The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as The Philatelic Society, London. The society runs a postal museum, the Museum of Philatelic History, at its Devonshire Place headquarters in London.
John Robert Boker Jr., of New York City, was a philatelist who amassed some of the most prestigious collections of 19th century stamps ever seen by stamp collectors. Before his death in 2003, the Collectors Club of New York declared him, in 1996, to be the "outstanding philatelist of the last half of the twentieth century."
Alfred H. Caspary (1877–1955), of New York City, was a philatelist responsible for assembling one of the finest collections of United States postage stamps. He also served in a number of philatelic positions in the United States and in England.
Charles James Phillips of London, England, and New York City, was a philatelist highly regarded in both England where he started his philatelic career and in the United States, where he emigrated to in 1922.
Walter Stone Scott, of New York City, was an auctioneer of postage stamps and postal history items. He was the son of the famous philatelist John Walter Scott.
Gary Sidney Ryan (1916–2008) was an eminent philatelist who specialised in the stamps and postal history of Hungary and later in revenue stamps.
Irwin M. Heiman of New York City and California, was a philatelic expert and stamp dealer who was named to the Hall of Fame by the American Philatelic Society.
Percival Loines Pemberton, Pem to his friends, was a British philatelist and stamp dealer who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was the son of Edward Loines Pemberton (1844–1878) who was also an eminent philatelist.
Walter Dorning Beckton was a British philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was a Manchester solicitor by profession in the firm of Hockin, Beckton & Hockin.
Henry Robert "Bob" Holmes was President of the Royal Philatelic Society London 1961-64 and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1953.
Joaquín Galvez Naranjo was a philatelist who in 1965 was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work Los primeros sellos de Chile 1853 a 1867. At the time it was published, this book was the first significant work on the philately of Chile since 1919. The book was reprinted by Postilion Publications in the 1990s with an errata sheet and a prologue by Álvaro Bonilla Lara.
Dr. Anton Jerger of Vienna was a philatelist who, in 1983, was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his handbooks on the philately of Austrian Lombardy-Venetia. He amassed a world class collection of this area over fifty years with his wife Elisabeth. The collection was sold in instalments by Corinphila with the first instalment alone raising $1,800,000.
The Grand Prix Club is a club for philatelists who have won a Grand Prix award of any kind from a Fédération Internationale de Philatélie accredited philatelic exhibition.
Dr. Hugo Goeggel is a Swiss businessman and philatelist, resident in Colombia, who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2010.
Paulo Rodolpho Comelli FRPSL was a Brazilian philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2007.
Angelo Lima, was a philatelist who was a specialist in the philately of the Portuguese area.
Dieter Bortfeldt FRPSL was a graphic designer and award-winning philatelist who was a specialist in the philately of Colombia. He designed the "Famous Colombians" and "Tourism" postage stamps of Colombia issued in 1993.
Heinrich Köhler was a German philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1932. He was a stamp dealer and philatelic publisher. From 1904 until 1912 he ran and was the co-founder of Gilbert & Köhler, Paris. He is best known as the founder of the German auction house of the same name. This philatelic auction house was started 1913 in Berlin and still exists.
Meiso Mizuhara was a Japanese philatelist who was known for his award-winning collections of the stamps and postal history of the countries of Asia and his books on those subjects. His collection of Chinese stamps and postal history was exceeded in importance only by that of Sir Percival David.
