The winners of the Crawford Medal at the 4th Annual Crawford Festival were Tomas Bjäringer and Mårten Sundberg, co-authors of Tête Bêche: Rarities from the Oval-Issue of Finland. The shortlisted books included:
- Dominica: Philately to 1967 by Simon Richards.
- New York City Foreign Mail 1845–1878 (2 Volumes) by Nicholas M Kirke.
- Italia e Iberia: la posta fra gli stati delle due penisole 1814–1876 [Italy and Iberia: the mail between the states of the two peninsulas] by Lorenzo Carra.
- The Rhodesias and Nyasaland – Colonial Rule to Majority Rule – The Evolution of the Mails by Brian Trotter, Pat Flanagan and Keith Harrop.
- The Postal Stationery of Nigeria by Peter Hørlyck.
The event was organised by the Royal Philatelic Society London and held on its premises on 24 and 25 June.