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Charles Shreve
President
cshreve@spink.com

Charles F. Shreve (President of Spink Shreves Galleries, Inc.) has been in the rare stamp business for over 40 years. Mr. Shreve started collecting stamps at age 12 and soon after started his first job in the industry for Roger Koerber Stamps in Michigan. Climbing the corporate ladder Mr. Shreve took a position with the well know auction house Sotheby's, New York in their stamp auction department and quickly became known as "bright light" in the business.

In 1980 Mr. Shreve was hired by Steve Ivy of Heritage Rare Coin Galleries, to start-up and head a rare stamp auction company that would rival the largest auction houses nationwide. Steve Ivy Philatelic Auctions, Inc. was born and in 1990 expanded their Dallas based headquarters to mid-town Manhattan. Touting a New York address and a new name, (Ivy, Shreve and Mader) Mr. Shreve directed this company into one of the largest stamp auction houses in the country. Ivy, Shreve and Mader Philatelic Auctions, Inc. was sold to a publicly held company based in New Jersey in 1993.

In 1994, Mr. Shreve left his position at I.S.M.P.A. to start a new philatelic consulting company. Out of those endeavors came Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. which over the course of 14 years grew to be certainly one of the two largest rare stamp auction houses in the country with over $150 million in sales.

In 2007, Shreves was acquired by Spink and Son Ltd. of London and again Mr. Shreve was asked to take the helm as President of the new entity - Spink Shreves Galleries.

Charles is a member of the Board of Governors for the New York Collector's Club, serves on the Board for the Philatelic Foundation and also holds a seat on the Council of Philatelists for the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. He is also a life member of the American Stamp Dealers Association and American Philatelic Society.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American Philatelic Society (life member) | American Revenue Association | American Stamp Dealers Association (life member) | Carriers & Locals Society | Collectors Club (New York – Board member) | Philatelic Foundation (Board member) | Philatelic Traders Society (London) | Smithsonian National Postal Museum (Council of Philatelists) | U.S. Classics Society (life member)

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