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AMERICAN TOPICAL ASSOCIATION
STUDY UNITS
The American Topical Association has almost fifty study units
that provide specialized philatelic information to members and who
work to keep their members up to date with information about
various topics. Members of study units are encouraged, but not
required, to join ATA.
Information given for each unit includes: Name, year chartered
by ATA, scope, title and frequency of periodical, membership dues,
contact person, and Email/Web details.
AMERICANA UNIT (1951): History, culture, and industry of the USA
worldwide; quarterly Americana Philatelic News; US $9, elsewhere
$15; Dennis Dengel, 17 Peckham Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-2018.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.americanaunit.org
ARCHAEOLOGICAL (OLD WORLD) STUDY UNIT (1977): Archaeology of the
eastern hemisphere; quarterly Old World Archaeologist; US/Canada
$15, elsewhere $23; Caroline Scannell, 14 Dawn Dr, Smithtown, NY
11787-1761.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.owasu.org
ARMENIAN PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION (ARPA) (2012). Armenian history
and culture worldwide. Quarterly Armenian Philatelic Journal; US
$35, elsewhere $45. Igor Grigorian, 2764 Delevan Dr, Los Angeles,
CA 90065-5134.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.armenianphilatelic.org
mailto:[email protected]://www.americanaunit.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.owasu.org/
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ASTRONOMY STUDY UNIT (1972): Astronomy, astrology, zodiac;
quarterly Astrofax; $8. John W G Budd, 728 Sugar Camp Way,
Brooksville, FL 34604-1501.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.astronomystudyunit.net
BICYCLE STAMPS CLUB (1987): Bicycles; semi-annual Bicycle
Stamps; US/Canada/Mexico /South America: US $25 to Steven W.
Andreasen, 2000 Alaskan Way Unit 157, Seattle, WA 98121-2199.
Email: [email protected] United Kingdom: 15 to Brian
Sole, 49 Westcar Lane,
Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 5ER United Kingdom.
BIOLOGY UNIT (1951): Animal and plant life, present and
prehistoric; quarterly Biophilately; US $20, elsewhere $25,
electronic $15; Christopher Dahle, 1401 Linmar Dr NE, Cedar Rapids,
IA 52402-3724.
Email: [email protected] Web:
www.biophilately.org
CAPTAIN COOK SOCIETY (1975): Life and voyages of Captain James
Cook; quarterly Cooks Log; $23; Jerry Yucht, 8427 Leale Ave.,
Stockton, CA 95212-1913.
United Kingdom: 14 to Alwyn Peel, 13 Cowdry Close,
Thornhill,
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 0LW; Australia: A$40 to Roz
Johnston, PO Box 1157, Thornbury, VIC 3071; Canada: CA$23 to John
W. Richardson, 19 Oakhurst Dr, North York, ON, M2K 2N2; New
Zealand: NZ$28 to Brian Wyeth, 12 Baska Dr, Kerikeri, NTL 0230.
Email: [email protected] Web:
www.captaincooksociety.com
mailto:[email protected]://www.biophilately.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.captaincooksociety.com/
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CARTO-PHILATELIC SOCIETY (1955): Globes and maps; quarterly The
New Carto-Philatelist; US $20, elsewhere $25, electronic $15;
MaryBeth Sulkowski, 1117 Douglas Ave Unit 209, North Providence, RI
02904-5374.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.mapsonstamps.org
CATS ON STAMPS STUDY UNIT (1985): Domestic and wild felines;
quarterly Cat Mews; US $14, elsewhere $20, electronic $10; Bob
Jarvis, 2731 Teton Ln, Fairfield, CA 94533-6503.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.catstamps.info
Cats on Stamps
CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS STUDY UNIT (1979): Chemistry and
physics; quarterly Philatelia Chimica et Physica; US $20; Canada
$27; elsewhere $40; Roland Hirsch, 20458 Waters Point Ln,
Germantown, MD 20874-1091.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.cpossu.org
CHESS ON STAMPS STUDY UNIT (1979): Chess, other board games;
quarterly Chesstamp Review; US $17, elsewhere $24; Barry Keith, 555
Rolling Valley Ct, Charlottesville, VA 22902-8257.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.chessonstamps.org
CHRISTMAS PHILATELIC CLUB (1986): Sacred and secular aspects of
Christmas; quarterly Yule Log; US/Canada $25, elsewhere $35; Jim
Balog, PO Box 744, Geneva, OH 44041-0744.
