Current Members

* Representatives of the members are encouraged to provide timely updates to the data presented here.

Asociación Argentina de Vexilología (AAV)

Asociación Argentina de Vexilología (AAV)
c/o Alberto Rubén Perazzo
25 de Mayo 276 PB Dpto. 4
1824 LANÚS OESTE
Pcia. de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Type: association
President/Other: Lic. Prof. Alberto Rubén Perazzo, FF
Honorary President and Founder of AAV
Secretary/Other: Francisco Gregoric, editor
Secretary/Other: Mario Paulise, secretary
Telephone: +54 11 4241 0975 (Alberto Rubén Perazzo)
E-mail: asociacionargentinadevexilologia@yahoo.com.ar (Francisco Gregoric)
Website: none
Established: February 16, 1988
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 33)
Territory: Argentina
Periodical Publication: Estandarte (Spanish; since 1991)

Associació Catalana de Vexil·lología (ACV)

Associació Catalana de Vexil·lología (ACV)
c/o Anna-María Galán i Pla
C/ Minería 17, 3r, 9a
08038 BARCELONA
Spain
Type: association
President/Other: Anna-María Galán i Pla, president
Secretary/Other: Sebastiá Herreros i Agüí, secretary-general
Telephone: +34 3 33 23 898 (Anna-María Galán i Pla)
E-mail: info@vexicat.org
Website: http://www.vexi.cat
Established: September 26, 1981
Member Since: May 28, 1985 (number 22)
Territory: Spain: Catalonia
Periodical Publication: Vexil·la Catalana (Catalan; since 1985)

Bandiere Storiche (BS)

Bandiere Storiche (BS)
c/o Flavio Livio Marchetto
Piazza Martiri della Liberta, 4
20021 BOLLATE (MILANO)
Italy
Type: association
President/Other: Flavio Livio Marchetto, president
Secretary/Other: none
Telephone: +39 347 892 0754
E-mail: info@bandierestoriche.it
Website: http://www.bandierestoriche.it
Established: April 14, 2008
Member Since: August 6, 2013 (number 70)
Territory: Italy
Periodical Publication: none

Българско хералдическо и вексилоложко общество (BHVS) Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society

Българско хералдическо и вексилоложко общество (BHVS)
Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society
Stoyan Antonov
Faculty of Philosophy and History
“Paisiy Hilendarski” Plovdiv University
24, Tsar Assen St.
PLOVDIV 4000
Bulgaria
Type: association
President/Other: Stoyan Antonov, chairman
Secretary/Other: Aleksandar Aleksiev, secretary
Telephone: +359 885 643930
E-mail: bgherald@gmail.com
Website: http://heraldika-bg.org
Established: December 14, 2004; March 18, 2005 (legal registration)
Member Since: August 6, 2013 (number 68)
Territory: Bulgaria
Periodical Publication: Herold (ISSN 1313-4809; Bulgarian and English; annual; since 2008)

The Burgee Data Archives (BDA)

The Burgee Data Archives (BDA)
Type: institution
President/Other: none
Secretary/Other: none
Telephone: none
E-mail: none
Website: none
Established: October 31, 1978
Member Since: August 14, 1997 (number 47)
Territory: Canada
Periodical Publication: The Private Signal (English; irregular; since 1996 January)
Notes: changed name on August 31, 1993 from Canadian Flag Institute; founder Peter Edwards died on July 15, 2019

The Canadian Flag Association (CFA) L'Association canadienne de vexillologie

The Canadian Flag Association (CFA)
L’Association canadienne de vexillologie
1515-730 Dovercourt Rd.
TORONTO ON M6H 2W9
Canada
Type: association
President/Other: Kevin Harrington+, president emeritus
Secretary/Other: Linda J. Dean, secretary
Telephone: +1 519 307 1515 (Kevin Harrington)
E-mail: cfa.acv@gmail.com
Website: none
Established: February 6, 1985
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 30)
Territory: Canada
Periodical Publications: Flagscan (ISSN 0833-1510; English/French; quarterly; 1986 to ?)
Supplements: Banderín (ISSN 1492-8256; English; 1999 to ?)
Band.It (ISSN ?; English; ? to ?)
Dragonflags (ISSN 1492-840X; English; 1999 to ?)
Ensign & Jack (ISSN 1492-8477; English; 1998 to ?)
Flag City (ISSN 1492-837X; English; 1998 to ?)
Flagnaut (ISSN 1492-8396; English; 1998 to ?)
Flagguru (ISSN ?; English; ? to ?)
FlagsAm (ISSN 1492-8388; English; 1998 to ?)
Heraldo (ISSN ?; English; ? to ?)
Ifulegi (ISSN 1492-823X; English; 1998 to ?)
Pavillonnerie (ISSN 1492-8248; French; 1998 to ?)

