The American Revenue Association was founded in 1947 and is a "non-profit corporation serving the needs and interests of all collectors of
revenues
In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business.
Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive revenue ...
, tax stamps,
stamped paper
Stamped paper is an often- foolscap piece of paper which bears a pre-printed revenue stamp. Mackay, James. ''Philatelic Terms Illustrated''. 4th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2003, p. 147. Stamped papers are not a form of postal stationery ...
,
telegraph
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas p ...
and
railroad stamps, and general
non-postal Back-of-the-Book material".
The association is run by a board of directors assisted by officers. The president is Robert Hohertz. Notable members include the prominent stamp dealer Eric Jackson,
Martin Erler
Martin Erler (c. 1920 - 11 August 2014) was a German philatelist
Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves m ...
in Germany, E.S.J. van Dam in Canada and A.M. Mollah in India.
Journal
The official journal of the association is ''The American Revenuer'', which is now in its 63rd volume.
Affiliations
The association is affiliate No.51 of the
American Philatelic Society
The American Philatelic Society (APS) is the largest nonprofit stamp collecting foundation of philately in the world. Both the membership and interests of the society are worldwide.
History
The organization, originally named the ''American Phil ...
.
Selected publications
The association has published the following books, amongst others:
*Combs, W.V. ''Second Federal Issue 1801–1802: U.S. Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper.''
*Combs, W.V. ''Third Federal Issue 1814-1817 and other U.S. Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper 1791-1869''.
*Mahler, Michael. ''A catalog of United States revenue-stamped documents of the Civil War era by type and tax rate.''
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See also
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Cinderella Stamp Club
The Cinderella Stamp Club was founded on 5 June 1959 in London, England, and is an association of philatelists, amateur and professional, whose interests lie in local stamps, telegraph stamps, railway stamps, revenue stamps, fiscals, forgeries, bo ...
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Fiscal Philatelic Society
The Fiscal Philatelic Society (11 January 1902 – 1928) was an early twentieth-century British philatelic society that is seen as a predecessor to today's '' The Revenue Society''. The principal object of the society was the study of fiscal stamp ...
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Revenue Society
The Revenue Society (originally ''The Revenue Society of Great Britain'') was formed in 1990 and is the only international philatelic society which covers revenue stamps of the whole world. The society is also noted for the particularly high qualit ...
References
External links
*{{official, http://www.revenuer.org
Revenue stamps
Philatelic organizations based in the United States