# Carroll Chase

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{{Short description|Philatelic expert (1878–1960)}}
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|name                 =   Dr. Carroll Chase
|birth_date           =   September 17, 1878
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|death_date           =   {{death-date and age|May 11, 1960|September 17, 1878}}
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| known_for =   Plating of early United States and French stamps
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| honors   =  [Crawford Medal](/source/Crawford_Medal) (1930) <br/> [Lindenberg Medal](/source/Lindenberg_Medal) (1932) <br/>   [Luff Award](/source/Luff_Award) (1944) <br/>  [Lichtenstein Medal](/source/Lichtenstein_Medal) (1954) <br/> [APS Hall of Fame](/source/APS_Hall_of_Fame) (1960)
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'''Carroll Chase''' (17 September 1878 – 11 May 1960)<ref>''[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.]</ref> was an internationally recognized [philatelic](/source/philatelic) expert who specialized in classic stamps of the [United States](/source/United_States) and [France](/source/France). In his effort to study classic French stamps, he traveled to France and remained there until 1941 when he returned to the United States.

==Philatelic accomplishments==
Chase was responsible for:
* complete plating of the U.S. three-cent 1851-57 issue
* plating of the French 25-centime 1871 issue
* co-author of The First Hundred Years of Territorial Postmarks 1787–1887 (1950)
* The Smithsonian Institution has the photographic negatives of Dr. Carroll Chase's reconstructed plates of the U. S. three cent 1851 issue. The Chase prints show each stamp in the same size as the original stamp. Each image shows a complete pane of stamps and measures 11 x 14 inches. The reconstruction includes 13 plates consisting of a left and a right pane, making a total of 26 panes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/digital-asset-collections |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=postalmuseum.si.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Dr. Carroll Chase Plate Studies |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalpostalmuseum/albums/72157678765445003/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=Flickr |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Philatelic leadership==
Chase was active in supporting philately. He:
* was vice-president of the [American Philatelic Society](/source/American_Philatelic_Society) in 1915–1917
* was president of the American Philatelic Society in 1920–1922
* signed the [Roll of Distinguished Philatelists](/source/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists) in 1921

==Honors==
Chase was internationally recognized and awarded a number of honors:
* [Crawford Medal](/source/Crawford_Medal) in 1930
* [Lindenberg Medal](/source/Lindenberg_Medal) in 1932
* Luff Award in 1944
* [Lichtenstein Medal](/source/Lichtenstein_Medal) in 1954
* elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1960

==See also==
* [Philately](/source/Philately)
* [Philatelic literature](/source/Philatelic_literature)
* [Lindenberg Medal](/source/Lindenberg_Medal)

==References and sources==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091102213715/http://www.stamps.org/Almanac/alm_HallofFame_1960-64.htm#Chase Carroll Chase]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090313010254/http://www.uspcs.org/ChaseMontage.html The  Summer of '59 with Dr. Carroll Chase]
* [http://stampplating.com/ Plating the 3c U.S. Imperforate Stamp of 1851 - 1857]
* [http://www.slingshotvenus.com/FranklinArchive/frnkln_archv_Main.html The 1¢ Franklin Plating]
* [http://www.1847usa.com/identify/19th/1847.htm Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1847]

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Category:1878 births
Category:1960 deaths
Category:Philatelic literature
Category:American philatelists
Category:Recipients of the Lindenberg Medal
Category:Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
Category:American Philatelic Society

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