Join the India Study Circle

Applications for membership should be made using the Joining form on this website. Applications from residents of the USA will be sent on to our membership secretary in the US, and aplications from anywhere else in the world will be dealt with by our United Kingdom membership secretary.

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(Please note that although American members can send in exchange packets, they can't receive the packets.  This is due to the excessive transit times forcirculation of the packets.)

Your application for membership is indicative of a willingness to become a useful member of the INDIA STUDY CIRCLE FOR PHILATELY by declaring one's interests and being prepared to share one's knowledge with other members of the I.S.C. Members are expected at all times to participate in the Circle's activities as far as they can.

Subscriptions

Current subscription rates are £18, €29, US30 or Rs.700 (for Indian Members).

There is also a joining fee of £15/$24/€17/Rs1000.

Annual I.S.C. membership includes a subscription to the. Irrespective of the date of joining, the annual subscription is due on the 1st of January each year. Members are expected to pay their dues without recourse to reminders. To guarantee this, members, particularly those in the U.K., are urged to make arrangements, through the Membership Secretary, for their subscriptions to be paid regularly by Banker's Order. Individuals are welcome to apply and join the I.S.C. at any time during the year.

Members, including new applicants, may purchase a CD containing the complete set of issues our magazine, India Post, and its predecessor publications, from 1951 to 2006. The cost of this is £15/$24/€17/Rs1000 (for Indian members), You may purchase this CD at any time - you do not have to buy in when you apply to join the ISC.

The Handbook of Indian Philately subscription is completely separate from the membership package, although much of the Handbook is available to members for downloading from the website. Consult the Treasurer (or Regional Secretary for the Americas) to add this subscription if desired.

Payments to the I.S.C.

All payments to the I.S.C., including the annual subscription, are due to be made in sterling. Payments made in currencies other than sterling are unlikely ever to produce the correct sum due, because of fluctuating exchange rates and bank clearance charges. Arrangements are in place, however, for members in the Americas to remit in USA $ to the Regional Secretary. Payments may be made in Sterling notes, but security for such payments is the individual member's responsibility.