Stamp collecting began to emerge from obscurity in America after the Civil War, and by the 1880s philatelic societies were being formed to connect collectors, and to legitimize and publicize the hobby. The American Philatelic Association was formed in 1886. Other national, regional, and local clubs followed during the late nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries. Most of these societies were dominated by white men of financial means, and some actively excluded women and persons of color, though newer and more local clubs formed in the early twentieth century were often more welcoming.
By the middle of the twentieth century, hundreds of stamp clubs had formed throughout the United States, often affiliated with large organizations, such as the American Philatelic Society or the American Topical Association. Many published their own scholarly articles or journals, while others advertised in the journals of larger philatelic associations. Although participation in the hobby had declined by the early twenty-first century, many state and local stamp clubs continue to exist and meet on a regular basis.
General
States
Alabama
- Birmingham Philatelic Society
- Eastern Shore Stamp Collectors (Fairhope)
- Huntsville Philatelic Club
- Calhoun County Stamp Club (Jacksonville)
- Stamp Club of Mobile
- Montgomery Area Stamp Club
- Tuscaloosa Stamp Club
Alaska
- Anchorage Philatelic Society
- Gastineau Philatelic Society (Juneau)
Arizona
- Arizona Federation of Stamp Clubs (Casa Grande)
- Arizona Philatelic Rangers (Tucson)
- Arizona Precancel Club (Scottsdale)
- Flagstaff Stamp Club
- Fountain Hills Stamp Club
- Mesa Stamp Club
- Phoenix Philatelic Association/Phoenix Stamp Club
- Prescott Stamp Club
- Roadrunner Stamp Club (Sierra Vista)
- Sun City Stamp Club
- Sun City West Coin & Stamp Club
- Sun Lakes Stamp Club
- Tucson Stamp Club
- Verde Valley Stamp Club (Sedona)
- Yuma Stamp Club (Yuma)
Arkansas
- Mountain Home Area Stamp Club
- Pinnacle Stamp Club of Arkansas (Little Rock)
California
- Alameda Stamp Club
- Arcadia Stamp Club
- Arrowhead Stamp Club (San Bernardino)
- Bakersfield Stamp Club
- Beckman Philatelic Society (Fullerton)
- Brentwood Library Children's Stamp Club (Los Angeles)
- Bunker Hill Stamp Club (Los Angeles)
- Burbank Stamp Club
- Collectors Club of Hollywood (Los Angeles)
- Collectors Club of San Francisco
- Conejo Valley Philatelic Society (Newbury Park)
- Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies (Napa)
- Diablo Valley Stamp Club (Walnut Creek)
- Downey California Stamp Club
- East Bay Collectors Club (Kensington)
- East Bay Collectors Club (San Pablo)
- East County Stamp Club (El Cajon)
- Federated Philatelic Societies of Southern California (Long Beach)
- Foothill Stamp Club (Los Altos)
- Fremont Stamp Club
- Fresno Philatelic Society
- Glendale Stamp Club (Montrose)
- Gold Country Stamp Club (Grass Valley)
- Golden Gate Precancel Society (Clearlake)
- Golden Gate Stamp Club (San Francisco)
- Hughes El Segundo Empire Association Stamp Club (El Segundo)
- Hughes Stamp Club (Los Angeles)
- Humboldt Stamp Collectors Club (Eureka)
- J.P.L. Stamp Club (Pasadena)
- Long Beach Stamp Club
- McDonnell Douglas Philatelic Club (Huntington Beach)
- McDonnell Douglas Philatelic Club (Newport Beach)
- Mendocino Coast Stamp Club (Fort Bragg)
- Monterey County Stamp Club (Salinas)
- Monterey Peninsula Stamp Club (Carmel)
- Mountain Area Stamp Club (Oakhurst)
- Netherlands Philatelists of California (El Cerrito)
- Orange County Philatelic Society
- Orange Senior Citizens Stamp Club
- Pajaro Valley Stamp Club (Watsonville)
- Peninsula Stamp Club (Burlingame)
- Philatelic Society of Los Angeles
- Philatelic Society of San Leandro
- Philatelic "25" (San Diego)
- Powy Stamp Club
- Redlands Stamp Club
- Redwood Empire Collectors Club (Petaluma)
