Mexico Elmhurst Philatelic Society International, better known as MEPSI, is an organization devoted to the study of all aspects of the
postal history
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is att ...
of
Mexico. It was founded in 1935 as the Elmhurst Philatelic Society. It narrowed its focus to Mexican stamps in 1942. MEPSI became a non-profit corporation under
Illinois statues on February 6, 1957 and is a tax exempt educational organization under
Internal Revenue Code
The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), formally the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, is the domestic portion of federal statutory tax law in the United States, published in various volumes of the United States Statutes at Large, and separately as Title 26 ...
section 501(c)(3).
MEPSI is
American Philatelic Society affiliate #43. It has the largest following in Mexico and the United States. However, the over 500 members are spread over more than 27 countries.
Society services
MEPSI offers the following services to its members:
* ''Mexicana'', an award winning quarterly
journal.
* A reference
library
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Philatelic expertization
Philatelic expertisation is the process whereby an authority is asked to give an opinion whether a philatelic item is genuine and whether it has been repaired or altered in any way.
Forging and faking, regumming and reperforating of stamps is ...
* Publication of literature related to the
philately
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 poss ...
of Mexico.
See also
*
Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico The Mexican postal system has its roots in the Aztec system of messengers which the Spanish adopted after the Conquest. A postal service was established in 1580, mainly to communicate between the viceroyalty of New Spain with the motherland Spain. D ...
References
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External links
MEPSI's Official web site
Philatelic organizations
Elmhurst, Illinois
Philately of Mexico