Peter P. McCann, of University Park, Florida

University Park, Florida

According to the census of 2000, there were 26,538 people, 8,646 households, and 6,501 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 6,535.1 people per square mile . There were 9,047 housing units at an average density of 2,227.9/sq mi...

, is a philatelist

Philately

Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps...

 who has supported the hobby of philately on a national scale. For his varied services to the American Philatelic Society

American Philatelic Society

The American Philatelic Society is the largest nonprofit stamp collecting and organization of philately in the world, with almost 44,000 members from 110 countries...

 (APS) over several decades, he was awarded in 2008 the Luff Award

Luff Award

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 for outstanding service to the society.

Philatelic activity

Peter McCann served the APS in a variety of ways, including acting as president, vice president, chairman, board member, and ambassador-at-large for the society. He served on, and chaired, various committees, and he also served as judge on at least 125 national stamp exhibitions.

In addition to judging exhibits of others at stamp exhibitions, McCann has exhibited, nationally and internationally, selections from his own collections and has won national grand awards with three different exhibits.

McCann has served as president of the American Philatelic Congress, the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, and the British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group. He is a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London, and has been a trustee of the Philatelic Foundation

Philatelic Foundation

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. He served as co-chairman of the Council of Philatelists at the National Postal Museum

National Postal Museum

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 at the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 He was elected Vice President of FIP, the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie

Fédération Internationale de Philatélie

The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie was founded on June 18, 1926 and is the world federation for philately based in Zürich, Switzerland.- Aims :The primary aims of the FIP are:*To promote stamp collecting and philately....

, in 2004 and reelected in 2008.

Philatelic literature

McCann has written articles on various aspects of philately and has served as co-editor and co-author of several books related to philately of Caribbean

Caribbean

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 islands and the islands of the South Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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Honors and awards

In addition to receiving the Luff Award

Luff Award

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 in 2008, McCann signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists

Roll of Distinguished Philatelists

The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists is a philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921...

 in 2007. He has also been awarded the Eugene Klein Memorial Award, the Phoenix Award, and the Skavaril Award. In 2010 he was awarded the Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award.