From: jsco@usmi02.midland.chevron.com (J. S. Comeaux)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Stamp Collectors' Useful Addresses
Keywords: Stamps, Philately, Address
Date: 13 Nov 92 20:52:28 GMT
Distribution: usa
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Collected from USPS Guide to Postage Stamps, and
Personal surveys.  Enjoy!

AGENCIES

U.S. Postal Service
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
Room 5800
475 L'Enfant Plaza West SW
Washington DC  20260-6352

U.S. Postal Service
Ben Franklin Stamp Club Program
Washington DC  20260-6757

USPS Philatelic Sales Division
Box 449997
Kansas City  MO  64144-9975

PERIODICALS - Ask for a free sample issue.

Linn's Stamp News
PO Box 29
Sidney  OH  45365-0029

Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News
PO Box 5050-f
White Plains  NY  10602

The Minkus Stamp Journal
PO Box 1228
Fort Mill  SC  29715-1228

Stamp Collector
PO Box 10
Albany  OR  97321-0006

Stamps Magazine
85 Canisteo St
Hornell NY  14843-1544

Stamps Auction News
85 Canisteo St
Hornell NY  14843-1544

Scott Stamp Monthly
P O Box 828
Sidney  OH  45365

U.S. Stamps & Postal History
10660 Barkley Lane
Shawnee-Mission  KS  66212-1861

American Philatelic Society
PO Box 8000
State College  PA  16803-8000

ORGANIZATIONS - Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope 
when writing to these organizations.

American Air Mall Society
Stephen Reenhard
P.O. Box 110
Mineola, NY 11501
Specializes in all phases of aerophilately. 
Membership services include Advance Bulletin Service, Auction Service. 
free want ads, Sales Department, monthly journal, discounts on Society 
publications, translation service.

American First Day Cover Society
Mrs. Monte Eiserman
Dept. USG
14359 Chadbourne
Houston, TX 77079-8811
A full-service, not-for-profit, noncommercial society devoted 
exclusively to First Day Covers and First Day Cover collecting. 
Offers information on 300 current cachet producers, expertizing, 
foreign covers. translation service, color slide programs and 
archives covering First Day Covers.

American Philatelic Society
Keith A. Wagner. Exec. Dir.
P.O. Box 8000
State College, PA 16803-8000
A full complement of services and resources for stamp collectors. 
Annual membership offers: library services, educational seminars 
and correspondence courses, expertizing service, estate advisory 
service, translation service, a stamp theft committee that functions 
as a clearing house for philatelic crime information, intramember 
sales service and a monthly journal, The American Philatelist. 
sent to all members. Membership 57,000 worldwide.

American Society for Philatelic Pages and Panels
Gerald Blankenship
P.O. Box 475
Crosby. TX 77532
Focuses on souvenir pages and commemorative panels, with reports 
on news, varieties, errors, oddities and discoveries; free ads

American Stamp Dealers' Association
Joseph B. Savarese
3 School Street
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Association of dealers engaged in every facet of philately, with 
11 regional chapters nationwide. Sponsors national and local 
shows. Will send you a complete listing of dealers in your area 
or collecting specialty. A #10 SASE must accompany your request.

American Topical Association
Donald W. Smith
P.O. Box 630
Johnstown, PA 15907-0630
A service organization concentrating on the specialty of topical 
collecting. Offers handbooks and checklists on specific topics. 
exhibit on awards; Topical Time, a bimonthly publication dealing
with topical interest areas; a slide loan service. information, 
translation, biography and sales services; and an heirs' estate 
service.

Black American Philatelic Society
c/o Walt Robinson
9101 Taylor Street
Landover, MD 20785-2554
For collectors interested in the study of Black Americans on 
postage stamps.

Booklet Collectors Club
Larry Rosenblum
1016 E. El Camino Real, #107-U
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-3759
Devoted to the study of world-wide booklets and booklet collecting, 
with special emphasis on U.S. booklets. Publishes The Interleaf, 
a quarterly journal.

