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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.
The society honors those who serve honorably and notably in the field of philately. The American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame honors those now-deceased philatelists who have served philately. In addition, the society honors living distinguished philatelists for their contributions to the field with the Luff Award.
This is the sub-category of philatelists who were born or lived in the United States of America or and are known for their study of postage stamps and/or postal history Contents Top
This is a list of philatelists, persons notable for their contributions to philately. B. David Beech MBE FRPSL, "Former President ...
Amadeo P. Giannini (1973) Bank of America founder; Josiah Willard Gibbs (2005) Thermodynamicist [16] Josh Gibson (2000) Baseball player [33] Robert H. Goddard on a 1964 stamp. Althea Gibson (2013) Tennis player [37] [62] [63] [64] Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2023) 107th Supreme Court Justice [65] Jackie Gleason (2009) Comedian [13] Robert H. Goddard ...
Its founding members include such famous philatelists as Dr. Carroll Chase, Stanley Bryan Ashbrook, and Leo J. Shaughnessy. Meetings The society holds annual meetings
American philatelists (1 C, 219 P) Argentine philatelists (2 P) Australian philatelists (21 P) Austrian philatelists (7 P) B. Belgian philatelists (15 P)
There have been eleven curators of the National Philatelic Collection. [8] The first curator, at the time officially titled "government philatelist", was Joseph Britton Leavy who was retained in 1913 to help organize the collection which had rapidly expanded due to a large donation from the Post Office the preceding year. [8]