News & Events

The United States Stamp Society will hold its 2018 Annual Meeting at MILCOPEX, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 14-16, 2018. The Wisconsin National Show is hosted by the Milwaukee Philatelic Society, Inc. The show venue is the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport, 6401 South 13th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53221. For additional information contact Mary Ann Bowman/ Dona Fagan, maryann15b@mac.com, 262-251-0617

The United States Stamp Society donated a valuable prize to World Stamp Show – NY2016. The award was a complete error pane of 20 of the $2.00 Bobcat definitive plate number 1111(1) with the engraved black missing. As a result, the $2 denomination and initials USA are missing from all 20 stamps. The multicolor lithographed & engraved stamp, designed by Chuck Ripper, was issued June 1, 1990.

Listed as #2482a, each of the 20 stamps are valued at $200 in the 2016 edition of the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers.

The United States Stamp Society had an active presence at the big show.

Two new books were released on opening day, Saturday, May 28 at 1PM… The Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting, Second Edition and The Durland Standard Plate Number Catalog 2016 Edition. Guest speaker was Jay Bigalke, editor of the American Philatelist. The Encyclopedia was available during the show at the USSS booth and can be purchased from the website store.

USSS Events at World Stamp Show – NY 2016

Saturday May 28, Opening Day
1:00pm Book Release:
Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting – Read More
Durland Standard Plate Number Catalog, 2016 Edition

2:00pm Jeff Shapiro – presentation on “Prexies and World War II”

Sunday, May 29
1:00pm Annual Membership Meeting of the Society

Monday, May 30
1:00pm Rod Juell will speak on “The Men who made the Stamps of the 1920s”
7:00pm USSS fellowship dinner – location to be announced

Tuesday, May 31
1:00pm Rod Juell – presentation “Collecting United States World’s Fairs”

Wednesday, June 1
1:00pm Bob Rufe – presentation “The Beginning of Priority Mail – U.S. Special
Handling: 1925-1959”

Thursday, June 2
1:00pm Jay Stotts – presentation “The 25-cent Niagara Falls Stamp of the Fourth
Bureau Issue”

Friday, June 3
1:00pm John Hotcher – will speak on “Collecting Errors, Freaks, and Oddities”

Saturday, June 4
11:00am Roger Brody- presentation “The Jamestown 1907 Commemorative Issue”

The Society booth, staffed throughout the show, provided members with a place to gather and visit.