orapex 2005 |
| Richard M. Morris | Canada: The Admiral Issue | Stampex 2005 | |
| Kimber Wald | The Historical Confederation Issue | Royal 2005 | |
| 2006 | Hugh Rathbun | The Postal History of Annapolis from George II to Victoria | Novapex 2006 |
| 2007 | Steve Johnson | ||
| Jean-Jacques Tillard | |||
| 2008 | Steven A. Friedenthal | ||
| James R. Taylor | |||
| 2009 | Gary Steele | ||
| Les Molnar | |||
| 2010 | Dr. Ijaz Qureshi | ||
| Dr. David E. Crotty | |||
| Loïc Detcheverry | |||
| 2011 | Cecil Coutts | Blackout Postal Markings of Canada | |
| Les Molnar | Victoria: The Private Contract Period, 1850-59 | ||
| 2012 | Fred Smallbone | George V Downey Heads | Orapex 2012 |
| Donald Wilson | Australian Mail to the UK to 1891 | Royal 2012, Edmonton | |
| Barry Senior | Perforated initials and insignia on the stamps of Newfoundland | Novapex 2012 | |
| 2013 | Ian Wright | Great Britain One Penny Red 1854- 1856, A Study of Plates in Transition | Edmonton Spring National Show 2013 |
| Christine Foucher & Jacques Poitras | Postal Usages in the Province of Quebec and Lower Canada until 1831 | Orapex 2013 | |
| 2014 | Michele Cartier | Postmarks of Hamburg (Germany) 1673-1867 | Orapex 2014 |
| Mary Pugh | Great Britain George V Commemorative Issue | Royal 2014 | |
| 2015 | Norma Nielson | The Story of Lloyd’s: From Coffee to Commerce | Edmonton 2015 |
| Graham Locke | Royal 2015 | ||
| Steven Mulvey | Study on the Evolution of Swiftair - Royal Mail’s International Priority Airmail Service to Canada | Orapex 2015 | |
| 2016 | Hal Kellett | Territory of Saskatchewan | Edmonton 2016 |
| David Benson | Tonga, The Early Period | Royal 2016 | |
| Les Molnar | Orapex 2016 | ||
| Michael Mather | London Cancels Development During the Victorian Period | Novapex 2016 |
Herbert Dubé Lectureship Award
The award presented to Michel Houde in 2022. A watercolour landscape entitled "Oasis", by Tomas Del Balso, an artist from Prince Edward County in Ontario.
The Herbert Dubé Lectureship Award is presented to Society members who have published a significant paper in either book form or in one of the leading philatelic journals, and who has also presented their work to the members in one of our monthly meetings. The award consists of an objet d’art and a certificate suitable for framing. This is the highest award the Society can bestow upon a member.
The Dubé Award varies from year to year.
| Year | Winner | For | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Dr. Fred G. Stulberg | Branch, Street and Depot Post offices of Toronto 1880 to 1900 | This, the very first Dubé Award, was presented to Dr. Stulberg by Herbert Dubé himself at the 1970 Annual Banquet. |
| 1973 | Dr. Robert A. Chaplin | His paper on the Large Queens | |
| 1975 | Harry Lussey | ... | ... |
| 1977 | Dr. Fred Stulberg | ... | ... |
| 1982 | Kenneth Rowe RDP, FRPSC | Postage History and Postage Stamps of Serbia. | ... |
| Mirko Rasic | ... | ... | |
| Allan L. Steinhart | ... | ... | |
| 1987 | Allan L. Steinhart | ||
| Kenneth Rowe RDP, FRPSC | ... | ... | |
| Michael Madesker RDP, FRPSC | Canada Booklets 1900 - 1935 | ... | |
| 1988 | Major E.R. (Ritch) Toop | ||
| 1992 | Fred R. Stubens | The Mediterranean Mails | |
| 2004 | Murray Heifetz | OAT and AV2 Markings | |
| 2006 | Peter Spencer | The Wearing of the Green & Pretty In Pink (2 books) | Peter had both of his books published within a year of each other, as well as making presentations of both of his highly specialized studies to the Society. |
| 2008 | Ken Snelson | UK Taxe Marks for International Mail 1875 to 2000 | Book |
| 2009 | John Tyacke | The Postal History of World War II Mail Between Canada and Switzerland | |
| 2010 | Charles J.G. Verge FRPSC | The 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway Joint Issue and Its Invert | Book |
| 2011 | J. Edward (Ted) Nixon FRPSC | Canada's Postage Stamps of the Small Queen Era, 1870-1897 | Book co-authored by John Hillson |
| 2017 | Andrew Chung Hank Narbonne |
The New Specialised Catalogue of Canada Post Office Official First Day covers | Book |
| 2019 | Robert G. Anderson | Brant County Postmarks and Cancels to 1930 | Book |
| 2022 | Michel Houde | The British Consulate Post Office at Bangkok 1855 – 1885 | Book published by the Stuart Rossiter Trust |
| 2023 | Chris Hargreaves | The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland | Editor-in-Chief of the second edition |
Sutherland-McKanna Award
This award is a medal that was donated to the Society in 2007 in honour of Harry Sutherland and Alan McKanna. It is engraved “Sutherland & McKanna” and is presented annually at our December meeting to the member exhibiting the best competitive Single-Frame Exhibit at that meeting.
