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The award was established in 2002 to honor and celebrate living individuals for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of philately.
The first postage stamps issued by the United States Postal Service made their debut on this day in history, July 1, 1847. The stamps sold for five and 10 cents each.
Collection boxes in the United States have recently been a victim of declining mail volume.
7/17/2021 In 2016, the American Philatelic Society Board of Directors created the Dealer of the Year award. In February 2020, the APS Board voted unanimously that the award should be renamed to reflect the vital lifetime contributions that dealers offer the hobby, and it was reborn as the John Walter Scott Dealer Award . John Walter Scott is known as “The Father of American Philately.” The catalog he first issued in 1868 remains the hobby standard to this day. He was a founding member of the Collectors Club of New York in 1896 and the American Stamp Dealers Association in 1914....