page_title: Collectors Club of Chicago
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Collectors Club of Chicago / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Collectors Club of Chicago Award of Excellence. Manufactured by Crystal Clear Memories Co. of Tampa, FL, it is made using a high-definition, three-dimensional hand engraving process on a borosilicate glass crystal possessing optimum clarity and refraction. The Award base has a lasting-forever enclosed xenon-white LED that creates a striking effect of the engraving when employed. Excluding the LED base, the Award measures an approximate 5” tall, 3” wide and 2.5” deep.
context_page_description: The origins of the Collectors Club of Chicago are traced to the informal meetings during the 1920s of specialized collectors residing in the local area.
  The CCC was incorporated in accordance with the General Not For Profit Corporation Act on 13 October 1928 in the State of Illinois, with nine members being named directors and with meetings being conducted in members' homes.
  Meetings continued at members' homes until World War II, at which time the meetings lapsed. On Sunday, 26 November 1944, a reorganization meeting of the then-charter-named "Chicago Collectors Club" was held at the home of Maj. Max G. Johl. Today's CCC is the result of that reorganization effort.
  In 1967, CCC member Richard McPherren Cabeen offered the Collectors Club of Chicago his four-level brownstone home, located in Chicago's downtown "Gold Coast" area at 1029 North Dearborn Street. The Cabeen offer was accepted, and the building has served as the CCC Clubhouse since that time.
context_section_description: CCC Award of Excellence. This award is given at the discretion of the jury for an exhibit judged to be the most excellent with respect to content, presentation and completion. On an annual basis, it is available for the American Philatelic Society / American Topical Association / American First Day Cover Society Great American Stamp Show and internationally to select FIP (Fédération Internationale de Philatélie) and FIAF (Federación Interamericana de Filatelia) sponsored exhibitions. The made-in-the-USA award is a borosilucate glass crystal with high-definition, three-dimensional hand engraving.
  CCC Gold Medallion Award. This award is given to a multi-frame Large Gold or very deserving Gold Medal exhibit for particular merit in:
  1. Originality in concept;
  2. Strong integration of research;
  3. A new approach to exhibiting;
  4. Exceptionally clear and informative exhibit write-up;
  5. Visual appeal to the public. CCC allows for the Gold Medallion Award to be given to a single-frame exhibit in exceptional circumstances. Judges may designate the award to the Grand or Reserve Grand exhibit in a stamp show, but CCC asks that the award not be bestowed upon exhibits of lower merit.
  CCC Robert Pratt Award. The CCC Pratt Award is named for Col. Robert H. Pratt, the pre-eminent Newfoundland stamp and postal history collector, researcher, and author. The award consists of a $US1,000 honorarium awarded annually in its entirety to one or more author(s) for articles or other publications related to the philately of Newfoundland as judged by the CCC Pratt Award Committee.
caption: Manufactured by Crystal Clear Memories Co. of Tampa, FL, the CCC Award of Excellence is made using a high definition 3-dimensional hand engraving process on a borosilicate glass crystal possessing optimum clarity and refraction. The Award base has a lasting-forever enclosed xenon-white LED that creates a striking effect of the engraving when employed. Excluding the LED base, the Award measures an approximate 5” tall, 3” wide and 2.5” deep.
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