Identical medals, but not so-engraved, can be awarded at the discretion of the Executive. Honorary Life Members and Banquet Speakers are recipients of this version of the medal.
| The December meeting was traditionally a Show & Tell meeting, called President’s Night, when members could show off their latest acquisitions or update the membership on their on-going studies. However, in 1993 it was decided that the December meeting would be a chance for members to present a specialized single-frame exhibit of 16 pages which would now be judged and winners chosen for First, Second and Third place. The exhibit was to be a new exhibit made specifically for this evening, not one that had previously been shown or entered into competition elsewhere. Each presenter would have exactly three minutes in which to describe their exhibit to those present. Originally, the winner would receive a gift (typically a bottle) provided by the President. More recently, all three winners would receive a gift along with an appropriate certificate suitable for framing. As of the December 2007 meeting, the First place winner would also receive the Sutherland-McKanna Medal, a supply of which having been donated by an anonymous member. These meetings are typically some of the most popular, due to the tremendous variety and extraordinary quality of material. Three judges are chosen from the members who were not exhibiting.
(*Presented with the Sutherland-McKanna Medal) |
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| Year | Winners | Exhibit Titles | ||
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| Dec 1993 | 1st Fred Fawn | Canadian Imperial Penny Postage 1898 | ||
| 2nd Fred Stubens | Hong Kong / China Mail to Overseas Destinations | |||
| 3rd Don Welsh | Marine Post Offices of New Zealand 1923-1938 | |||
| Dec 1994 | 1st Fred Fawn | The 15¢ Large Queen | ||
| 2nd John Tyacke | Re-direction of Mail to Boer War POWs in India | |||
| 3rd Allan Steinhart | Canadian Handstamps; US Postage Prepaid or Collect | |||
| Dec 1995 | 1st George Buza | The 1927 Airmails of Hungary | ||
| 2nd Don Welsh | Fiji Port of Arrival and Paquebot Cancellations 1882-1990 | |||
| 3rd Ed Walton | The Baenniger Correspondence 1940-1945 |
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| Dec 1996 | 1st Don Welsh | Stamp Issues and Related Ephemera of the Edwardian Period | ||
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| Dec 1997 | 1st Don Welsh | Fiji – Pirogue Issues 1893-1902 | ||
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| Dec 1998 | 1st John Wilson | (not recorded) | ||
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| Dec 1999 | 1st Ed Walton | Gümligen Postally and in Pictures | ||
| 2nd Alan Hanks | The Victoria Falls | |||
| 3rd Murray Heifetz | The Flag of Israel, its Origins and Development | |||
| Dec 2000 | 1st Ken Snelson | Liverpool: Tax Marks for Underpaid Postal Union Mail | ||
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| Dec 2001 | 1st JJ Danielski | The Origins of the Polish Red Cross | ||
| 2nd Ingo Nessel | Hong Kong Jusqu’a Markings | |||
| 3rd John Wilson | Brother Carl’s Share of the Chocolates |
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| Dec 2002 | 1st Stuart Reddington | Review of the Penny Black | ||
| 2nd Fred Fawn | The Map Stamp – From Essay to Stamp | |||
| 3rd Peter Lerpiniere | Madagascar RPOs | |||
| Dec 2003 | 1st Sam Chiu | The Last Chinese Empire: Hung Hsien | ||
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| Dec 2004 | 1st Fred Fawn | 1919 Hungarian Council Republican Issue | ||
