SESCAL (Stamp Exhibition of Southern California) had been one of the main venues for collectors of Japanese related material to display their philatelic exhibits and literature articles. Sadly, SESCAL has announced that there will be No SESCAL show in 2023 or in the Foreseeable Future! More information can be found on the SESCAL website here.
ISJP members who were winners in the SESCAL literature competitions are shown below.
2022:
Vermeil
“Domestic registration labels and stamps used from 1897-1945″ by Anker Nielsen
2021:
Reserve Grand Award, Large Gold
Special Award- Best Japanese Related Article
Postal History Society Award.
“Foreign registration labels with letter codes A, B or C” by Anker Nielsen
Other Large Gold
“Meiji Period Mail Collection Seal Books”, by Kenneth Bryson
“The Christmas Postcards of the Japanese POW camps in WWI“, by Harold Krische
Vermeil
“A Postcard in a Bottle“, by Kenneth G. Clark
“Visit of the Great White Fleet to Japan1908: Program and Postcards”, by Anker Nielsen
Large Silver
“Disneyana Japonica“, by William Silvester
Silver
“Japonica (1) & (2)”, by Danny Meng
2020:
Large Gold
Special Award- Best Japanese Related Article
“The 1919 Nioshima Camp Exhibition and its Postcards” by Harold Krische
Vermeil
“Report: A Personal Discovery“, by Kenneth Bryson
“The First Showa Series of Definitive Stamps – Coil Stamps/Booklet Stamps”, Kenneth G. Clark
“‘Double Circle’ type Medium-Size, Single-Circle cancellation with a 2-digit year, New reported sightings from Kōbe and Tōkyō”, by Anker Nielsen
Large Silver
“Karl Lewis Yokohama Years”, by Todd Lewis
“New Karl Lewis New Zealand Covers?”, by Todd J. Lewis
“Registered domestic mail with proof of delivery”, by Anker Nielsen
Silver
“1889 Cover with Interesting Markings“, by Zach Lawrence
Silver-Bronze
“Another Cover with Interesting Markings“, by Zach Lawrence