Philatelic International (Filintern) was an international

philatelic Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possibl ...

society of collector-workers. It was founded and based in the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

in the 1920s to 1940s.

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The creation of the Filintern was set up at a conference in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

in 22 to 30 June 1924. Its formation was greeted by all branches of the All-Russian Society of Philatelists and at the same time by the

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

Esperantists An Esperantist () is a person who speaks, reads or writes Esperanto. According to the Declaration of Boulogne, a document agreed upon at the first World Esperanto Congress in 1905, an Esperantist is someone who speaks Esperanto and uses it f ...

. At the conference opening, Feodor Chuchin, the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily, declared: A program for the Filintern's central organ was developed that included: * "

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of the international union of

philatelist Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possible ...

-workers of all nations for the struggle against organised philatelist-dealers", * "wide popularisation of

ideological An ideology is a set of beliefs or values attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely about belief in certain knowledge, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones". Form ...

philately", * "introducing

Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

into philately and thus the establishment of lively

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between philatelists around the world." Filintern facilitates the goals of philatelists, scripophilists and Esperantists. Within Filintern, they could: * collect stamps and paper

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, * publish philatelic bulletins,

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and catalogues, * most importantly, conduct foreign exchange. Using philately, scripophily and Esperanto, the Soviet authorities also hoped for promoting

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propaganda among the foreign

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. Filintern received a further boost from the SAT ( Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda) Congress of 1926. USSR 1928-01-24 cover

The Philatelic International's organ was the journal . It was an insert included in the monthly magazine ''

Soviet Philatelist ''Soviet Philatelist'' or ''Sovetskii Filatelist'' was a Soviet central philatelic magazine published in 1922–1932 by the All-Russian Society of Philatelists. For a number of years, in 1925 and in 1928–1932, its name was changed to ''Soviet C ...

'' or ''Soviet Collector''. Its

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was a prominent Russian philatelist L. K. Eichfuss. The first issue of the journal appeared in January 1925.

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* {{Authority control Philately of the Soviet Union Esperanto history 1924 establishments in the Soviet Union 1940s disestablishments in the Soviet Union Former international organizations International non-profit organizations Comintern Philatelic organizations Organizations established in 1924 Esperanto in Russia

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