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| Dec 2005 | 1st Sam Chiu | Japanese Occupation of Wei Hai Wei 1896-97 | ||
| 2nd Rod Paige | Those Beautiful Blues | |||
| 3rd Michel Houde | Security Markings – British Consular Post Office at Bangkok | |||
| Dec 2006 | 1st John Wilson | Mail to and from Ships in Hong Kong Harbour 1860-1939 | ||
| 2nd Michael Madesker | Life of a Triple Alliance POW in a Triple Entente Regime | |||
| 3rd Herb McNaught | The Quebec Tercentenary Issue – From Design to Finished Stamp | |||
| Dec 2007 | 1st Sam Chiu* | Pre-War Port Arthur | ||
| 2nd Fred Fawn | Canada – The Large Queens: Postal Rates | |||
| 3rd Murray Heifetz | French Airmail Etiquettes | |||
| Dec 2008 | 1st Bob Thorne* | Perfect Machines Used at Montreal Stations | ||
| 2nd Fred Fawn | Nova Scotia 1851-1863, The Preliminaries | |||
| 3rd Alan Hanks | The Beautiful Blues | |||
| Dec 2009 | 1st Jean-Jacques Tillard* | Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: Mountain and Trees, a 1947 Issue | ||
| 2nd John Wilson | The Postmen's Beat Chops of Hong Kong, to 1941 | |||
| 3rd Alan Hanks | Tales of the Tails | |||
| Dec 2010 | 1st Rod Paige* | Railway Related Cancels and Marks of Victorian & Edwardian Great Britain | ||
| 2nd Victor Potter | Germany -- Postcard & Letter Rates: January 1900 - June 1923 | |||
| 3rd Bob Thorne | IPS Black Squares | |||
| Dec 2011 | 1st Bob Thorne* | Half Penny Orange During the Second Boer War | ||
| 2nd Victor Potter | Marks of the Scottish Additional ½d Mail Tax, 1813-1839, Used in England | |||
| 3rd Rod Paige | Great Britain, The Maltese Cross Cancels | |||
| Dec 2012 | 1st Jean-Jacques Tillard* | Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: Le 10c rouge "GROUPE" et ses différents usages | ||
| 2nd Ken Snelson | UK Postage Due Mail By Air in North America to 1947 | |||
| 3rd Rod Paige | Early Jersey Postmarks | |||
| Most Popular: John Anders | Bullfighting | |||
| Dec 2013 | 1st Ken Snelson* | UK Returned Letter Offices & Branches and their Envlopes 1852-1912 | ||
| 2nd Michel Houde | A Philatelic Narration of the Life & Career of Major Richard Pattinson, an Almost Forgotten Canadian | |||
| 3rd Bob Thorne | Halifax WWII Blackout Machine Cancellations | |||
| Most Popular: Michel Houde | A Philatelic Narration of the Life & Career of Major Richard Pattinson, an Almost Forgotten Canadian | |||
| Dec 2014 | 1st Ken Snelson* | Underpaid Mail Between South Africa and the UK Prior to WWII | ||
| 2nd Stuart Reddington | Canada’s 3 Cent Small Queen - Perf 12 ½ | |||
| 3rd Rod Paige | Great Britain: 1844 Type Barred-Numeral Cancellations | |||
| Most Popular: Fred Fawn | Essays & Proofs - Hungary 1919 | |||
| Dec 2015 | 1st Sam Chiu* | WWI Chinese Labour Corps | ||
| 2nd Garfield Portch | Expansion of the Post Office in Toronto, 1880-1899 | |||
| 3rd David Foot | Australian Rocket Mail | |||
| Most Popular: Kathy Hartley | Victoria and Adelaide: The Heart of a Philatelic Community | |||
| (*Presented with the Sutherland-McKanna Medal) | ||||
PSSC Lapel Pin
New members who accept their invitation to join the Society have twenty-four months to present a lecture to a meeting of the Society. As an alternative to the lecture, other means of attainment include service to the Society, scholarly publication, and significant contribution to the Society or to the betterment of philately in Canada. The PSSC Lapel Pin is then awarded to members upon fulfillment of this membership obligation.