In the ‘Monographs’ group, the DASV was in a leading gold position with 93 points for its work ‘Napoleon’s Waterloo – Rule of the 100 Days. Postal history and historical geography in context’ with 93 points, closely followed by the ArGe Krone/Adler e.V., which had exhibited the work “Postvorschuss und Nachnahme bei der Norddeutschen Bundespost und der Deutschen Reichspost 1868–1878” and also received a Grand Gold award and 92 points for it. Just one point less, namely 91 and a large gold medal, was awarded to the Berlin Research Association for ‘The Currency Reform in Berlin (West) 1948/49’.
The first three places in the ‘magazines’ group were very close. First place, with an amazing 94 points – the highest number of points ever! – and a large gold medal went to the ArGe Bayern, second place, with 92 points and a large gold medal, went to the DASV, and third place, with 90 points, went to the ArGe der Sammler Deutscher Kolonialpostwertzeichen.
In the websites category, the DASV once again took first place with 91 points and grand gold, followed by the Bautenserie 1948 study group in second place with 88 points and gold, and the Baltic States study group in third place with 87 points, also gold. In the e-book category, the Bochmann Catalogue of the Postmark Guild shone with a grand gold and 91 points, followed by the exhibit of the Berlin Research Community ‘Possible Uses of Allied Travel Authorisation Stamps 1947–1969’ (86 points, gold) and the special edition of the free digital magazine “Moderne Angola-Philatelie” from the ArGe Portugal und ehemalige Kolonien (80 points, 3rd place).
In his closing statement, Witkowski emphasised that there had hardly ever been such good results, but also such close ones. He said that the progress in the design and content structuring of the works was clearly visible, so it was not easy for the jury to come to an appropriate result. However, the results are encouraging to participate in another exhibition of this kind.
Translated with DeepL (www.deepl.com)
