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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]
Japan World Stamp Exhibition 2011, Yokohama, 28 July-2 August 2011 (FIP) [10] PHILANIPPON 2021 (37th Asian International Stamp Exhibition), Yokohama, 25–30 August 2021 (FIP) [ 11 ] Republic of Korea
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]
S&H Green Stamps Booklet covers. S&H Green Stamps was a line of trading stamps popular in the United States from 1896 until the late 1980s. They were distributed as part of a rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company (S&H), founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson.
Queen Victoria Lilac and Green Issue. The Lilac and Green issue is a series of postage and revenue stamps issued in the United Kingdom in 1883 and 1884. The stamps are known as such because they were only printed in those two colours; lilac being used for the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 d, 2d, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 d, 3d values and dull green for the 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d and 1s.
The president's office at the Cabeen House in Chicago. The main reading room on the second floor of the clubhouse Some books at the CCC library. The Collectors Club of Chicago (CCC) began with informal meetings in the 1920s of specialized collectors residing in the Chicago area. The CCC was incorporated as a not-for-profit in Illinois.
Wieboldt's was known for giving S&H Green Stamps with purchases, and there were redemption centers located in their stores. The State Street location included a particularly large redemption center. Customers would choose items based on the number of stamps redeemed.
The variety of colours and designs was partly in response to the much-disliked "Lilac and Green" issues of 1883-1884. [3]The 1884 Stamp Committee was formed to make decisions about improved replacements.