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Latest news

ZOOM MEETING Sunday 7 May at 7.30pm BST

Program 1. Welcome - host Neil Ritchie 2. Gilbert Rios - The maritime trade in wheat between Russia and Europe in the middle of the 19th century Now retired, Gilbert was Professor, Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at the School of Chemistry of the...

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Next BSRP Zoom meeting -Sunday 5 March 2023 at 7.30pm GMT

Next BSRP Zoom meeting -Sunday 5 March 2023 at 7.30pm GMT

Program 1. Welcome - Host Neil Ritchie 2. Simon Horecký - Postal History of Volga German Republic (15 mins) Born in 1993, graduated in 2019 with a degree in International Relations, History and Politics. Specialising in history and politics of Czechoslovakia, and...

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Robin Joseph (President BSRP) RIP

We are sad to share the news of the passing of our President who died on Wednesday 15th February after a short illness. Robin joined the BSRP in the early 1960’s and over the course of the 70’s held the offices of Treasurer, BJRP Editor and Librarian. As “Father of...

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From the archives

Selected articles from the archives of the British Journal of Russian Philately. Classic, new, quirky, or seminal

New from the archives …

The First Issue of the Lokhvitsa Zemstvo by Bernard Furnon