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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 ...
The cover of the second edition of Madame Joseph Revisited by Brian Cartwright showing forged cancels on genuine Falkland Islands stamps of 1933.. Madame Joseph (c.1900 – after late 1940s) [1] was a stamp dealer active in London in the early part of the twentieth century and who has since been revealed to be a major supplier of stamps with forged cancels.
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 ...
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.
The FIP promotes stamp collecting and philately. The FIP works to promote philately in developing countries, in Asia and in industrialised countries, where it appears to be stagnating. [1] It coordinates contact between philatelic organisations in different countries. [2] Every year the FIP provides patronage to a number of major stamp ...
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).