Web Sites
The Web offers almost limitless information about stamps and philately. Here is just a small selection of helpful Web sites.
General Information
- 1847USA
- American First Day Cover Society
- Ask Phil: Stamp Collecting Begins Here
- Beginners Resource Guide to Philately
- British Library: Philately
- Country Collections
- Dead Country Stamps and Banknotes
- DDR: Definitives of 1953–1959
- Errors, Freaks, and Oddities Collectors’ Club
- Feb. 20, 1792: U.S. Goes Postal, but It’s All Good
- Frajola
- The Franking Machine Museum
- FreeStampAlbum.com
- FSU Card Archive
- German Stamps
- GermanStamps.net
- Global Philatelic Library
- Imnaha Stamps: Vietnam Military Mail
- International Society of Worldwide Stamp Collectors
- Ken Pruess Remembered
- La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History
- Linn’s Stamp News
- Midwest Philatelic Society
- National Postal Museum
- Omaha Philatelic Society
- PhilaMercury
- Philatelic Bibliopole Catalog of Philatelic Books and Literature
- Philatelic Database
- Philately on Wikipedia
- Philosateleia
- Post Office Identifier
- Prexie-Era Committee
- rdhinstl’s page
- REM Catalog: 7-1-71 Covers
- retroReveal
- San Diego County Philatelic Library
- The Second Continental Congress and the U.S. Postal System
- Smithsonian National Postal Museum: The Vatican City Collection
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
- Stamp Collecting Software and Resources
- Stamp Community
- Stamp Insider
- Stamp Smarter: Philatelic Learning Center
- Stamps on Stamps Collectors Club
- StampoRama
- The Swedish Tiger
- Tanzania Posts Corporation
- Transportation and Shipping: All About Philately and Postage Stamps
- The Unique Gift of a Stamp Collection: Beginners Philatelic Resources
- U.S. Postal Bulletins
- United States Postal Service
- United States Postal Service News Releases
- United States Second Bureau Issue
- Vatican Philatelic Society
- Washington–Franklin Identifier
- Zirinsky Stamps: Studies and Articles about Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands.
American Philatelic Society and Affiliates and Other Groups
Members of the Lincoln Stamp Club hold memberships in several philatelic organizations. Other organizations of interest are listed here as well.
- American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (APS Affiliate #AF0157)
- American Philatelic Society
- American Revenue Association (APS Affiliate #AF0051)
- American Topical Association (APS Affiliate #AF0177)
- APS Writers Unit #30 (APS Unit #UN0030)
- Auxiliary Markings Club (APS Affiliate #AF0252)
- British North America Philatelic Society (APS Affiliate #AF0144)
- China Stamp Society (APS Affiliate #AF0010)
- Collectors Club (New York) (APS #222301)
- Collectors Club of Chicago (APS #227599)
- Confederate Stamp Alliance (APS Affiliate #AF0073)
- East Africa Study Circle
- Empire State Postal History Society (APS Unit #UN0028)
- German Philatelic Society of the USA (APS Affiliate #AF0048)
- Graphics Philately Association (APS Affiliate #AF0133)
- Institute for Analytical Philately (APS Affiliate #AF0269)
- The International Society for Japanese Philately (APS Affiliate #AF0058)
- Liberian Philatelic Society (APS Affiliate #AF0176)
- Massachusetts Postal Research Society (APS Affiliate #AF0093)
- Omaha Philatelic Society (APS #108144)
- Plate Number Coil Collectors Club (APS Affiliate #AF0185)
- Postal History Society (APS Affiliate #AF0004)
- Postal Label Study Group (APS Affiliate #AF0207)
- Rhodesian Study Circle (APS Affiliate #AF0107)
- Royal Philatelic Society London
- State Revenue Society (APS Affiliate #AF0164)
- U.S. Philatelic Classics Society (APS Unit #UN0011)
- United States Stamp Society (APS Affiliate #AF0150)
- Vatican Philatelic Society (APS Affiliate #AF0129)
- Virtual Stamp Club (APS #174150)
- West Omaha Philatelic Society (APS #132256)
- Western Cover Society (APS Unit #UN0014)
Clubs and Societies
Philately is a global hobby. You can find a stamp club almost anywhere you may go. Here is a list of clubs and societies members have encountered and want to share.
News and Analysis
- Bloomberg Businessweek: The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse
- Can Insects Come in the Mail?
- USPS: Office of Inspector General
Markets
Publicity
Additions
If you have a helpful site to add to this list, let the Club know.