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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]
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)
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 ...
The Great American Stamp Show will be in Cleveland this weekend for the first time since 1999. Rare stamps on display will include "Inverted Jenny."
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.
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.
In 1881, the Customs and Inland Revenue Act was passed in the United Kingdom, and it stated that "stamp duties of one penny may be denoted by postage stamps, and vice versa." [4] This led to dual-purpose stamps being issued, starting with the Penny Lilac of 1881 and the Lilac and Green Issue of 1883–1884. The former was inscribed "Postage and ...
Three values of the octagonal stamps were introduced to cover higher foreign and registered postal charges on the following dates: 1 Shilling (green) - 11 September 1847, 10d (brown) - 6 November 1848, 6d (mauve/lilac/purple) - 1 March 1854 The 1 shilling was the first British postage stamp to bear a value above 2d. [2]