About the TPS
The Tasmanian Philatelic Society ( TPS) was founded in 1900 and is based in Hobart, Tasmania. The TPS caters for collectors of stamps, postcards, postal history postmarks and related material. The Tasmanian Philatelic Society also provides free reference articles, archival documents about Tasmanian Postal History and publications on Tasmanian Postmarks and Postal History.
Tasmanian Philatelic Society Meetings
The Tasmanian Philatelic Society meets monthly at 7:30 pm first Monday of the month except for January and offers a program of displays on a wide range of philatelic topics. A “Sale by Tender” and exchange sheets provide the opportunity to buy and sell philatelic items.
Services
TPS Members within Tasmania have access to a large philatelic library, watermark detectors and UV lights. Exchange books circulate within Tasmania providing a means of buying and selling philatelic material.
TPS Overseas Members
Overseas members are also well catered for by means of the Tasmanian Philatelic Society Journal, “The Courier” and access to a Members’ website which contains specialised articles on Tasmanian topics. The TPS web site offers a wide range of articles on Tasmanian Philately. http://tps.org.au
TPS On-line discussion forum
An active on-line discussion forum has been established which contains an archive of material covering the whole field of Tasmanian Philately and Pictorial Postcards http://tps.org.au/bb
TPS Publication
The latest TPS publications – Post Office and Datestmp Compendium and Tasmanian Postal Stationery are available for purchase at https://tasstampbooks.com/
Our journal, The Courier is available for sale on this website .
Latest Tasmanian Philatelic Society News
Syllabus for 2024 now available
Check the TPS Program page 2024 for details of this year’s program of meetings.
Tasmanian Postal Stationery: Sale Price $90 +P&P
Our publication Tasmanian Postal Stationery is now on sale reduced from $160 to $90 AUD. We need to clear the current stock to free up funds for new publications. This book by Malcolm Groom and Allen Shatten is a catalogue and reference work covering all known information about Tasmanian Postal stationery. Awards include an International Gold Medal at the FIP exhibition at Lugano in 2022, Switzerland and a Large Gold at the Great American Stamp Show 2023. For further information and sales visit Tasmanian Stamp Books
Next Meeting
The next meeting is Monday 6 May 2024 7:30 PM . The display is “Seventy-Nine Tasmanian Postcard Publishers”.
The meeting starts 7:30 PM, meeting rooms behind ‘Legacy”, 159 Macquarie St.
Visitors welcome.
Guide to Circular date stamps on Pictorials
Guide to Circular date stamps on Pictorials has sold out. Join our mailing list for the new Guide coming 2024.
National One-frame Exhibition 19 – 21 May 2023
Results now available on the website at hobartstampshow2023.com/
New Tasmanian Postal stationery article available
Allen shatten, Joint author of Tasmanian Postal Stationery, TPS 2021, has up-dated his introductory article on Tasmanian Postal stationery. This is a great introduction to a very interesting topic. Click here to read or download.
New “Forgeries” page on the TPS website
We have added a page showing some of the common forgeries seen on eBay currently afflicting our hobby. Check the FORGERIES page for details
2d Litho plates 5 & 6
A flaw finder for the 2d Lithograph Pictorial Plates 5 & 6 has now been up-loaded thanks to the work of Jerry Weirich and Richard Singleton. See the Pictorial stamp flaws page.
2d litho plates 25 – 28
TPS members Jerry Weirich and Richard Singleton have been continuing to add to our Reference section. The latest articles cover the flaws on the 2d litho plates 25 to 28 . [View the latest information here…]
