Rpsl.org.uk
Title
The Royal Philatelic Society London, philately, stamps, post, postal, stamp collecting, postmark, postal history, expert valuation
Description
About the Society
The Royal Philatelic Society London, the oldest philatelic society in the world, was established in 1869 as The Philatelic Society, London. Permission to use the prefix 'Royal' was granted by His Majesty King Edward VII in 1906. It was ten years earlier that his son, HRH The Duke of York, became President of the Society, an office he continued to hold until his accession to the throne as HM King George V in 1910. Thereafter His Majesty continued to act as its Patron, and in 1924 granted the Society permission to use the Royal Arms on its stationery and publications.
The Royal philatelic tradition has been maintained and today the Society is honoured by the Patronage of Her Majesty The Queen. Her Majesty graciously allows a selection from The Royal Collection to be displayed at the Society's opening meeting each season.
2. To inform members of the Society on all matters affecting any of its objects by meetings, discussions, displays, lectures, correspondence or otherwise; to assist and carry out philatelic research, and to print, publish and issue such papers, periodicals, books, circulars or other literary matters in support of these objects.
Languages
English
