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Meeting Reports and Announcements

Look back at our press releases and meeting reports.

  • 2026 Devonshire Bowl
    Meeting Report

    2026 Devonshire Bowl

    The 2026 Devonshire Bowl winners.

  • 24 Jun 2026 – President’s Newsletter
    President's Newsletter

    24 Jun 2026 – President’s Newsletter

    A busy period for the RPSL …

  • Jun 2026 – Mauritius Postal Stationery – Standing Display
    Standing Display

    Jun 2026 – Mauritius Postal Stationery – Standing Display

    by the late Dr. Alan Huggins MBE, RDP, Hon FRPSL

  • Digital Release: Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Air Mail
    Publications

    Digital Release: Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Air Mail

    Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Air Mail: Censorship and the LATI Substitute
    by John Wilson & Frank Walton RDP FRPSL

  • 23 Apr 26 – Great Britain: Postal History, Stamps & Ephemera 1403-1971
    Meeting Report

    23 Apr 26 – Great Britain: Postal History, Stamps & Ephemera 1403-1971

    Alan Druce FRPSL

  • 9 Apr 26 – German Exchange Control 1918-1925
    Meeting Report

    9 Apr 26 – German Exchange Control 1918-1925

    Robin Pizer FRPSL – A fine tribute to an outstanding collector.

  • 8 Apr 2026 – President’s Newsletter
    President's Newsletter

    8 Apr 2026 – President’s Newsletter

    Spring is in the air …

  • 1 Apr 26 – Award of Society Medals 2026
    Award Announcement

    1 Apr 26 – Award of Society Medals 2026

    Awards of the 2026 Society Medals

  • Crawford Festival
    Press Release

    The Crawford Medal Shortlist Announcement 2026

    The Crawford Medal Shortlist Announcement 2026

  • 12 Mar 26 Finnish Philately up to 1930
    Meeting Report

    12 Mar 26 Finnish Philately up to 1930

    Six members of ‘The Finnish Group’ of the Royal Philatelic Society London displayed ‘Finnish philately up to 1930’

  • 26 Feb 26 – India Postal Stationery
    Meeting Report

    26 Feb 26 – India Postal Stationery

    by Sandeep Jaiswal FRPSL
    Some of his favourite postal stationery items from British India, the Indian Convention States, and the Indian Feudatory States.

  • 23 Feb 2026 – President’s Newsletter
    President's Newsletter

    23 Feb 2026 – President’s Newsletter

    Upcoming Displays, Regional Meetings and ULM

  • Feb-Mar 26 – World Air Mail Day 2026 Standing Display
    Standing Display

    Feb-Mar 26 – World Air Mail Day 2026 Standing Display

    Commemorating the world’s first officially sanctioned airmail flight.

  • 17 Feb 26 – Society of Postal Historians
    Meeting Report

    17 Feb 26 – Society of Postal Historians

    Celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding presented at the Royal.

  • 10 Feb 26 – Zoom – Philatelic Database Digitisation
    Meeting Report

    10 Feb 26 – Zoom – Philatelic Database Digitisation

    Ian Gibson-Smith FRPSL explained how Philatelic Database Digitisation is making the identification of early pre-stamp marks easier.

  • 29 Jan 26 – Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Mail across the North Sea
    Meeting Report

    29 Jan 26 – Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Mail across the North Sea

    By Chris King RDP, Hon FRPSL

  • 13 Jan 2026 – President’s Newsletter
    President's Newsletter

    13 Jan 2026 – President’s Newsletter

    Happy New Year – Updates on Boston, Ulm and the LP

  • Austrian Maritime Rivals
    Publications

    Austrian Maritime Rivals

    The Danube Steam Navigation Company and the Austrian Lloyd in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea 1834 to 1849

  • Nina Jääskeläinen, the new Editor of 'The London Philatelist'
    Press Release

    New Editor for The London Philatelist

    Nina Jääskeläinen, the new Editor of ‘The London Philatelist’

  • 3 Dec 25 – President’s Newsletter
    President's Newsletter

    3 Dec 25 – President’s Newsletter

    The annual postal history masters will take place in Ulm in October 2026 …

  • 20 Nov 26 – WASC 75th Anniversary Display
    Meeting Report

    20 Nov 26 – WASC 75th Anniversary Display

    TBC

  • 6 Nov 25 – Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek/Transvaal
    Meeting Report

    6 Nov 25 – Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek/Transvaal

    by Lars Jørgensen

  • 4 Nov 25 – British East Asia Postal Stationery
    Meeting Report

    4 Nov 25 – British East Asia Postal Stationery

    Creating the Catalogue
    by Wayne Menuz FRPSL

  • 23 Oct 25 – Iain Greig – The Port Phillip District
    Meeting Report

    23 Oct 25 – Iain Greig – The Port Phillip District

    The Port Phillip District and The Colony of Victoria 1842-1864

  • 24 Oct 26 – Machins in depth
    Meeting Report

    24 Oct 26 – Machins in depth

    by Stephen McGill, FRPSL

  • 14 Oct 25 – President’s Newsletter
    President's Newsletter

    14 Oct 25 – President’s Newsletter

    The 2025/26 season has got off to a splendid start …

  • 18 Sep 25 – German Members Present …
    Meeting Report

    18 Sep 25 – German Members Present …

    Stunning material from the German members

  • 26 Sep 25 – President’s Newsletter
    President's Newsletter

    26 Sep 25 – President’s Newsletter

    Print or Digital? The President’s Dinner and other meetings …

  • 4 Sep 25 – Unique material from the Caribbean
    Meeting Report

    4 Sep 25 – Unique material from the Caribbean

    4 Sep 25 – From the Royal Collection
    A Display of the Leeward Islands,
    Dominica and the Cayman Islands

  • 2 Sep 25 – Armed Struggle of Indian Independence
    Meeting Report

    2 Sep 25 – Armed Struggle of Indian Independence

    2 Sep 2025
    Armed Struggle of Indian Independence – Indian Independence League in Japanese Occupied SE Asia

  • 2026 Devonshire Bowl

    2026 Devonshire Bowl

    The 2026 Devonshire Bowl winners.

  • 24 Jun 2026 – President’s Newsletter

    24 Jun 2026 – President’s Newsletter

    A busy period for the RPSL …

  • Jun 2026 – Mauritius Postal Stationery – Standing Display

    Jun 2026 – Mauritius Postal Stationery – Standing Display

    by the late Dr. Alan Huggins MBE, RDP, Hon FRPSL

  • Digital Release: Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Air Mail

    Digital Release: Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Air Mail

    Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Air Mail: Censorship and the LATI Substitute by John Wilson & Frank Walton RDP FRPSL

  • 23 Apr 26 – Great Britain: Postal History, Stamps & Ephemera 1403-1971

    23 Apr 26 – Great Britain: Postal History, Stamps & Ephemera 1403-1971

    Alan Druce FRPSL

  • 9 Apr 26 – German Exchange Control 1918-1925

    9 Apr 26 – German Exchange Control 1918-1925

    Robin Pizer FRPSL – A fine tribute to an outstanding collector.

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