Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand

Benefits of membership of the Society

   Quarterly Journal: The New Zealand Stamp Collector

   An internationally recognised Expertisation service

   Monthly meetings and displays

  A wide range of topics is covered as shown by the 2007-8 calendar:

 

July 2007	President's Night	Brian Vincent
August 2007	Royalty Tax stamps	Adam Miller
September 2007	1970 Pictorials - combined meeting with Wellington P.S.	Paul Wales
October 2007	AGM, Display by Members and Council - Famous People
November 2007	Patriotic Covers used in NZ, Volunteer Militia Mail	Allan Berry
December 2007	Xmas functions & Marcel Stanley Trophy competition
February 2008	Members' Night - Transportation
March 2008	New Zealand Airmails 1934-1947 - combined meeting with Wellington P.S.	John Kersel
April 2008	Frugal Philately
May 2008	Adventures in Polar Philately	Mark Jurisich
June 2008	New Zealand Post - combined meeting with Hutt Valley P.S.	Ivor Masters
July 2008	President's Night (Peru's Fuera de Valija mail, NZ Automotive advertsing covers, Castle Couriers)	Adam Miller
August 2008	Ferns	Patrick Brownsey

 

Occasional meetings are held elsewhere in New Zealand.

   Regular newsletter

• The Society produces a monthly 2-page newsletter, which goes to all New Zealand members. Each quarter, overseas members receive three with their copy of the Journal.

   Regular Postal Bid sales

   A major Philatelic Library

• The Library is available for browsing and borrowing during normal Office Hours (Tues-Thurs 11am-2pm).
  A full library list is available.

   Discounts on publications

• The Society has since 1938, published the definitive series of Handbooks on the stamps and postal history of New Zealand and her Dependencies. Monographs on a variety of topics are also published from time to time. Members enjoy privileges in obtaining copies of these works.

   Awards and Honours

The Society has a selection of awards and honours which it may confer.

Fellowship Any member of the Society who has done outstanding original research work which has been published for the benefit of philately, or has performed meritorious service for the advancement of philately may become a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand and append the letters FRPSNZ after their name.  Council will consider applications in the form of a philatelic CV forwarded by a proposer, who must also be a member of the Society.  If deemed suitable, the CV is passed to a voting panel of the 10 most senior New Zealand-based Fellows who will vote.

Collins Award Named in honour of the late R.J.G. Collins RDP FRPSL FRPSNZ who contributed a vast amount of the published knowledge of local philately, it is awarded for excellence in a paper published by a member of the Society in an appropriate philatelic journal or handbook on some aspect of philately pertaining to New Zealand or its past and present dependencies.

Rhodes' medal Named in honour of the late Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes RDP FRPSL FRPSNZ, a past President of the Society and Postmaster General. It is awarded to a member of the Society who has made an outstanding contribution to New Zealand Philately and who has been a member for not less than five years. Only four have been awarded since its inception in 1967.

President's medal Awarded to a member who has performed meritorious service to the Society
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Special membership Honorary and Life memberships are also approved from time to time.