Andrew McEachern has held the honorary positions of Public Relations Officer, Education Officer,and Secretary of state and national Stamp Promotion Councils in Australia, and was national president of the Australian Stamp Promotion Council (APF forerunner), after being on the committee which formed the organisation....he founded ASSCO (Australian School Stamp Clubs Organisation) and produced mailings to the 336 clubs at six-weekly intervals for some years...devised the 'Been Everywhere' and Commonwealth Games 1982 covers.....won the special Philatelist of the Year Award in 1981 for services to national philately.....Ex-President and Hon.Life Member of Southside Philatelic society....member of American Philatelic Society, National PhilatelicSociety(UK), Local Post Collectors Society, American Topical Association, PhilatelicSociety of NSW.....Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors....Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.....Member of Australian Institute of Emergency Services .....Justice of the Peace for Queensland. Has won awards at Stampex (UK) and Anpex (Australia)...first traded in the '50s as Whitehorse Stamp Company.......attends national and international Exhibitions yearly.