| Founded | 1926 |
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| Type | not-for-profit organization |
| Focus | entire U.S. postage stamp and postal history scene |
| Location |
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| Origins | Philatelic Plate Number Association and the Bureau Issues Association |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Method | research, study groups, convention, committees, awards |
Revenue | membership fees |
| Website | http://www.usstamps.org/ |
| publishes The United States Specialist | |
The United States Stamp Society (USSS) is the largest philatelic organization dedicated to the research and study of United States postage and revenue stamps. The Society is a non-profit collector-based organization with a world-wide membership of over 1700. The USSS is Affiliate #150 of the American Philatelic Society (APS). Since 1930 the Society has encouraged philatelic study through voluntary membership in specialized committees, including those for specific stamp issues like the Washington-Franklins, the Prexies or the Liberty Series, and areas of U.S. philately such as Plate Numbers, Marginal Markings, Private Vending and Affixing Perforations, Booklets and Panes, and Luminescence. Research is made available through published books, research papers and articles in the monthly journal, The United States Specialist.