Membre Corr. Etranger                        05.11.2005

Collections :

* Poste maritime transatlantique

Philatelic distinctions :

* Roll of Distinguished Philatelist (2007)
* Elliott Perry Cup (1988) – Stanley B Ashbrook Cup (1990, 2006, 2015)
* Lester G.Brookman cup (1996)
* John N. Luff Research Award (1999)
* Scroll US Philatelic Classics Society (1996)
* JMC Cryer Research Award (2001)
* Lichtenstein Award of New York Coillectors Club (2003)
* Writers Unit Hall of Fame (2010)
* Deutscher Altbriefsammler-Verein e. V. (DASV) SAVO-Plaquette (2010)
* Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award (2016)

Exhibitions :

* national Transatlantic mail gold (several times between 1982 et 1999)
* international gold & large gold (11 times)
* Littérature large gold (London 2010)

Publications :

* North Atlantic Mail Sailings, 1840-75 (co-auteur, 1988)
* Understanding Transatlantic Mail, (Volume 1 – 2006 and Volume 2 – 2009)
* 100+ articles since May 1980
* History of the U.S Philatelic Classics Society – Fev 1998
* Specialized foreign mail study – Août 1990
* American Philatelic Congress Book, recherché articles 1984, 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010
* Foreign Mails Section of the Chronicle -1985 – 2012 (co-rédacteur, rédacteur)
* North Carolina Postal Historian (rédacteur depuis 2009)
* Post Offices and Postmasters of North Carolina (co-rédacteur, 1995)
* North Carolina Postmark Catalog Update (2005 to present)
* United States Incoming Steamship Mail 1847-1875 by Theron Wierenga (rédacteur, 2000)

Fonctions philatéliques :

* President of the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society (1992-96) and board member (1984-96)
* Membre du Luff Award Nominating Committee of American Philatelic Society (1990-2003)
* Vice-président, North Carolina Postal History Commission (1997-2000)
* President of North Carolina Postal History Society (1999 -2015)
* Membre de l’International Postal History Fellowship (1994 – 2014)
* Membre élu de l’International Association of Philatelic Experts (A.I.E.P.) pour l’histoire postale (2002 to present)
* Trustee Philatelic Foundation (2003 – 2008)
* National Postal Museum’s Council of Philatelists (2003 to 2009)