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Saturday March 24th 2012
At the meeting room in the Royal Philatelic Society, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1G 6JY, starting at 10.30 am and finishing at approx. 4.00 pm.
Keith Hanman, past chairman of the Society, will show his gold medal display of Sierra Leone. Keith won gold medals for this display at the ABPS National Competition in Sheffield and at the International Phila’Nippon 11 Exhibition.
Members of the West Africa Study Circle will be invited to join us for this meeting. This display will be followed by the society’s One Sheet Competition, with all members present being asked to vote before lunch for their choice of winner.
The session after lunch will be for members’ displays. Members are asked to bring along a maximum of 32 sheets on a postal stationery theme, and to give a display of not more than 10 minutes with a further 10 minutes for viewing. We will arrange to eat in one of the restaurants close by, and all members are invited to join in. The cost should be no more than £15 each, including wine.
Saturday 9th June 2012
At Swinpex, St Joseph’s Lower School, Octal Way, Swindon SN3 2LR, 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
There will be plenty of dealers at this event, (over 40) so there will be ample opportunity to add to your collection, and there is an excellent catering facility within the fair. Members are invited to display up to 32 sheets from their collection and to give a short explanation of about 10 minutes maximum. Swinpex will be open from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm with ample free parking.
Saturday October 27th 2012
At the meeting room in the Royal Philatelic Society, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1G 6JY.
10.30am Viewing of the society's auction lots for the auction to be held in the afternoon.
11.00 am Society’s Annual General Meeting.
12.00 Tony Chilton competition judging, followed by the presentation of the Tony Chilton salver.
12.30 pm Lunch. We will arrange to eat in one of the restaurants close by, and all members are invited to join in. The cost should be no more than £15 each, including wine.
2.00 pm The society’s “live”auction to be conducted by Neil Sargent.
The meeting is expected to close by about 4.00 pm
There are also two meetings of the Great Britain Philatelic Society to which members are invited, as follows.
Saturday October 13th 2012
Meeting of the Great Britain Philatelic Society at the Royal Philatelic Society, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1G 6JY. All members of the Postal Stationery Society are invited to attend this meeting. If you are not a member of the GBPS please contact the secretary to reserve a place.
11.00am Colin Baker will give a display of “Story of Advertising Through the Post” which will tell how advertising on postal material started in Great Britain and developed over the last 170 years. It will feature a great deal of postal stationery.
Saturday November 3rd 2012
Meeting of the Great Britain Philatelic Society at Grosvenor Auctions premises in The Strand, London. All members of the Postal Stationery Society are invited to attend this meeting. If you are not a member of the GBPS please contact the secretary to reserve a place. This will be billed as "The All American Day".
11.00am Steve McGill,President of the GB Collectors Society in the USA will present "Britain's Marvellous Machins"
2.00pm Tom Slemons will give us a two part presentation (i)" The Mulready and its Advertisements" (ii) "Mulready Stereo Mysteries Solved?"
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