Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems. The term is attributed to Robson Lowe, a professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer, who made the first organised study of the subject in the 1930s and described philatelists as "students of science", but postal historians as "students of humanity".
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... charity number 292076) that was created by the will of the philatelist and postal historian Stuart Rossiter and subsequently the will of his mother ... in 1985 and has become a prolific publisher of books about postal history and also publishes the Rossiter Postal History Journal annually ... of the Trust are To promote research into the history of the postal services To publish and sell our postal history books and publications in this area of study ...
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