Centre Belgo-Européen d'Études des Drapeaux (CEBED)

Centre Belgo-Européen d’Études des Drapeaux (CEBED)
c/o Michel R. Lupant
Clos de la Pasture 6
1340 OTTIGNIES-LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE
Belgium
Type: institution
President/Other: Michel R. Lupant, director
Secretary/Other: none
Telephone: +32 10 41 43 85 (Michel R. Lupant)
E-mail: cebedr@gmail.com
Website: none
Established: April 1, 1990
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 31)
Territory: Belgium
Periodical Publication: Gaceta de Banderas (Spanish/French/English; eight times a year; since 1979 (in collaboration with Sociedad Espanola de Vexilología))

Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (CISV)

Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (CISV)
c/o Pier Paolo Lugli
Via Del Domenichino, 77
41124 MODENA
Italy
Type: association
President/Other: Pier Paolo Lugli, president
Secretary/Other: Marco Mecacci, secretary/librarian
Telephone: +39 388 357 6806 (Pier Paolo Lugli)
E-mail: presidenza@cisv.it
Website: http://www.cisv.it
Established: 1972
Member Since: September 14, 1973 (number 14)
Territory: Italy
Periodical Publications: Vexilla Italica (Italian; since 1974)
Vexilla Notizie (Italian; since 2002)

Česká vexilologická společnost z. s. (CVS)

Česká vexilologická společnost z. s. (CVS)
Ing. Petr Holas
Psárská 1347/1
Praha 4 – Michle
141 00
Czechia
Type: association
President/Other: Petr Holas, president
Secretary/Other: Kryštof Huk, secretary
Telephone: none
E-mail: vexilologie@centrum.cz
Website: http://www.vexilologie.cz
Established: January 29, 1972
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 29)
Territory: Czechia (Czech Republic)
Periodical Publications: Vexilologie (ISSN 1211-2615; Czech (English translations of articles available); since 1972)
Vexillological Letters (Czech; irregular 1976 to 1989)
Vexilokontakt (Czech; irregular; since 1989 (in collaboration with Středisko vexilologických informací / Flag Data Centre))
Vexilokontakt – Special Issue (English; annually; since 1997 (in collaboration with Středisko vexilologických informací / Flag Data Centre))
Proceedings of the Czech National Congress on Vexillology (Czech; every four years; since 1996) (in collaboration with Středisko vexilologických informací / Flag Data Centre))
Notes: recognized July 1, 1991 as “Honorary Affiliate”; changed name on April 2, 2005 from Vexilologický Klub (VK)

Chesapeake Bay Flag Association (CBFA)

Chesapeake Bay Flag Association (CBFA)
c/o John A. Lowe
4909 Hampden Ln. #303
BETHESDA MD 20814-2920
USA
Type: association
President/Other: John A. Lowe, president
Secretary/Other: vacant
Telephone: +1 301 468 9202 (John A. Lowe)
E-mail: cbfamail@gmail.com
Website: http://cbfa.vexillology.info
Established: November 6, 1982 (informal), November 13, 1993 (formal)
Member Since: July 3, 1995 (number 38)
Territory: United States: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
Periodical Publication: The Flagship (English; since 1993)

Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile (CONAVEX)

Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile (CONAVEX)
Vargas Buston 1051
Department 1411
8930210 San Miguel
SANTIAGO
Chile
Type: association
President/Other: Steffan Giadach Axt, president
Secretary/Other: Cristóbal Barra Cisterna, secretary
Telephone: +56 9942618084
E-mail: conavexchile@gmail.com
Website: https://conavexcl.wordpress.com
Established: November 3, 2017
Member Since: July 16, 2019 (number 73)
Territory: Chile
Periodical Publications: none

Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann Teoranta (Brateolaíocht Éireann branch) (GSI) Genealogical Society of Ireland Limited (Vexillology Ireland branch)

Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann Teoranta (Brateolaíocht Éireann branch) (GSI)
Genealogical Society of Ireland Limited (Vexillology Ireland branch)

11, Desmond Avenue
DÚN LAOGHAIRE
Co. Dublin
Ireland
Type: association
President/Other: Gerry Hayden, chairperson
Secretary/Other: Michael Merrigan, general secretary
Other: Stanislav Zamyatin, chief executive officer of Brateolaíocht Éireann branch / Vexillology Ireland
Telephone +353 1 284 2711
E-mail: bratachaeire@gmail.com
Websites: www.familyhistory.ie and https://flagsireland.wordpress.com
Established: August 6, 2013 (number 71)
Member Since: May 28, 1985 (number 22)
Territory: Ireland (Ireland and United Kingdom: Northern Ireland)
Periodical Publications: The Genie Gazette (ISSN 1393-3183; English; monthly; 1996 to 2005)
Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette (ISSN 1649-7937; English; monthly; since 2006)
VIBE—Vexillology Ireland: Brateolaíocht Éireann (ISSN 2009-6437; English; quarterly; since 2013)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde e.V. (DGF)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde e.V. (DGF)
c/o Jörg Majewski
Albaxer Straße 33 B
37671 HÖXTER
Germany
Type: association
President/Other: Jörg Majewski, president
Secretary/Other: Falko Schmidt, secretary
Telephone: ?
E-mail: pres@flaggenkunde.de
Website: http://www.flaggenkunde.de
Established: February 4, 1995
Member Since: August 12, 1997 (number 43)
Territory: Germany
Periodical Publications: Der Flaggenkurier (ISSN 0949-6173; German; semiannual; since 1995)
DGF-Nachrichten (German; 1995 to 2004)
DGF-Informationen (German; bimonthly; since 2004)

Flag Heritage Foundation (FHF)

Flag Heritage Foundation (FHF)
301 Newbury St. Ste. 11 #108
DANVERS MA 01923-5297
USA
Type: institution
President/Other: Kirby A. Baker, chair
Secretary/Other: ?
Telephone: +1 424 272 0701
E-mail: info@flagheritagefoundation.org
Website: http://www.flagheritagefoundation.org
Established: July 30, 1971
Member Since: July 28, 2003 (number 58)
Territory: United States
Periodical Publications: The Standard (English; irregular; since 2002)
Monograph and Translation Series (English; irregular, since 2010)

The Flag Institute (FI)

