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The Library
The library can trace its beginnings back to 1886
when two members, Mr J.K. Tiffany and Mr W.
Image, presented the Society with works of
philatelic literature.
In the Proceedings of that meeting, the hope was
expressed that, as the Society now had ‘the
nucleus of a valuable philatelic library’, other
members would follow the example of those
gentleman and contribute to the collection.
This hope was not in vain and over 130 years later
the generosity of the Society’s members and
philatelic friends has produced one of the leading
philatelic libraries in the world.
