Haiti Philatelic Society

2007 Member Survey

The Society and You, the Members

Eighty-eight percent of respondents stated that the HPS meets their philatelic needs very well or excellently, and ninety-six

percent said that their interaction with HPS Officers has been positive. Seventy-five percent said that the HPS compares

favorably with other philatelic societies. Ninety-two percent said that the cost of membership is reasonable. Fifty-four

percent said that they usually vote in Society elections, thirteen percent vote sometimes and twenty-one percent never vote.

This pie chart shows how diverse we are in collecting years; most of us fall in the

50-year slice but a few, with under 10 years, have just started, while have some

have gone on for over 70 years. Congratulations!

Ninety-two percent of respondents stated that they receive specific benefits from

their membership such as: information and knowledge of Haitian stamps, postal

history, and Haiti in general; meeting and interacting with other members and

people with similar philatelic interests; and the CD of back issues, the auction,

and the HP journal. Twenty-nine percent of respondents indicated that they

would be willing to support a Society project.

Collecting interests include postal history, stationery, early postmarks and post offices, stamps ranging from the early classics

to modern issues, revenues, airmails and cancellations, souvenir sheets, errors, first flights, overprints, forgeries, covers and

US Navy and occupation era.

Our members specialize in flight covers, errors and varieties, plating, 19th century British and French stamped covers, issues

from 1890 through 1920, and town cancels.

Four members said that they had examples of postage stamps overprinted as revenues, and four of you also said that you

have unique or rare items.

Eighty-eight percent of our members have collecting interests in addition to Haiti. These include the world and its countries;

USA and its possessions, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Europa, Dutch colonies, Norway, Great Britain, Indonesia, Canada,

Siam, the UN, and Jamaica. Other areas mentioned were EFOs, World Refugee Year and World Malaria Year issues and

varieties, dead countries, topicals, cinderellas, locals, fantasies, bogus issues and forgeries and postcards.

Sixty-seven percent had suggestions for improving the Society. Almost all related to membership; recruiting new members

to expand the Society, involving current members more frequently in Society activities and services, promoting more

interaction between members and overcoming our great geographic dispersion in order to get together more frequently,

perhaps through yearly meetings at a major show. Other suggestions were to have a list of places to buy and sell stamps

and to establish an on-line forum where members could ask/answer questions and exchange information. There were

several comments congratulating the Society’s Officers on a job well done.