Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps
The Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps (S.S.S.S.) was a short-lived and ill-fated attempt by philatelists before 1900 to suppress the issue of stamps designed mainly for sale to collectors.
The society was formed on 6 May 1895 and lasted until about 1897 when it broke up due to the failure of dealers and collectors within its ranks to boycott speculative issues."The Possibility of Forming a Universal Philatelic Union of Philatelic Societies to Discourage Unnecessary or Speculative Issues" by M.P. Castle in The London Philatelist, Vol.19, pp.111-118, 1910.
The society was supported by the Royal Philatelic Society London and the American Philatelic Society.
Examples of society publications
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=6WRMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59 The Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps.] The Post Office, 1895, Vol. V, No. 53, p. 59.
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=TTYaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA478 The Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps.] St. Martin's-le-Grand, F. J. Beckley (ed.), 1895, Vol. V, No. 20, pp. 478–479.