Email: [email protected] Web:
www.christmasphilatelicclub.org
mailto:[email protected]://www.mapsonstamps.org/http://www.catstamps.info/mailto:[email protected]://www.cpossu.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.queensac.com/mailto:[email protected]
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DISNEYANA ON STAMPS SOCIETY (2012): Stamps, covers, meters,
cancels, and other philatelic items relating to Walt Disney and his
legacy; bi-monthly Disnemation; electronic only; free membership;
William Silvester.
Email: [email protected] Web:
www.disnemation.wixsite.com/doss
Disney on Stamps
EARTHS PHYSICAL FEATURES STUDY UNIT (1977): Earthquakes,
environment, meteorology, mountains, oceanography, rivers,
volcanoes; quarterly Natures Wonders; US $14, elsewhere $24; Fred
Klein, 515 Magdalena, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022-5223.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.epfsu.jeffhayward.com
EBONY SOCIETY OF PHILATELIC EVENTS AND REFLECTIONS (ESPER)
(2000): African American heritage worldwide; quarterly Reflections;
US $25, elsewhere $35; Manuel Gilyard, PO Box 1757, Lincoln
Station, New York, NY 10037-1757.
Email: [email protected] Or Earnest Shinault, Sr, 3523
Douglass Ave, Memphis,
TN 38111-5721.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.esperstamps.org
WORLD OF ENGRAVERS PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION (2016). Engraving and
engravers on worldwide stamps. Quarterly Engravers Burin; free to
electronic members. Matt Hayes.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.facebook.com/groups/
WorldofEngraversPhilatelicAssociation/
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.epfsu.jeffhayward.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.esperstamps.org/http://www.facebook.com/groups/
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ERRORS, FREAKS AND ODDITIES COLLECTORS' CLUB (1997): Errors,
freaks, and oddities on worldwide stamps; bi-monthly The EFO
Collector; US/Canada $20, elsewhere $37; Scott C Shaulis, PO Box
549, Murrysville, PA 15668-0549.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.efocc.org
EUROPA STUDY UNIT (1959): All aspects of a United Europe;
bi-monthly Europa News; US/Canada $20, elsewhere $30, electronic
$10; Tonny Van Loij, 3002 S Xanthia St, Denver, CO 80231-4237.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.europastudyunit.org
FIRE SERVICE IN PHILATELY (1976): Fire fighting; quarterly Fire
Stamp News; $15; Edward Flory, 149 Sopher St, East Stroudsburg, PA
18301-2209
Email: [email protected]
GEMS-MINERALS-JEWELRY STUDY UNIT (1976). Gems, jewelry,
minerals. Quarterly Philagems International; US $15, elsewhere $20.
Fred Haynes, 10 Country Club Dr, Rochester, NY 14618-3720.
Email: [email protected]
GRAPHICS PHILATELY ASSOCIATION (1975). Books and printing on
postage stamps (from papyrus books, medieval manuscripts and
Gutenberg to eBooks of the 21st century) plus all other means of
communication using symbols. Quarterly Philateli-Graphics; US $15,
elsewhere $25. Larry Rosenblum, 1030 E El Camino Real Ste 107,
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-3759.
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.graphics-stamps.org
http://www.europastudyunit.org/http://www.europastudyunit.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.graphics-stamps.org/
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HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR STAMPS & STUFF (2015).
All things Halloweenincluding Harry Potter and Sleepy Hollow and
Poe. Quarterly Bubbling Cauldron; US $15, elsewhere $20. Denise
Lazaroff, PO Box 624, Simpsonville, SC 29681-0624.
Email: [email protected]
JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS AND POETS ON STAMPS (JAPOS) (1974):
Authors, journalists, poets; quarterly JAPOS Bulletin; US/Canada
$9, elsewhere $12; Clete Delvaux, 800 E River Dr Unit B, De Pere,
WI 54115-4159.