The Flag Institute (FI)
84 Norwood Grove
Beverley
East Yorkshire HU17 9HS
UNITED KINGDOM
Type: association
President/Other: Malcolm Farrow, president
Secretary/Other: John Hall, chairman
Telephone: +44 20 7060 9660
E-mail: chairman@flaginstitute.org
Website: http://www.flaginstitute.org
Established: April 23, 1971; November 17, 2012 (legal registration)
Member Since: June 24, 1971 (number 13)
Territory: United Kingdom
Periodical Publications: Flagmaster (ISSN 0142-1271; English; semiannual; since 1978)
Flag Institute Bulletin (ISSN 0309-085X; English; irregular 1977 to 1978)
Flagmaster (ISSN 0142-5129; English; quarterly 1971 to 1975)
eFlags (no ISSN; English; irregular since 2006)
Notes: formed from the Heraldry Society, Flag Section (HSFS), which was removed as a Member in 1987

The Flag Research Center (FRC)

The Flag Research Center (FRC)
c/o Charles A. Spain
504 Branard St.
HOUSTON TX 77006-5018
USA
Type: institution
President/Other: Scot Guenter, Hugh Brady, and Charles Spain, directors
Secretary/Other: none
Telephone: +1 781 729 9410
E-mail: cspain@vexillology.org
Website: https://flagresearchcenter.org
Established: February 1, 1962
Member Since: September 7, 1969 (charter)
Territory: United States
Periodical Publications: The Flag Bulletin (ISSN 0015-3370; English; bimonthly; October 1, 1961 to present)
Supplements:
Flag Bulletin Newsletter / Courrier de drapeau / Flaggenmitteilungen (English; bimonthly; 1967 to 1973)
Flag Information Sources (English; 1970 to 1973)
The Vexillo–File (English; irregular; 2002 to 2011)
Flag Specification Sheets (English; irregular; 1960 to 2011)
Flag Data Archives (English; 1969 to 1975)
End of the Year Review (English; annual; 1976 to 2011)
News from the Vexillarium (English; irregular; 1982 to 2011)
Flag Etiquette & Usage Standards (English; irregular; 1996 to 2011)
FlagInform (English; irregular; 2001 to 2012)
Flag Facts (English; irregular; 2012)
Notes: part of The Trust for Vexillology (a Texas nonprofit corporation) since March 15, 2014

Flag Society of Australia Inc. (FSA)

Flag Society of Australia Inc. (doing business as Flags Australia) (FSA)
Post Ofiice Box 233
MILSONS POINT NSW 1565
Australia
Type: association
President/Other: Ralph D. Kelly, president
Secretary/Other: Ralph G.C. Bartlett, secretary
Telephone: +61 2 9481 0978 (Ralph D. Kelly)
E-mail: ralphkelly@flagsaustralia.com.au (Ralph D. Kelly)
Website: http://www.flagsaustralia.com.au
Established: August 20, 1983
Member Since: May 28, 1985 (number 23)
Territory: Australia
Periodical Publication: Crux Australis (ISSN 0814-5008; English; quarterly; since 1984)

Flags of the World (FOTW)

Flags of the World (FOTW)
c/o Rob Raeside
2 Gloosecap Terrace
WOLFVILLE NS B4P 1S7
Canada
Type: association
President/Other: Rob Raeside, director
Secretary/Other: Dirk Schönberger, list master
Telephone: +1 902 542 7767 (Rob Raeside)
E-mail: rob.raeside@gmail.com (Rob Raeside)
Website: http://www.flagspot.net
Established: September 1993
Member Since: July 23, 2001 (number 56)
Territory: Canada
Periodical Publication: Flags of the World website (English; continuous; since 1993; available online at http://www.flagspot.net)

Fundación Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Culturales (CIDEC)

Fundación Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Culturales (CIDEC)
c/o Aníbal Gotelli
Calle Marcelo T. de Alvear 2171 – Piso 1°
C1122AAG BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
Type: institution
President/Other: Aníbal Gotelli, president
Secretary/Other: María Laura Arnejo, secretary-general
Telephone: +549 11 5828 6382
E-mail: info@cidecargentina.com
Website: www.cidecargentina.com
Established: March 7, 1990; 1992 (registered as nonprofit foundation)
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 36)
Territory: Argentina
Periodical Publications: Boletín CIDEC (Spanish; bimonthly; since 1992)
La Page Française (French; since 1992)
Anglo-American Journal (English; since 1995)
C.I.D.E.C. en Acción: Boletín Informativo Virtual (Spanish; since 2001)
Notes: originally admitted as Associate Member; became Full Member August 27, 1993; temporarily known as Asociación de Profesionales del Ceremonial de la República Argentina (APCRA)

Genealogijos, heraldikos ir veksilologijos institutas (GHVI) Institute of Genealogy, Heraldry and Vexillology (Lithuania)

Genealogijos, heraldikos ir veksilologijos institutas (GHVI)
Institute of Genealogy, Heraldry and Vexillology (Lithuania)
Migdolų g. 15
LT-14186 Saldenė, Vilnius district
Lithuania
Type: association
President/Other: Remigijus Bimba, president
Secretary/Other: Paulius Vaniuchinas, chairman of the Board
Telephone: +370 610 23144 (Remigijus Bimba)
E-mail: info@ghvi.lt
Website: http://www.ghvi.lt
Established: February 9, 2021
Member Since: July 12, 2022 (number 75)
Territory: Lithuania
Periodical Publication: Genealogija, heraldika ir veksilologija (ISSN 2669-2945 / ISSN 2669-2953 online; Lithuanian; annual; since 2021)

