Membership associations organized around a hobby or collecting pursuit rather than a hand craft, following the standard cultural-sector distinction between a craft body and a hobbyist or collector association. Belongs here: associations for homebrewing, philately, genealogy, model railroading and comparable organized hobbies. Does not belong here: a body organized around a hand craft, a natural-history pursuit, a technical hobby, a sport, or a museum, each grouped separately.
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1. American Philatelic Society (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAmerican Philatelic Society (Wikipedia), History sectionQuote, American Philatelic Society (Wikipedia), History section
The organization, originally named the American Philatelic Association, was established on September 14, 1886, in New York City
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