Cheryl R. Ganz, the former philatelic curator of the Smithsonian Postal Museum, has won the Single Frame Champion of Champions competition for her exhibit, “Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Onboard Postmarks.”

The award was presented at the AmeriStamp Expo 2018 banquet in Birmingham, Alabama, by American Philatelic Society president Mick Zais.

Ganz is the first woman to win the Single Frame Champion of Champions competition.

The Single Frame Champion of Champions competition involved the single-frame grand award winners from stamp shows in the past year. Ganz’s exhibit won at StampShow 2017.

Rick Gibson’s exhibit “The Forest Conservation Issue of 1958” won the Most Popular Champion of Champions competition. It had won the Most Popular vote at Minnesota Stamp Expo 2017. Gibson is shown with his “trophy.”

Robert Mayo won AmeriStamp Expo 2018’s Single Frame Grand for “The Straightlines of Richmond, VA, 1782-1800.” “Georgia Bicentennial” by Charles J. O’Brien, III, won the Best Multiframe award. Both exhibits received Large Gold medals as well.

The complete palmares (list of exhibit awards) should be on the APS website soon.