{"id":180,"date":"2014-06-26T15:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeppelinbelege.org\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2016-01-01T17:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T15:19:25","slug":"danzig-philatelist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.danzig.org\/en\/publications\/danzig-philatelist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Danzig Philatelist"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Danzig Study Group of the UK – founded January 2007<\/p>\n

Some thirty years ago I resumed my interest in philately but decided to concentrate on a smaller collecting field. It was by pure chance that the Arms of Danzig, the two Teutonic crosses surmounted by the Polish crown, caught my eye in a packet of stamps. A look in the catalogue at the comparatively slender \u2018Free City of Danzig\u2019 section, persuaded me that I had found a collecting area with both an interesting history and attractive stamps which would not put undue demands on my time or pocket.<\/p>\n

Little did I realise what I was letting myself, and my long-suffering wife, in for. I did not then appreciate the wealth of interest I would find in my collection and in the city itself. My collection steadily grew from both ends, as it were, to take in postal history from the centuries before the inter-war, stamp-issuing years of The Free City of Danzig as well as from the turbulent days of 1939 up to present day Gdan\u0301sk. My membership of specialist philatelic Societies, regular visits to Gdan\u0301sk and historical research have proved invaluable in my study of the area. I have made many friends and acquaintances through the hobby and derived great enjoyment in sharing it with them.<\/p>\n

As I have learned so much about Danzig philately over the years, and still wish to learn more, I decided to found the DSG (UK) and issue a quarterly journal, in the English language, as an additional vehicle for the exchange of knowledge and enjoyment in the hobby. \u2018The Danzig Philatelist\u2019 is my attempt at fulfilling these aims and it is pleasing that readers have made positive contributions to it already and have given me such positive and encouraging feedback. I welcome letters, queries, answers and articles, even if just snippets, about any aspect of Danzig\/Gdan\u0301sk philately encompassing postage or revenue stamps and postal history including postcards, postal stationery, documents and relevant ephemera of any period.<\/p>\n

Some DSG (UK) members already meet and correspond as friends \u2013 in time such activities may expand. I hope so.<\/p>\n

Giles du Boulay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Membership of the DSG (UK) is by annual subscription:
U.K. : \u00a312.50 – cash or sterling cheques payable to \u2018P.G.H. du Boulay\u2019
Non-UK: cash only: Europe \u00a316.00
Rest of World \u00a318.00 or equivalent in Euros, Z\u0142otys, US dollars.<\/p>\n

Giles du Boulay, 8 Malvern Road, Aylesbury, Bucks., HP20 1QF, UK.
Tel: [0044] (0)1296 488703<\/p>\n

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 The Danzig Philatelist 2018<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2017<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist - Index 2007-2016<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2016<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2015<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2014<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2013<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2012<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist - Index 2007-2011<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2011<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The Danzig Philatelist 2010<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The danzig philatelist 2009<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The danzig philatelist 2008<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t
 The danzig philatelist 2007<\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\t