The West Africa Study Circle, formed in 1950, is the international specialist society for the study of stamps, postal stationery and postal history of West Africa. It originated from small specialist groups which already existed and has undergone several expansions of scope.… Read more...
The society embraces all aspects of Chinese Philately from the Municipal Posts of Treaty Ports of the last century, through to the present day issues of the People’s Republic and Taiwan.… Read more...
The GB Overprints Society (GBOS) helps members and collectors to explore the many ways and reasons why British stamps and other postal material have been overprinted, whether it is for use outside the UK or for special functions within the UK. This opens up a wide variety of avenues, which will interest not only GB collectors who want to find out other uses of their favourite stamps, but also collectors … Read more...
The Sarawak Specialists’ Society was founded in 1947 to further the study of the Stamps and Postal History of Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo (Sabah) and Labuan.… Read more...
Undaunted by a watershed week in world politics, the Grosvenor November auctions defied negative predictions by accumulating an impressive total result of £821,036 which included many very strong realisations.
The November 8th Specialised Great Britain auction was strong in rarities from the present Queen’s reign, including the fine Roy Webster collection of decimal booklets, which received a strong response from fellow collectors of this intensely specialised area. Featured on the … Read more...
Stephen has been a member of the American Philatelic Society for 50 years, the Royal Philatelic Society, London for 36 years and has been active in organised philately for over 40 years. He has served as an elected Director (1989-1991), Member of the Fakes and Forgeries Committee (1990-1998), Committee on Accreditation of National Exhibitions and Judges (2000-2008), and Chairman of the International Committee (1998- present). A trustee of the American … Read more...
Robert is one of the foremost philatelists in the U.S.A., a researcher, expert, writer, exhibitor and judge. He is a signatory to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, a past-president of The Collectors Club (New York) and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Societies in both London and New Zealand. His many philatelic awards include the Lindenberg, Lichtenstein and Luff Awards, and the Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award. As an exhibitor … Read more...
