Wade E. Saadi

{{Short description|American philatelist}}

Wade E. Saadi is an American philatelist who served as president of the American Philatelic Society from 2008 to 2013.{{cite web |title=APS Presidents |url=https://stamps.org/history/aps-presidents |website=stamps.org}}

Saadi signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2010.[http://www.abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011], Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130819000841/http://abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Archived here.]

In late 2014, the Board of Governors of the Collectors Club of New York selected Saadi to receive the 2015 Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award at the Annual Awards Dinner on May 6, 2015, citing Mr. Saadi's contributions to organizational leadership, scholarship, research and writing, and exhibiting.{{cite web |title=Lichtenstein Award Winners |url=https://www.collectorsclub.org/about/awards/lichtenstein-award-winners/ |website=The Collectors Club}}

Saadi was the president of the organizing committee for World Stamp Show-NY 2016, an international philatelic exhibition planned for May 28 - June 4, 2016.{{cite web |title=Organization/Personnel |url=http://www.ny2016.org/SubMenu/Organization_Personnel.aspx?id=514 |website=www.ny2016.org}}

In late 2017, Saadi was awarded Philatelist of the Year, by Delcampe during the MonacoPhil show.