Great Waters Association of Vexillology (GWAV)

Great Waters Association of Vexillology (GWAV)
c/o David Breitenbach
7457 N. Sheridan Rd.
CHICAGO IL 60626-6800
USA
Type: association
President/Other: David Breitenbach, president
Secretary/Other: William Bilanich, secretary
Telephone: +1 773 465 7530 (David Breitenbach)
E-mail: flaggsusa@prodigy.net
Website: http://gwav.tripod.com
Established: May 11, 1991
Member Since: July 29, 1999 (number 49)
Territory: United States: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio
Periodical Publication: FlaGWAVer (English; semiannual; since 1996)
Notes: changed name on November 6, 1996 from Great Waters Chapter (GWC) after NAVA voted not to establish chapters

Heraldično, genealoško in veksilološko društvo Heraldica Slovenica (HS)

Grboslovno in zastavoslovno društvo Heraldica Slovenica (HS)
Heraldica Slovenica Heraldry and Vexillology Society
Tugomerjeva ulica 10
1000 LJUBLJANA
Slovenia
Type: association
President/Other: Aleksander Hribovšek, president
Secretary/Other: Uroš Žižmund, vice-president
Telephone: +386 41 597 821
E-mail: pisarna@heraldica-slovenica.si
Website: http://www.heraldica-slovenica.si/
Established: 1991
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 32)
Territory: Slovenia
Periodical Publication: none
Notes: changed name in 1995 from Slovenski Ščit – HGV Club (SS), and in 2022 from Heraldično, genealoško in veksilološko društvo Heraldica Slovenica (HS)

Heraldischer Verein "Zum Kleeblatt" von 1888 zu Hannover e.V. (HVK)

Heraldischer Verein “Zum Kleeblatt” von 1888 zu Hannover e.V. (HVK)
c/o Hans-Peter Dege
Spandauer Weg 59
31141 HILDESHEIM
Germany
Type: institution
President/Other: Hans-Peter Dege, chairman
Secretary/Other: Volkmar Tonnies, secretary
Telephone: ?
E-mail: info@zum-kleeblatt.de
Website: http://www.zum-kleeblatt.de
Established: December 4, 1888
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 35)
Territory: Germany
Periodical Publications: Kleeblatt: Zeitschrift für Heraldik und verwandte Wissenschaften (German; since 1984)
Jahrbuch—Heraldischer Verein “Zum Kleeblatt” von 1888 zu Hannover e.V. (ISSN 0341-9908; German; annual; since 1963)
Notes: originally admitted as Associate Member; became Full Member August 27, 1993

Hrvatsko grboslovno i zastavoslovno društvo (HGZD) Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association

Hrvatsko grboslovno i zastavoslovno društvo (HGZD)
Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association
Pazinska 50
10110 ZAGREB
Croatia
Type: association
President/Other: Željko Heimer, president
Secretary/Other: Matea Brstilo Rešetar, secretary
Telephone: +385 91 56 39 391 (Željko Heimer)
E-mail: hgzd@hgzd.hr
Website: http://www.hgzd.hr
Established: May 4, 2006
Member Since: August 7, 2007 (number 62)
Territory: Croatia
Periodical Publication: Grb i Zastava (ISSN 1846-3827; Croatian and English; semiannual; since 2006)
Notes: changed name on July 18, 2015 from Hrvatsko grboslovno i zastavoslovno društvo / Croatian Heraldic and Vexillologic Association

Indian Vexillological Association (IVA)

Indian Vexillological Association (IVA)
Sanjeeva Rao Kambhampati
#C1 Grand Residency
Road No. 2
Vijayanagar Colony
Khammam Bypass Road
KHAMMAM 507002
Telangana
India
Type: association
President/Other: Sanjeeva Rao, president
Secretary/Other: D. Lingaraju, general secretary
Telephone: +91 9949778428 (Sanjeeva Rao)
E-mail: sanjeevarao1963@yahoo.com
Website: none
Established: November 14, 2002
Member Since: August 7, 2007 (number 63)
Territory: India
Periodical Publication: none

Instytut Heraldyczno-Weksylologiczny (IHW)

Instytut Heraldyczno-Weksylologiczny (IHW)
ul. Turystyczna 70
43-436 GÓRKI WIELKIE
Poland
Type: institution
President/Other: Beata Znamierowska, director
Secretary/Other: ?
Telephone: +48 33 853 99 28
E-mail: info@instytutheraldyczny.pl
Website: http://www.albumpolski.pl/IHW_WWW/index.php
Established: September 1, 1997
Member Since: July 23, 2001 (number 51)
Territory: Poland
Periodical Publication: Flagi miast polskich (Polish; bimonthly; since 2000)
Weksylia (Polish and English; bimonthly; since 2015)

Kevarzhe Vannielouriezh Vreizh (KVV) Société Bretonne de Vexillologie

Kevarzhe Vannielouriezh Vreizh (KVV)
Société Bretonne de Vexillologie
c/o Alain Raullet
47 rue de Gascogne
22000 ST BRIEUC
Breizh
France
Type: association
President/Other: Alain Raullet, president
Secretary/Other: Hervé Prat, secretary
Telephone: +33 0 2 96 94 34 82 (Alain Raullet)
E-mail: alain.raullet@wanadoo.fr (Alain Raullet)
Website: http://drapeauxbretagne.canalblog.com/archives/accueil___degemer/index.html
Established: June 23, 1996
Member Since: August 12, 1997 (number 45)
Territory: France: Brittany
Periodical Publication: Ar Banniel (ISSN 1274-5596; Breton/French; biannual; since 1996)
Notes: previously know by abbreviation SBV

