Stuart Rossiter Trust

The Stuart Rossiter Trust is a British charitable trust (registered charity number 292076) that was created by the will of the philatelist and postal historian Stuart Rossiter and subsequently the will of his mother.

The trust was established in 1985 and has become a prolific publisher of books about postal history and also publishes the Rossiter Postal History Journal annually. There are five trustees, including David Beech, Curator of the British Library Philatelic Collections who is the Chairman.[1]

The principal objectives of the Trust are:

  • To promote research into the history of the postal services
  • To publish and sell our postal history books and publications in this area of study.

The Trustees have said that they "invite applications for funding from anyone, whether professional or amateur, with an interest in conducting original research into the history of written communications with a view to publishing their findings".[2]

The trustees have also instigated an annual lecture in Stuart Rossiter's memory on a postal history theme. The 2009 speaker has been announced as Tom Slemons who will talk on "Researching Great Britain County Postal History".[3]

Selected publications
  • An Introduction to the Postal History of Denmark 1624-1950 by David Cornelius 2004.[4]
  • British India Postal Stationery by Derek Lang 1997.
  • Early Forces Mail by Barrie Jay 1997.
  • Maritime Disaster Mail by Norman Hoggarth and Robin Gwynn 2004.
  • Naval Officers' Letters by Geoffrey Osborn GM 1995.
  • Royal Reform: postal reform 1837-1841 as reflected in the Royal Philatelic Collection by Charles Goodwyn 2000. ISBN 0-9527177-9-4

References
  1. Charity Commission Profile http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=292076&SubsidiaryNumber=0
  2. http://www.rossitertrust.com/ Rossiter Trust home page
  3. http://www.westpex.com/pdf/ccsf2009.pdf
  4. http://www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com/Journals/GSM/Gibbons_Stamp_Monthly/December_2005/attachments/debooks.pdf Review December 2005.
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