Career
He was awarded the first Lichtenstein Medal in 1952 for his efforts in the field of philately as well as his contributions to the growth and prestige of the Collectors Club. Steinway supported the Collectors Club with funds for various projects, such as purchasing the philatelic library of Austrian Justice Viktor Suppantschitsch for the club The development of this library resulted in the club having one of the most extensive philatelic libraries in the world.
Steinway, along with other prominent American philatelists, helped found the, which originally was located on the fourth floor of the Collectors Club of New New York
He was named Chairman of the Expert Committee (1950–1952). Steinway had various collections of stamps.
The most significant ones were:
specialized study of the "Sydney Views" of New South Wales
Hamburg and old German States
stamps with "socked-on-the-nose" cancellations
stamps and covers relating to his family piano business
Because of his interest in collecting stamps related to his business, and because he applied no rigid rules as to collecting stamps, Steinway is often regarded as one of the founders of thematic collecting, which today is a common method of collecting. Such collectors today collect stamps showing butterflies, elephants, Disney characters, famous art, and so on.
