Career
Barr had a wide knowledge of philately, but specialized in certain fields, including United States Banknote issues, United States revenue stamps, and stamps of Lombardy-Venetia and the Ionian Islands. Barr’s grandfather was Elias Barr who, in 1855, established Barr’s Penny Dispatch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Barr was one of the founders of the American Philatelic Congress and as its president and editors
Foreign six years he also wrote a philatelic column in the Sunday Eagle newspaper of Reading, Pennsylvania.
The Jere. Hess Barr Award for the best presentation at the annual American Philatelic Society Writers Forum was established by the American Philatelic Congress in his honor.