- Riverside Stamp Club
- Sacramento Philatelic Society
- Saddleback Stamp Club (Lake Forest)
- San Diego County Philatelic Council
- San Diego Stamp Club
- San Francisco Pacific Philatelic Society
- San Jacinto Stamp Club (Hemet)
- San Jose Stamp Club
- San Luis Obispo Philatelic Society
- San Pablo Pines Stamp Club
- Santa Barbara Stamp Club
- Santa Cruz County Stamp Club (Capitola)
- Santa Rosa Stamp Club
- Scandinavian Collectors Club (Alameda)
- Scandinavian Philatelic Library of Southern California (Los Angeles)
- Sequoia Stamp Club (Redwood City)
- Simi Valley Stamp & Coin Club
- Society of Israel Philatelists, Los Angeles Chapter
- Solano Stamp Club (Vacaville)
- Southern California Precancel Club (Hemet)
- Stamp Club of Calaveras County (Avery)
- Stockton Stamp Club
- Tamalpais Stamp Club (San Rafael)
- Torrance Stamp Club
- TRW Stamp Club (Redondo Beach)
- Tuolumne County Stamp Club (Sonora)
- Vallejo Stamp Club
- Ventura County Philatelic Society
- Virtual Stamp Club on Delphi (Poway)
- Visalia Philatelic Society
- West Valley Stamp Club (Van Nuys)
- Yucca Valley Stamp Club
Colorado
- Arapahoe Stamp Club (Littleton)
- Aurora Stamp Club
- Banana Belt Stamp Club (Buena Vista)
- Bear Valley Stamp Club (Denver)
- Boulder Stamp Club
- Centennial Stamp Club (La Junta)
- Cherrelyn Stamp Club (Englewood)
- Collectors Club of Denver
- Colorado Springs Stamp Club
- Delta-Montrose Stamp Club (Grand Junction)
- Denver Germany Stamp Club
- Denver Stamp Club
- Longmont Stampers
- North Suburban Stamp Club (Broomfield)
- Northern Colorado Philatelic Society (Fort Collins)
- Pueblo Stamp Club
- Rocky Mountain Philatelic Exhibition (Denver)
- Stamp Club of Grand Junction
- West Side Stamp Club (Lakewood)
Connecticut
- Branford Philatelic Society
- Brookfield Philatelic Society
- Cheshire Philatelic Society
- Clinton Stamp Club
- Connecticut Cover Club (New Haven)
- Connecticut Cover Club (Willimantic)
- Connecticut Philatelic Society
- Hardware City Stamp Club (New Britain)
- Manchester Philatelic Society
- Middletown-Portland Stamp Club
- New Haven Philatelic Society
- Norwalk Stamp Club
- Nutmeg Stamp Club (Stratford)
- Simsbury Stamp Club
- Stamp Collectors' Club of Hartford
- Thames Stamp Club (Waterford)
- United Stamp Societies (Waterbury)
- Waterbury Stamp Club
- Ye Olde King's Highway Stamp Club (Darien)
Delaware
- Brandywine Valley Stamp Club (Wilmington)
- Corbit-Calloway Philatelists (Odessa)
- Dover Stamp Club
- DuPont Stamp Club
- Milton, Sussex County Stamp Club
- Newark Senior Center Stamp Group
- Scandinavian Collectors Club (Wilmington)
- Sussex County Stamp Club
- Wilmington Stamp Club
District of Columbia
- Collectors Club of Washington, DC, now part of the Washington Stamp Collectors Club
- Palisades Stamp Club
- Philatelic Club, Library of Congress
- Washington Philatelic Society, now part of the Washington Stamp Collectors Club
- Washington Stamp Collectors Club
Florida
- Bay County Stamp Club (Panama City)
- Cape Coral Stamp Club
- Cap't Townsend Stamp Club
- Cascade Lakes Stamp Club
- Central Florida Stamp Club (Orlando)
- Century Village East Stamp & Coin Club (Deerfield Beach)
- Clearwater Stamp Club
- Cub Cubano De Coleccion (West Miami)
- Collier County Stamp Club (Naples)
- Cresthaven Stamp Club (Greenacres)
- Cuban Philatelic Society of America (Miami)
- Cuban Philatelic Society of America (West Miami)
- Florida Precancel Club (Goldenrod)
- Ft. Lauderdale/Oakland Park Stamp Club (Oakland Park)
- Gainesville Stamp Club
- Gasparilla Stamp Club (Englewood)
- General Francis Marion Stamp Club (Ocala)
- George W. Linn Stamp Club (Howey-in-the-Hills)
- Germany Philatelic Society (Lakeland)
- Golden Triangle Stamp Club (Mount Dora)
- Halifax Area Philatelic Society (Holly Hill)
- Hollywood Stamp Club
- Indian River Stamp Club (Vero Beach)
