During the winter and early spring of 1926, a group of stamp collectors made it a habit to stop in at the offices of Schwartz & McKelvie Printing Company to talk about and exhibit their stamps to each other.  The group decided to form a stamp club, and their efforts resulted in the formation of the Omaha Philatelic Society on April 23, 1926.  Meetings were held twice monthly at the homes of various members.

By February 1928, the Omaha Philatelic Society had an official publication, The O.P.S. Annual.  In August of that year, an official publication, "The Philatelian", was published on a semiannual basis.  The first stamp show sponsored by the Omaha Philatelic Society was held on May 22^nd to June 4^th, 1929, at the Aquila Court Art Gallery.  Seventy-five frames of stamps were displayed.

The Omaha Philatelic Society continues its proud tradition of hosting the Omaha Stamp Show every Labor Day weekend.  The year 1994 marked another proud milestone in this club’s history when it hosted two nationally accredited stamp shows within two and a half month period—the American Topical Association’s annual TOPEX show and its own APS show.

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Richard McConnell has complied the Secretarial minutes and records (including treasury reports, membership rolls) of the OPS from 1940 to Present. Thanks you Richard for compiling this manuscript. Click here for the OPS Secretarial minutes and records.