Stamp collecting focused on beginning stamping, USA Philatelic Catalog, US first day covers, African American culture, technology, art, & digital stamping
The HUB (an online community for stamp collectors/philatelists in the American Philatelic Society) had an interesting discussion. The moderator had tried to explain the difference between stamp collecting and philately to someone and wanted some advice from the group. My take on it is that stamp collecting is the actual activity of researching, acquiring, storing... Continue Reading →
Great News…October is National Stamp Collecting Month! New members to the American Philately Society (APS) can get special offers like $5 of membership. Check this membership "join now" page here - https://stamps.org/join-now
I was looking around the American Philately Society (APS) website and decided to check out their Events Calendar. The APS Events Calendar (https://stamps.org/events/events-calendar) can be displayed by month, week, day. You can also search events by date and location (state, city). I used the Event Search and found my local stamp club. Turns out they... Continue Reading →
If you are a member of American Philately Society, you can login and then download the 2023 stamp album pages of the stamps issued that year. There are stamp issue album pages dating back to 2008. These PDF files are completely free and in color! There are pages from the Our Nation Series (US states), States/Cities,... Continue Reading →
Thanks for visiting SOSC, (pronounced "so-sh") and stands for State of Stamp Collecting. Here I showcase postage stamps and postal-related material with special emphasis on USA Philatelic Catalog, US first day covers, Black culture, technology, art and space.
State of Stamp Collecting 