What is the Rossica Society?
The Rossica Society is a world-wide society devoted to all aspects of Russian philately, from the pre-stamp
days of Imperial Russia to current post-Soviet philately. The purpose of the Society is to unite all philatelists throughout
the world with an interest in Russian philately and provide them a means of broadening their philatelic knowledge through
inter- communication via the award winning Rossica Journal and this award winning web site.
Read more
The Rossica Virtual Gallery (RVG)
Introduction by David Skipton
Since the early 1980s, the Rossica Society has made an effort to preserve the information and material contained in its members' exhibits.
Up until now, that effort has consisted of making photocopies (usually black-and-white) or CDs/DVDs and putting them in the Rossica Library so that
members could check them out, study them and learn, using them as a research tool. Given the technology back then, this was the best that could
be accomplished, and it could never reach more than one individual at a time, it had to be posted through the mail, and it was cumbersome enough
that few availed themselves of the opportunity.
Read more
The Rossica Identification Service (RIS)
Introduction by Greg Mirsky, PhD
The Rossica Society is pleased to offer all Russia and related collectors and enthusiast services to help identify stamps, postal history,
or any other philatelic items related to Russian philately or erinnophilia. The service is offered free to Rossica Society members, and for a
nominal fee to non-members. Although this service does not provide an official opinion of authenticity, the Society will reach out to
experts on the items in question on your behalf. This is a great way to identify those hard-to-figure out cancels, town names, and get translations
of addresses, cancellations, etc.
Read more