Bureau Issues Association
P.O. Box 1047
Belleville. IL 62223-1047
Devoted to the study of all U.S. stamps, principally those produced 
by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Council of Philatelic Organizations
P.O. Box COPO
State College, PA 16803-8340
A nonprofit organization comprised of more than 400 national, 
regional and local stamp clubs, organizations, societies and 
philatelic business firms. The objective of COPO is to promote 
and encourage the hobby of stamp collecting. Membership is open 
only to organizations; COPO uses a variety of methods to promote 
stamp collecting, including an ongoing publicity campaign, a 
quarterly newsletter and joint sponsorship (with the USPS) of 
National Stamp Collecting Month

Errors, Freaks and Oddities Collectors Club
CWO James McDevitt. USCG (Ret.)
1903 Village Road W
Norwood, MA 02062-2524
Studies stamp production mistakes.

Fine Arts Philatelists
Dr. Thomas W Ullrich
1845 Schwier Court
Indianapolis, IN 46229
An international society devoted to a wider understanding and 
enjoyment of all aspects of the Fine Arts through philately. 
Publishes a quarterly journal and checklists and handbooks 
on such subjects as paintings, sculpture, music, archaeology, etc. 

Junior Philatelists of America 
Central Office
P.0 Box 527
Mansfield, PA 16933-0527
Publishes a bimonthly newsletter. The Philatelic Observer. 
and offers auction, exchange, penpal and other services for 
young stamp collectors Adult Supporting membership and gift 
memberships are available. The Society also publishes 
various brochures on stamp collecting.

Linn's Stamp Club Center
P.0. Box 29
Sidney, OH 45365-0029
Write for the address of a stamp club near your ZIP Code.

Mailer's Postmark Permit Club
Florence M Sugarberg
P.0. Box 5793
Akron, OH 44372-5793
Publishes bimonthly newsletter, Permit Patter. which covers 
all aspects of mailer's precancel postmarks, as well as a 
catalog and two checklists. Send an SASE for information.

Mobile Post Office Society
Andrew C Koval
P.0. Box 502
Bedford Park, IL 60499
A nonprofit organization concentrating on transit markings 
and the history of postal transit routes. The Society is 
engaged in documenting and recording transit postal history 
by publishing books, catalogs and monographs, as well as a 
bimonthly journal.

Modern Postal History Society
Terence Hines
P.0. Box 629
Chappaqua. NY 10514-0629
Emphasizes the collection and study of postal history, 
procedures and rates beginning with the early 20th century 
and including rates as shown by use of definitive stamps on 
commercial covers, markings such as bar codes and inkjet 
postmarks, and auxiliary markings such as "Return to Sender' 
etc.  Publishes the quarterly Modern Postal History Journal.

National Association of Precancel collectors
Glenn V. Dye
5121 Park Blvd
Wildwood NJ 08260-0121
Publishes Precancel Stamp Collector, a monthly newsletter that 
contains information on pre-canceled stamps Operates Bert 
Hoover Arboretum and Chester Davis Memorial Library

Perfins Club
Ralph W. Smith, Secretary
RR 1. Box 5645
Dryden. ME 04225
Send SASE for information.  Perfins are stamps with holes in a 
design or pattern.

Philatelic Foundation
21 E 40th Streel
New York. NY 10016
A nonprofit organization known for its excellent expertization 
service. The Foundation's broad resources include extensive 
collections ons 5,000-volume library and Expert Committee, 
It also publishes educational information Slide and cassette 
programs are available on such subjects as the Pony Express, 
Provisionals, Confederate Postal History and special programs 
for beginning collectors.

Pictorial Cancellation Society
Nicholas Shestople
Deh Usmca Newulm
APO NY 09035
Studies and catalogues USPS pictorial cancellations

Plate Block Collectors Club
P.O. Box 937
Homestead, FL 33090-0937

Plate Number Society
9600 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901-3144

Postal History Society
Diane Boehret
P.0. Box 61774
Virginia Beach, VA 23462-9129
Devoted to the study of various aspects of the development of the 
mails and local, national, and international postal systems: 
UPU treaties; and means of transporting mail.

Post Mark Collectors Club
Lawrence Boing
2351 Grandview Road
Crest Hill, IL 60435-1951
Collects and preserves post-marks on U.S. and foreign retailers.

