Society News
  • October 10, 2024: Danish Philatelic Literature Catalog and Display at HAFNIA 24

    Chris King, RDP, created a catalog of Danish Philatelic Literature. This catalog arose from a realization that Danish philatelic literature is not collected seriously by many of the philatelists that he knows in Denmark, and that it's not possible easily to find lists of auctions that have taken place in the country, nor what exhibitions have been held. There are partial listings and excellent library listings to be found, but they are nowhere collated into a single bibliography of Danish philatelic literature. This catalog is still not a complete one, but it is just a beginning to achieve that goal. Many people and organizations, including the Scandinavian Collectors Club, have helped to bring this project forward.

    Chris King, who is also a member of the SCC, shares the first draft of this catalog for SCC members on our website. If any SCC member thinks that they would like to contribute to this project, please contact him at chris.king@postalhistory.net. The link to this catalog can be found on the Philatelic Literature web page. Some of the Danish philatelic literature listed in this catalog will be displayed at HAFNIA 24 on October 17-20, 2024, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • August 29, 2024: SCC 2024 Annual Meeting

    The 2024 Annual Meeting of SCC will be held at CHICAGOPEX on November 22-24. The complete schedule of events for the meeting can be found from the link below.

    SCC 2024 Annual Meeting Schedule of Events

  • August 17, 2024: Continuous Large Gold tradition of The Posthorn

    The Posthorn, the esteemed quarterly journal of the SCC, repeated the same success of the last year and won a Large Gold medal in the Philatelic Literature competition at the Great American Stamp Show (GASS) 2024 in Hartford.

  • July 31, 2024: SCC Library Index updated

    In July, a new Library Index has been posted to the SCC Web site. This Excel index can be accessed at https://www.scc-online.org/library.php

    As previously announced, the index will be updated semi-annually. Since the last index was published earlier this year, we have added approximately 50 new book titles.

    Additionally, we have added two new sections to the index:

    • Catalogs
    • Periodicals

    The catalog index lists out all catalogs available in the SCC Library. We are not just referencing titles, but each individual catalog by year.

    The periodicals section has one listing for each periodical/journal. These listings include title, country of origin, name of publisher, publication frequency, and the volumes that we have in the library. We have a lot of periodicals in our library. As of this news publication, approximately two out of three walls of periodicals have been indexed.

    As before, you may access the brief instruction video and manual in the same URL as provided above.

    Please do not hesitate to reach out Even Brande at evenbrande@gmail.com if you have any questions about how to use this invaluable tool.

    For the next index update in January 2025, we plan to have all the periodicals completed and also have started on our vast collection of auction catalogs. Beyond that we also plan an article index to be developed in the future.

  • September 1, 2023: Webinar from SCC Chapter 27

    Royal confessions to a lifelong friend: Swedish & Norwegian Queen Louise's Correspondence 1850-1871 A webinar brought to you by the Scandinavian Collectors Club Colorado (Chapter 27) Join us for this hour-long webinar with Norwegian Philatelist Kent Ryen. Kent will discuss his new book and the postal history behind these royal letters. This webinar will cover many topics including how Kent became interested in this area of collecting, the history behind the letters, what the Queen was writing about, how these letters traveled back in the days, and much more. If you are interested in Scandinavian philately, this is a presentation you don't want to miss. Hope you can join us on Saturday, September 23. 11 AM Eastern, 8 AM Pacific. Register at the following site: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1868448921105104479

  • August 14, 2023: Another Large Gold for The Posthorn

    The Posthorn, the esteemed quarterly journal of the SCC, won a Large Gold medal in the Philatelic Literature competition at the Great American Stamp Show (GASS) 2023 in Cleveland.