Stefanie Fackelmann, representing the auction house Gärtner, and Rainer von Scharpen present the symbolic cheque and the stele to Leonard Hartmann (right) from the USA. Photo: Wolfgang Maassen
After a three-year break, the so-called C.G. Awards of the auction house Christoph Gärtner in Bietigheim-Bissingen took place again in Monte-Carlo at the end of November 2022. These awards honour the literary work of working groups and associations that have distinguished themselves with particularly high-quality and sophisticated publications. The international jury, which had a choice of 36 digital or printed entries, was chaired by Rainer von Scharpen and decided by a razor-thin majority in favour of the newsletter of the ArGe Norddeutscher Postbezirk, for which AIJP President Wolfgang Maassen received the main prize of 2,000 euros in Monte-Carlo. Second place went to Leonard Hartmann (Philatelic Bibliopole) from the USA with his book on Peter Winter “Swansong. Memories of an Artist and a Forger”, for which he received 1,000 euros in prize money. Third place went to ArGe Österreich e.V.
In the digital media category, the winner was the Philatelisten-Verein Wittlich e.V. by a margin of 0.25 points, and in the youth category, the Junge Briefmarkenfreunde Herford with their magazine “Das Steckenpferd”.
This year’s winner of the C.G. Award was the ArGe Norddeutscher Postbezirk e.V., for which Wolfgang Maassen (right) accepted the main prize on its behalf. To his left are Rainer von Scharpen (jury) and Stefanie Fackelmann (Auktionshaus C. Gärtner). Photo: Claudia Maassen
