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  • On 26th November 2019, Her Majesty The Queen officially opened the new headquarters of RPSL at 15 Abchurch Lane. For details, please click here.
  • Frank Walton RDP FRPSL and Jack Zhang FRPSL at 2019 World Stamp Exhibition in Wuhan, China.

APS List Our Webiste in Theirs

www.philatelymuseum.com are very pleased and honoured to be mentioned by
American Philatelic Society (APS）together with other big names. Thank you very much for your support and help. APS have done a great work to promote Philately over the past difficult year! For details, please click here.

2021 Lichtenstein Winners

Many congratulations to 2021 Lichtenstein Winners, Patrick Maselis RDP and Dr. Mark Banchik！Patrick is one of our advisors. We are very proud of you, Patrick! Please Click here for details.

Virtual STAMPEX 2021 (Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 March 2021)

The Philatelic Traders’ Society has announced that the planned Spring STAMPEX 2021 will now not be taking place because of continuing restrictions due to the Corvid-19 virus. Instead, a virtual exhibition will now take place from 25 to 27 March 2021. A non-competitive exhibition will now be held, and anyone interested in entering should enter in the usual way by following the registration link on the Exhibiting drop-down menu on the ABPS website www.abps.org.uk. The closing date for entries and submitting scanned exhibits is 28 February 2021 (information from ABPS).
RPSL Council Members Presentations (2)
On 10th December, GMT heralds another episode of light-hearted, entertaining and unusual presentations by Members of Council. The presenters and subjects are set out below:
Richard Berry FRPSL: Home for Christmas - by Sledge - 1914 (and other brief tales)
Jon Aitchison FRPSL: The Ship that Sank Twice
John Davies FRPSL: The 1890 Post Office Christmas Card
Jack Zhang FRPSL: A Boxing day letter from our Past President King George V
Richard Stock FRPSL: Humorous illustrated covers and postcards, for video, click here.
RPSL Council Members Presentations (1)
161 Fellows, Members and guests in 19 countries viewed a specialised collection of varied and fascinating presentations by five Officers and Members of Council; Mike Roberts, Simon Richards, Mark Bailey, Kim Stuckey and Chris King. The subjects covered Society Mail, Flight, Forgeries, Feeding and a Christmas Cracker. Please click here for video.
FIP's Experiment
The FIP Board members approved, during the 135th FIP Conference meeting held on 16 October 2020, that:

A Vermeil medal at national virtual exhibitions held in 2020-2022 shall be accepted for FIP World exhibitions only in 2021 and 2022, on an experimental basis. For details, please click here.
RPSL Auction is drawing near!
RPSL auction Catalogue is online now. It will start at 3pm on 9th Oct.2020. For the catalogue, Please click here .
RPSL Booth At Virtual Stampex 2020
RPSL will attend the 2020 London Virtual Stampex, please click here for visiting the Booth and more information.
150 Years' History of the Royal Philatelic Society London
A talk about RPSL's 150 years' history by Jack Zhang FRPSL in Chinese. For details, please click here.

Virtual Stamp Show in U.S.A.

The American Philatelic Society, American Topical Association and the American First Day Cover Society are welcoming free registrations for the Virtual Stamp Show.

The online event begins on Monday, August 17 and runs through Saturday, August 22, 2020. For details, please click here.
Mark Bailey FRPSL
We would like to announce that Mark Bailey FRPSL has become our new advisor. Mark is a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London, where he is presently the Chairman of the Society’s IT Committee and a member of the Society’s Council. Thank you very much! Mark
RPSL as an Official Partner
According to RPSL and PTS websites, the Royal Philatelic Society London has become the official partner of 2020 Stampex International Virtural Exhibition. For details, please click here.

Virtual Stampex 2020

Virtual Stampex from 1st - 3rd October 2020. For details, please click here. (10/6/2020)

Many Congratulations on Gary Loew's New Job

According to APS, Mr.Loew, our advisor, is now moving into the position of editor-in-chief and will oversee the society's monthly journal, the American Philatelist, as well as Philatelic Literature Review, the quarterly journal of the American Philatelic Research Library, and other APS publications. Many congratulations! Gary. 25 Jun 2020

The Tapling Medal 2020 Winner --- Dr. Richard Morel FRPSL

One of our advisors, Dr. Richard Morel won 2020 Tapling Medal of RPSL, many congratulations to you! Richard

Virtual Stamp Festival launched in UK

BEPA news: Following the cancellation of London’s Autumn Stampex, there will be a virtual ‘Summer of Stamps’ Festival in the UK. It is being organised by the team behind Stamp Collector magazine and the allaboutstamps.co.uk website.
It will be launched on 9 July at www.allaboutstamps.co.uk and will offer a stamp marketplace, videos and guides, a virtual goody bag and a one-page competition supported by the ABPS. It will run until 9 August.
For further information go to www.allaboutstamps.co.uk (2 June 2020)

Our New Advisor：Graham Beck

Graham has actively promoted philately with engaging online content since 2016. His ‘Exploring Stamps’ YouTube channel has received over a million views and over ten thousand subscribers. Graham is also a member of the American Philatelic Society (APS). For additional information about Graham’s social media presence please click here

FIP Vice President， FIAP President Prakob Chirakiti RDP FRPSL Became Our New Advisor, 17 April 2020

Photo: Jack,the founder of Philately Museum, with Prakob (right) at China 2019 World Stamp Exhibition. For more information on Mr.Chirakiti, please click here

Notice: Jack Zhang FRPSL,founder and owner of www.philatelymuseum.com, will give Zoom presentions on 12 April and 17 April,2020. You are warmly welcome to join us.

"Sir Rowland Hill's Postal Reform & Penny Black"

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"Get to Know the Philately Museum Resources & Onlin Museum"

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Message from the FIP Board on 26 March 2020, Bernie Beston, FIP President on behalf of FIP Board of Directors

Due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus since it began in December 2019, almost all of our members are in lockdown of some type or another. This had severely affected your plans and our World Stamp Exhibition programmes. For details, please click here.

London 2020 Newsletter No. 16. on 18 March 2020

Frank Walton RDP FRPSL,Chairman of London 2020 Organising Committee confirms that London 2020 Stamp Exhibition will be postponed to Feb.,2022 and the exact dates will be 19 to 26 Feb.,2022 . For details, pls click here.

Good News: Mr. Patrick Maselis RDP, Mr.Richard Scott Morel FRPSL, Mr.Gary Wayne Loew, Prof.Huei-Ching Ho FRPSL and Danny Wong FRPSL (photos from left to right) agreed to be the advisors to Philatelymuseum.com

For more information on our advisors, please click here.