Philatelic Resources
Sports Philatelic Resources
Philatelic Exhibits
- The 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games & Jim Thorpe by Conrad Klinkner and Mark Maestrone. A single-frame exhibit (non-competitive) shown at INDYPEX 2012.
- Olympic Retrospective: The 1984 Games of Los Angeles by Mark Maestrone. A single-frame, Display Class exhibit.
Philatelic Publications
- A Philatelic History of the Olympic Games by Ernest Trory. This is a PDF document created from the original publication. [Size: 15.3 MB]
- APS Baseball stamp album. 22-page, full-color, stamp album. This album may be downloaded free of charge and printed out for personal use.
- APS Summer Olympics stamp album. 20-page, full-color, stamp album as a PDF document that may be downloaded and printed out for personal use free of charge. [Size: 2.4 MB] For more information, click here.
Philatelic Societies
- American Philatelic Society (APS)
- American Topical Association (ATA)
- Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP)
- Grupo Podium: Argentina's Olympic and sports philatelic society
- IMOS: Germany's Olympic and sports philatelic society
- Olympic & Sports Collectors Club-Berlin (OSPC-Berlin)
- Philatelic Federation of South Africa
- Polonus Philatelic Society: leading Polish philately society
- Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
- Society of Olympic Collectors (SOC): Great Britain's Olympic philatelic society
- Winnipeg Philatelic Society
Philatelic Collector Pages
- Australian Football Stamps: Paul Davies
- Australian Sports Stamps
- Baseball Art: Bill Goff
- Ice Hockey: Peter Laimins
- Petanque Philately
- Poster Stamps: Giorgio de Silva
- Soccer: Lester Williams
- Tennis: Pascal Bedenes
- EXPONET: Permanent virtual international philatelic exhibition.
Philatelic Resources (FAQs, directories, collecting clubs)
- AskPhil: FAQ sponsored by the Collectors Club of Chicago
- Association of Collecting Clubs: clearinghouse for info on collectibles
- AtoZee: web guide and directory for sports stamp collectors
- Glassine Surfer: stamp collecting site for beginners to advanced
- Joe Luft’s Philatelic Resources on the Web: best resource for websites
- Olympia-Philatelie ONLINE
- Stamp Collecting and Philately for Kids and Adults Alike
- Stamp Collecting Round Up: interesting stamp collecting blog
- Stamp Collectors Organizations: excellent resource for stamp organizations
- Thematic Club: useful site for cancellations; topical documents
- Ultimate Guide to Stamp Collecting: helpful overview of stamp collecting
- Virtual Stamp Club: another very extensive directory of stamp collecting links