{"id":77,"date":"2026-03-24T01:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pssgb.precancels.nl\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:46:42","slug":"about-the-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pssgb.precancels.nl\/?page_id=77","title":{"rendered":"About the Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"77\" class=\"elementor elementor-77\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dda02d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1dda02d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72310cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72310cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Society<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b6d69 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43b6d69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c88f3b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c88f3b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000;\">With its membership drawn mainly from the UK, but also from mainland Europe and North America, the PSS-GB has been active for almost 80 years in catering for collectors interested in precancelled stamps and postal stationery.<\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This friendly and informal Society provides a focus for members of all ages, from the beginner to the experienced, and from the occasional dabbler to the enthusiastic addict.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is affiliated to the Precancel Stamp Society Inc, the principal body in the USA for collectors of these issues. Among the services which members enjoy are a newsletter <em>PRECANCELS<\/em>\u00a0issued six times a year, a library of precancel and other philatelic literature &#8211; click<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pssgb.precancels.nl\/?page_id=179\">here<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">for the Library List, regular online meetings, regular and frequent exchange packets for UK members and annual postal auctions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We also have an<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pssgb.org.uk\/Index.pdf\">index of articles<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">published in our magazine in their various forms from 1947 to 2009 and a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pssgb.org.uk\/List%20of%20Articles.pdf\">List of Articles<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">published in the same journals which will be of great benefit to researchers in this field. Our thanks go to member Mike Cox for providing these documents.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are interested in joining the Society, please contact\u00a0our Secretary, Harry Machin, whose details can be found on the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pssgb.precancels.nl\/?page_id=614\">contact<\/a><\/span> page.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-980f57e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"980f57e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4487edc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4487edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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