All-Russian Society of Philatelists
All-Russian Society of Philatelists[b] was a national philatelic organisation in Soviet Russia established in 1923. Later on, it was subsequently renamed and reorganised into the All-Union Society of Philatelists[c] and the All-Union Society of Collectors.[d][1][2]
| All-Russian Society of Philatelists | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the organisation when it became the All-Union Society of Collectors | |
| Abbreviation | Russian: ВОФ (VOF), Russian: ВОК (VOK) |
| Predecessor | Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors |
| Successor | All-Union Society of Philatelists, All-Union Society of Collectors |
| Formation | 6 April 1923 |
| Extinction | late 1930s |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | national association |
| Purpose/focus | philately, scripophily,[a] numismatics, ex-libris collection |
| Headquarters | 31 Herzen Street |
| Location | Moscow, USSR |
| Coordinates | 55°45′27″N 37°35′54″E / 55.75750°N 37.59833°E |
| Membership | ~3,000 members |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Chairman of the Board | Vladimir Repman (1923–1924) Leongard Eichfuss (1924–1925) Boris Bildin (1925–1928) Kazimir Dunin-Barkovsky (1928–1934) |
| Deputy Chairman of the Board | B. F. Pamfilov |
| Second Secretary | B. S. Pashkov |
| Treasurer | E. I. Markevich |
| Main organ | Board of the Society Publication: Soviet Philatelist |
| Remarks | private persons, 51 regional branches (1927) |
History
The idea of a new countrywide philatelic society was supported by the Russian Bureau of Philately at the RSFSR National Commissariat of Post and Telegraphs in 1922. On 15 March 1923, the charter of the All-Russian Society of Philatelists was approved. On 6 April 1923 its first meeting took place in Moscow. The society's branches worked in Yerevan, Tiflis, Tashkent, Ashgabat, Baku, and other cities. In 1924–1925, the First All-Union Philatelic Exhibition was held. The All-Russian Society of Philatelists published the Soviet Philatelist journal (1922–1932). It existed till the late 1930s.[1][3]
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Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Polchaninov, R.. From the history of philately in the USSR. Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately 108–109 (1986). p. 46–52. Retrieved 2015-05-15.Archived from on 2015-05-15.
- ↑ Владинец, Н. И. [Vladinets, N. I.]. Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979) (in ru, en) 27 (Ульяновск — Франкфорт) (1977). М.: Советская энциклопедия. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- ↑ Manykina, V.. Philately in Russia, Part 2. Russia-IC: Culture & Arts: Manners, Customs and Traditions (2015-02-23)Russia-InfoCentre; Guarant-InfoCentre. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
Further reading
- Grant, J.. The socialist construction of philately in the early Soviet era. Comparative Studies in Society and History 37 (3) (July 1995). p. 476–493. doi:10.1017/S0010417500019770. Retrieved 2015-05-15. Archived from the original and another source on 2015-05-15.
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