Omaha Philatelic Society Celebrates Centennial Year!
The Omaha Philatelic Society proudly celebrates the 100th anniversary of its 1926 founding!
During the winter and early spring of 1926, a group of stamp collectors made it a habit to stop in at the offices of Swartz & McKelvie Printing Company to talk about and exhibit their stamps to each other, as Mr. Swartz was dealing more or less in stamps. It was in that building that the group decided to create a stamp club, and they formed the Omaha Philatelic Society on April 23, 1926, with 10 charter members.
The Omaha Philatelic Society held a Centennial Art Contest in 2025, and selected Joyella Brick’s artwork titled “Swartz Printing Stamp”, shown below, as the official logo celebrating our stamp collecting club’s Centennial.
Society Publishes First Newsletter, Grows Fast
By February 1928, the Omaha Philatelic Society had an official publication, The O.P.S. Annual. Beginning in August of that year, a follow-on publication, “The Philatelian,” was published on a semiannual basis. The August 2026 newsletter reported that the club had about 70 members.
First Stamp Exhibition
The first stamp exhibition sponsored by the Omaha Philatelic Society was held on May 22nd to June 4th, 1929, at the Aquila Court Art Gallery. Seventy-five frames of stamps were exhibited.
Our Mission
The objective of the Omaha Philatelic Society is the advancement of philatelic interest and knowledge among the membership and its community, the formation of philatelic friendships, mutual benefit through the exchange of philatelic material, and the promotion of our collecting hobby.
Meetings
The club meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month. Meetings start at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7:00. The only exceptions to our meeting dates are perhaps in April, depending on whether one of the meetings falls on Good Friday, in November, when the second meeting may be moved to the third Friday, and in December, when there is no fourth-Friday meeting.
Our current membership is 60 members strong. Each of our meetings is typically attended by about 20 to 35 members.
The second Friday of each month is a short business meeting followed by a presentation related to philately given by a member or guest speaker. If no presentation is scheduled, the club will usually hold a member bourse, where members are encouraged to bring stamps, covers, or any other philatelic item from their collection for selling, trading, or for show-and-tell.
The fourth-Friday meetings include a brief discussion on current club affairs followed by an exchange (auction) of philatelic items submitted by our members.
Guests are always welcome to attend our club meetings. However, membership is required to participate in our auctions or borrow books from our library.
Meeting Location
Pacific Hills Lutheran Church
90th and Pacific Streets (SW corner)
Omaha, NE 68124
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