- Jacksonville Stamp Collectors Club
- Keystone Heights Stamp Club
- Miami Beach Philatelic Society
- Mid-Florida Philatelic Society (Orlando)
- Missile Stamp Club (Palm Bay)
- New Port Richey Area Stamp Club
- Palm Beach/Delray Stamp Club (Delray Beach)
- Pensacola Philatelic Society
- Plant City Stamp Club
- Port Charlotte Stamp Club
- Port St. Lucie Stamp Club
- Ridge Stamp Club of Lakeland
- Sarasota Philatelic Club
- Sarasota Philatelic Society
- South Miami Stamp Club
- St. Augustine Stamp Club
- St. Petersburg Stamp Club
- Sunrise Stamp Club
- Tallahassee Stamp & Cover Club
- Tampa Collectors Club
- Tampa Stamp Club
- Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club
- Venice Stamp Club
- The Villages Philatelic Club (Lady Lake)
- West Florida Stamp Club
- West Volusia Stamp Club (DeLand)
- Winter Haven Stamp Club
Georgia
- Athens Philatelic Society
- Atlanta Stamp Collectors Club
- Button Gwinnett Stamp Club (Lilburn)
- Cobb County Stamp Club (Marietta)
- Columbus Area Stamp Club
- DeKalb Stamp Club (Decatur)
- Georgia Federation of Stamp Clubs
- Greater Augusta Stamp Club
- Heart of Georgia Philatelic Society (Warner Robins)
- North Atlanta Stamp Club (Roswell)
- Stone Mountain Philatelic Society (Atlanta)
- Sweetwater Stamp Society (Lithia Springs)
- Valdosta Stamp Club
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- American Topical Association, Chicagoland Chapter
- Austin Philatelic Club (Chicago)
- Belleville Stamp Club, now the Belleville/Scott AFB Stamp Club
- Beverly Hills Philadelic Society (Chicago)
- Beverly-Roosevelt Stamp Club (Chicago)
- Blackhawk Philatelic Society (Rockford)
- Bloomington Stamp Club
- Caterpillar Stamp Club (East Peoria)
- Champaign-Urbana Stamp Club (Champaign)
- Chicago Air Mail Society
- Chicago Philatelic Society
- Collectors Club of Chicago
- Corn Belt Philatelic Society (Normal)
- Chicago Philatelic Society
- Decatur Stamp and Coin Club
- Evanston-New Trier Philatelic Society
- Galesburg Philatelic Society
- Germany Philatelic Society (Chicago)
- Glen Ellyn Philatelic Club (Wheaton)
- Illinois Federation of Stamp Clubs (Bloomington)
- Janesville Stamp Club
- Kankakee Coin, Stamp, & Sports Card Club (Bradley)
- Lake County Philatelic Society (Gurnee)
- Naperville Area Stamp Club (Lisle)
- North Shore Philatelic Society (Chicago)
- North Suburban Stamp Club (Grayslake)
- Northwest Stamp Club (Mount Prospect)
- Park Forest Stamp Club
- Philatelic Club of Will County (Joliet)
- The Philaterians (Arlington Heights)
- Polonus Philatelic Society (Chicago)
- Quad-City Stamp Club (Moline)
- Rockford Stamp Club
- Scandinavian Collectors Club (Chicago)
- Scouts on Stamps Society (Chicago)
- Smith Center Stamp Club (Skokie)
- Southern Illinois Stamp Club (Carbondale)
- Spring Hill Stamp Club (West Dundee)
- Springfield Philatelic Society
- Suburban Collectors Club (Brookfield)
- Tri-County Stamp Club (Peoria)
Indiana
- Anthony Wayne Stamp Society (Fort Wayne)
- Bloomington Stamp Club
- Calumet Stamp Club (Hammond)
- Centerville Stamp Club (Richmond)
- Evansville Stamp Club
- Indiana Stamp Club (Indianapolis)
- Johnson County Stamp Club (Franklin)
- Kokomo Stamp Club (Carmel)
- Madison County Bicentennial Stamp Club (Anderson)
- Northern Indiana Philatelic Society (South Bend)
- Pioneer Philatelic Phalanx of Kentucky and Indiana
- Wabash Valley Stamp Club (Terre Haute)
Iowa
- Allison Stamp Club
- Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
- Cedar Valley Stamp Club (Waterloo)
- Council Bluffs Stamp Club
- Des Moines Philatelic Society
- Dubuque Stamp Club
- Hawkeye Stamp Club (Burlington)
- Iowa City Stamp Club
- Iowa Women's Philatelic Society (Des Moines)
- Oneota Stamp Club (Decorah)
- Tri-State Stamp Club (Dubuque)
Kansas
- Cessna Stamp Club (Wichita)
- Collectors Club of Kansas City (Shawnee Mission)
- Flint Hills Stamp Club (Manhattan)
