Why Don’t We Have a Vintage Card Society?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by jayshum

What exactly do the APS and ANA do for their respective hobbies?

The APS provides a wide variety of services.
A monthly publication giving hobby news and dealer ads.
Authentication services based on experts and a huge reference collection.
A sales department that has both online sales and books of stamps for sale that circulate to members interested in a particular subject.
Educational opportunities - videos, seminars etc.
A very large Philatelic library and archive.
Things to promote the hobby, like supporting local clubs.

They're also a reference for finding specialist organizations. Some of them are very useful. Im a member of the US philatelic classics society, Former member of the Precancels group and perfins group and APS. My wife was in a Christmas philatelic organization, a couple Canadian groups and a topical group. All have varying levels of things they support.

I have not been a member of the ANA, but did collect coins for years, and as far as I know they did or do the same things.