The CWPS recently won three times at the 2024 Chicagopex Literature Awards.
Two Large Gold Medals were awarded for our website and the Civil War Philatelist, and a Gold Medal for Frank Crown’s submission “Edward H. Cushing: His Express and the Mail”.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed!
Click here to visit the Society Awards page for more details…
The CWPS recently won a Gold Medal for our website from the 2024 APS Star Route Awards. Our score was 135 out of 148. Many thanks to everyone who contributed!
Cleveland (Strongsville), OH
March 14-16, 2025
The 2025 CWPS Annual Convention will be held in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, in conjunction with the Garfield-Perry March Party – Stamp Show.
We invite you to join us for this premier World Series of Philately stamp show and, hopefully, put together an exhibit to showcase some of the favorite items in your collection.
Show location:
Exhibits: The application for Competitive Exhibits can be found here. Entry forms must be mailed along with a Title Page and Synopsis by January 15, 2025.
Society Dinner: Friday, March 14 (7 PM) at the Rosewood Grill (3 minutes away). Print this Reservation Form for details to reserve your seat and make your menu selections. Seating is limited, so please reserve your seat early to ensure you can join us for this entertaining evening.
Annual Meeting: The General Membership Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 15, at 9 AM at the show hotel
Presentations:
Saturday March 15, 10 AM: Trish Kaufmann will present “The Springfield Facsimiles of Confederate Postage Stamps plus a brief TASCO History.” This will mark the first time that this new presentation will be made available to the public.
Saturday, March 15, 2 PM: Society members will have a chance to show off their most prized possession in a presentation called “My Favorite Cover.” This will be an opportunity for members to display and describe their favorite Civil War cover. A scan of the actual cover will be shown onscreen for the member to talk about. Interested members are asked to send a 300-dpi scan of their favorite cover to secretary@civilwarphilatelicsociety.org by January 15th, 2025. Please consider sharing one of your treasures with the group.
Following the Cover presentations, Frank Crown will present – “How the Augusta, GA post office reopened under federal control in 1864 and 1865”
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Local Hosts: Wayne Farley and Daniel Telep.
If you need assistance, please reach out to contact@civilwarphilatelicsociety.org
The CWPS Annual Meeting in St. Louis resulted in a number of awards being presented to our members. These Society Level Awards covered two categories as outlined below.
Service Awards
Haydn Myer Award – link for past winners
August Dietz Award for distinguished research and writing on Civil War Philately – link for past winners
The Civil War Philatelist Writers Award – link for past winners
Exhibit Awards
CWPS Trophy for best and most comprehensive collection of Civil War stamps and/or covers at the exhibition.
Research Trophy for best exhibit illustrating new knowledge/understanding of Civil War stamps, covers or postal history, or an extension to existing knowledge
Generals Award
Robert A. Siegel Memorial Award
Conrad L. Bush Award for best One-Frame Exhibit of Civil War material
Click HERE to see all the Exhibit Awards and Past Winners of each.
Congrats to all!
The Civil War Philatelic Society is proud to reprint Frank Crown’s article, “Edward H. Cushing: His Express and the Mail” originally published in the Congress Book 2022. We would like to thank Frank Crown and the American Philatelic Congress for granting permission to reprint this work and enabling the CWPS to share this research with students of Civil War Philately. We also want to thank Kenneth Trettin for once again volunteering to prepare the publication. His support was instrumental in the completion of this project and we are grateful for his contribution.
Mr. Crown’s extensive and thorough research provides a clearer understanding of Cushing’s Express, and provides an historical context to understand the true activities of the Express and how it interacted with the Confederate postal system. Like many of Mr. Crown’s articles, the depth of original research is truly amazing and should inspire other students to research their respective subjects with equal passion.
The CWPS has distributed copies of this publication to all members. Copies are available for purchase here.
Additional monographs related Civil War Philately can be found here.