Precancel Stamp Society
P.0. Box 160
Walkersville MD 21793
A nonprofit organization devoted to the investigation and study 
of precanceled stamps. The Society publishes several catalogs 
and a monthly journal.

Souvenir Card Collectors Society
Robin M Ells
P.O. Box 4155
Tulsa OK 74159-4155
Provides member auctions. a quarlerly journal and access to 
limited-edition souvenir cards.

United Postal Stationery Society
Mrs Joann Thomas
Box 48
Redlands, CA 92373-0601

United States Possessions Philatelic Society
Geoffrey Brewster
141 Lyford Drive
Tiburon CA 94920-1661
Nonprofit organization devoted to the collection and study of the 
postal history of Guam. Hawaii, U S Trust Territories. Puerto Rico, 
U S Administration ot Cuba and the Phillppines. D.W.I./Virgin Islands, 
Ryukyu Islands and the Canal Zone. A quarterly journal is published.

Universal Ship Cancellation Society
David Kent
P.O. Box 127
New Britain CT 06050-0127
Specializes in naval ship cancellations.

LITERATURE

Basic Philately
Stamp Collector
Box 10
Albany OR 97321-0006

Brookman Price Guide of United States Stamps
Arlene Dunn
Brookman Stamp Company
10 Chestnut Drive
Bedford NH 03012-5457
Illustrated, 160-page, perfect-bound catalog

Brookman Price Guide of U.S., U.N. & Canada Stamps
Arlene Dunn
Brookman Stamp Company
10 Chestnut Drive
Bedford, NH 03102-5457
lliustrated, 256-page, spiral-bound catalog.

Brookman Price Guide of U.S. First Day Covers,
Souvenir Cards, USPS Panels & Pages
Arlene Dunn
Brookman Stamp Company
10 Chestnut Drive
Bedford. NH 03102-5457
Illustrated, spiral-bound catalog

Catalogue of United States Souvenir Cards
Washington Press
2 Vreeland Road
Florham Park, NJ 07932-1587

1989 Commemorative Cancellation Catalog
General Image, Inc
P.0 Box 335
Maplewood NJ 07040
Catalogs covering all pictorial cancellations used in the U.S 
during 1988 and 1989 are available.

Compilation of U.S. Souvenir Cards
P.O. Box 4155
Tulsa, OK 74159-4155

First Day Cover Catalogue (U.S.-U.N.)
Washington Press
2 Vreeland Road
Florham Park, NJ 07932-1587
Includes Presidential Inaugural covers

Fleetwood's Standard First Day Cover Catalog
Fleetwood
Cheyenne. WY 82008-0001

The Fun Of Stamp Collecting
Arlene Dunn
Brookman Stamp Company
10 Chestnut Drive
Bedford NH 03102-5457
Illustrated, 96-page, perfect-bound book

19th Century Envelopes Catalog
Box 48
Redlands, CA 92373-0601

Postage Stamp Identifier & Dictionary of Philatelic Terms
Washington Press
2 Vreeland Road
Florham Park, NJ 07932-1587

Preancel Stamp Society
Catalogue of U.S. Bureau Precanceis
P.0. Box 926
Framingham, MA 01701

Precancel Stamp Society
Town and Type Catalogue of U.S. Local Precancels
P.0. Box 926
Framingham. MA 01701

Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue
P.O. Box 828
Sidney, OH 45365-8959

Souvenir Pages Price List
Charles D Simmons
P.0. Box 6238
Buena Park, CA 90622-6238
Please send self-addressed, stamped envelope to receive current 
listings.

Stamps of the World Catalogue
Stanley Gibbons Publications
Available through dealers only.
All the stamps of the world from 1840 to date. Over 1,900 pages 
feature more than 200,000 stamps (47.900 illustrations) from 
over 200 issuing countries.

Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting
Harper & Row
10 East 53rd St
New York, NY 10022-5299

20th Century Envelopes Catalog
Box 48
Redlands, CA 92373-0601

The 24cts 1918 Air Mail lnvert
Washington Press
2 Vreeland Road
Florham Park, NJ 07932-1587
Tells all there is to know about this famous stamp FREE for #10 SASE.

U.S. Postal Card Catalog
Box 48
Redlands, CA 92373   "


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