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Sir Daniel Cooper (1821 – 1902) The first member resident outside Presented to celebrate 150 years Miss Adelaide Fenton (1824 – 1897)
the UK was from South Africa as a philatelic publisher

10 April 1869 1869 6th December 1873
th
The foundation meeting of the Society Frederick Jeppe of South Africa, first Miss Adelaide Fenton became the
was held at the office of Mr. John member resident outside the United first female visitor to attend a meet-
Wilson at 93 Great Russell Street, Kingdom, is elected. Currently the ing, and she presented a paper on
Bloomsbury W.C. The Society is today Society has over 2,300 members of The Secret Marks on the Stamps of
the world’s oldest philatelic Society. which 2/3 resides outside the United Peru. The paper was later published
Kingdom, all over the world. in The Stamp Collector’s Magazine in
1869 – 1878 January 1874. Miss Fenton went on
Sir Daniel Cooper was elected the 15th January 1873 to write many capable and lucid arti-
first President. The current President The first publication was Oblitera- cles under her pen-names of Fento-
is Mike J Y Roberts FRPSL, elected for tion marks. Mata Sellos, on Spanish nia and Herbert Camoens. Today the
two years 2023 – 2025. After serving Stamps. Recently (2023) the Society Society is the most international phil-
for two years the President becomes celebrated its sesquicentennial anni- atelic society in the world.
a Past President for life, a very pres- versary as the most prominent phila-
tigious and prominent position for a telic publisher in the world. A special
philatelist. publication was made for the occa-
sion: The World’s First Official Stamps
– Spain 1854 – 1866.