The China Stamp Society is a philatelic organization dedicated to the appreciation of the postage stamp

Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...

s and postal history

Postal history

Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems...

 of China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

, including the Treaty Ports, Foreign Offices in China, the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese Occupation, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, Macao

Mação

Mação is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 400.0 km² and a total population of 7,763 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of eight parishes, and is located in the Santarém District....

, Manchukuo

Manchukuo

Manchukuo or Manshū-koku was a puppet state in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia, governed under a form of constitutional monarchy. The region was the historical homeland of the Manchus, who founded the Qing Empire in China...

 and Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

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Chapters

China Stamp Society chapters in the United States are located at: San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...

, California (Chiu Chin Shan Chapter); Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 (Chia Nan Chapter); Chicago, Illinois (Ping Yuan Zhi Zhu Chapter); Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 - Ft. Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

 Area (North Texas Chapter); and, Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

 (Chang Qing Long Chapter).

International chapters are located at: The Republic of China (Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

 Chapter), People's Republic of China (China Chapter), and Japan Chapter, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

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Convention

The national convention is held in Los Angeles, California, at the SESCAL World Series of Philately (WSP) stamp show on even-numbered years. On odd numbered years, the meeting is held in other parts of the country. The annual board of directors meeting is held at the convention. In 2009, the annual meeting was held at BALPEX in Baltimore, Maryland. The 2010 meeting is scheduled for SESCAL in Los Angeles, California, and the 2011 meeting is scheduled for CHICAGOPEX in Chicago, Illinois.

Services provided

The society provides a number of services related to China philately, including on-line stamp sales, expertizing service, identification service, translation services, discounts on books, library borrowing privileges, and scholarships for young collectors.

Membership

Membership is available to all collectors of stamps of China. Membership may be requested through the website or by mail to The China Stamp Society, Inc., P.O. Box 20711, Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

 43220 USA.

Publications

The China Clipper magazine is published every other month. It has been published continuously since 1936, and contains articles on China philately as well as society business and schedules of upcoming events.

The society owns the rights to the Ma Stamp Catalogue and is currently working on an updated edition

Meritorious Service Award

In 1995, the society’s Meritorious Service Award was established and is awarded to members of the society who, through their meritorious work, have enhanced the goals of the society.

See also

• China Philatelic Society of London
  China Philatelic Society of London
  The China Philatelic Society of London is a philatelic organisation devoted to the study of all aspects of Chinese philately from the Municipal Posts of the Treaty Ports to the People's Republic and Taiwan.-Origins:...
  
  
• Postage stamps and postal history of China
  Postage stamps and postal history of China
  The history of the postage stamps and postal history of China is complicated by the gradual decay of Imperial China and the years of civil war and Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s.- Imperial China :...
  
  
• Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong
  Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong
  Hong Kong formerly produced postage stamps with the name Hong Kong, with the face of the reigning monarchs of the United Kingdom, or with the royal symbols . After the Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty to China, stamps are now issued with the name Hong Kong, China...
  
  
• Postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan
  Postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan
  This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of The Republic of China, otherwise known as Formosa or Taiwan.The Republic of China comprises the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands, which are located off the east coast of mainland China...