Forschungsgemeinschaft Großbritannien e.V.-FgGB

Who are we? As a registered society the FgGB is a worldwide organisation of philatelists interested in the stamps and postal history of Great Britain. Its work is directed mainly at German speaking collectors. For this reason, all publications relating to this area of collecting are in German. Hence this website too (with the exception of the translation of this welcome) has been drawn up in German.

What can you expect to find on this website? The aim of this website is to use the medium of the Internet to further publicise the work of the study group, as well as to promote the collection of Great Britain stamps and postal history.

To this end we would like to provide all philatelists interested in Great Britain a forum where, amongst other things

- the latest information on this area of collecting will be made available

- opinions can be exchanged and discussed

- Publications can be found on standard questions concerned with collecting Great Britain – whether classical or modern.

From the legendary Penny Black from the time of Queen Victoria up to modern Machins with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth, with us collectors of all epochs of British Philately find assistance, advice and information to their area of interest. In addition, postal history plays an important role in our research activities. As an engaged society we have issued numerous publications about the postal history of Great Britain as well as to the stamps of the British islands. All collectors of this area, no matter if they are beginners or advanced exhibitors are cordially welcome with us.

Last but not least, we offer you some interesting links not only to other philatelic sites but also websites containing general information on the country and its people should you decide to pay a visit to the country you collect at some time in the future.

We hope you enjoy our website and have fun surfing our links.

The Forschungsgemeinschaft Großbritannien Committee