Welcome to the Web Page of our Society
 

Founded in 1975

Updated 2008-04-09.

Officers:
President: Jan-Ove Brandt, tel +46-8-85 48 98
Secretary: Gunnar Zetterman, tel +46-8-642 40 48
Treasurer: Evert Zetterberg, tel +46-8-551 719 89
Web master: Lars Lindblad postal address below

Meeting place: Post Museum, Lilla Nygatan 6, Stockholm when not otherwise announced

Meetings in 2008

Jan 09  Military post card MpK1A 1966 the post card printed at Postverkets Tryckeri but that never was issued.
            The issue was destroyed in 1981 and an unknown amount has been saved. Jan-Ove Brandt, Staffan Karlsson
Feb. 06 MPT the Military Postal Journal from different views, Staftan Karlsson
Feb. 09 Saturday at the Postal Museum a joint arrangement with Hembygdsfilatelisterna at 12-16 hrs
Mar 05  Literature within the military postal area, Evert Zetterberg
Apr 02  Annual meeting - Money letters from First WW, bring material
May 07  Collections of military mail issued by the Federation of Philatelists
Jun 04   Military letters with reply stamps conc. C.O.D. and registration, assurance and express delivery, J-O at KPMG Tegelb 4
Sep 03  Forgery within the military mail, bring material.
 

A written auction was carried out during November 2008. Members interested in supplying material for next auction, please see the
guidelines for the society's auctions  here.

All meetings are held at Postal Museum at 18,30 hrs. in the research room  if not otherwise announced

Annual membership fee: 300 SEK for members within EU and outside the Nordic countries to be transferred to our account:
IBAN =  SE42 9500 0099 6034 0027 8093    BIC = NDEASESS
SEK 300 (three hundred Swedish Kronor)  for members living outside Europe in bank notes. Please contact your local bank for current exchange rate.
We do not accept checks.
The SMPS issues Militärpostal Tidskrift (MPT) (The Military Postal Journal) twice a year to all members of the society. If you want to subscribe on the Military Postal Journal please contact the editor. The subscription fee is the same as the membership fee, SEK 250 for 2008 plus postage SEK 50. We do not account for VAT or give any deduction for VAT to foreign subscribers. An index of articles in old numbers from 1975 to 2008 of MPT is given here.
Editor: Staffan Karlsson, tel. +46-8-580 124 33, Address: Kikarv. 19, SE-175 46 Järfälla, Sweden. Back issues of MPT are available while supplies last from Staffan Karlsson.

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SWEDISH MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY, SMPS

Introduction

Established in 1975, The Swedish Military Postal History Society, abbreviated SMPS, was formed to bring together the many collectors interested in Swedish military post from 1631, when the first field post office was opened, to the present day. The items collected include pre philatelic mail in war and peace, military letters, postcards and stationery, military postmarks, Swedish military mail to and from foreign countries (e.g. Swedish Volunteer's and Swedish UN-forces' mail), post from prisoner-of-war and interment camps, censorship and postal restrictions, foreign field post in Sweden etc. We also study postmarks, military cachets and postal rates.

Since its formation the Society has achieved steady growth with 75 members mostly in Sweden but also in other countries. 

What does SMPS do for its members?

The SMPS tries to support collectors of mail within the various areas mentioned above. We count among our members experts in most of these areas, but especially collectors of mail connected with the two world wars (covers, postcards and military reply stamps, prisoner-of-war letters, letters from internment camps, Red Cross and censored letters) and collectors of UN-forces' mail are prepared to share their experience.

The Society encourages members with similar interests to pool their knowledge and supports studies and research in their fields for publication later on in our semi-annual review, The Military Postal Journal (MPT). Members are invited to report on new items and supply information of general or current interest. Newspaper cuttings, especially from local newspapers, dealing with subjects connected with our activities, are highly appreciated for further publication. Our journal is published in Swedish with occasional summaries in English. Your experiences, thoughts, ideas and suggestions in collecting Swedish military postal history are solicited.

Meetings. Membership advantages

Meetings are held once a month in Stockholm, on the first Wednesday of each month (except July and August). Our meeting venue is the Post museum in Lilla Nygatan 6 in the Old Town Stockholm, and meetings begin at 6,30 p.m. At our meetings we present various aspects and areas of our collecting and show interesting items acquired. Sometimes lecturers are invited and study visits made. Even all day meetings are held.

Our semi-annual Journal, the MPT, contains numerous articles on various subjects, details of new discoveries, members’ queries etc. Members have access to the extensive library at the Postal Museum, where there is also a photocopy service.

Why not join the SMPS, a society run by collectors for the benefit of collectors? If you are interested in Swedish military postal history it is a must to join the society.

What is the cost?

The annual subscription, is SEK 300.- to be paid to our account No. IBAN = SE42 9500 0099 6034 0027 803, BIC = NDEASESS, Non-European members pay USD 36,00  which is paid cash in bank notes. You are advised to send the subscription by registered post. Membership includes two issues of the MPT.

Please send also an application form by e-mail to the Secretary  Lars Lindblad or by ordinary mail to the home address of the Treasurer: Mr. Evert Zetterberg, Blaklocksstigen 40, 153 31 Jarna, Sweden. 

Samples of collection of Swedish military reply stamps from 1929 to 1985 

A field- post letter, free mail, from a German marine, interned at Tofta-Hallvards 1915-1916 sent from Visby 25.1 to Söderköping, arrival postmark 27.1.1915 and censored by the Military Censor of Visby.

UN Peace keeping operations : Examples from Swedish Battalions
 Field post from SWECON/UNMIL Liberia 

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Last revised: 2008-04-09

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