American Philatelic Society

The American Philatelic Society (APS ) is the largest philatelic club in the world. The club has almost 44,000 members from 110 different countries (as of 2007).

The club was founded on September 14, 1886 in New York City. First, the association " American Philatelic Association " was and 1897, he was shortly renamed already for today's club name and then finally from 1908 to the present name. 1940, the club had 4,000 members, among them was President Roosevelt. The headquarters of the APS is now in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.