Exploring the World of Postal Rates
 
Links to Societies, Clubs, Publications, and Organizations
 
Website links and email addresses of societies, clubs, publications, and organizations that emphasize or include postal rates interests. Membership organizations are listed first. Subscription publications follow.

Your help is needed. The link information can only be built with the assistance of volunteers. This listing is just starting out, thus we need lots of help to add links. If you know of societies, dealers, post office, or collector links, please email them to us. Appropriateness of all links will be checked prior to insertion. With your help, this listing can become very useful.

Usage Tip: You can use your browser's "Find" feature (Main browser menu: Edit, Find...) to search for keywords in this page. If you are interested in a society in or for a particular country, try using the name of that country.

Disclaimer: This information is provided as a courtesy only and may or may not be correct; it has been collected from a variety of sources. All information should be verified before being relied upon. Please email us to report new information, errors, or updates.
 
CLUBS, SOCIETIES & ASSOCIATIONS Top 
 
General Interest Top 
American Philatelic Society
http://www.stamps.org
Largest United States philatelic society. Excellent monthly magazine covering many subjects, including postal history articles.
 
Canada Interest Top 
British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS)
http://www.bnaps.org
The largest society dedicated to Canadian philately with 1300 members from around the world. The scholarly journal TOPICS is published quarterly with a second publication BNAPortraitS focussing on the human interest side of the group being issued quarterly as well. With 11 Regional groups, 27 Study Groups, an annual convention, sales circuit and a very active, friendly membership, new collectors quickly discover people with similar interests and strike up long lasting philatelic and personal friendships. Membership $25 per year.
   c/o Mr. Peter Jacobi, Secretary
   5295 Moncton Street
   Richmond, BC V7E 3B2
   Canada
 
Postal History Society of Canada
Dedicated to Canadian postal history, this society has over 500 active members and a thick quarterly publication focussing exclusively on Canadian postal history. Regional postal history, postal rates, and routes & cancellations are the central theme of each publication.

Annual Membership:
C$25 to Canadian addresses
C$35 to U.S. addresses
C$40 to other countries

   Dr. Norman E. Wagner, Secretary
   norm.wagner@auxanostamps.ca
   525 - 11th Avenue SW, #207
   Calgary, AB   T2R 0C9
   Canada
 
Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
http://www.rpsc.org
info@rpsc.org
The Royal is the largest philatelic society in Canada and has a worldwide focus ranging from classics to new issues and topicals but the emphasis still remains on Canada. The publication The Canadian Philatelist is issued 6 times per year with the occasional article in French as well. The annual convention, sales circuit and 53 Regional Chapters make the RPSC a busy philatelic group. Membership is $30 Cdn per year.
   PO Box 929, Station Q
   Toronto, ON    M4T 2P1
   Canada

   Phone: (416) 979-7474
    Fax: (416) 979-1144
 
Canadian Stamp Dealers Association (CSDA)
http://www.csdaonline.com
Canada's national professional dealer association boasts nearly 200 members operating a diverse range of venues from retail stores, mail order to mail auctions and public auctions as well as on-line sales. A national membership directory is available to the general public.
   John Sheffield, Secretary
   PO Box 81, Lambeth Station
   London, ON  N6P 1P9
   Canada
 
Great Britain Interest Top 
Great Britain Collectors Club (GBCC)
http://www.gbstamps.com/gbcc/index.html
Secretary: jmgnp@aol.com
The major GB collectors organization in the United States...
   Janet Gordon, Secretary
   P.O. Box 42324
   Cincinnati, OH  45242-0324  USA
 
PUBLICATIONS & EMAIL LISTS Top 
 
General Interest Top 
Linn's Stamp News
http://www.linns.com
Largest United States philatelic publication. Issued weekly. Maintains excellent coverage of U.S. postal rate news and often includes notices of major upcoming postal rate changes in "major" countries.
 
Philatelic.net Email List
To join, go to website, click on "Email Network". http://www.philatelic.net
This is not a "publication", but instead is a very useful email-based "news list". You can post queries to the (over 2000) worldwide members of the list and get back useful information, etc. Like all "uncensored news forums", thus one can be like the Wild West, however, there are many good people who participate. This is a COMPLETELY FREE subscription-based service but you must go to the website to sign on (click on "Email Network"). You will receive between 10 and 50 emails per day, thus you probably want to use "filtering" in your email program to automatically direct the incoming emails to a specific mailbox. (To be removed from the list, you must go to the same website.) Highly recommened; no gimmicks.

© 2001 Worldwide-Postal-Rates.com   Webmaster@Worldwide-Postal-Rates.com

Valid HTML 4.01!