Collectors Club of Seattle Ephemera Collection, 1954-1962
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Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Collectors Club of Seattle
- Title
- Collectors Club of Seattle Ephemera Collection
- Dates
- 1954-1962 (inclusive)19541962
1956 (bulk)19561956 - Quantity
- 16 items (1 box)
- Collection Number
- PH0656
- Summary
- Ephemera from the Collectors Club of Seattle, a philatelic group.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical Background
In 1956 the Post Office Department issued a "Conservation Series" of three wildlife-themed stamps. These 3¢ stamps were intended to emphasize the importance of conservation by depicting three threatened species: the wild turkey, the pronghorn antelope, and the king salmon. Because of the petitioning efforts of the Collectors Club of Seattle, a local philatelic (stamp collecting) club, the king salmon stamp was first issued in Seattle in connection with a meeting of the Sockeye Salmon Commission on November 9th, 1956. In 1962 the Collectors Club of Seattle also participated in the Centex Philatelic Exhibition at the Seattle World's Fair.
Content Description
The collection consists of stamps, illustrated envelopes, postcards, album sheet, and bulletin relating to the first day of issue of the 3¢ king salmon stamp in 1956 and the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. Items associated with the first day of issue of the 3¢ king salmon stamp include a stamp album sheet, cacheted envelopes designed by local artists, postcards depicting salmon and salmon fishing, and a monthly bulletin of the Collectors Club of Seattle. Additionally, there are two sheets of stamps celebrating the Collectors Club of Seattle participation in the Centex Philatelic Exhibition at the Seattle World's Fair in 1962.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Three-cent king salmon stamp series
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Description: First day album sheet of 3¢ king salmon stampsDates: 1956Container: Folder 1, Item 1
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Cacheted envelopes with 3¢ king salmon stamps, 1956
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Container: Folder 2, Item 2
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Description: "First Day of Issue, University of Washington School of Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation Series 1956"Container: Folder 2, Item 3
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Description: "Wildlife Conservation"Container: Folder 2, Item 4
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Description: "Wildlife Conservation, Collectors Club of Seattle"Container: Folder 2, Item 5
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Container: Folder 2, Item 6
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Description: "Wildlife Conservation Series 1956, Seattle Washington Nov. 9 1956, King Salmon, Collectors Club of Seattle"Container: Folder 2, Item 7
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Description: "Wildlife Conservation Series of 1956"Container: Folder 2, Item 8
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Postcards with 3¢ king salmon stamps, 1956
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Description: "Boating salmon in Elliott Bay with Seattle skyline in background"Josef Scaylea (photographer)Container: Folder 3, Item 9
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Description: "Chinook salmon"Container: Folder 3, Item 10
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Description: "Fishing at Seattle's front door"Josef Scaylea (photographer)
"Elliott Bay offers real sport for the lovers of salmon fishing. Annual derbys are held and salmon up to 50 pounds are often caught within sight of Seattle's main business section."
Container: Folder 3, Item 11 -
Description: "Puget Sound salmon fishing"Josef Scaylea (photographer)Container: Folder 3, Item 12
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Dates: 1921Container: Folder 3, Item 13
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Description: Monthly bulletin announcing the first day of issue of the 3¢ king salmon stampDates: Oct., 1956Container: Folder 4, Item 14
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Centex Philatelic Exhibition at the Seattle World's Fair
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Description: Sheet of stamps commemorating the participation of the Collectors Club of Seattle in the Centex Philatelic Exhibition at the Seattle World's FairDates: 1962Container: Folder 5, Item 15
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Commemorative postage stamps--United States
- Fishes on postage stamps
- Postage stamps--United States
Corporate Names
- Collectors Club of Seattle
Form or Genre Terms
- Postage stamps
- Postcards
- Stamp collections
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