Email: [email protected] Membership: Mark Winnegrad, 1450
Parkchester
Rd, Bronx, NY 10462-7622.
JUDAICA THEMATIC SOCIETY (2007): Judaica on stamps; monthly
Judaica News; free to electronic members; Gary Goodman.
Email: [email protected]
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LIGHTHOUSE STAMP SOCIETY (1994): Lighthouses worldwide;
bi-monthly The Philatelic Beacon; US $15, elsewhere $20, electronic
$10; Dalene Thomas, 1805 S Balsam St Apt 106, Lakewood, CO
80232-6778.
Email: [email protected] Web:
www.lighthousestampsociety.org
MALARIA PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL (2007). Malaria worldwide;
Miasma; electronic only; free membership; Larry Fillion.
Email: [email protected] Web:
WWW.malariastamps.com/mpi/
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.lighthousestampsociety.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.malariastamps.com/mpi/
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MASONIC STUDY UNIT (1979): Freemasonry; bi-monthly Philatelic
Freemason; US $10, Canada/Mexico $12, elsewhere $16; Robert
Domingue, 59 Greenwood Rd, Andover, MA 01810-3311
Email: [email protected] Or Gene Fricks:
[email protected]
MATHEMATICAL STUDY UNIT (1979): Computers, mathematics;
quarterly Philamath; North America $12, elsewhere $15; Monty
Strauss, 4209 88th St, Lubbock, TX 79423-2941.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.mathstamps.org
MEDICAL SUBJECTS UNIT (1952): Dentistry, nursing, pharmacy,
physicians, Red Cross, veterinary medicine; also see MALARIA;
quarterly Scalpel & Tongs; US $15, elsewhere $18; Marion
Rollings, 101 New Amwell Rd, Hillsborough, NJ 08844-5516.
Email: [email protected]
MOTIVGRUPPE MUSIK (2012): International philatelic music study
group. Quarterly Der Musikus; US/Canada ~$35, elsewhere 25, youth
50% less. Cathleen Osborne, PO Box 1781, Sequim, WA 98382-1781.
Email: [email protected] Europe: 12.50 to Peter Lang,
Rotkamp 14, Berlin 13053 Germany. Email: [email protected]
Web: www.motivgruppe-musik.de
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.math.ttu.edu/msu/home.htmlmailto:[email protected]
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NAPOLONIC AGE PHILATELISTS (1983): Life and times of Napolon
Bonaparte; quarterly Campaign; US/Canada/Mexico $15, elsewhere $20;
Ken Berry, 4117 NW 146th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73134-1746.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.nap-stamps.org
PENGUINS ON STAMPS STUDY UNIT (2008): To promote the study of
philatelic material pertaining to Spheniscidae (penguins);
quarterly The Rookery Report; US $15, elsewhere $20, electronic
$10, youth $5; Lynn Vernon, 8430 Iris Rd, Plymouth, IN
46563-9055.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.penguinstamps.org
THE PERFINS CLUB (2006): Stamps that have been perforated with
designs, initials, or numerals; bi-monthly Perfins Bulletin; US
$15, Canada $18, elsewhere $25; John Hart, 6500 Upper Applegate Rd,
Jacksonville, OR 97530-9314.
Email: [email protected] Web: www.perfins.org
PETROLEUM PHILATELIC SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (1988): Oil, natural
gas, petro-chemical industry; quarterly Petro-Philatelist;
electronic only, free membership; Feitze Papa, 922 Meander Dr,
Walnut Creek, CA 94598-4239.
