The society was founded in 1939 and was intended to draw attention to the importance of Czechoslovakian philately by attracting and serving the beginning stamp collector as well as the advanced specialist of Czechoslovakian philately and postal history. The society was founded as the Czechoslovak Philatelic Society, but later was renamed the Society for Czechoslovak Philately. It currently serves collectors of Czechoslovakian philately in thirty five American states and seventeen other countries.
Membershipedit
The SCP offers membership at four levels: regular, patron, honorary, and youth. Membership may be obtained by applying at the SCP website.
Servicesedit
Among other services, the SCP offers a sales circuit where members may purchase stamps or sell off their duplicates, an expertization service for Czechoslovakian stamps, and a library of philatelic books in various languages.
Publicationsedit
The society journal is The Czechoslovak Specialist, which has been published continually since the inception of the society in 1939. The journal is published quarterly, and an index of previous articles is available.
Philatelic exhibitionsedit
Traditionally an annual meeting, connected with a major philatelic exhibition, is held by the society yearly in the United States. In 1998, the society held its first formal meeting outside the United States in Prague at the PRAGA 98 philatelic exhibition.
Organizationedit
The SCP is governed by a set of bylaws. Administration of the society is provided by an elected group of personnel, consisting of: President, Vice-president, Secretary, and Treasurer. The president is entitled to name offices of editor, librarian, American Philatelic Society Representative, circuit manager, auditing chairman, and such other committee chairpersons and staff members as needed.
society, czechoslovak, philately, philatelic, organization, dedicated, collection, study, postage, stamps, postal, history, czechoslovakia, czech, republic, slovakia, founded1939founderjoe, lowey, stein, york, city, typenot, profit, organizationfocuspostage, s. Society for Czechoslovak Philately SCP is a philatelic organization dedicated to the collection and study of the postage stamps and postal history of Czechoslovakia the Czech Republic and Slovakia Society for Czechoslovak PhilatelyFounded1939FounderJoe Lowey and Joe Stein New York City Typenot for profit organizationFocuspostage stamps and postal history of Czechoslovakia the Czech Republic and SlovakiaLocationUSAOriginsoriginally the Czechoslovak Philatelic SocietyArea servedWorldwide all countries Methodworldwide membershipKey peopleLou Svoboda President Aurora Colorado RevenueMembership feesWebsiteSociety for Czechoslovak PhilatelyThe Czechoslovak Specialist the society s journal is published quarterly Contents 1 History 2 Membership 3 Services 4 Publications 5 Philatelic exhibitions 6 Organization 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editThe society was founded in 1939 and was intended to draw attention to the importance of Czechoslovakian philately by attracting and serving the beginning stamp collector as well as the advanced specialist of Czechoslovakian philately and postal history The society was founded as the Czechoslovak Philatelic Society but later was renamed the Society for Czechoslovak Philately It currently serves collectors of Czechoslovakian philately in thirty five American states and seventeen other countries Membership editThe SCP offers membership at four levels regular patron honorary and youth Membership may be obtained by applying at the SCP website Services editAmong other services the SCP offers a sales circuit where members may purchase stamps or sell off their duplicates an expertization service for Czechoslovakian stamps and a library of philatelic books in various languages Publications editThe society journal is The Czechoslovak Specialist which has been published continually since the inception of the society in 1939 The journal is published quarterly and an index of previous articles is available Philatelic exhibitions editTraditionally an annual meeting connected with a major philatelic exhibition is held by the society yearly in the United States In 1998 the society held its first formal meeting outside the United States in Prague at the PRAGA 98 philatelic exhibition Organization editThe SCP is governed by a set of bylaws Administration of the society is provided by an elected group of personnel consisting of President Vice president Secretary and Treasurer The president is entitled to name offices of editor librarian American Philatelic Society Representative circuit manager auditing chairman and such other committee chairpersons and staff members as needed See also editPostage stamps and postal history of Czechoslovakia Postage stamps and postal history of the Czech Republic Postage stamps and postal history of SlovakiaReferences editSociety for Czechoslovak PhilatelyExternal links editCzechoslovak Philatelic Society of Great Britain Stamp Domain Czech pages Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Society for Czechoslovak Philately amp oldid 1192836076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
