Mercer R Bowers Award
For New and Improved Exhibits
Award Recipients
| Award Date | Awardee Name | Award Show | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Barney Clancy | CHICAGOPEX | Ireland, Postal Stationery 1922-1942 (m) |
| 2004 | Joseph E. Foley | CHICAGOPEX | The Ubiguitous Tuppence Map (s) |
| 2005 | Barney Clancy | SESCAL | Ireland Propaganda Labels 1922-1965 (m) |
| 2005 | Barney Clancy | SASCAL | The Pre-Decimal Booklets of Ireland (s) |
| 2006 | Barney Clancy | BALPEX | The Pre-Decimal Booklets of Ireland (s) |
| 2006 | Paul Bento | BALPEX | An Introduction to Irish Perfins (m) |
| 2007 | George Nicholson | Boxborough | Irish History through the Post 1820-2000 (m) |
| 2007 | David Brennan | Boxborough | Railway Parcel Stamps of Ireland 1855-1900 (s) |
| 2008 | Brian Warren | STAMPA | Carrickfergus Castle (m) |
| 2008 | Ronny Vogt | STAMPA | Ballon Mont’s to Ireland (s) |
| 2009 | John Madigan | CHICAGOPEX | The Overprints of Ireland (m) |
| 2009 | David Brennan | CHICAGOPEX | Railway Parcel Stamps of Ireland 1855-1900 (s) |
| 2010 | (No award presented) | ||
| 2011 | Barney Clancy | Boxborough | Political and Propaganda Labels of Ireland |
| 2011 | David Brennan | Boxborough | Telegraph Stamps & Forms used in Great Britain and Ireland (m) |
| 2012 | Raymond Murphy | STAMPA | Irish Offiical Mail Logos |
| 2012 | Gerry Byrne | STAMPA | Irish Pan American Airways, 1928-1941 |
| 2013 | Liam Malone | BALPEX | The Postage Due Stamps of Ireland 1922 – 1993 (m) |
| 2013 | Brian Harmon | BALPEX | Water Conservation; Save water, Save Life (s) |
| 2014 | Raymond Murphy | Sescal 2014 | Official Mail of the Irish Provisional Government and the irish Free State |
| 2014 | Bill O’Connor | Sescal 2014 | A Visit to Ireland and the Irish International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907, as Seen through Picture Postcards of the Time. |
| 2015 | Alfred E. Kugel | Chicagopex 2015 | New single frame exhibit “British Forces in Ireland 1920-1922” |
| 2015 | Liam Malone | Chicagopex 2015 | For his new and novel multiple frame exhibit “Wild Flowers Definitives of Ireland” |
| 2016 | Bridget McLain | Garfield Perry | Ireland’s Stamps of Independence: An Irish Identity Revealed |
| 2017 | William A. O’Connor | MILCOPEX 2017 | (s) The irish International Exhibition, Dublin 1907 |
| 2018 | Brian Callan | BALPEX | Postcards from River Lee, Cork City and harbor, 1900-1920. (m) |
| 2018 | Raymond H. Murphy | Balpex 2018 | Official mail of the Irish provisional Government and the Irish Free State 1922-1937. (s) |
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