Stamp Active Network

February 5th, 2010 admin

by David Rossall, Stamp Active Network Stamp Active Network is the national organisation, under the auspices of ABPS, which endeavours to encourage young people to take up stamp collecting as a hobby. Once called the National Youth stamp Group, it comprises a small core team of dedicated volunteers to coordinate actions. It works primarily through Federation Youth Officers, plus publicity in the philatelic press, federation and society newsletter, both to encourage children in their collecting, and request the assistance of more established collectors to …


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