The Society for Hungarian Philately was formed late in 1969 by a group of southwestern Connecticut collectors interested in Hungarian Philately. Early in 1970, SHP was chartered as a nonprofit corporation in Connecticut and accepted as Unit 34 of the American Philatelic Society. SHP currently has active members throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Australia, and South America. Less than 10% of our members now reside in Connecticut, and further efforts are in progress to demonstrate the widespread character of our Society.
Read More of Our History
SHP President Alan Bauer created a presentation describing the history of the Society for Hungarian Philately entitled “The Society for Hungarian Philately – A Historic Perspective”. Download a PDF copy here.
See the presentation online:
- Go to the Mafitt (Hungarian Society for Philatelic Research – Magyar Filateliai Tudomanyos Tarsasag) site at mafitt.hu/fooldal/index.html
- Click on the English Flag
- Select the Membership link
- Select the paper by Alan Bauer: “The Society for Hungarian Philately – A Historic Perspective”
More about SHP
Publications, Auctions, and Exhibits
A quarterly newsletter, The News of Hungarian Philately, devotes about 60% of its space to in-depth articles related to the collecting and study of the many phases of Hungarian philately. Members have written a series of monographs on specialized topics, and nine volumes have been published from these.
The Society periodically conducts member auction sales and has also prepared several commemorative covers for sale.
The annual exhibit is the highlight of the year. Each year, hundreds of pages of top quality Hungarian material have competed for numerous awards. In past years, SHP members have participated in various exhibits jointly with SEPAD, BALPEX, INTERPHIL, the ASDA Show in New York, and NOJEX.
SHP Membership
Membership is organized on a calendar year basis. Annual dues are currently $18.00 for prospective members in the U.S. or Canada, and international dues for all others is $25.00. The quarterly newsletter is mailed free to all members.
The Society is run by the volunteer officers and a board of directors, elected by the membership. Annual meetings are held at several sites in the United States on a rotating basis.
Join us!
You are cordially invited to join the Society for Hungarian Philately. The membership form is located on our Join Us webpage and may be printed and mailed to the membership committee. If you have any questions regarding our Society, or would like further information, please write to the Secretary or Membership Committee, at the address below or send an email to ( info@hungarianphilately.org ).
Society for Hungarian Philately
505 S. 35th Street
Tacoma, WA 98418 USA