Links

Listed below are a wide range of internet links to other philatelic Societies and sites where you can get further information on general and specialist aspects of stamp and postcard collecting. As well as sourcing albums and accessories. The list is only a sample of what is out there, but it gives you a start.

General UK Philatelic Internet Sites

• ABPS (The Association of British Philatelic Societies)
• Philatelic Traders Society
• The Royal Philatelic Society London
• Royal Mail
• Stanley Gibbons

Scottish Internet Sites

• Association of Scottish Philatelic Societies - Includes links to other Scottish Philatelic Societies
• Glasgow Stamp Shop
• Robert Murray Stamp Shop
• Stenlake Publishing

Specialist Societies and Sites of General Interest

• Collectors Club of Great Britain
• New Zealand Society of Great Britain
• The British Society of Australian Philately
• American Philatelic Society - Official magazine of American Philatelic Society
• The Postal History Society
• GB Overprints Society
• European Stamps
• British North America Philatelic Society
• Germany and Colonies Philatelic Society
• France and Colonies Philatelic Society
• Railway Philatelic Group
• Guernsey Stamps and Collectibles
• Channel Islands specialists’ Society
• Jersey Stamps
• Isle of Man Post Office
• Eire Philatelic Society
• Brish Empire Study Group
• Netherlands Philately
• Scandinavia Philatelic Society

Stamp Dealers - non Scottish

• American Stamp Dealers Association
• Canadian Stamp Dealers Association
• Australasian Philatelic Traders Association
• International Federation of Stamp Dealers Association
• Albany Stamps - Albany Stamps supplies all types of Great Britain stamps with a choice of first day covers, presentation packs, single stamps and sets, booklets and a lot more.

Museums

• British Library - see the Tapling Collection and many other British Library Collections
• The Postal Museum

Thematics

• British Thematic Association
• Glasgow Thematic Society
• American Topical Association

• First Day Covers

• Buckingham Covers
• Benham
• British First Day Covers
• Rush Stamps

Magazines

• Stamp Magazine
• Stanley Gibbons Stamp Monthly
• Linn’s Stamp News - world’s largest weekly stamp newspaper - loads of information

Cinderella Stamps

• Cinderella Stamp Club - "local stamps, telegraph stamps, railway stamps, revenues, fiscals, forgeries, bogus and phantom issues, Christmas, Red Cross, TB and other charity seals, registration labels, advertisement and exhibition labels and many other items"

Accessories

• Stanley Gibbons
• Showgard Accessories
• Lighthouse Accessories
• Dauwalders of Surrey

Albums

• Britannia Albums
• Stanley Gibbons
• Arrowfile - best for postcard collecting
• Stamp Albums Web - Offers stamp album pages for the US and worldwide
• GB Stamp Albums - Great Britain Stamp Album Page
• Palo Albums
• Michael Kay

Postmarks

• British Postmark Society

General Reference

• Collectors Club of Chicago - Reference site with questions and answers. Highly recommended