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.
John Nicholas Luff of New York City was one of the important philatelists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notable as an early user of scientific methods in the study of postage stamps. The Luff Award of the American Philatelic Society is named after him.
Alfred F. Lichtenstein was one of the most famous American philatelists.
John Robert Boker Jr. was an American philatelist who amassed some of the most prestigious collections of 19th century stamps ever seen by stamp collectors. Before his death in 2003, the Collectors Club of New York declared him, in 1996, to be the "outstanding philatelist of the last half of the twentieth century."
Philip Silver (1909–1999), of New York City, was a philatelist who specialized in the field of air mail stamps, known as aerophilately. He studied air mail stamps and postal history, and wrote extensively on the subject.
Robert Granville Stone, was an American philatelic scholar who devoted over fifty years to the study of certain specific segments of philately.
Joseph M. Clary, 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.
Barbara Ruth Mueller was an American philatelist.
Nancy B. Clark of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, and [Woods Hole, Massachusetts] is a philatelist who has served the philatelic community by her pioneering work with the Boy Scouts of America and her dedication to work at the American Philatelic Society.
Stanley J. Luft of Golden, Colorado, is a philatelist who is an expert on the postal history of France.
Calvin Waters Christian, of California, was a philatelist known to his fellow philatelists as “Bert.”
Hugh Massey Clark, of New York City, was a noted philatelist and publisher. He was married to Theresa Maria Clark.
Robert P. Odenweller is an American philatelist who is a member of the National Postal Museum's Council of Philatelists and a signatory to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. He is a member of The Collectors Club of New York, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand. From 1996 to 2000 he was President of the Grand Prix Club.
Charles J. Peterson was an American philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1991.
Wade E. Saadi is an American philatelist who served as president of the American Philatelic Society from 2008 to 2013. Saadi signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2010.
Roger Brody is an American philatelist who in 2016 was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. He is chairman of the Research Committee of the Smithsonian Museum's Council of Philatelists and is a specialist in early twentieth-century United States philately. Brody has received the Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award from the Collectors Club of New York, and the John H. Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research from the American Philatelic Society.
Cheryl R. Ganz FRPSL is an American philatelist who was appointed to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2018.
John H. Barwis is an American philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2020. He is also the 2020 recipient of the Lichtenstein Medal.
Yamil H. Kouri Jr. is an American philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2020. He serves as President of the Postal History Society.
Patricia Stilwell Walker is an American philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2022.
