Joseph M. Clary

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Joseph M. Clary
Born January 18, 1905
Florence, Colorado [1]
Died August 8, 1996(1996-08-08) (aged 91)
Nationality USA
Occupation Engineer
Engineering career
Institutions American Philatelic Society
California Collectors Club
Projects Chairman of the American Philatelic Society Convention Committee from 1961 to 1979
Awards Luff Award
APS Hall of Fame

Joseph M. Clary (January 18, 1905 – August 8, 1996), of San Francisco, California, was a philatelist who dedicated himself to the advancement of the hobby of stamp collecting in California and on a national scale.

Philately Study of stamps and postal history and other related items

Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. It also refers to the collection, appreciation and research activities on stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps. For instance, the stamps being studied may be very rare, or reside only in museums.

Stamp collecting The collecting of postage stamps and related objects

Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is related to philately, which is the study of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service, as a never-ending stream of new stamps was produced by countries that sought to advertise their distinctiveness through their stamps.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

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California philatelic efforts

Clary was one of the founders of the California Collectors Club in 1937. He was a member of a number of stamp clubs in the San Francisco area and was active in their activities. He was celebrated for his role, starting in 1960, as a director for the philatelic exhibition WESTPEX.

National efforts

Clary was active within the American Philatelic Society (APS), served as director-at-large and as vice president, and was responsible for overseeing the transfer of the Sales Division to its current location in State College, Pennsylvania. He was also chairman of the APS Convention Committee from 1961 to 1979 and was responsible for the APS organizing its own conventions and philatelic exhibitions. The first show was the 91st APS Convention, held in 1977 in San Francisco, and Clary was its chairman.

American Philatelic Society organization

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.

State College, Pennsylvania Place in Pennsylvania, United States

State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania. It is the principal borough of the six municipalities that make up the State College area, the largest settlement in Centre County and one of the principal cities of the greater State College-DuBois Combined Statistical Area with a combined population of 236,577 as of the 2010 United States Census. In the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034 with approximately 105,000 living in the borough plus the surrounding townships often referred to locally as the "Centre Region." Many of these Centre Region communities also carry a "State College, PA" address although are not part of the borough of State College.

Honors and awards

Clary was awarded the Luff Award for Outstanding Service to the Society in 1964, and, in 1997, he was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.

The Luff Award is awarded by the American Philatelic Society for meritorious contributions to philately by living philatelists.

The American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame award honors deceased philatelists who have contributed significantly to the field of national and/or international philately.

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References

  1. ↑ "OBITUARY - Joseph Clary". SFGate.com. 1996-08-16. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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