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vlaggenkunde (NVvV)

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vlaggenkunde (NVvV)
c/o Marcel van Westerhoven
Willemsbos 89
2134 EC HOOFDDORP
Netherlands
Type: association
President/Other: Davied van Berlo, president
Secretary/Other: Marcel van Westerhoven, secretary
Telephone: +31 06 15250653 (Marcel van Westerhoven)
E-mail: secretaris@vlaggenkunde.nl
Website: http://vlaggenkunde.nl/
Established: March 19, 1966
Member Since: September 7, 1969 (charter)
Territory: Netherlands
Periodical Publication: Vexilla Nostra (ISSN 1382-2497; Dutch; monthly/bimonthly; 1966 to 1998)

Vlaggentijdschrift Vexilla Nostra (ISSN 1382-2497; Dutch; quarterly; 1998 to 2008)
Vlag! (ISSN 1877-167X; Dutch; bi-annually; since 2008 (until 2018, in collaboration with Stichting Vlaggenparade Rotterdam and the former Stichting Vlaggenmuseum Nederland))

New England Vexillological Association (NEVA)

New England Vexillological Association (NEVA)
c/o Carl S. Gurtman
34 Brave Boat Harbor Rd.
YORK ME 03909-5027
USA
Type: association
President/Other: Carl S. Gurtman, president
Secretary/Other: David B. Martucci, secretary/treasurer
Telephone: +1 207 363 4920 (Carl S. Gurtman)
E-mail: cgurtman@maine.rr.com (Carl S. Gurtman)
Website: http://nejv.org
Established: April 21, 1991
Member Since: July 29, 1999 (number 50)
Territory: United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Periodical Publication: New England Journal of Vexillology (English; semiannual; since 1995)

New Zealand Flag Association (NZFA)

New Zealand Flag Association (NZFA)
c/o John Moody
244 Williams Street
KAIAPOI 7630
New Zealand
Type: association
President/Other: John Matthew, acting president
Secretary/Other: Dianne Gray, acting secretary
Telephone: +64 3 327 8060 (John Moody)
E-mail: johnmoody431@hotmail.com (John Moody)
Website: none
Established: January 16, 1994
Member Since: July 3, 1995 (number 39)
Territory: New Zealand
Periodical Publication: Masthead (ISSN 1173-1850; English; since 1994)
Notes: changed name on June 2, 1999 from The Flag Association of New Zealand / Te Roopu Haki Matua o Aotearoa (FANZ)

日本旗章学協会о (JAVA) Nihon Kishōgaku Kyōkai Japanese Vexillological Association

日本旗章学協会 (JAVA)
Nihon Kishōgaku Kyōkai
Japanese Vexillological Association
c/o Yusuke Katsurada
Shin-Matsudo 7-298-1
Matsudo City
Chiba 270-0034
Japan
Type: association
President/Other: Yusuke Katsurada, president
Secretary/Other: Yoshinori Koshikawa, secretary-general
Telephone: +81 9083369535 (Yusuke Katsurada)
E-mail: yusuke.katsurada@gmail.com
Website: https://www.j-flags-java.org/
Established: January 1, 2000
Member Since: July 23, 2001 (number 52)
Territory: Japan
Periodical Publication: 旗章学 (Kishougaku), annually since 2020

Nordisk Flaggselskap (NF) Nordisk Flagselskab Nordiska Flaggsällskapet Norræna Fánafélagið Pohjoismaiden Lippuseura

Nordisk Flaggselskap (NF)
Nordisk Flagselskab
Nordiska Flaggsällskapet
Norræna Fánafélagið
Pohjoismaiden Lippuseura
no mailing address
Type: association
President/Other: Peter Osterbye, president
Secretary/Other: Ulla Petrell, secretary
Telephone: +45 72 21 72 07 (Peter Osterbye)
E-mail: formand@nordicflagsociety.org
Website: http://www.nordicflagsociety.org
Established: January 27, 1973
Member Since: September 14, 1973 (number 15)
Territory: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Periodical Publications: Nordisk Flaggkontakt (ISSN 0109-7539; multilingual; semiannual; since 1984; variant title is Nordisk Flagkontakt)
Nordisk Flagskrift (ISSN 0108-7916; Danish; irregular; 1975 to 1991)
Notes: Nordisk Flaggselskap (Norwegian), Nordisk Flagselskab (Danish), Nordiska Flaggsällskapet (Swedish), Norræna Fánafélagið (Icelandic), and Pohjoismaiden Lippuseura (Finnish)

North American Vexillological Association-Association nord-américaine de vexillologie (NAVA)

North American Vexillological Association-Association nord-américaine de vexillologie (NAVA)
Post Office Box 55071 #58049
BOSTON MA 02205-5071
USA
Type: association
President/Other: Peter Ansoff, president
Secretary/Other: Edward B. Kaye, secretary
Telephone: +1 703 941 04,94 (Peter Ansoff)
E-mail: pres@nava.org
Website: http://www.nava.org
Established: June 3, 1967 (organized), March 19, 1968 (legal registration)
Member Since: September 7, 1969 (charter)
Territory: Canada and United States
Periodical Publications: Vexillum (ISSN pending; English; quarterly; since 2018)
Raven: A Journal of Vexillology (ISSN 1071-0043 (print) and ISSN 2376-8592 (online); English; annual; since 1994)
Flag Research Quarterly (ISSN 2334-4407 (print) and ISSN 2474-1884 (online)); English; quarterly; 2013 to 2017)
NAVA News (ISSN 1053-3338 (print) and ISSN 2372-1332 (online); English; quarterly; 1967 to 2017)
NAVA Yearbook (English; annual 1973 to 1983)
NAVA Handbook (English; 1986 and 1989)
Notes: changed name from North American Vexillological Association on October 7, 2012

