Specialty Societies

Organization promotes the collection of the first stamps issued by any country or stamp-issuing entity.

Organization's members study philatelic materials related to wars, including prisoner-of-war letters, patriotic covers, censored mail, and military postal markings.

Collectors in club specialize in the study of black-bordered covers used to send mourning letters and cards in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Group shares images of members' postcards with matching or related postage stamps.

Group promotes collection of Israel's stamps through a bimonthly publication and educational slide shows.

Group studies stamps, postcards, and postal history of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, plus areas related to those countries such as Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Group promotes interest in the philately of British Overseas Territories and countries formerly under British rule in the Caribbean.

Promotes the collection and study of the stamps and postal history of the Ottoman Empire and its successor states.

Worldwide confederation of collectors of Ascension Island postage stamps publishes quarterly newsletter and manages member auctions.

Society supports the study of all aspects of Russian philately from stampless covers to modern postage stamps.

Group focuses on the philately and postal history of Wales.

Site run by the Lithuanian Philatelic Society, which is based in Chicago, Illinois, provides information on stamps, postal history, postmarks, and forgeries of Lithuania. The organization also publishes a journal twice annually.

Group supports collectors of the stamps and postal history of Poland through a quarterly bulletin, expertizing services, and new issue listings.

Focuses on the study of United States postage stamps precanceled for use in Texas.

Group aims to promote awareness of Tar Heel State postal history, educates collectors through a quarterly journal, and organizes an annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Non-profit organization encourages the study of postal history from Pennsylvania.

Members of organization specialize in collecting United States fiscal stamps issued by state and local governments.

Members of group specialize in the postal history of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.