Welcome

The N.Z.S.D.A. was formed in 1969 at a meeting held in Wellington. Previous to that, a meeting of dealers held in New Plymouth earlier that year had decided to form a professional body for stamp dealers.

Membership was to be available to individuals or companies whose principal activity was dealing in philatelic material.

In the first five years of the Association’s existence all Annual General Meetings were held in Wellington. This was followed by four AGMs in Auckland but since then efforts have been made to have meetings one year in the North Island, followed by one in the South Island and then one at an overseas venue (the Association has several Australian members) or at a smaller centre.

For many years the Association was a member of the International Federation of Stamp Dealers’ Associations (IFSDA) but resigned its membership in 2000. However the N.Z.S.D.A. still maintains close relations with the Australian and United Kingdom dealers’ associations.