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At the end of December Oldlouis organizes a big auction with several trading sessions (days) and more than 7,000 lots starting at $1. There will be several sessions dealing with Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia... between  December 21 and 27.  To know more about these auctions see at  the new site :    https://oldlouis.com/     

RPSC will organize its 4th zoom meeting on January 18th at 6:PM (Paris time) . On the agenda: - A presentation on "Imperial Russian Stampless Mail 1683-1875 : An Introduction to the Field" (approximately 40 minutes - Presentation: Maxime Citerne , BPP-Bund Philatelistischer Pröferasse E.V.) followed by an open discussion. - Miscellaneous. If you are interested in participating in, please contact us to get the link. Program Change Due to the unavailability of the invited speaker for health trouble, a last-minute change to the program has occurred. Two topics were addressed during the meeting: - About the letters from zemstvos which did not issue stamps : G.M.Rios - Presentation of an expert analysis of a forged zemstvo letter : B.Furnon, International expert The presentation of Maxime Citerne will follow in a next zoom meeting.

A colleague living in Russia informs that a film about philately has just been released in the country.  The title of the movie :  "Philatelia" (Филателия)  The link to get more information: https://kinoglaz.fr/index.php?lang=gb&page=fiche_film&num=14709  

The Big Autumn Auction is next week - it is time to place your bids! The auction consists of 11 trading sessions (days) and 6,100 lots starting at $1. Only rare stamps and postal history items of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, United States, and other countries. The auction includes many unique collections: Specialized Collection of the Civil War in Russia, Postal History of Russia, Zemstvo, Displaced Persons Camps, Germany of all periods, German occupations in WWI and WWII, legions, field post; Propaganda of the Third Reich, USA, Local stamps of many countries of the World, and much more. The final live bidding for each session will take place from September 29 to October 10 at 12:00 PM EDT (06:00 PM CEST) exclusively on the new site:   https://oldlouis.com/    To know more about these auctions follow the link.

Waiting for your contributions ! The postal history of the Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire has so far received very little attention in the literature. For 30years, very few articles have been written on this matter .  Starting from a review article  published in BJRP in 2022 (you will find it stored in our blog on page "Literature survey"), we would like to opum a forum on this topic and ask for as many contributions as possible.  These contributions can be deposited either on our facebook page, or following the instructions given on the page  "RPSC production" of our blog.  Thank you in advance for your participation !

On the Delcampe blog on July 11th, 2025 information given about the new Russian Philatelic Study Circle (RPSC)

Participate to SBERATEL , the largest collector Home Fair in Central and Eastern Europe from September 5 to 6, 2025.  For more information see at :  https://www.sberatel.info/en/fair-collector/

From June 16 to June 27 different Oldlouis auctions involving many interesting lots of Russian Empire, Wenden, Zemstvos, Russian offices abroad, Russian Civil War...   To know more about these auctions follow the link :    https://oldbid.com/auctions/

 Don't forget your 3rd zoom meeting that will be held today May 22nd at 6:PM (Paris time) . On the agenda: - A presentation on "Stamps and Corporate Marks in the Postal System of the Russian Empire" (approximately 40 minutes - Presentation: Gilbert M. Rios) followed by an open discussion. - A presentation for the creation of a new community named "Russian Philately Study Circle" (RPSC).

A third online meeting will be held on May 22, 2025, using the Zoom platform. Further details on the time and access to the virtual meeting room will be provided later to Circle members only. On the agenda: - A presentation on "Stamps and Corporate Marks in the Postal System of the Russian Empire" (approximately 40 minutes - Presentation: Gilbert M. Rios) followed by an open discussion. - A presentation of a project to create a community called the "Russian Philately Study Circle" (RPSC), a lightweight structure with few constraints in terms of costs and organization, designed to ensure more regular contact between people interested in the field of Russian philately. It would operate on a voluntary basis, and membership would be free.

After two successful online meetings organized in 2024 on the theme of "Philately and Postal History of Russia and Neighboring Countries", we are now considering the creation of a lightweight structure, with few constraints in terms of cost and organization, which would allow continuous communication between people interested in this subject, ready to get involved and willing to share. In addition to other online meetings, this structure would rely on the use of a blog/website for ongoing communication and a storage space to house the documents generated by activities (videos, articles, etc.). Above, we present what could be the Circle's logo. To learn more about the genesis and outline of this project, you can visit the blog page entitled "The Circle" (Russian Philately Study Circle). Other pages are dedicated to general information and various types of activities planned to achieve the general objectives just discussed.