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The society was founded October 8, 1886. Its predecessor was the Chicago Stamp Collectors Union established a few years earlier, in December 1884. It has the distinction of being Chapter One of the American Philatelic Society because of its long and continuous service to philately. [1]
Belleville Stamp Club, now the Belleville/Scott AFB Stamp Club [58] [59] Beverly Hills Philadelic Society (Chicago) [51] Beverly-Roosevelt Stamp Club (Chicago) [58] Blackhawk Philatelic Society [60] Bloomington Stamp Club [60] Caterpillar Stamp Club (East Peoria) [58] Champaign-Urbana Stamp Club [58] [61] Chicago Air Mail Society [58]
The Hungarian Hyperinflation of 1945–1946: The Postage Rates Postal History of History's Most Impressive Inflation, Robert B. Morgan (2003) First United States Perforated Stamps - The 1857 Issue, Jon W. Rose (2005) [10] Intercepted in Bermuda: The Censorship of Trans-Atlantic Mail During the Second World War, Peter A. Flynn (2006) [11]
Juell, Rodney A. and Steven J. Rod. Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting. Minneapolis: Kirk House Publishers, 2006 ISBN 978-1886513983, 730p. Phillips, David G. et al.' American Stampless Cover Catalog: The standard reference catalog of American Postal History" Vol. 1, 1987 454p David G Phillips Publishing Co.
A rubber stamp is an image or pattern that has been carved, molded, laser engraved, or vulcanized onto a sheet of rubber. Rubber stamping, also called stamping, is a craft in which some type of ink made of dye or pigment is applied to a rubber stamp, and used to make decorative images on some media, such as paper or fabric. [1] [2] [3] [4]
As an inventor, his most important contribution was the development of butyl rubber. [1] [2] Sparks served as president of the American Chemical Society in 1966 and chairman of the National Research Council's Division of Chemistry and Technology from July 1953 to June 1955. [3] Sparks was the holder of 145 patents. [4]
Cachets are also frequently made, either by private companies or a government, for first day of issue stamp events or "second-day" stamp events. They are often present on event covers . The first cacheted FDC (first day cover) was produced by prominent philatelist and cachet maker George Ward Linn in 1923, for the Warren G. Harding memorial ...
Mail art has adopted and appropriated several of graphic forms already associated with the postal system. The rubber stamp officially used for franking mail, already utilized by Dada and Fluxus artists, has been embraced by mail artists who, in addition to reusing ready-made rubber stamps, have them professionally made to their own designs ...