The American Philatelic Society (APS) is the largest nonprofit stamp collecting foundation of philately in the world. Both the membership and interests of the society are worldwide.
The APS hosts a series of live Stamp Chats with the aim to foster a community, club-like experience for all stamp enthusiasts. Originally using Zoom, they now use GoToMeeting. The chats are recorded and uploaded to YouTube.
The APS encourages the use of web cameras. However, turning off your camera may allow for better quality audio. Those who do not have internet access on a computer or smartphone, can still participate. Call-in instructions are provided for each event.
Details
- Website: stamps.org
- Twitter: @APS_stamps
- Instagram: @APS_stamps
- YouTube: American Philatelic Society
Stamp Stories
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- Airmail Covers Flown on Imperial Airways in the 1930’s
- Art of Cachet Making
- Ask a Dealer with Michael Cortese & Charles Epting
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- Canal Zone Overprints on Stamps of Panama and the United States
- Christmas Mail Art and Postmarks
- Christmas Postcards from Japanese POW camps (1914-1919)
- Civil War Covers as Historical Documents
- Coat of Arms and their Impact on Philately
- Collecting First Issues of the World
- Collecting Hawaii – How to Get Started
- Creating a Philatelic Channel with Ted Tyszka
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- Dhatri Iyer-Writer – Traveller and Collector
- Dinosaurs on Stamps Part 1
- Dinosaurs on Stamps Part 2
- DIY Valentine’s, Cool Cancellations, Sweetheart Stamps and More
- Doar Ivri First Stamps of Israel
- Drawn to Action – The Artistic and Philatelic Works of Arthur Szyk
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- Facebook – Standing Out in the Crowd
- Filmately: Movies and Postage Stamps
- Future of Philately is Here
- Future of Philately – Online Exhibiting
- Future of Philately – Online Exhibiting Panel Part II
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- Hispanic Heritage on Stamps
- History of Baseball Through Postage Stamps
- How to Identify Common Forgeries of pre-1925 Persia
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- Indian States Items with Sandeep Jaiswal
- Introduction to Honduran Philately
- Irish Stamp Designer, Alan Dunne
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- Mail from Central Africa before 1880-Case Study: The Democratic Republic of Congo
- Making of Exploring Stamps
- Medical Imaging on Stamps
- Meet the Director of “Freaks and Errors”
- Mental Health and Prisoners of War
- Most Beautiful Bridge in Paris
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- Patriotic Covers & History: Part I: Ft. Sumter & Its Long Shadow Secession
- Patriotic Covers and History Part 2
- Philately and Deltiology of Walpurgisnacht and the Hexentanzplatz
- Philately of the 1920 Antwerp Olympics
- Postal History Featuring the 24-cent 1861 Issue of the United States
- Postal Pop with Denise
- Postmarked West Point
- Prexies go to War
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- Scarce Postal 6¼ Cents
- Slavery and the Civil Rights
- Social & Historical Research Through Philately
- Solving the Mystery of Specimen Stamp Irregular Blocks
- Smokey Bear Issue of 1984 and Forest Conservation Stamp of 1958
- Special Design U.S. Administration Issues for Cuba Alegorias
- Stamp Collecting in Popular Culture
- Sydney’s Post Office and British Imperial Postal Culture
- Synagogue and the Stamp
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- Think Like an Archivist
- Tibet Stamps and Postal History
- Tibromania
- Topical and Thematic Collecting and Exhibiting with Dr. Jean Wang
- Transport Plane Series Air Post Stamps 1941 – 1944
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- Uncommon Destinations for Mail Sent from Palestine 1917-1948
- United Nations on Stamps Part II
- U.S. Civil War Revenue Stamps
- U.S. High-Denomination Envelopes 1861-1894
- U.S. Post Office During World War 2
- USPS Stamp Decoder and Scrambled Indicia
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- Washington and Franklin Flat Plate Coils 1909-1915
- Ways to Collect Air Mail
- Ways to Collect Zeppelin and Airship Mail
- Wild Life of a Philatelic Swindler
- World of Chemistry on Postage Stamps