The Binghamton
Philatelic Society was organized in 1933. Federation historical
records show a listing for the group. Delegates Donald Wheeler and
Kenneth Cook represented the society at the federation’s March
17, 1940 founding meeting. One of our present members, Walt McNulty,
was society secretary. The society met originally in the Hotel Bennett
then in the Arlington Hotel. Both structures have been since taken
down and turned into parking lots. The membership, at one point,
was upward of 100 strong. Its president was Don Burgess, and a man
by the name of Burt O’Connell, a cement dealer, who was also
very active in club activities according to McNulty.
The society
had many lawyers, bankers, doctors, etc, in their field of membership.
It was later renamed the Johnson City Stamp Club. Although the club
was disbanded several years ago, the stamp shows it put on are well
remembered, as were some of the collections that their members put
together.
