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本帖最后由 williamzhang 于 2015-1-14 19:56 编辑
The Society was formed in 1936 to promote interest in Chinese philately, including Hong Kong, Macau, Manchukuo, Tibet, Shanghai and the Treaty Ports, Foreign Offices in China and the Japanese Occupation of China. Founding members included Lloyd S. Ruland and Major James Starr. Other prominent members have included Donald R. Alexander, J. Lewis Blackburn, Ellery Denison, Charles W. Dougan, Philip W. Ireland, Carl A. Kilgas, Warren Kauder, William E. Jones, and Norman Townsend. It is the largest English speaking Chinese philatelic organization in the world and the oldest affiliate of the American Philatelic Society. The Society is a non-political organization. In 2011 the Society celebrated its 75th anniversary.
Among other activities, the Society underwrites philatelic research projects, publishes philatelic books, puts on seminars at major stamp shows, and scans out-of-print philatelic publications to offer to collectors on DVDs. Members receive The China Clipper magazine six times a year and discounts on books published by Society, publications offered on DVDs, and other items sold by the Society. The first seventy years of The China Clipper are available on DVDs.
Members also enjoy use of the Society’s 8,000-publication library of reference material on Chinese philately, the largest bi-lingual Chinese philatelic library in the world (open to the public by appointment), and a free translation service for postal markings and other philatelic items.
The Society’s National Convention, Regional Membership Meetings and Local Stamp Show Meetings are held during each year at stamp exhibitions throughout the US. The Society presents seven different awards for philatelic exhibiting and six different awards for philatelic writing. At its National Convention, the Society gives out a Best China Exhibit Award, a Best First Time China Exhibitor Award, and the prestigious Paul Ke-Shing Chang Chinese Postal History Award; three of its Chapters also give out special awards to exhibitors. It has a youth program and offers young collectors scholarships for writing articles for the The China Clipper or philatelic exhibiting. At its Regional Membership Meetings it presents a Best China Exhibit Award.
The Society has six Chapters in the US – Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Chicago, Illinois, Dallas, Texas and Washington, DC – and three international Chapters – Qingdao, Shandong, China; Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan.
Since 1999 the Society’s expertization service has issued over 1,100 certificates of genuineness, and helped people with identification of many hundreds of stamps. This service is available to the public – Society members receive a discount on the fee.
Several years ago the Society acquired the right to publish the English edition of the Ma Stamp Catalogue and in January 2012 launched it China Stamp Society Specialized Catalog of China to 1949.
This web site has a Stamp & Cover Sales area where members can buy and sell Chinese stamps, postal history and other items. Online Auctions are held every ninety days in February, May, August and November.
The CSS can also assist families of members in disposing of stamp collections.
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发表于 2014-10-18 05:03
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