MARE BALTICUM 2024 AWARDS
Grand Prix
International
Donated by FEPA (Bill Hedley)
Grand Prix
Mare Balticum 2024
Donated by FIP
Grand Prix
National
Donated by OY HELLMAN HUUTOKAUPAT
MARE BALTICUM 2024 MEDALS
Final design by Viktor Kuik
The Royal Philatelic Society London Exhibition Medal
The Royal Philatelic Society London Exhibition Medal is one of the most exclusive in philately, having only been presented eighteen times in its seventy-five-year history, including to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The original medal was presented from 1949 until 1968, followed by a special presentation to Her Majesty in 2006, on the occasion of the centenary of the granting of ‘Royal’ status to the RPSL. It was resurrected in 2022 and Mare Balticum 2024 will be the fifth time it has been presented since then.
On this occasion it will be independently judged by a panel comprising four Fellows of the RPSL. They will seek to award it to an exhibitor who is not a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London. It will be for an exceptional, innovative exhibit with a truly original approach to exhibiting, both in subject and presentation, whether or not it is recognised by the FIP marking system. The Medal will be presented at the Palmares.
The winner will also receive membership to the Royal Philatelic Society London with their 2024 membership fee paid.
Original style medal:
1949 Paris: CITEX
1949 Brussels: BEPITEX
1950 London International Exhibition
1950 London International Exhibition
1950 Madrid: ECSE
1951 Toronto: CAPEX
1952 Cape Town: Tercentenary Exhibition
1953 Lisbon: Portuguese Stamp Centenary
1955 Stockholm: STOCKHOLMIA 55
1956 Helsinki: FINLANDIA 56
1963 Istanbul: ISTANBUL 63
1965 Vienna: WIPA 1965
1967 Amsterdam: AMPHILEX 67
1968 Mexico City: EFIMEX 68
2006 ‘Royal’ centenary presentation
New style medal:
2022 London International Exhibition
2022 Cape Town International Exhibition
2023 IBRA World Stamp Show, Essen
2023 Thailand 2023
2024 Mare Balticum 2024
Theodore Champion (Selected display)
Louis Zurstassen (The ‘Epaulettes’ of Belgium)
Sveriges Filatelist Forening (Swedish stamps)
Mrs Louise Boyd Dale (Selected Display)
Dr Hans Leemann (Swiss stamps)
Dr Clarence Hennan (South and Central America)
D. J. Klink (The early stamps of Holland)
Dr Carlos Trinçao (Services to international philately)
Georg Menzinski (Swedish Skilling Banco stamps)
Leo Linder (Finland)
Orhan Brandt (Services to International Philately)
Dr Paul Wolfe (Services to international philately)
W. S. Wolfe De Beer (Services to international philately)
Emilio Obregon (Services to International Philately)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Frank Walton RDP (Meritorious exhibition organising)
Jan Hofmeyr (Philatelic Invention in the USA,1860-79)
Steve McGill (British Marvelous Machins)
The Philatelic Association of Thailand
To be announced turing MARE BALTICUM 2024 PALMARÈS
DONATED SPECIAL PRIZES
1. American Philatelic Society
Sculpture – The Broncho Buster (replica)
Size: 15 x 23 x 23 cm ( ~4 kg)
2. Polish Philatelists Union
Piece of art – The Monument of Fryderyk Chopin in Warsaw
3 .Danish Philatelic Federation
Bowl – A polished steel bowl designed by Georg Jensen
Size: 16 x 16 x 8 cm ( ~0,3 kg)
4. Association of British Philatelic Societies
Book – A History of The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869 to 2019
Size: 22 x 29 x 2,4 cm (~1,4 kg)
5. Federation of Norwegian Philatelists
Piece of art – Viking sword (replica)
Size: 1:5
6. Swedish Philatelic Federation
Vase – Orrefors Kosta Boda vase
Size: 14 x 14 x 26 cm ( ~3,5 kg)
7. Philatelic Federation of Finland
Vase designed by Alvar Aalto
Size: 17 x 23 x 22 cm (~1,6 kg)
8. Donated by Tuomo Koskiaho
Bowl designed by Alvar Aalto
Size: 36 x 36 x 6 cm (~1 kg)
9.The Finnish Estonian Philatelist Club (Eesti Filatelistit)
Vase designed by Alvar Aalto
Size: 22 x 22 x 27 cm (~2,2 kg)
10. The Finnish Postal Museum
Book – Early Finnish Mail
(Signed copy by the authors)
Size: 26 x 19 x 2 cm (~1,4 kg)
11. The Germany Philatelic Society (USA)
Book – From Hinrichsen to Krag: The Experimental and Early Machine Postmarks of Germany (1866 until 1906) Author – Jerry H. Miller
Size:
12. Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V. (BDPh)
Digital microscope
Size:
13. Donated by Jean-Jacques Tillard
from St. Pierre et Miquelon
Medal – St. Pierre et Miquelon
Silver medal in a box
Size: 70 mm