Philatelic Bibliography - Short Version

Bob is the son and grandson of postmasters in PA, and a collector of US stamps since childhood. Studies in Special Handling have resulted in the USSS Hopkinson Literature Award in 2007 and the same society’s Hopkinson Trophy for the best twentieth century exhibit at its national show in 2010. The same exhibit, “U.S. Special Handling 1925-1959: The Stamps and the Service,” has garnered 15 Gold medals at WSP national shows, and has won Show Grand Awards at the 2013 PNSE, 2014 NOJEX and 2015 ST. LOUIS shows. Bob has been President of the Brandywine Valley Stamp Club since 2007, is an APS Tiffany Donor, and a member of the USSS “Ugly Shirts!”

Personal Bibliography - Longer Version

Robert G. Rufe (rrufe1@aol.com) holds an A.B. in Economics and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College. He retired from Hercules Inc. in 2001 to pursue ornithological and philatelic interests. His father and both paternal grandparents were postmasters, William H. Rufe, Sr. having received his appointment at Riegelsville, PA from Postmaster General John Wanamaker in 1892. Bob is President of the Brandywine Valley Stamp Club, a 40-year member of the American Philatelic Society, and has been awarded both the Hopkinson Literature Award and the Hopkinson Trophy for Exhibiting by the United States Stamp Society. He recently became the 56th recipient of the Diamond Award for excellence in philatelic exhibiting by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors.