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Welcome to the Scandinavia Philatelic Society

Welcome to the SPS website.

We hope you like the look of the Society website. We regularly update various aspects and we are always open to suggestions and offers of content. The members’ area offers access to the full Contact magazine archive in PDF form, fully indexed and viewable right in your browser, and all articles are made available, search-able from the box on the right. All Society members are entitled to a login username and password, which will be sent to you by email, or by request by contacting: admin@scandps.org.uk.

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 just before Easter. These are informal events, visitors are welcome and dates are published here on the website. Scandinavia Philatelic Society publishes an award winning 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 the Society Secretary at: secretary@scandps.org.uk

Seventy 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.

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Salo Heimann 03/01/1968 11/03/2015Articles - General, Denmark, Member Content

by R.A.Davies Originally Published in March 1968 I confess that in preparing this short article I am fishing for more information and can therefore not guarantee it is complete The list given below is in two parts, namely (a) a…...

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Iceland Foreign Port Postmarks

Salo Heimann 12/01/1967 11/03/2015Articles - General, Iceland, Member Content

by G.J.Ankerman Originally Published in four part from March to December1967 1. British Isles When we begin to examine what British cancellations and other markings may be found on Iceland covers, cards and postage stamps it seems reasonable to conclude…...

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Scandinavia Hull Postal charges on mail Received 1660-1910

Salo Heimann 09/01/1967 11/03/2015Articles - General, Member Content, Scandinavia-General

A glossary of Postal Charges, Ship Letter and other marks of the port found on Scandinavian entires and adhesives from 1660 to 1910 Published in 3 parts between September 1967 and March 1968 The following notes comprise a paper which…...

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Norway By Direct Mail

Salo Heimann 06/01/1967 11/03/2015Articles - General, Member Content, Norway

As a collector of, among other things, the postal history of the Norwegian airmail routes I have in my collection covers which were sent to the U.S.A. during World War II, except for one letter which was sent to Germany.…...

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The Stamps of Scandinavia are some of the most beautiful in the world

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Seventy years ago

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Iceland Foreign Port Postmarks

Scandinavia Hull Postal charges on mail Received 1660-1910

Norway By Direct Mail