- Fort Hays Stamp Club (Hays)
- Kansas Precancel Society (Wichita)
- Lawrence Stamp Club
- Lindsborg Stamp Club
- Topeka Stamp Club
- Wichita Stamp Club
Kentucky
- Henry Clay Philatelic Society (Lexington)
- Kentucky Precancel Society (Lexington)
- Kentucky Stamp Club (Frankfort)
- Louisville Stamp Society
- Owensboro Area Stamp Club
- Pioneer Philatelic Phalanx of Kentucky and Indiana
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Austin Philatelic Club (Massachusetts)
- Berkshire Museum Stamp Club (Pittsfield)
- Berkshire Stamp Club
- Boston Philatelic Society
- Bristol County Philatelic Society
- Cape Cod Area Philatelic Group
- Chelmsford Stamp Club
- Clara Barton Stamp Club (Oxford)
- Fall River Philatelic Society
- Franklin Stamp Club (Greenfield)
- Golden Bee Stamp Club (Plympton)
- Granite City Stamp Club (Weymouth)
- Greater Boston Philatelic Society (Medford)
- Harwich Stamp Club (East Orlenna)
- Malden Stamp Club (Everett)
- Mohawk Stamp Club (Williamstown)
- Needham Stamp Club
- Newburyport Stamp Club
- Northeastern Federation of Stamp Clubs (Weston)
- Philatelic Club of Boston (North Reading)
- Pioneer Valley Stamp Club (Longmeadow)
- Samuel Osgood Stamp Club (North Andover)
- Scandinavian Collectors Club (West Newton)
- Stoughton Stamp Club
- Wachusett Philatelic Society (Leominster)
- Waltham Stamp Club (Weston)
- Webster-Dudley Stamp Club (Dudley)
- Westfield Stamp Club
- Whaling City Stamp Club (New Bedford)
- Worcester County Stamp Club (Worcester)
Michigan
- Ann Arbor Stamp Club
- Bay De Noc Stamp & Coin Club (Escanaba
- Birmingham Stamp Club
- Collectors Club of Michigan (Detroit)
- Dearborn Stamp Club
- Detroit Philatelic Society
- Essex County Stamp Club (Detroit)
- Ferndale Stamp Club
- Floral City Stamp Club (Monroe)
- Ford Stamp Club (Dearborn)
- Greater Grand Rapids Stamp Club (Wyoming)
- Greenville Stamp Club
- Kalamazoo Stamp Club
- Kent Philatelic Society (Grand Rapids)
- Lansing Area Stamp Club (East Lansing)
- Michigan Precancel Club (Wyandotte)
- Michigan Stamp Club (Detroit)
- Mid Michigan Stamp Club (Mount Pleasant)
- Motor City Stamp & Cover Club (Dearborn)
- Mount Clemens Stamp Club
- Muskegon Stamp Club
- Northwest Michigan Coin and Stamp Club (Petoskey)
- Northwoods Philatelic Society (Iron Mountain)
- Oakland County Stamp Club (Birmingham)
- Peninsular State Philatelic Society (Saginaw)
- Plate Number Coil Collectors Club (Troy)
- Pontiac Stamp Club
- Southwestern Michigan Stamp Club (St. Joseph
- Vehicle City Stamp Club (Flint)
- West Suburban Stamp Club (Plymouth)
Minnesota
- Maplewood Stamp Club
- St. Cloud Area Stamp Club
- Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Society
- Twin City Philatelic Society
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
- Buffalo Bill Stamp Club (North Platte)
- Omaha Philatelic Society
Nevada
- Las Vegas Stamp Club
- Reno Stamp Club
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
- Fargo Philatelic Society
- Grand Forks AFB Stamp Club
- North Dakota Philatelic Society
Ohio
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City Stamp Club
- Oklahoma Philatelic Society (Tulsa)
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Philatelic Society (San Juan)
Rhode Island
- Providence Philatelic Society
South Carolina
South Dakota
- Germany Philatelic Society
- Ringneck Coin and Stamp Club
- Sioux Falls Stamp Club
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
- Bellingham Stamp Club
- Greater Eastside Stamp Society (Bellevue)
- Inland Empire Philatelic Society
- Olympia Philatelic Society
- Olympic Philatelic Society (Bremerton)
- Sno-King Stamp Club (Everett) and (Washington)
- Tri-City Stamp Club (Richland)
- Washington State Philatelic Society
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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