Links
Non-Profit Philatelic Websites
National and International Organizations
- American Airmail Society
- American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors
- American First Day Cover Society
- American Philatelic Congress
- American Philatelic Society
- American Revenue Society
- American Society for Philatelic Pages and Panels
- American Society of Polar Philatelists
- American Stamp Dealers Association
- American Topical Association
- APS Stamp YouTube
- Art Cover Exchange
- Auxiliary Markings Club
- Carto Philatelic Society (Collectors of Maps on Stamps)
- Censored and Military Postal History
- Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain
- Carriers and Locals Society
- The Confederate Stamp Alliance
- Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections
- Errors, Freaks, and Oddities Collectors Club
- Ethiopian Stamp Society
- Haiti Philatelic Society
- The International Society for Japanese Philately
- Liberian Philatelic Society
- Military Postal History Society
- Mobile Post Office Society
- National Stamp Dealers Association
- New Zealand Society of Great Britain
- Pacific Islands Study Circle
- Philatelic Foundation
- Plate Number Coil Collectors Club
- Postal Order Society
- Postmark Collectors Club
- The Precancel Stamp Society
- The Royal Philatelic Society London
- Founded in 1869, it is the oldest philatelic society in the world.
- The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
- Scandinavian Collectors Club
- Scouts on Stamps Society International
- Sports Phihlatelists International
- US Philatelic Classics Society
- USPS Postal Bulletin
- United Postal Stationary Society
- United States Stamp Society
- The Western Cover Society
- Youth Philatelic Leadership Foundation
Articles and Research
- African American Subjects on United States Stamps
- Battleship Revenue Stamps
- David Straight Memorial Philatelic Union Catalog
- Hosted by the American Philatelic Research Library, you can search the holdings of 13 philatelic libraries.
- Doane Cancels by Gary Andersen
- Library of Congress
- Links to electronic access of the Library of Congress catalog and those of many other institutions.
- Stamp Printers by Glenn H. Morgan
- Stamp Forgery Guide
- Worldwide sources of information on forged stamps and stamp expertizing searchable by country or expert, past and present, with over 1700 listings.
Youth/Teacher Resources
Videos
- Due to The Civil War
- Cold Mountain Movie Props
- Philatelic Movie Props with a German Theme or Flavor
- Collecting Movie Star Fan Mail
- Hindenburg Fire Broadcast — Graf Zeppelins Survival Mail
- The Zeppelin Mail Drop over Flensburg, Germany, 1924
- The Smithsonian National Postal Museum videos
- The American Philatelic Society videos
State & Regional
- Chicago Philatelic Society
- Florida Postal History Society
- Glen Ellyn (Illinois) Stamp Club
- Lake County (IL) Philatelic Society
- New Jersey Postal History Society
- North Carolina Postal History Society
- Northeastern Federation of Stamp Clubs
- Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs
- Pennsylvania Postal History Society
- Springfield (Illinois) Philatelic Society
- Stamps Minnesota
- Will County (Illinois) Stamp Club
Online Resources
- Album Easy
- APEX Certificate Archive
- Chronicling America
- Access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). It is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress.
- Danish Postal Stationery
- Postal Stationery of Denmark 1871-1879.
- Exploring Stamps! YouTube Channel
- Interpostal Seals of Egypt (1864-1892)
- Learn about Stamp Collecting
- New Hebrides
- New Hebrides Postal History and stamps. Put together by several specialized collectors.
- Officially Sealed Mails of the World
- A site dedicated to the study of Post Office Seals. Post office seals, or official seals, are government issued labels used by post offices around the world to repair or reseal mail. The earliest recorded one is from Italy, and was used in 1864.
- Philatelic Foundation Certificate Archive
- Philatelic Genealogy
- Post Office Locator
- Science on Stamps
- Stamp World
- Online Civil War Indexes, Registers, and Rosters
- A genealogy guide and list of Civil War general resources as well as sources listed by state.
- Soldiers and Sailors System
- Civil War service records online.
- Wisconsin Civil War Roster Database
Study Groups
- Hong Kong Study Circle
- The HKSC was formed in 1951 to record and circulate information on the philatelic and postal history of Hong Kong and treaty ports.
- Nicaragua Study Group
- For the Study of the Stamps and Postal History of classic and modern Nicaragua.
- US Dummy Study Group
- For the study of dummy and test stamps of the United States.
- Chemistry and Physics on Stamps Study Unit
- Chemistry and Physics on Stamps Study Unit of the American Topical Association
- West Africa Study Circle
- Specialist society for the study of stamps, postal stationery and postal history of West Africa. Study dates from the earliest times and includes military campaigns, maritime, censorship and airmails. Study areas include. Ascension, Cameroons, Cape Verde Islands, Fernando Po, Gold Coast, Gough Islands, Ghana, Lagos, Madeira, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, St. Helena, St. Vincent, Tenerife, Togo, Togoland, Togo / Togoland. Tristan de Cunha
Podcasts
Museums, Libraries, and Archives
- American Philatelic Research Library, Bellefonte, PA
- Collectors Club of New York Library, New York, NY
- National Archives — Post Office Records
- National Museum of African Americans on Stamps, Edwardsville, IL
- National Postmark Museum, Bellevue, OH
- Northern Philatelic Library, St. Paul, MN
- Railway Mail Service Library, Boyce, VA
- Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library, Denver, CO
- Scandinavian Collector’s Club Library
- Smithsonian – National Postal Museum Library Washington, D.C.
- Smithsonian — National Postal Museum
- Arago: People, Postage & the Post
- Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History
- United States Postal Museum, Marshall, MI
- Western Philatelic Library, Redwood City, CA
- Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library University of Texas, Richardson, TX
Worldwide Postal Authorities
- Aland Islands
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Ascension
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Canada
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Island
- Egypt
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Southern & Antarctic Territories
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Great Britain
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Madeira
- Malaysia
- Maldive Islands
- Malta
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Pitcairn Island
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Georgia & Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- Spain
- St. Helena
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Nations
- United States of America
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Vietnam