The Royal Philatelic Society London
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Source Ref:
HOfM40003550
Dataset:
RPSL_Events
Date Loaded:
13 Jun 2019 11:38:50
Event Information
Event Type:
RPSL Head Office Meeting
Event Title:
Displays by The Monday Club (Library Volunteers)
Event Desc:
The RPSL Library’s dedicated team of volunteers will be displaying a wide range of material including catapult mail, postal history from Hamburg and Russia, and stamps from Belgium, Finland, New Zealand and Romania. There will also be classic material from Switzerland, together with some very unusual material from the Sudan and France.
Event Place:
UK : London
Start / End Date:
27 Jul 2017 Time: 13:00 / 27 Jul 2017
Contact Information:
Who
Event Who:
RPSL
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Event Notes
Event Note
 The first issues of Finland, those of 1845, 1850 and 1856 in force until 1859 introduced uniform domestic postal rates. The first issues depicts the Arms of Finland represented with the Lion. The first classic issues have in common: The Design Outline is Oval in its Shape. This is a traditional philately treatment on the classic issues of Finland with the Oval Design. In contrary to other contemporary postage reforms around the world, the postage reform in Finland commenced with the release of Postal Stationery Stamped Envelopes (1845-1856), succeeded with the first postage adhesive stamps with experimental status from 1 March 1856 to 31 December 1859.
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Grouping: RPSL Head Office Meeting Displays  27 Jul 2017 at 13:00
Item: Displays by The Monday Club (Library Volunteers)