Royal Philatelic Society London

The Royal Philatelic Society London
	Premises of the Royal at 15 Abchurch Street
Abbreviation	RPSL
Formation	10 April 1869; 155 years ago
Type	Learned societies
Headquarters	15 Abchurch Lane; London EC4N 7BW UK
Coordinates	51°31′17.2″N 0°08′59.1″W / 51.521444°N 0.149750°W
Fields	Philately
Membership (2017)	2,200 in 80 countries
Patron	Awaiting Patronage
President	Michael J Y Roberts
Website	www.rpsl.org.uk
Formerly called	The Philatelic Society, London (1869–1905)

The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as The Philatelic Society, London.^[2]^[3] The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History, at its headquarters in the City of London.

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^ "The Royal Philatelic Society, London. 1869 – April 10th – 1929." by Percy de Worms in The London Philatelist, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 447, March 1929, pp. 52–56.
^ Temple, Peter (2004). Superhobby Investing: Making Money from Antiques, Coins, Stamps, Wine, Woodland and Other Alternative Assets. Harriman House Limited. p. 227. ISBN 9781897597330. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

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[2] "The Royal Philatelic Society, London. 1869 – April 10th – 1929." by Percy de Worms in The London Philatelist, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 447, March 1929, pp. 52–56.

[3] Temple, Peter (2004). Superhobby Investing: Making Money from Antiques, Coins, Stamps, Wine, Woodland and Other Alternative Assets. Harriman House Limited. p. 227. ISBN 9781897597330. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

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