The waterfall at Gásadalur falling from green cliffs into the sea, with the village on the slope above
Gásadalur, Vágar

Faroe Islands Study Circle

Collectors of Faroese stamps, postmarks and postal history, together since 1991. Based in the United Kingdom, with members in many countries.

Join the Study Circle

From £12 a year, including the journal and newsletter

What’s on

Nothing in the diary at the moment.

Faroe Islands 1979 Europa stamp showing the 1919 provisional: a Danish 5 øre stamp overprinted “2 ØRE”

Journal & newsletter

The Study Circle’s journal, “238”, and the newsletter are both sent to members twice a year. They feature new research, members’ own findings and news from the philatelic world and from the Faroe Islands.

Faroe Islands 1990 Europa stamp showing the old post office at Gjógv

Auctions & postcards

The Study Circle runs postal auctions for members and has published a series of picture postcards on postal-related subjects from the Faroe Islands.

Faroe Islands 1979 stamp showing a Faroese ram

More than stamps

Many members are drawn to the islands themselves — their geography, history, wildlife and transport — and the Study Circle caters for those wider interests too.