About Organization

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 non-Profit Corporation in Connecticut and accepted as Unit 34 of the American Philatelic Society. SHP currently has active members from 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. A quarterly newsletter, The News of Hungarian Philately, is published, and about 60% of the space is devoted to in-depth articles related to the collecting and study of the many phases of Hungarian Philately. A series of monographs on specialized topics have been written, nine volumes having been published. The Society periodically conducts mail auction sales, and also has 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 the past years, SHP members have participated in various exhibits jointly with SEPAD, BALPEX, INTERPHIL, the ASDA Show in New York and NOJEX.

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