At the recent Great American Stamp Show held in Schaumberg, IL from August 14-17, 2025, Polonus members exhibited 50 frames of Polish related material of the over 800 frames of exhibits being shown. Winning the prestigious Polonus Grand Award for Best Exhibit of Polish material was Dr James Mazepa for his exhibit “POLAND: Warsaw Postal Administration, November 11, 1918 to June 1919, First Issues of a New Country” His exhibit also won a large gold medal. Here is a listing of how the other Polish exhibits did at the show:
Large Gold Medals
- Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski – The Air and Gas Defense League (LOPP) in Polish Aerophilately (1923 1939). Also, APS Award of Excellence (1900-1940)
- James Mazepa – POLAND: Warsaw Postal Administration, November 11, 1918 to June 1919, First Issues of a New Country
- Ron Klimley – The Polish Millennium Stamp
- Ron Klimley – The General Pulaski Stamp. Also, Americover Reserve Grand Award and AFDCS Award of Excellence
- Polonus Bulletin (Literature Class)
- Ron Klimley – Zloty Centennial (Literature Class)
Gold Medals
- Ross Marshall Poland Official Mail – The Flat Fee/Lump Sum Regulations 1923-1931
Large Vermeil
- Leonard Piszkiewicz – Poland 1939-45: Occupation – Resistance – Liberation – History from the Combatants’ Viewpoints
- Edwin Andrews – Poland’s White Eagle