Collectors Club of Chicago Robert Pratt Award

Initiated in 1997, the CCC Pratt Award is named for Col. Robert H. Pratt, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the pre-eminent Newfoundland stamp and postal history collector, researcher, and author.

The Pratt Estate bequeathed funds to the CCC for the establishment of an annual award for the best article, series of articles, book, or electronic presentation related to Newfoundland’s philately.

The Award

The award consists of a one thousand dollars ($US1,000) honorarium awarded annually in its entirety to one (or pro-rated to two or more) author(s) for articles or other publications related to the philately of Newfoundland as judged by the Pratt Award Committee as being significant and of academic merit. It is awarded in the year following the year in which the best judged Newfoundland philatelic research work was published.

CCC Pratt Award Representative Contact

All submissions to be considered for the CCC Pratt Award must be submitted to the Committee’s Chairperson. In the event of questions or communications, also please contact the Club’s representative:

George P. Fabian
CCC Pratt Awards Chairman
230 Fir St
Park Forest, IL 60466-1717
E-Mail: GFabian@CollectorsClubChicago.org

Previous CCC Pratt Awardees (1997-2012)

  • 1997 - Norris R. Dyer, ‘Newfoundland's 1897 1-cent Postal Shortage & Newfoundland's Missing Three Provisional – A Mirage’ (B.N.A. Topics, 3rd Quarters 1995 and 1996)
  • 1998 - John Butt and John M. Walsh, the Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue.
  • 1999 - Norris R. Dyer, for: ‘       … extensive writings on the overprints of Newfoundland and the early airmail flights from Newfoundland       …’ as published in various periodicals.
  • 2000 - Norris R. Dyer and John M. Walsh, for: ‘       … outstanding articles published the 1999 and 2000 issues of B.N.A. Topics       …’.
  • 2001 - (Pratt Award Not Presented)
  • 2002 - Norris R. Dyer, Dean Mario, and Sammy Whaley; “Newfoundland’s ‘Paid All’ and ‘Postage Paid’ Markings, 1897-1948”; “Newfoundland’s Provisional Postcard and Those Who Exploited it”; and “The Newfoundland ((235)) Cancel”; (B.N.A. Topics, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Quarters 2001)
  • 2003 - Dean Mario, “Newfoundland’s ‘FS’ Handstamps & Newfoundland’s 1919 Sudan Booklet – Bogus or Bona Fide?” (B.N.A. Topics, 3rd and 4th Quarters 2002)
  • 2004 - C. R. McGuire, SS Caribou (Series), Postal History Society of Canada Journal
  • 2005 - Colin Lewis - “Newfoundland-Oporto Mail 1810-1865” (B.N.A. Topics, 4th Quarter 2004).
  • 2006 – Sammy Whaley, Newfoundland: 1865-1879. The New York Printings - A Cover Study (Published by the author).
  • 2007 - (Pratt Award Not Presented)
  • 2008 - Brian T. Stalker, Travelling Post Office Postmarks of Newfoundland & Labrador (Publisher: British North America Philatelic Society / BNAPS).
  • 2009 - Peter C. Motson, Newfoundland Airmail Stamps and Air Mail Flights: 1918-1949 (Publisher: British North America Philatelic Society / BNAPS).
  • 2010 - Norris R. Dyer [for “The Newfoundland 1888-1898 1¢ Green Prince Edward Stamp”]; Brian Stalker [for “Newfoundland’s Coastal North & Labrador Mail Services and Loss of the S.S. ‘Volunteer’ on 19 November 1891”]; and Brian Stalker & Mike Street (for “Labrador Winter Mail Challenges and Heroics - Mail Courier Ernst B. Doane’s 1910-1911 Crossing of the Strait of Belle Isle”]; (all in 2010 Editions of B.N.A. Topics).
  • 2011 - Anthony B. Thompson, “Newfoundland's Industrial Issue and the 'Coat of Arms' Watermark Layout” (B.N.A. Topics, 1st Quarter 2011).
  • 2012 - David D. D'Alessandris, “Mail between the United States and Newfoundland” (The Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues, Vol. 64, No. 4 [Whole No. 236], November 2012).
  • 2013 - Anthony B. Thompson [for “The Intaglio Printing of Newfoundland's 1932-1941 Industrial Issue” B.N.A. Topics, Vol. 70 No. 2, April-June 2013]; Anthony B. Thompson [for“ The Intaglio Printing of the Newfoundland 1¢ 'Pile of Cod' Stamps”,B.N.A. Topics, Vol. 70 No. 4, October-December 2013]; Robin J. Moore and John M. Walsh [for “Newfoundland Inverted Halifax Airmails with Mirror Image Offsets”, The Canadian Philatelist, Vol. 64 No. 5, September-October 2013].