Ethel Bergstresser McCoy
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- Walter R. McCoy
- widow of Bert A. Stewart
Essay-Proof Society
American Philatelic Society
Collectors Club of New York
Ethel Bergstresser McCoy | |
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| Born | June 20, 1893 |
| Died | August 17, 1980 (aged 87) |
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| Engineering career | |
| Institutions | American Air Mail Society Essay-Proof Society American Philatelic Society Collectors Club of New York |
| Projects | Was most noted for her collection of United States airmail stamps |
| Awards | APS Hall of Fame |
Ethel Bergstresser (Stewart) McCoy (June 20, 1893 – August 17, 1980), of New York City, was a philatelist who created a number of stamp collections, and was active within the philatelic community. She was the daughter of Charles Bergstresser (1858–1923), one of the founders of Dow Jones & Co.
Ethel McCoy is most noted for her collection of United States airmail stamps, which included a block of four, acquired in 1936, of the famous “Inverted Jenny” listed as C3a in the Scott catalog.
During the 1955 American Philatelic Society Convention, held in Norfolk, Virginia, the very valuable block was stolen. In 1979, the year before she died, she bequeathed the block, if it could be found, to the American Philatelic Research Library. In an investigation led by philatelic "detective" James H. Beal, the two stamps on the left side of the block of four (positions 65 and 75) were eventually recovered.[1]