8-541: The Fiscal Philatelic Society (11 January 1902 – 1928) was an early twentieth-century British philatelic society that is seen as a predecessor to today's The Revenue Society . The principal object of the society was the study of fiscal stamps, or, as they are more usually called today, revenue stamps . The objects of the society were: (a) To encourage and advance the study of Fiscals and Revenue Stamps of all Countries. (b) To compile Catalogues of Fiscals. (c) To draw together all interested in these stamps. (d) To form
16-459: A Library for the use of the Members. (e) To facilitate the exchange of duplicates among members. (f) To appoint corresponding Members and Societies in various countries for the exchange and circulation of information respecting Revenue Stamps. In 1911 the objects of the society were extended to include local stamps and railway stamps . The society was instrumental in collating information about
24-579: The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists . Members included, among others: RDP = Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Revenue Society The Revenue Society (originally The Revenue Society of Great Britain ) was formed in 1990 and is the only international philatelic society which covers revenue stamps of the whole world. The society is also noted for the particularly high quality of its journal which has published many articles on subjects about which little or nothing has previously been written. In 2007,
32-545: The UK since the Fiscal Philatelic Society ceased to exist in 1928 and the only similar society in existence was The American Revenue Association . A revival of interest in revenue stamps had started since Robson Lowe began specific revenue auctions in the 1970s and the founder members of the society felt that the time was ripe for an organisation devoted just to revenues. The objects of the society are: The membership of
40-594: The latest revenue stamps, which was published in their journal The Bulletin . From 1 January 1920 the society became the Fiscal and Local Stamp Section of the International Philatelic Union . By 1928 the society had ceased to exist, possibly reflecting a declining interest in revenue stamps that started around the end of the First World War and continued until a revival that started in the 1970s. By then
48-571: The name of the society was shortened from The Revenue Society of Great Britain to just The Revenue Society in order to make the international nature of the society clear. The first committee meeting took place at the East India Club in London on 3 March 1990 and the first open meeting followed on 10 May 1990. Founder members included Robson Lowe , Gary Ryan , Clive Akerman and Ronald Butler. There had previously been no revenue stamp society in
56-519: The society had been replaced by The Cinderella Stamp Club and, later, The Revenue Society . Although small, the society was notable for its distinguished membership which included many of the most prominent names in British philately in the first decades of the twentieth century and shows a high correlation with Schofield's Who Was Who in British Philately and a significant number of signatories to
64-617: The society is approximately 300 from 40 countries. Approximately half the members reside outside the UK. The first president of the society was Robson Lowe. and another former president of the society was the late David Springbett . The society is particularly noted for the quarterly The Revenue Journal (originally The Revenue Journal of Great Britain ) under the long-time editorship of Clive Akerman which has won several awards at philatelic shows including Vermeil medals at España 06 and China 09 . The society awards The Revenue Society Research Medal for research into revenue stamps and
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