Jeremiah Hess Barr
Personal information
Nationality	USA
Birth date	1876
Date of death	May 26, 1955
Work
Institution memberships	American Philatelic Congress
Significant projects	Studied United States banknote issues; one of the founders of the American Philatelic Congress
Significant Awards	APS Hall of Fame

Jeremiah Hess Barr (1876-1955), of Pennsylvania, was a stamp collector who was active in collecting and writing on philately.

Contents 1 Collecting interests 2 Philatelic activity 3 Honors and awards 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Collecting interests

Barr had a wide knowledge of philately, but specialized in certain fields, including United States Banknote issues, United States revenue stamps, and stamps of Lombardy-Venetia and the Ionian Islands.

Barr’s grandfather was Elias Barr who, in 1855, established Barr’s Penny Dispatch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Because of the close link between the two stamps of Bar’s Penny Dispatch (Scott catalog No. 8L1 and 8L2) and his grandfather, Barr took a special interest in collecting these Lancaster local post stamps.

[edit] Philatelic activity

Barr was one of the founders of the American Philatelic Congress and served occasionally as president and editor. He also wrote a philatelic column in the Sunday Eagle newspaper of Reading, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Honors and awards

Jeremiah Hess Barr was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1955.

[edit] Legacy

The Jere. Hess Barr Award for the best presentation at the annual American Philatelic Society Writers Forum. was established by the American Philatelic Congress in his honor.

[edit] See also

• Philately
• Philatelic literature

[edit] References

• Jeremiah Hess Barr