Youngblood Adds Two Top Jobs

Well-known philatelic writer and editor Wayne Youngblood — and one of the most-popular people in U.S. stamp collecting — is the new editor of two top publications: American Stamp Dealer & Collector and Collectors Club Philatelist. The latter is published by the Collectors Club in New York City.

The former is a glossy magazine which, despite its title, is aimed at a more casual audience and possible news stand sales.

“I am thrilled for the opportunity and extremely indebted to current editors Randy Neil (who founded ASD&C) and Gene Fricks,” the current editor of the Collectors Club Philatelist, Youngblood posted on Facebook.

Said the American Stamp Dealers Association, publisher of ASD&C, in a press release, “Wayne’s reputation and accomplishments in the hobby make him the perfect choice to take the magazine into the future.

“Wayne, one of the most recognized names in the U.S. philatelic community, is a lifelong stamp collector who began before the age of 8 and never stopped. He has been an APS member for more than 40 years, serving nearly a decade on its board of directors. He also serves as an expertizer for American Philatelic Expertizing (for more than 25 years), and is the longest-term instructor at the APS Summer Seminar on Philately, where he has been lead instructor of the Stamp Technology course for more than 25 years.”

Youngblood was elected at the American Philatelic Society Board for the first time as a Director-at-Large in 1997 at the age of 35.

His philatelic writing career began as a staff editor for Linn’s Stamp News, then as Editor of the co-owned Scott Stamp Monthly. He later moved to the rival Stamp Collector newspaper, and became publisher of owner Krause Publications other hobby/collectible publications, ranging from comics and toys to records and movies.

Youngblood is the author of 10 books (including eight on history and historical photography) and has had thousands of articles published throughout the philatelic world.

He currently edits the American Topical Association’s Topical Time journal and Duck Tracks for the National Duck Stamp Collectors Society. He continues to write regularly for several publications (including American Philatelist, Linn’s and The international Philatelic Exporter) and is in-demand as a philatelic speaker.

In addition to belonging to numerous philatelic organizations, Youngblood serves on the board of directors of the Arizona Philatelic Rangers and has been inducted into the APS Writers Unit #30 Hall of Fame and the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs Hall of Fame. Although his primary expertise lies in stamps, Wayne, who is now an independent author, editor, and dealer, also has a strong interest and knowledge base in historical documents, autographs and vintage photographs. He has served at numerous appraisal fairs specializing in these areas for about 20 years.

Among his collecting interests are errors, freaks and oddities; fakes and forgeries; and the secret drop boxes of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

5 thoughts on “Youngblood Adds Two Top Jobs

  1. Congratulations Wayne. I’ve been impressed by the ASDA magazine since I first subscribed (sad to say, it wasn’t with issue No. 1). You have big shoes to fill, but you certainly have the experience and skills to do the job.

  2. Congratulation Wayne on your new positions. We met years ago when you was a judge for APS newsletter contest. At that time I was Editor in Chief of Reflections newsletter for ESPER. You gave me a lot of suggestion for improvement. I’m no longer editor. I’m webmaster for ESPER website now. I rebuilt it last year. We just won Gold award from the APS website contest. I saw you in Richmond in August at the Richmond stamp show. It was nice seeing your. Congrats again and wish you continued success. Checkout ESPER new and improved website. Go to: esperstamps.org

  3. Dear Mr. Youngblood,
    I very much enjoyed reading The Odd Lot article “Same Design Source Yields Very Different Stamps” on pages 18 and 19 of the November 12, 2018 issue of Linn’s Stamp News that you wrote. I would like to thank you for writing this article. This is the best article that I saw in Linn’s Stamp News in a long time. I liked seeing your comparison of the stamp designs from 1925 and 1975 and comparing both stamps to the art works that are behind the stamps. Your information concerning how the printing types influenced the stamp designs was very interesting. I especially enjoy reading articles that present the history behind stamps and details of stamp designs.
    Thank you again for writing the article.

    Ralph Rust

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