April-December 1977, Vol. 3, No.s 2-4 - International Philippine ...

APS MEMBER WON MAJOR AWARDS IN AEROPEX '77
By Linda Stanfield
APS Member lIario Que won the top major
,wards at the rcoehtly concluded Aeropex '77.
Spon""ed by the International Phil. PhilateHc
Society, the exhibition which limited its entries
to airmail and aerophilatelic materials was opened
on October 24, 1977 at the Thomas JeffcISon
Cultural Center in Metro Manila.. with some 250
Crunes of rare collections. Que, who competed. on
both the Philippines and Pan Am aerophilatelic
categories won for the two exhibits most of the
top awards.
His entry under Pan Am category - entitled
"Pan Am's Philippine Connection" consisted of ten
frames depicting the history of Pan Am's flight
to and from the Philippines as philatelically recorded
in flown covers. starting from the First
TransPacific Flight in 1935 from San Francisco
to Manila, to the 1975 Anniversary of the said
flight in which a set of stamps was issued by the
Philippine Bureau of Posts, as wen as covers were
authoriz.ed to be flown for the occasion. The said
coDection won for Que the Best of Show Award ­
the American Airmail Society Gold Medal plus
the 4 ft. 4" Juan T. Trippe Trophy donated by
Pan American Airways. The trophy was named
after the founder of Pan Am and Otainnan ofthe
Board for over faurty years. It also won fOI Que
the APS Bronze Medal for the Best Exhibit of a
member of the American Philatelic Society. and
the Gold APS Olapter Medal for the Best Exhibit
of an IPPS member.
The Philippine entry of Que - entitled "Philip·­
pine Airmail Stamps 1926 to 1977 - A Complete
Collection" - is indeed complete from the rare and
elusive Madrid-Manila stamps of 1926 to the recently
issued Espamer