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Postal Stationery Society Of Great Britain
The Postal Stationery Society of Great Britain was formed in April 1941, with the aim of encouraging philatelists to collect and study postal stationery, in addition to the accepted hobby of stamp collecting.Journal of The Postal Stationery Society, May 2013 The Society had about 20 members in the beginning, some of whom carried out detailed research on issues of postal stationery from many different postal administrations, while others sent in questions on material they had bought and would like to find out more. All this was reported in the Society's newsletters which were issued 2 or 3 times per annum in the early years, and more frequently later on. The newsletters were duplicated sheets of paper, initially one foolscap sheet for each issue, although this later became two sheets per issue. Copies of these newsletters are held in the libraries of the Postal Stationery Society and the Royal Philatelic Society London The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philatelist
Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps. For instance, the stamps being studied may be very rare or reside only in museums. Etymology The word "philately" is the English transliteration of the French "", coined by Georges Herpin in 1864. Herpin stated that stamps had been collected and studied for the previous six or seven years and a better name was required for the new hobby than ''timbromanie'' (roughly "stamp quest"), which was disliked.Williams, L.N. & M. ''Fundamentals of Philately''. State College: The American Philatelic Society, 1971, p.20. The alternative terms "timbromania", "timbrophily", and "timbrology" gradually fell out of use as ''philately'' gained acceptance during the 1860s. Herpin took the Greek root word Ï ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Stationery Society
The Postal Stationery Society was formed on 26 September 1992 at an inaugural meeting held at the Union Jack Club, London.,''Gibbons Stamp Monthly'', July 2013. Starting in February 1993 the Society has published a ''Journal'' containing Society news and articles on all aspects of postal stationery. Initially the ''Journal'' was bi-annual and since 2002 it has been published quarterly. Publications * ''Victorian Private Stationery Impressed with Embossed Stamps'' * ''The Mulready Postal Stationery'' * ''The Real Cost of the Penny Post'' * ''A British Georgian Stamp Banned by the Postmaster General'' (a reprint of a pamphlet by Herbert Edgar Weston Herbert Edgar Weston (28 October 1874 in Chichester – 21 November 1961 in Twickenham),"The man who never was" by Colin Baker in ''The Postal Stationery Society Journal'', Vol 19 No 3, August 2011, pp.18–20 or H. Edgar Weston, was a stamp deale ...) * ''The Jubilee of the Uniform Penny Post'' * ''Great Britain Postage Rates Prepaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Philatelic Society London
The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as ''The Philatelic Society, London''. The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History, at its headquarters in the City of London. History The society was founded on 10 April 1869 at a meeting at 93 Great Russell Street in the rooms of the stamp dealer J.C. Wilson. The first officers elected were the president, Sir Daniel Cooper, the vice-president, Frederick A. Philbrick, and the secretary, W. Dudley Atlee. The committee comprised Edward Loines Pemberton, Charles W. Viner, Thomas F. Erskine, Joseph Speranza, and W. E. Hayns. Permission to use the prefix "Royal" was granted by King Edward VII in November 1906. Prince George, the Duke of York (future George V), was an enthusiastic stamp collector. He served as honorary vice-president of the society from 1893 to 1910. His father, King Edward VII, had a large stamp collection t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Stationery
A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid. It does ''not'', however, include any postcard without a pre-printed stamp, and it is different from freepost for preprinted cards issued by businesses. In general, postal stationery is handled similarly to postage stamps; sold from post offices either at the face value of the printed postage or, more likely, with a surcharge to cover the additional cost of the stationery. It can take the form of an official mail issue produced only for the use of government departments.Horning, Otto; ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting'' (1970). History Postal stationery has been in use since at least 1608 with folded letters bearing the coat of arms Venice. Other early examples include British newspaper stamps that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