Polskie Towarzystwo Weksylologiczne (PTW)

Polskie Towarzystwo Weksylologiczne (PTW)
ul. Racławicka 103
02-634 WARSZAWA
Poland
Type: association
President/Other: Krzysztof Jasieński, president
Secretary/Other: Wojciech Szczerba, secretary
Telephone: +48 22 844 41 58 (Andrzej Bebłowski)
E-mail: biuro@weksylologia.pl
Website: http://www.weksylologia.pl
Established: October 10, 1992
Member Since: July 3, 1995 (number 40)
Territory: Poland
Periodical Publication: Flaga (ISSN 1509-2429; Polish; quarterly; since 1999)

The Portland Flag Association (PFA)

The Portland Flag Association (PFA)
c/o Max Liberman
7290 S.W. Ashdale Dr.
PORTLAND Oregon 97223-9385
USA
Type: association
President/Other: Max Liberman, FIAV representative
Secretary/Other: Edward B. Kaye, newsletter editor
Telephone: +1 503 452 0101 (Max Liberman)
E-mail: info@portlandflag.org
Website: http://www.portlandflag.org
Established: October 28, 1994
Member Since: August 6, 2013 (number 69)
Territory: United States: Portland, Oregon
Periodical Publication: The Vexilloid Tabloid (ISSN 2474-1787; English; bimonthly; since 1999)
Notes: changed name on January 11, 2001 from Portland Flag Group (PFG); no formal leadership structure

Российский Центр флаговедения и геральдики (RCVH) Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry

Российский Центр флаговедения и геральдики (RCVH)
Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry
P.O. Box 20
413111 ENGELS
Saratov Oblast
Russia
Type: institution
President/Other: Victor Lomantsov, chairman
Secretary/Other: Serge Bubnov, secretary
Telephone: ?
E-mail: flagoved@russovex.org
Website: http://www.vexillographia.ru/
Established: September 11,1975
Member Since: July 28, 2003 (number 59)
Territory: Russia
Periodical Publications: The Flag (Russian; 1976 to 1977; Russian and English since 2003)
Notes: changed name on September 11, 1991 from Volga Vexillology Club (VVC)

Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Fahnen- und Flaggenkunde (SSV) Société Suisse de Vexillologie Societa Svizzera di Vessillologia

Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Fahnen- und Flaggenkunde (SSV)
Société Suisse de Vexillologie
Societa Svizzera di Vessillologia
c/o Emil Dreyer
Flurweg 43
3052 ZOLLIKOFEN
Switzerland
Type: association
President/Other: Emil Dreyer, president
Secretary/Other: Harald Müller, secretary
Telephone: +41 31 911 60 18 (Emil Dreyer)
E-mail: info@vexilla.ch
Website: http://www.vexilla.ch
Established: January 21, 1967
Member Since: September 7, 1969 (charter)
Territory: Switzerland
Periodical Publication: Vexilla Helvetica (ISSN 1424-5841; German and French; since 1969)

Sociedad Española de Vexilología (SEV)

Sociedad Española de Vexilología (SEV)
Carretera de Loeches, 13-D, 4o-C
28850 TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ (Madrid)
Spain
Type: association
President/Other: José Carlos Alegría Díaz, president
Secretary/Other: José Manuel Erbez Rodríguez, secretary
Telephone: +34 985 332 411 (José Carlos Alegría Díaz)
E-mail: info@vexilologia.org
Website: http://www.vexilologia.org
Established: October 31, 1977
Member Since: June 29, 1979 (number 19)
Territory: Spain
Periodical Publications: Banderas (ISSN 0213-0955; Spanish; quarterly; since 1979)
Gaceta de Banderas (Spanish/French/English; eight times a year; since 1992 (in collaboration with Centre Belgo-Européen d’Études des Drapeaux))

Societas Vexillologica Belgica (SVB)

Societas Vexillologica Belgica (SVB)
c/o Roger Baert
Place du Chant de l’Alouette, 8
1080 MOLENBEEK-SAINT-JEAN (BRUXELLES)
Belgium
Type: association
President/Other: ?
Secretary/Other: Roger Baert, secretary
Telephone: ?
E-mail: roger.baert.svb@skynet.be (Roger Baert)
Website: none
Established: August 30, 1977
Member Since: June 29, 1979 (number 20)
Territory: Belgium
Periodical Publications: Vexilla Belgica (ISSN 0772-3261; multilingual; annual; 1977 to 1993)
Vexillinfo (ISSN 0772-3253; multilingual; irregular; 1980 to 1990)

Societatea de Genealogie, Heraldică şi Arhivistică "Paul Gore" (SGHAPG)

Societatea de Genealogie, Heraldică şi Arhivistică “Paul Gore” (SGHAPG)
c/o Silviu Andrieş-Tabac
Strada Florifor 12/3, ap. 76
MD-2068 CHIŞINĂU
Republic of Moldova
Type: association
President/Other: Silviu Andrieş-Tabac, chairman
Secretary/Other: Silvia Corlateanu, secretary
Telephone: +373 22 44 31 69 (Silviu Andrieş-Tabac)
E-mail: silviu_tabac@yahoo.fr (Silviu Andrieş-Tabac)
Website: none
Established: October 22, 1997
Member Since: July 23, 2001 (number 55)
Territory: Moldova
Periodical Publication: none
Notes: originally admitted as Associate Member; became voting Member July 23, 2001

