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Who we are:

 

The Scandinavia Philatelic Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1952 as the Scandinavian Collectors Club, to promote the collection of Stamps, Postcards and Postal History of greater Scandinavia. That is Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Åland Islands and also the former Danish Colony of  Danish West Indies and the Norwegian Territory of Spitsbergen

We meet regularly in the United Kingdom and hold an AGM weekend, usually in the spring.

These are informal events, visitors are welcome and dates are published on the website.

Scandinavia Philatelic Society publishes a magazine, “Scandinavian Contact” quarterly, with news, research and other articles for its members.

 

A list of contacts and officers can be found by clicking on this link

 

JUNE 2010

 

EVENT CALENDAR

 

The event Calendar has now been updated. For those who have lost their copy sent out with the June 2010 Contact can keep up to date online

 

May 2010

AUTUMN STAMPEX 2010

Members who wish to compete at the Autumn Stampex 2010 can download the the guidance notes here. The deadline for receipt of entry forms is 16th July 2010. Could members competing please notify Brian Hague so that visiting members may look out for your entries. Good luck!

Guidance Notes Autumn Stampex 2010

 

Members Survey

 

In order to get a better understanding of who our members are and what they collect, we have created a survey.

 

We encourage all members to fill it out and press the 'send' button at the end. That will send straight through to our webmaster who is keeping record.

 

Note: All data collected is purely for internal use and will be for internal usage ONLY and will NOT be shared with anyone

 

Link to Survey

March 2010

Iceland Postal Rates

 

Brian Flack has, In conjunction with the Society Published an updated version of his 1998 book on the Postal Rates of Iceland 1870-2009

 

News of this book can be found by clicking on this link and a full review can be found on page 51 in The March 2010 issue of Contact

 

Honours Board

 

The Honours Board has been updated as of December 2009.

We congratulate our members on their achievement.

 

See link to the Honours Board

 

 

From Contact June 2009

 

ISLANDS FALK

 

Sample of mail sent with this inspection ship used in Icelandic Waters from 1906