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Veritas Award Winners

In the November 1982 issue of Vatican Notes, then-President Louis T. Padavan proposed an annual award for the best article. Initially called the "Scribner's Award," the named was changed to "Veritas" in the March 1983 issue. The first award was presented during the VPS convention at Philatelic Show '83 in Boston and it has been awarded every year since. In 1989, the award was named in honor of Rita F. Murphy, an active member of the Eastern Massachusetts chapter who was serving as national treasurer at her death in 1988.

The following is a complete list of winners of the Rita F. Murphy Veritas Award, along with the title of the winning article, if known. You can read the winning articles in PDF format by clicking on the title.
 

Year
Author
Title

2008

Greg Pirozzi

 

Gardens & Medallions 75th Anniversary Retrospective: Part I PDF, 3MB

Part II PDF, 2.17MB

2007

Daniel A. Piazza

 

Ecce Paulus: The Apostle's Tomb is Discovered in Rome PDF, 1.67MB

2006

Richard D. Leitermann

 

2005

Albert A. Antonellis

 

2004

K. Thomas Adkins

 

2003

Albert A. Antonellis

 

Aerogrammes: Fascinating Addition to a Vatican Collection PDF, 349KB

2002

Greg Pirozzi

 

Vatican City Extraterritorial Properties: Parts I and II PDF, 2.1MB

2001

Lois Lunsford Corbin

 

Women at the Vatican: Parts III and IV PDF, 971KB

2000

Thomas I. Crimando

 

The Christmas Issues of Vatican City, 1988-1998 PDF, 756KB

1999

Albert A. Antonellis

 

Identifying the First Vatican Pictorial Postcards PDF, 529KB

1998

Greg Pirozzi

 

Internal Vatican Mail PDF, 1.54MB

1997

Greg Pirozzi

 

1996

Greg Pirozzi

 

Postal History of the 1934 Provisionals PDF, 963KB

1995

Greg Pirozzi

 

Postal History of the Sede Vacante PDF, 1.83MB

1994

William M. Wickert

 

Philatelic History of Popes Since 1929 PDF, 1.64MB

1993

Peter N. G. Rayner

 

Spectroscopic Identification of Papal State Reprints of the 1867-1868 Issues PDF, 3.5MB

1992

Rev. Edward J. Mullowney

 

Collecting Vatican PDF, 711KB

1991

Rev. Msgr. Walter Kern

 

The Pope's Engineer PDF, 856KB

1990

Thomas I. Crimando

 

1989

Louis T. Padavan

 

1988

Louis T. Padavan

 

1987

Louis T. Padavan

 

Vatican Surcharges: 1934 and 1937 PDF, 2.83MB

1986

Louis T. Padavan

 

1985

Louis T. Padavan

 

1984

Louis T. Padavan

 

1983

Louis T. Padavan

 

Brief History of St. Peter's Basilica PDF, 3.28MB

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