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The Fellowship tie The Society Medals H. M. Queen Elizabeth II visited
the Society in 1969

November 1906 1920 14th April 1969
Permission to use the prefix 'Royal' Society medals, first proposed in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visit-
was granted by H.M. King Edward 1914, were designed by Cecil Thomas ed 41 Devonshire Place as part of the
VII. The Society is The Royal Philatel- (Cecil Walter Thomas, OBE FRBS, Centenary Celebrations. Her Majesty
ic Society London, with a worldwide, 1885 – 1976), and first awarded in returned to the Society 50 years later
and renowned reputation as the most June 1920. The first awards were: The when the new premises were opened
important philatelic society. Crawford Medal to Mr. Hugo Griebert at 15 Abchurch Lane.
for his work on The Stamps of Spain,
1906 1850 – 1854, the Tapling Medal to 2017
Fellowship was introduced and Charles Lathrop Pack (1857 – 1937), The Museum and Archives were
implemented from 1 January 1907. for his paper on The Twopence Half brought together to form The
st
About 1/3 of the total membership are Lengths of Victoria, and the Tilleard Museum of Philatelic History at the
Fellows. Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Arthur RPSL. Today the Society holds one
Sydney Bates, D.S.O. T.D. (1879 – 1958) of the largest accumulations of arte-
for his display of Essays of Great Brit- facts and collectibles related to the
ain. Every year the Society awards its history of our hobby and philately.
four different prestigious medals: the
Crawford, the Tapling, the Tilleard and
the Lee.