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The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria is a philatelic society based in
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, in the state of Victoria,
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History

The society was founded in Melbourne in 1892 as The Philatelic Society of Victoria and it received the "Royal" prefix in 1947.Birch, Brian. ''The Philatelic Bibliophile's Companion'', 3rd edition, Standish, Wigan, 2007, p.62.


Aims

The aims of the society are to: *Promote the hobby of philately in all aspects. *Promote and support the art, education, study, research, activity, interests and status of philately in the State of Victoria. *Promote fellowship among philatelists. *Encourage interest in philately generally.


Activities

As well as holding regular meetings, the society publishes books and has an expertising service.


Selected publications of the society

*The Philatelic Society of Victoria 1892-1926, A.J. Derrick, 1926. *Catalogue of the Australian National Philatelic Exhibition, 1950. *The Postal History of Port Phillip District 1835-1851, J.R.W. Purves, 1950. *
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Numeral Cancellations, Alan G. Brown &
Hugh M. Campbell Hugh Maitland Campbell (1914 – 10 July 2002) was an Australian philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1969. Campbell was a specialist in the stamps and postal history Postal history is the study of postal sy ...
, 1963. (With
Robson Lowe John Harry Robson Lowe (7 January 1905, London – 19 August 1997, Bournemouth) was an English professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer. Life and career Lowe is regarded by philatelists as the father of postal history, ha ...
Ltd. *The Pictorial Stamps of
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1899-1912, K.E. Lancaster, 1986. *Century of Happiness: The Centennial History of the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, H.L. Chisholm, 1992. (J.R.W. Purves Memorial Series No.12) *The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria Library: A history and catalogue, Geoffrey Kellow & Russell Turner, 1996. . *The Numeral Cancellations of Victoria, Hugh H. Freeman & Geoff T. White, (2001). {{ISBN, 0-947345-16-7 *The Half-Lengths of Victoria: The Stamps and Postal History 1850-59, J.H. Barwis & R.W. Moreton, 2009.


References


External links

* https://www.rpsv.org.au/ Philatelic organizations Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage 1892 establishments in Australia Philately of Australia Organisations based in Melbourne