Email: [email protected] Web: ppsi.org.uk
PITCAIRN ISLANDS STUDY GROUP (2000): Pitcairn settlers past and
present; quarterly Pitcairn Log; US/Canada $20, elsewhere $25,
electronic $15; Barbara Kuchau, 15411 97th Dr, Live Oak, FL
32060-6816.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.pisg.net
mailto:[email protected]://www.nap-stamps.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.pisg.net/
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PLATE NUMBER COIL COLLECTORS CLUB (PNC3) (2013). Plate numbered
coils and related stamps. Monthly Coil Line; mailed to US $32-40,
mailed elsewhere $45, electronic $18. Michael J Conway, 239 Judd
Rd, Easton, CT 06612-1025.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.pnc3.org
POLAR PHILATELISTS, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF (1993): Antarctica and
Arctic; quarterly Ice Cap News; US $22, elsewhere $30; Alan Warren,
PO Box 39, Exton, PA 19341-0039.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.polarphilatelists.org
RAIL ROAD UNIT, CASEY JONES (1950): Trains, railroads,
streetcars; bi-monthly Dispatcher; US $15, Canada/Mexico $17,
elsewhere $20; Roy W Menninger MD, PO Box 5511, Topeka, KS
66605-5511.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.uqp.de/cjr
ROTARY ON STAMPS FELLOWSHIP (1952): Rotary International;
bi-monthly The ROS Bulletin; $20; Gerald FitzSimmons, 105 Calle
Ricardo, Victoria, TX 77904-1203.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.rotaryonstamps.org
SCOUTS ON STAMPS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (1990): Scouting;
bi-monthly SOSSI Journal; US $25/Canada $30/Mexico $35/elsewhere
$40; electronic (worldwide) $20. Lawrence E Clay, PO Box 6228,
Kennewick, WA 99336-6228.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.sossi.org
http://www.pnc3.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.polarphilatelists.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.uqp.de/cjrmailto:[email protected]://www.rotaryonstamps.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.sossi.org/
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SHIPS ON STAMPS UNIT (1952): All types of watercraft; bi-monthly
Watercraft Philately; US/Canada/Mexico $15, elsewhere $22;
electronic $10; Myron Molnau, 1616 E 32nd Ct, Spokane, WA
99203-3918
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.shipsonstamps.org
SPACE UNIT (1975): Astronauts/ astronautics; bi-monthly
Astrophile; $25; overseas $50. Terry Chamberlin, 5902 Mark Ln,
Rowlett, TX 75089-3749.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.space-unit.com
SPORTS PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL (1982): Olympics, recreation,
sports; quarterly Journal of Sports Philately; US/Canada $31,
elsewhere $43, electronic $15; Mark Maestrone, 2824 Curie Pl, San
Diego, CA 92122-4110.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.sportstamps.org
STAMPS ON STAMPS COLLECTORS CLUB (1959): Stamp-on-stamps, stamp
centenaries; quarterly SOS Journal; electronic only, free
membership;
Michael Merritt, 73 Mountainside Rd, Mendham, NJ 07945-2014.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.stampsonstamps.org
UNITED NATIONS PHILATELISTS (1970): Worldwide UN related
philately; bi-monthly Journal of United Nations Philatelists; US
$25, Canada $35, elsewhere $50, electronic $18; Christopher Dahle,
1401 Linmar Dr NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-3724.
Email: [email protected] Or Larry Fillion, 18 Arlington St,
Acton, MA 01720-2602.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.unpi.com
mailto:[email protected]://www.shipsonstamps.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.space-unit.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.sportstamps.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.stampsonstamps.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.unpils.com/
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WINDMILL STUDY UNIT (1974): Molinology; quarterly Windmill
Whispers; $15 to Orville Tysseling, 9740 Washington Church Rd,
Miamisburg, OH 45342-4510.
Email: [email protected] Or 7.50 (UK) or 11 (Europe) to Fred
Atkins,
35 Laxton Way, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2QL United Kingdom.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.wsuweb.eu
WINE ON STAMPS STUDY UNIT (1995): Grapes and wine; quarterly
Enophilatelica; North America $17, elsewhere $22, electronic $14.
Paul J Parham, 900 University St Apt 9E, Seattle, WA
98101-2730.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.wine-on-stamps.org
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF WORLDWIDE STAMP COLLECTORS (1996):
Worldwide stamp collecting; bi-monthly The Circuit; $15 + $2
initial fee. Joanne Berkowitz, PO Box 19006, Sacramento, CA
95819-0006.
Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.iswsc.org
Enrich your Collecting ! Join ATA !
AMERICAN TOPICAL ASSOCIATION PO BOX 8
CARTERVILLE IL 62918-0008 USA
618.985.5100
[email protected] americantopicalassn.org
2017.04.04
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