Bohemian and Moravian Society for Postal History
The Bohemian
and Moravian Society for Postal History (CMSPH - BMSHP) unites
collectors of postal history from the stampless period up to the modern time.
The subjects of study of the members of our society are e.g. history of
individual post offices, postmarks, censorship markings, postal labels, TPOs,
postal forms, postal routes, etc.
The society has also two collective of
members: the study group of the field post collectors and the society for
postal history of the eastern bohemian region.
The newsletter Postilion publishes results
of study of the members and serves also for the contact between the members.
The newsletter appears since 1986 and is free for members. Twice in the year
there are meetings of the Society in order to promote personal contact and
exchange.
Postal history has its place in the Czech
organized philately since the 60's of the 20th century. In 1962, the
Commission for Philatelic Special Fields was founded, which established new
collecting areas, brought first articles about postal history to the philatelic
press and opened the postal history collectors to national and international
stamp exhibitions.
Result of the rising interest in postal
history and impulse to its further development within the Union of Czechoslovak
Philatelists became the successful philatelic exhibition ”National exhibition
of the special fields in philately” held in Pisek in 1972. The rising
popularity of postal history collecting led not only to the rise of the number
of members and exhibits, but also to further specialization and to the
emergence of new areas of postal history collecting, followed by the
establishment of new study groups, e.g. on the areas of registration labels,
meter stamps or postal mechanization and automation.
The further development showed the necessity
for a uniform guidance, which would coordinate the individual areas of postal
history, and therefore in 1986, the Commission for Postal History and
Stationery was established within the Union of Czechoslovak Philatelists. In
1990 this commission was replaced by the Bohemian and Moravian Society for
Postal History, which became an important part of the Union of Czech
Philatelists.
Management
of the BMSPH / CMSPH :
- Chairman and Editor-in-chief of the Postilion newsletter - Dr.
Karel Spacek, Zamelic
- Deputy Chairman - Ing. Svatopluk Petr, Ostrava
- Treasurer – Ing. Antonin Hasek, Praha
- Secretary - Mgr. Miroslav Langhammer, Praha
- Accounts Controller - Mr. Pavel Hauzner, Plzen
Membership
:
The current BMSPH / CMSPH annual membership
dues amount to both Czech and foreign members to CZK 120,- (approx USD 5)
The members receive 4 issues of our
Postilion bulletin yearly (costs of its publishing and surface delivery are
included in the above membership dues). The bulletin in Czech language consists
of articles dealing with various postal historian themes and specialized
enclosures "Postal Automation", "Contract Post Offices",
"Field Post" and "Postal Cancels".
The members can participate in the half
yearly meetings containing speeches of advanced members, discussions and
exchange of philatelic material.
We will be pleased to invite you to become
member of our Society. Click here for an application form.
Organizations
closely co-operating with BMSPH :
- Society for postal history of the eastern bohemian region issuing the Informace newsletter
- Field Post Section of BMSPH issuing “Field Post”, an enclosure to the Postilion bulletin
Postal
History Literature :
- Postilion Bulletin
- Informace Bulletin
- List of handbooks published by the Czech Traditional
Philately Society, many of which deal with postal
history
