The Stuart Rossiter Trust is a British charitable trust (registered charity number 292076) that was created by the will of the

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 possi ...

and postal historian

Stuart Rossiter Percival Stuart Bryce Rossiter (25 February 1923 – 1982) was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was involved in numerous p ...

and subsequently the will of his mother. The trust was established in 1985 and has become a prolific publisher of books about

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 ...

and also provides financial assistance to the publication of other postal history books and provides grants for research in to postal history. There are six trustees. The principal objectives of the Trust are: *To promote research into the history of the postal services *To publish and sell our postal history books and publications in this area of study. The Trustees have said that they "invite applications for funding from anyone, whether professional or amateur, with an interest in conducting original research into the history of written communications with a view to publishing their findings".http://www.rossitertrust.com/ Rossiter Trust home page The trustees have also instigated an annual lecture in Stuart Rossiter's memory on a postal history theme. The 2022 speaker has been announced as Simon Richards who will talk on "''The Influence of Military History on Postal History: Anglo-French rivalry in the Caribbean'

Selected publications

*''An Introduction to the Postal History of Denmark 1624-1950'' by David Cornelius 2004 *''British Consulate Post Office at Bangkok 1855-1885'' by Michel House 2021 *''Suffolk Postal History and Postal Markings to 1844'' by Tom Slemons 2018 *''Postmen at War'' by E T Vallance 2017 *''Crisis in the Cayman Islands Post Office'' by Graham Booth 2020 *''British Printed Papers by Post 1836-1876'' by Gavin Fryer 2019

References

External links

The Stuart Rossiter Trust
official website
Charity Commission Trust ProfileHeritage Link ProfileProfile in The Philatelic Database
Philatelic organisations based in the United Kingdom Charitable trusts 1985 establishments in the United Kingdom