EXHIBIT AWARDS


Subject to having qualifying exhibits, the following awards are expected to be awarded at Minnesota Stamp Expo 2025. The show committee thanks the organizations for their support of exhibiting. For more information on the sponsoring organization, please click on their name.

Societies and Clubs - If your organization would like to supply or sponsor an award at Minnesota Stamp Expo, please contact Todd Ronnei, Exhibits & Awards Chair, at tronnei@gmail.com.

SHOW AWARDS

Rossmer V. Olson Grand Award*
Reserve Grand Award
Single Frame First Place Award
People’s Choice Award
Youth First and Second Place Awards
Large Gold, Gold, Large Vermeil, Vermeil, Large Silver, Silver, Silver-Bronze and Bronze Medals to qualifying exhibits


NATIONAL SOCIETY AWARDS

American Philatelic Society

Award of Excellence - Pre 1900 Material
Award of Excellence – 1900-1940 Material
Award of Excellence – 1940-1980 Material
Award of Excellence – Post 1980 Material
Award for Research

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors

Gold Award of Honor (2)
Creativity in Philatelic Exhibiting
Treatment Award
Jean Benninghoff Encouragement Award
Women Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Award

American Philatelic and Postal History Congress

The Congress Book
Postal History Medal

American Topical Association

ATA First, Second and Third Awards
ATA One-Frame Award
ATA Youth Award

United States Stamp Society – Statue of Freedom Award

United States Philatelic Classics Society - Medal

American First Day Cover Society – Best FDC Exhibit Award

Collectors Club of Chicago - Gold Medallion Award

National Stamp Dealers Association

Most Popular Exhibit
Outstanding Presentation Award

Professional Stamp Experts - “Its Not Just Stamps” Award

United Postal Stationery Society

Marcus White Multi-Frame Award
UPSS Single Frame Award


MINNESOTA AWARDS

Minnesota Stamp Dealers Association Incentive to Collect Award

Minnesota Postal History Society - Best Minnesota Postal History Exhibit



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*The Minnesota Stamp Expo Grand Award is named in honor of Rossmer V. Olson (1929-2021).

Ross was probably best known on the national and international stamp stage as a Scandinavian collector and exhibitor, garnering top prizes for his Swedish exhibits. Locally, he was a long-time member of Scandinavian Collectors Club #14 and a volunteer on the Minnesota Stamp Expo committee. He quipped that over his tenure with the Minnesota Stamp Expo, he probably held just about every role there was.

For many years, Ross's careful and thoughtful stewardship of the exhibiting portion of the Minnesota Stamp Expo ensured there were numerous exhibits entered, they were properly handled and displayed, received the awards and recognition earned as decided by the exhibition jury, and were carefully returned to the exhibitors after the show. Ross also made a point of encouraging others to try their hand at exhibiting, thus ensuring a continued legacy of exhibiting at the show.