Welcome to the Scandinavia Philatelic Society
Welcome to the (BRAND NEW!) official website of the Scandinavia Philatelic Society of Great Britain. The 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 here on the website. Scandinavia Philatelic Society publishes a quarterly magazine journal, “Scandinavian Contact”, with news, research and other articles for its members. New members are always welcome and initial enquiries should be made to Peter Rooke - Chairman at: chairman@scandps.org.uk
Sixty years ago
The handful of of founder members sat round a table in the Library of the Swedish Church in Harcourt Street, Marylebone, London and from that day the society has grown into a Society of some 300 members, the majority of which are resident in the U.K. but the membership does extend overseas.
An advertisement appeared in 1952 in the pages of "Stamp Collecting Weekly" inviting applications for membership to those interested in Scandinavian philately and in the first four years 165 members were enrolled. Meetings have been held in the Swedish Church since the first days of the Society, and they were sometimes prefixed by a visit to the Harcourt Arms opposite and sometimes a post-meeting visit also took place. The occasional Christmas party was arranged, hosted by Eiler Hansen at the Danish Embassy and the now non-existent Danish Food Centre. CONTACT – September 2016
Dear Members The latest electronic edition of CONTACT has been distributed by email to on the 9th of September. It will soon be available for download from the members area of the website. If you are an electronic membership subscriber…
A Message from the Chairman
As yet no member has been appointed as either Membership Secretary or General Secretary, which to me is rather disappointing for a society of 200+ members. Therefore it is necessary to inform all members that the renewals exercise will go…...
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Packet News
Michael Chapping our packet secretary is asking urgently for additional material for our packet! In particular he ius short of Material for Norway and Sweden. Sadly if he doesn’t receive anything the packet is likely to dry up! Continue...
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RPSL Medal for Services to the Society
At the AGM of the Royal Philatelic Society on the 30th June 2016, it was a surprise and delight to witness fellow SPS member Mr Eric Keefe FRPSL, being awarded the coveted RPSL Medal for Services to the Society. Eric…
