Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors (russian: Московское общество филателистов и коллекционеров) was one of the first

philatelic 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 possi ...

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s in

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that appeared in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

in 1918. Later on, it ceased and was replaced with the

All-Russian Society of Philatelists (VOF), russian: ВОК (VOK) , predecessor = Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors , successor = All-Union Society of Philatelists, All-Union Society of Collectors , formation = , founding_location = Moscow, USSR , dissolved ...

(russian: Всероссийское общество филателистов).

History

In Russia prior to the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

, there was a well established and organised philatelic community. With the beginning of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, activity of Russian philatelic societies and magazines stopped. Communications with foreign philatelic societies were interrupted. After the October Revolution, stamp collectors managed to obtain legalisation of philately in Soviet Russia. The new magazine, ''Russian Magazine of Collectors and Correspondents'' (russian: Российский журнал коллекционеров и корреспондентов), established in 1916 and issued till July 1918, promoted the foundation of the Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors. It was set up in Moscow in March 1918. This was the first philatelic organisation in the RSFSR. Most members of the pre-revolutionary Moscow Society of Stamp Collectors joined the new society. It existed till February 1921. After its dissolution, the

was established in 1923.

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