Pacific Islands Study Circle

The Pacific Islands Study Circle is an international philatelic society whose members study the stamps and the postal history of the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

The list of territories covered include: • Christmas Island • Clipperton Island • Cocos Islands • Cook Islands • Easter Island • Fiji • French Polynesia • Gilbert and Ellice Islands • Kiribati • Nauru • New Caledonia • New Hebrides • Norfolk Island • Papua New Guinea • Pitcairn Islands • Samoa & Western Samoa • Solomon Islands • South American Islands & Galapagos Islands • Tokelau • Tonga • Tuvalu • US Pacific Territories • Vanuatu

Its philatelic studies range from the earliest philatelic times to the present day, and include stamps and covers, censorship, postage dues, meter marks, postcards, military campaigns, sea-mails, and airmails throughout the region.

The Pacific Islands Study Circle's award-winning quarterly journal, Pacifica, has been published since 1962 and covers a wide range of articles contributed by members, news items about the area and activities, as well as sections reviewing recent publications and auctions.

PISC has displayed significant parts of its member's collections at the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1970, 1990 and 2018.

The Pacific Islands Study Circle is affilated to the Association of British Philatelic Societies and the American Philatelic Society.

Further reading

Dear, John, Fiji Postal History - Postage Meters, Registration Labels, Machine Cancellations. Pacific Islands Study Circle, 2015. ISBN: 978-12-899833-23-8. 234 pages.

Duberal, R.F. and Jones, Bryan A., Fiji: Postage Stamp Issues of the King George VI Period: Definitives, Commemoratives, Booklets, Postage Dues. Pacific Islands Study Circle, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-899833=24=5. 228 pages.

Gillis, David F., Fiji's Times Express Stamps: The Three Issued Paper Types and Other FTE Topics. Pacific Islands Study Circle, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-899833-19-1. 167 pages.

Murray-Brown, D.A.R, Norfolk Island Cancellations and Postal Markings. Pacific Islands Study Circle, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-899833-20-7. 130 pages.

Pattinson, Ron, Hinchcliffe, Colin and Hamilton, Bill, Postal Markings of the Solomon Islands. Pacific Islands Study Circle, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-899833-10-8. 237 pages.

Pendleton, Steve and Maddock, David, Collecting Easter Island: Stamps and Postal History. Pacific Islands Study Circle, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-899833-22-1. 216 pages.