Société française de vexillologie (SFV)

Société française de vexillologie (SFV)
c/o Montbel libraire & éditeur
8 rue de Courcelles
75008 PARIS
France
Type: association
President/Other: Cédric de Fougerolle, president
Secretary/Other: Pierre-Henri Schecter, secretary-general – treasurer
Telephone: +33 01 81 69 87 50 (Cédric de Fougerolle)
E-mail: president@drapeaux-sfv.org
Website: http://www.drapeaux-sfv.org
Established: March 16, 1985
Member Since: July 1, 1991 (number 27)
Territory: France
Periodical Publications: Drapeaux & Pavilons (ISSN 0769-7864; French; quarterly; since 2018)
Eranciae Vexilla
(ISSN 1270-0096; French; quarterly; 1996 to 2018)
Emblemes et pavillons (ISSN 0769-7864; French; quarterly; 1985 to 1996)
Annuaire de la Société française de vexillologie (ISSN 0981-2180; French; 1986, 1991, and 2005)

Southern African Vexillological Association (SAVA)

Southern African Vexillological Association (SAVA)
P.O. Box 836
PINEGOWRIE
2123
South Africa
Type: association
President/Other: Peter Whitehead, chairman
Secretary/Other: Bruce B. Berry, secretary/treasurer
Telephone: +27 11 313 3502 (Bruce B. Berry)
E-mail: secretary@savaflags.org.za
Website: http://www.savaflags.org.za
Established: November 26, 1990
Member Since: July 2, 1991 (number 28)
Territory: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Periodical Publications: SAVA Journal (no ISSN; English; irregular; since 1992)
SAVA Newsletter (English; triannual; since 1991)

საქართველოს პარლამენტთან არსებული ჰერალდიკის სახელმწიფო საბჭო (SCHG) State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia

საქართველოს პარლამენტთან არსებული ჰერალდიკის სახელმწიფო საბჭო (SCHG)
State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia
4, Sanapiro str
0114 TBILISI
Georgia
Type: institution
President/Other: Mamuka Gongadze, chairman
Secretary/Other: David Chkheidze, deputy chairman
Telephone: +995 32 293 20 97
E-mail: heraldika@parliament.ge
georgianheraldry@gmail.com
Website: http://www.heraldika.ge
Established: February 29, 2008
Member Since: August 2, 2011 (number 65)
Territory: Georgia
Periodical Publication: Heroldi (Georgian; annual; since 2012)

Stichting Vlaggenparade Rotterdam (SVPR)

Stichting Vlaggenparade Rotterdam (SVPR)
Rochussenstraat 67a
3015 ED ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
Type: institution
President/Other: Kees Vrijdag, chairman
Secretary/Other: Jos van de Sandt, secretary
Telephone: +31 6 467 480 63
E-mail: info@vlaggenparade.nl
Website: http://www.vlaggenparade.nl
Established: June 6, 1997
Member Since: August 2, 2011 (number 66)
Territory: Netherlands
Periodical Publications: Vlaggenlijn (Dutch; 1998 to 2008) (in collaboration with former Stichting Vlaggenmuseum Nederland)
Vlag! (ISSN 1877-167X; Dutch; triannually; 2008 to 2018 in collaboration with Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vlaggenkunde and former Stichting Vlaggenparade Rotterdam), now published by NVvV only
Notes: changed name on November 26, 2007 as successor (with former Stichting Vlaggenmuseum Nederland) to Stichting Vlaggenmuseum Rotterdam (SVR)

Středisko vexilologických informací (SVI) Flag Data Centre

Středisko vexilologických informací (SVI)
Flag Data Centre
c/o Petr Exner
Havlíčkova 294
500 02 HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ
Czech Republic
Type: Institution
President/Other: Petr Exner, director
Secretary/Other: Jaroslav Martykán
Telephone: ?
E-mail: petr.exner@centrum.cz (Petr Exner)
Website: http://www.vexi.info
Established: March 1994
Member Since: July 28, 2003 (number 60)
Territory: Czech Republic
Periodical Publications: Vexilokontakt (Czech; irregular; since 1989 (in collaboration with Česká vexilologická společnost o. s.))
vexiI.info (Czech with English summary; bimonthly; since 1994; changed name in January 2005 from vexiINFO)
Vexilologický lexikon (Czech; semiannual; annual since 1996)

Erdélyi Címer- és Zászlótudományi Egyesület (THVA) Asociația de Heraldică și Vexilologie din Transilvania - Transylvanian Heraldic and Vexillological Association

Erdélyi Címer- és Zászlótudományi Egyesület (THVA)
Asociația de Heraldică și Vexilologie din Transilvania
Transylvanian Heraldic and Vexillological Association
c/o Attila István Szekeres
Str. Infratirii, 6/3/B/20
520068 SF. GHEORGHE
Transilvania, Romania
Type: association
President/Other: Attila István Szekeres, president
President/Other: Ferenc Tibodi, vice-president
Secretary/Other: Gábor Bokor, secretary
Telephone: +40 723 934 318 (Attila István Szekeres)
E-mail: herald.vexil@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/cimer.zaszlo
https://www.facebook.com/heraldica.vexilologie
https://www.facebook.com/heraldry.vexillology
Established: registered on 16th January 2015 (est. 2014.)
Member Since: July 12, 2022 (number 76)
Territory: Transilvania, Romania
Periodical Publication: none currently; TransHerVex (Transylvanian Heraldry and Vexillology) – in preparation, annual trilingual journal in Hungarian, Romanian and English

