Leo August
Personal information
Nationality	USA
Birth date	March 2, 1914
Date of death	December 4, 1997
Work
Institution memberships	American First Day Cover Society National Postal Museum
Significant projects	Created the “White Ace” album for stamp collectors; created Art Craft cachets for first day covers
Significant Awards	Luff Award APS Hall of Fame

Leo August (1914 -1997), of New Jersey, was a philatelist, who, as a stamp dealer and publisher, created interest and awareness in the collecting of first day covers.

Contents 1 Dealer and publisher 2 Philatelic activity 3 Honors and awards 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Dealer and publisher

In 1933 Leo and his brother Samuel, both stamp dealers, formed the Washington Stamp Exchange in Newark, New Jersey. In 1939 they established the Washington Press, which created and sold White Ace album pages for collectors. They also printed and sold high quality envelopes bearing an Art Craft cachet of each anticipated United States stamp to be issued, so that stamp collectors could have the envelope franked and canceled by the post office with the application “first day of issue” cancellation.

[edit] Philatelic activity

The August brothers were very interesting in expanding the hobby of collecting first day covers and helped found the American First Day Cover Society in 1955 and supported it financially during its early years.

Leo was a benefactor to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. He also helped create interest for the hobby of first day covers by instituting awards at various stamp shows and exhibitions.

[edit] Honors and awards

Leo received numerous honors for his work in the field of philately. He was awarded the Luff Award in 1990 for outstanding contributions to philately, and was named Man of the Year in 1997 by the American First Day Cover Society. In 1998 he was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.

[edit] Legacy

The Leo and Samuel August Memorial Award for best topical first day cover exhibit is awarded on an annual basis by the American First Day Cover Society. And, in his will, Leo provided a large bequest to The American Philatelic Research Library.

[edit] See also

• Philately

[edit] External links

• APS Hallof Fame – Leo August

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