Stuart Rossiter Trust
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The Stuart Rossiter Trust is a British charitable trust (registered charity number 292076) that was created by the will of the philatelist and postal historian Stuart Rossiter
and subsequently the will of his mother.
The trust was established in 1985 and has become a prolific publisher of books about postal history
and also publishes the Rossiter Postal History Journal annually. There are five trustees, including David Beech
, Curator of the British Library
Philatelic Collections who is the Chairman.
The principal objectives of the Trust are:
The Trustees have said that they "invite applications for funding from anyone, whether professional or amateur, with an interest in conducting original research into the history of written communications with a view to publishing their findings".
The trustees have also instigated an annual lecture in Stuart Rossiter's memory on a postal history theme. The 2009 speaker has been announced as Tom Slemons who will talk on "Researching Great Britain County Postal History".
Stuart Rossiter
Percival "Stuart" Bryce Rossiter was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was actively involved in numerous philatelic institutions...
and subsequently the will of his mother.
The trust was established in 1985 and has become a prolific publisher of books about postal history
Postal history
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...
and also publishes the Rossiter Postal History Journal annually. There are five trustees, including David Beech
David Beech
David Richard Beech is the curator of the British Library Philatelic Collections. He is also a Fellow and former President of the Royal Philatelic Society London ....
, Curator of the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
Philatelic Collections who is the Chairman.
The principal objectives 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.
The Trustees have said that they "invite applications for funding from anyone, whether professional or amateur, with an interest in conducting original research into the history of written communications with a view to publishing their findings".
The trustees have also instigated an annual lecture in Stuart Rossiter's memory on a postal history theme. The 2009 speaker has been announced as Tom Slemons who will talk on "Researching Great Britain County Postal History".
Selected publications
- An Introduction to the Postal History of Denmark 1624-1950 by David Cornelius 2004.
- British India Postal Stationery by Derek Lang 1997.
- Early Forces Mail by Barrie Jay 1997.
- Maritime Disaster Mail by Norman Hoggarth and Robin Gwynn 2004.
- Naval Officers' Letters by Geoffrey Osborn GM 1995.
- Royal Reform: postal reform 1837-1841 as reflected in the Royal Philatelic CollectionRoyal Philatelic CollectionThe Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British Royal Family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth, with many unique pieces.- Early history :...
by Charles Goodwyn 2000. ISBN 0952717794