Українсьҝе Геральдичне Товариство (UHT) Ukrayins'ke Heral'dychne Tovarystvo The Ukrainian Heraldry Society

Українське Геральдичне Товариство (UHT)
Ukrayins’ke Heral’dychne Tovarystvo
The Ukrainian Heraldry Society
c/o Andriy Grechylo
P.O. Box 1569
79013 L’VIV
Ukraine
Type: association
President/Other: Andriy Grechylo, president
Secretary/Other: Ivan Svarnyk, vice-president; Serhiy Lysenko, vice-president
Telephone: +380 50 6654583 (Andriy Grechylo—mobile)
+380 32 238 15 01 (Andriy Grechylo—home)
E-mail: uht1990@gmail.com (Andriy Grechylo)
Website: http://uht.org.ua
Established: July 9, 1990 (organized); December 7, 1993 (legal registration)
Member Since: July 3, 1995 (number 41)
Territory: Ukraine
Periodical Publications: Знак (Znak) (in English The Sign) (ISSN 1998-1651; Ukrainian; since 1993)
Генеалогічні записки УГТ (in English Genealogical Notes of the UHT) (ISBN 978-966-02-4713-0; Ukrainian; since 2000)
Notes: originally admitted as Associate Member; became Full Member later same day

Vexillological Association of the State of Texas (VAST)

Vexillological Association of the State of Texas (VAST)
c/o Charles A. Spain
504 Branard St.
HOUSTON TX 77006-5018
USA
Type: association
President/Other: Hugh L. Brady, president
Secretary/Other: Charles A. Spain, secretary/treasurer
Telephone: +1 713 529 2545 (Charles A. Spain)
E-mail: info@texflags.org
Website: http://www.texflags.org
Established: February 16, 1991 (organized); March 8, 2000 (legal registration)
Member Since: July 23, 2001 (number 57)
Territory: United States: Texas
Periodical Publication: The National Standard (ISSN 2165-0101 (print) and ISSN 2165-011X (online); English; semiannual; since 2012; continuing VAST News (ISSN 1531-1783; English; irregular; since 2001))
Periodical Publication: The Flagship (English; since 1993)

中国旗帜学研究中心 (VRCC) Vexillological Research Center of China

中国旗帜学研究中心 (VRCC)
Vexillological Research Center of China
Xinfeng Flag Center
31 Haoyuan
HaihuxiliI
Fengtai District
BEIJING
China
Type: association
President/Other: Zhao Xinfeng, chairman
Secretary/Other: Liu Jin
Telephone: +86 10 6351 4523 (Liu Jin)
E-mail: vrcc2024@163.com
Website: www.vrcc.org.cn
Established: March 23, 2019
Member Since: July 16, 2019 (number 74)
Territory: China
Periodical Publications: none

Vexillological Society (Singapore) (VSS)

Vexillological Society (Singapore) (VSS)
10 Gopeng Street, #40-05
Singapore 078878
Type: association
President/Other: Jolyn Pek, president
Secretary/Other: Gil Schneider, secretary
Telephone: TBA
E-mail: vexillologicalsocsg@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/FlagsSingapore
Established: registered on 26 August 2020
Member Since: July 12, 2022 (number 77)
Territory: Singapore
Periodical Publication: The Flag Times: The Official Newsletter of the Vexilloloical Society (Singapore) – monthly newsletter, in English

World Vexillological Research Institute (WVRI)

World Vexillological Research Institute (WVRI)
c/o Roman Klimeš
Sklenská 35
198 00 PRAHA 9
Czech Republic
Type: institution
President/Other: Roman Klimeš, executive director
Secretary/Other: none
Telephone: +420 281 86 05 48 (Roman Klimeš)
E-mail: romanklimes.flawas@email.cz
Website: none
Established: November 30, 1992
Member Since: August 23, 1993 (number 34)
Territory: Czech Republic
Periodical Publication: Flaggen, Wappen und Siegel (ISSN 0948-3748; German; since 1986 (since 1992 as publication of WVRI))

Здружение за хералдика, вексилологија и фалеристика Македонско грбсловно друштво Скопје (MGD) Zdruzenie za heraldika, veksilologija i faleristika Makedonsko grbslovno društvo Skopje Macedonian Heraldic Society

Здружение за хералдика, вексилологија и фалеристика Македонско грбословно друштво Скопје (MGD)
Zdruzenie za heraldika, veksilologija i faleristika Makedonsko grboslovno društvo Skopje
Macedonian Heraldic Society
Petar Mandžukov 113/6
1010 SKOPJE
Macedonia
Type: association
President/Other: Jovan Jonovski, president
Secretary/Other: Pavle Arsoski, secretary
Telephone: +389 70 252 989 (Jovan Jonovski)
E-mail: info@heraldika.org.mk
Website: http://heraldika.org.mk
Established: July 15, 2018
Member Since: July 16, 2019 (number 72)
Territory: Macedonia
Periodical Publications: Македонски Хералд / Macedonian Herald (Macedonian and English; semi-annual; since 2005)
Notes: successor to Македонско xералдичко здружение (MHZ) / Makedonsko heraldičko združenie /Macedonian Heraldry Society, which dissolved on July 15, 2018 due to inability to elect executive board members

 

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