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Stamp collecting began to emerge from obscurity in America after the Civil War, and by the 1880s philatelic societies were being formed to connect collectors, and to legitimize and publicize the hobby.
Through the years, a person has had to be deceased before their face appeared on a stamp, [1] though the USPS will document that a stamp has commemorated people, living or deceased, without including their actual face on the stamp – such as the image of a yellow submarine from the 1969 eponymous album cover shown on the 1999 stamp [2 ...
The Scandinavian Collectors Club is a United States–based philatelic society dedicated to the collection and study of the postage stamps and postal history of the Scandinavia region, including the geographical regions of Åland, Aunus, the Danish West Indies, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Karelia, North Ingermanland, Norway, Slesvig, and Sweden.
Because the stamps were sent to other countries, there was little risk of the stamps actually being used for postage. Historically, a country issued stamps to commemorate an event or honor a national figure, but these new nations created stamps that appealed to popular collecting themes, such as Disney figures, airplanes or space, famous people ...
The Cinderella Stamp Club was founded on 5 June 1959 in London, England, and is an association of philatelists, amateur and professional, whose interests lie in local stamps, telegraph stamps, railway stamps, revenue stamps, fiscals, forgeries, bogus and phantom issues, Christmas, Red Cross, TB and other charity seals, registration labels, advertisement and poster stamps and many other items ...
The club was founded in 1914 by Mr. A. W. Spanton, [1] who posted an advertisement in the newspaper and received responses from twelve philatelists who then formed the club, which they called the Sacramento Stamp Society. The early club meetings were held at the YMCA. Later on, meetings were held at churches, schools, and any location they ...
Jerusalem '73 International Stamp Exhibition, Jerusalem, 25 March-2 April 1974 (postponed from 19 to 30 December 1973) (FIP) Israphil '85 World Stamp Exhibition, Tel Aviv, 14–22 May 1985 (FIP) Israel '98 World Stamp Exhibition, Tel Aviv, 13–21 May 1998 (FIP) Israel World Stamp Championship 2008, Tel Aviv, 14–21 May 2008 (FIP)
First two pages of the Roll on display at the London 2022 International Stamp Exhibition, February 2022. King George V was the first signatory to the Roll. The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP) is a philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921. The Roll consists of five pieces of ...