A panel of three (3) APS accredited judges will be evaluating the exhibits based on
guidelines delineated in the APS’ Manual of Philatelic Judging. The guidelines include
coverage of the subject, rarity, condition, presentation, relevance of the material, evidence of
research, variety of material and so forth, with some criteria varying according to the type of
exhibit. The panel’s decisions are final in all respects. The distinguished jury for the 2014
Mid-Cities Stamp Expo is:
John Hotchner Mr. Hotchner has been a collector since age 5, and now collects about 20
countries (at least one on every continent), and worldwide EFOs and 19th century number
and letter cancels of the world. He has been an exhibitor since 1976, and an accredited APS
judge since 1986, and at the FIP level since 1989. He is perhaps best known as Linn's weekly
"US Notes" columnist; writing for Linn's since 1976, and regularly for another ten philatelic
periodicals. He is currently the president of the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors,
and was editor of its journal, The Philatelic Exhibitor for its first 25 years. He also served on
the board of the APS for 16 years including a term as president. He is now retired from a 45
year career with the US Department of State, and devotes most of his time to philatelic
pursuits, and trying to convince his ten grandchildren to be stamp collectors!
KathyJohnson:
Kathryn Johnson comes to us from Chicago. She is an accredited APS Judge and on the
CANEJ Board. She is a former Director at Large for the APS, and most recently the APS
Treasurer. Her specialty collecting interest is Ceylon, and she exhibits Ceylon, Mauritius, VMail and Airgraphs, Honduras, First Day Covers, Galena, IL and Canada. She is a member of
the APS, Royal Philatelic Society of London, the Collectors Club of Chicago, AAPE and a
number of other collecting organizations.
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Don Jones.
Allen Donald (Don) Jones (retired APS judge and friend of John):
Portsmouth, Virginia, 23703-2011
1(757) 484-7293 adjaams@aol.com
Military service:
United States Army Guided Missile Installation Electrical Equipment Supervisor
Guided Missile Operational Readiness Evaluation Team
Vocation:
Retired after 30+ years with the United States Government as Senior Weapons System
Engineer for the Fleet Technical Support Center Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia. Areas of
responsibility included weapons, electronics, communications and engineering systems on
United States Navy combatant ships. The position also involved on board ship assistance to
the German, Spanish and Japanese guided missile programs. Additionally served as Foreign
Military Sales representative and coordinator for the United States Navy to Egypt, Greece,
Taiwan and Turkey.
Participation in the following organizations:
West Suburban Stamp Club, Plymouth, MI (Member)
Arizona Philatelic Rangers
(Deputy)
Washington 2006 (Director and Volunteer Co-Chairman) Virginia Philatelic Federation (Past
President)
British North America Philatelic Society (Member)
Royal Philatelic Society
London (Member)
Tidewater International Topics Society (President)
American Air Mail Society (Past
President)
Mount Nittany Philatelic Society, State College, PA (Member) Virginia Beach Stamp Club
(Past President)
Federation Internationale des Societes Aerophilateliques (FISA) (Member) Norfolk (VA)
Philatelic Society (Member)
Federation Internationale de Philatelie (F.I.P.) (Internationally Accredited Judge)
American Philatelic Society (Past Vice-President and Nationally Accredited Judge)
Articles:
U. S. Stamps & Postal History
The American Philatelist
The Florida Philatelist
U. S. Stamp News
British Aerophilatelic Federation
Virginia Philatelic Forum The Airpost Journal
Stamp Collector
American Stamp Dealer & Collector The Philatelic Exhibitor
Linn’s Stamp News
Books (American Air Mail Society):
“Aerial Mail Service: A Chronology of the Early United States Government Air Mail, March –
December 1918”
“MAX, I didn’t really get to know him”
Philatelic Collecting Interests:
Latvia
Memel
SCUBA Outhouses
United States Definitive &
Commemorative Issues
United States Early Government Air Mail
United States Originated Airship Mail
States Pioneer Air Mail
United
International Philatelic Awards: (Gold / Large Vermeil Awards / Special Prizes):
AMERIPEX
(U. S.)
ITALIA
(Italy ) BULGARIA (Bulgaria)
PHILEXFRANCE (France)
CAPEX
(Canada)
PRAGA (Czechoslovakia)
FINLANDIA
(Finland)
HAFNIA (Denmark)
WIPA (Austria)
National Philatelic Grand Awards:
BALPEX (Baltimore, MD)
OKPEX
(Oklahoma City, OK) MIDAPHIL (Kansas
City, KS)
STAMPOREE (West Palm Beach, FL)
ARIPEX
(Phoenix, AZ)
Philatelic Recognition:
American Air Mail Society - - Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame
American Philatelic Society - - Luff Award (Philatelic Research)
Federation Internationale des Societes Aerophilateliques (FISA) - - Gold Medal Award