All-Russian Society of Philatelists
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All-Russian Society of Philatelists (Russian: Всероссийское общество филателистов) was the first national philatelic organisation in Soviet Russia established in 1923. Later on, it was subsequently renamed and reorganised into the All-Union Society of Philatelists (Russian: Всесоюзное общество филателистов)[lower-alpha 2] and the All-Union Society of Collectors (Russian: Всесоюзное общество коллекционеров).[1][2]
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Всероссийское общество филателистов | |
Abbreviation | Russian: ВОФ (VOF), Russian: ВОК (VOK) |
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Predecessor | Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors |
Successor | All-Union Society of Philatelists, All-Union Society of Collectors |
Formation | 6 April 1923; 101 years ago (1923-04-06) |
Founded at | Moscow, USSR |
Dissolved | late 1930s |
Type | NGO |
Legal status | national association |
Purpose | philately, scripophily,[lower-alpha 1] numismatics, ex-libris collection |
Headquarters | 31 Herzen Street |
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Coordinates | 55°45′27″N 37°35′54″E |
Region | USSR |
Membership (1926) | ~3,000 members |
Official language | Russian |
Secretary General | Leongard Eichfuss |
Chairman of the Board | Vladimir Repman (1923–1924) Leongard Eichfuss (1924–1925) Boris Bildin (1925–1928) Kazimir Dunin-Barkovsky (1928–1934) |
Deputy Chairman of the Board | B. F. Pamfilov |
Second Secretary | B. S. Pashkov |
Treasurer | E. I. Markevich |
Main organ | Board of the Society Publication: Soviet Philatelist |
Remarks | private persons, 51 regional branches (1927) |
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