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    The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Introducing the 2020 signatories

    Apr 10, 2020 4 minutes

    An invitation to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP) is the most prestigious honour in philately, which recognises achievement, research, publication and service in many areas of philately, writes Jon Aitchison RNCP, FRPSL, Keeper of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.

    The Roll was instituted in Harrogate in May 1921 and the signature of His Majesty King George V appears at its head as the first signatory. In its design, it contains the names of 42 so-called ‘Fathers of Philately’, names of great philatelists who would have been invited to sign had they been alive at the time. At the

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