Scott, J. W. (John Walter), 1845-1919

LC control no.	no2015036650
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Scott, J. W. (John Walter), 1845-1919 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Scott, John Walter, 1845-1919
Located	New York (N.Y.)
Birth date	18451102
Death date	19190104
Place of birth	England
Field of activity	Stamp collecting Postage-stamp albums Auctions
Affiliation	Collectors Club (New York, N.Y.) American Philatelic Society
Profession or occupation	Postage-stamp dealers Stamp collectors Auctioneers Publishers and publishing
Found in	Youth's companion stamp album, 1879: (J. Walter Scott) OCLC viewed Mar. 17, 2015: (access points: Scott, John Walter, Scott, John Walter, 1845-1919, Scott, J. Walker, active 1872; usage: J. W. Scott, J. Walter Scott) Wikipedia, viewed Mar. 17, 2015 (John Walter Scott, born November 2, 1845; died January 4, 1919; "the Father of American Philately" was from England but emigrated to the United States to take part in the California Gold Rush. He settled and resided in New York City. Unsuccessful at the prospecting trade, Scott began to sell postage stamps for collectors and soon became the nation's leading stamp dealer. He published the first significant stamp journal in American in 1868, entitled "American journal of philately". In 1868, he issued his first multi-paged postage stamp catalog, "A descriptive catalogue of America and foreign postage stamps, issued from 1840 to date". His "Scott catalog" became the leading stamp catalog in the United States. In 1885, he sold the rights to his business to the Calman brothers who renamed it the "Scott Stamp and Coin Company. Scott continued his stamp business after a legal battle over the use of his name and continued publishing philatelic literature, such as "The metropolitan philatelist", the "J. W. Scott & Co. Weekly news letter", and the "John W. Scott's junior weekly". He conducted the first postage stamp auction on May 28, 1870, in New York City, and he continued to organize and conduct auctions in the United States and Europe. In 1882, he issued the first auction catalog will full color plates of the stamps on sale. He was active in organizing philatelic exhibitions and in promoting the "stamp collection hobby", and he was one of the founding members of the "Collectors Club of New York" (1896). He was active in the American Philatelic Society where he was president from 1917 to 1919; and in 1941 he was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame)