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A philatelic calendar is a collection of postmarks from each day, month, and year during the period collected. The stamps collected may be limited to the stamps of one country, or even to a particular issue such as Penny Lilac. A philatelic calendar extending from the first day of issue of the Penny Black to the present would include stamps ...
Omaha Stamp Show - Omaha, Nebraska; Philatelic Show - Boston, Massachusetts; PIPEX - multiple locations in Oregon [52] Plymouth Show Detroit, Michigan; Rocky Mountain Stamp Show - Denver, Colorado (formerly ROMPEX) [52] ROPEX - Rochester, New York [52] St. Louis Stamp Expo - St. Louis, Missouri; Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition - Sarasota ...
By the middle of the twentieth century, hundreds of stamp clubs had formed throughout the United States, often affiliated with large organizations, such as the American Philatelic Society or the American Topical Association. Many published their own scholarly articles or journals, while others advertised in the journals of larger philatelic ...
Both shows rotate to different locations around the country. The Summer event is the largest annual national show with 150 dealers, 10,000 pages of exhibits, meetings of more than 25 national societies, and over 100 educational seminars. Local stamp clubs host smaller shows, some several times each year.
Admission is free of charge [7] and visitors can purchase a philatelic souvenir available to commemorate the show. These souvenirs come in the form of a Stampa overprinted Irish stamp issue, cover, or postcard with the show dates and venue. [8] Past souvenirs included the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, (2015) and the 1916 Rising (2016).
The first postage stamp was issued in Great Britain in 1840, and by the early 1860s the first postage stamp forgery [3] —in the sense of a stamp created to fool philatelists into thinking that it is a genuine one—appeared on the market.
Membership is open to all dealers and sellers of postage stamps and revenue stamps who agree to abide by the rules and regulations of ASDA. Several benefits of membership are: use of the ASDA logo, attending ASDA stamp shows which are held several times a year, receiving a membership directory and a subscription to the ASDA magazine.
The United States Stamp Society (USSS) is the largest philatelic organization dedicated to the research and study of United States postage and revenue stamps. The Society is a non-profit collector-based organization with a world-wide membership of over 1700. The USSS is Affiliate #150 of the American Philatelic Society (APS).