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THE PS JOURNAL

THE PS JOURNAL

The PS Journal is issued four times a year, in February, May, August and November. It includes a mix of articles, queries, news, discussions and opinions, all related to postal stationery. The journal incorporates the Society's newsletter which keeps members up to date with the Society's activities and meetings. It also includes details of the Society's affairs and general articles of interest to all members. It is written by members, for members and covers as many categories as possible. If you have a problem item or can answer somebody else's question then this is the place to have your say.

Contents of the latest issue:

August 2008
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Evolution of the Early German View Cards - Part 2
G.B. Postal Stationery News
STO Certificate of Posting
Postage Due
An Edwardian Postcard that is All Back to Front
The First British Airmail Letter Card of May 1941
Postal Stationery Cut-Outs
Advertising Square?
Mauritius Mourning Envelope
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Queries and Replies
 

Contents of privious issues

May 2008
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Single Sheet Competition - winning entry
Evolution of the Early German View Cards
Bath Postal Museum Receives a National Commendation
Addendum to "Collect British Postal Stationery"
G.B. Postal Stationery News
Book Review
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Queries and Replies

February 2008
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
G.B. Postal Stationery News
1935 - A Good Year for Bulgarian Postal Stationery
A Strange Use for a British Field Service Card
Bahrain - 1969 20f & 40f Airletters
Book Review
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Queries and Replies

November 2007
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Member's Collecting Interests
Minutes of the Society's AGM
G.B. Postal Stationery News
Watermarks on GB Wrapper and Lettersheet Papers
The Use of Circular Grills to Invalidate Embossed ostal Stationery Dies
The Society's Accounts
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Book Review
Queries and Replies

August 2007
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Member's Collecting Interests
Secretary's Notes
Meeting Reports - SWINPEX June 2007
G.B. Postal Stationery News
Book Review
Some Nineteenth Century Predecessors of "View Cards"
A Tale of Two Wrappers
Perfins Through Postal Stationery - Newspaper Wrappers - part 2
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Queries and Replies

May 2007
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Meeting Reports - March 2007
Single Sheet Competition - Winning Entry
G.B. Postal Stationery News
A Listing of Revalued Postal Stationery - an update
Perfins Through Postal Stationery - Newspaper Wrappers - part 1
Book Review
Forces airletter with a Perforated Cross
Israeli "Call-up" Paper
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Queries and Replies
Uprated G.B. Stationery

February 2007
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Society Auction -June 2007
Secretary's Notes
Perfins Through Postal Stationery - Postcards part 2
The 1922 Postal Rebate
Society Library
A Listing of Revalued Postal Stationery following the Reduction in Postal Rates on 29 May 1922 and 14 May 1923
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Queries and Replies

November 2006
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Editor's Comments
A Recent Discovery of Essays and Proofs
Estimated Survival rates of used GB Newspaper Wrappers
Perfins Through Postal Stationery - Postcards
Minutes of the AGM
Tony Chilton Competition
Society Auctions 2007
Queries and Replies
Notes from the Editor's Desk

August 2006
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Tony Chilton Competition
Perfins Through Postal Stationery - Envelopes
Pictures to Post
Aerogrammes and Folded Letter Sheets From The Holy Land - Part 7
Interpreting the history of G.B. Newspaper Wrappers
Auction Report 1st July 2006
Postal Stationery of the Anglo-Italian Local Postal Service in Morocco
Notes from the Editor's Desk

May 2006
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Halfpenny Stationery Postcard Used Twice on the First Day of Official Use
One Sheet Competition - Winning Entry
German East Africa - Prepaid Envelopes 1916
Posta Stationery Using the Universal Series Imperium Imprint
Aerogrammes and Folded Letter Sheets From The Holy Land - Part 6
Perfins Through Postal Stationery
A Home Made Airletter
A Postal Stationery Retirement Present from the Department for Work and Pensions
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Book Reviews
Queries and Replies

February 2006
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Mulready Request - Help Wanted
Classified Advertisements
Aerogrammes and Folded Letter Sheets From The Holy Land - Part 5
A Couple of Very Cross Postcards
The First Change of Address Card
The Coronation That Never Was
Perfins Through Postal Stationery
Reply Paid Lettercards - Part 3
Notes from the Editor's Desk

November 2005
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
The Minutes of the AGM
The Society's Accounts
Aerogrammes and Folded Letter Sheets From The Holy Land - Part 4
A Quiet Anniversary
Sloper Experimental Cancels
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Essays for the Design of King George V Side Face Stamp for use on Postal Stationery

August 2005
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
All in a Flap
Ceylon Printed-to-Private-Order Newspaper Wrappers
Aerogrammes and Folded Letter Sheets From The Holy Land - Part 3
Aerogrammatics
Classics at the BPM 6: Victorian Telegraph Forms
G.B. Some New Items from the King George VI Period
Queries and Replies

May 2005
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
One Sheet Competition Winner
A Trial 'Swiftair Plus Recorded' Prepaid Envelope
G.B. KG VI Armed Forces Postal Stationery Post Cards - 1914
Obituary - Ben Ferguson
G.B. The Imperial Penny Postcard Rate
Book Review - Aerogrammes of the Union of South Africa 1942-1961
The Luck of the Philatelist
Aerogrammatics: Aerogrammes and Folded Letter Sheets From The Holy Land - Part 2
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Report on Spring Stampex

February 2005
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Editor's Comments
V - Mail
Classics at the MPM 5: Land Distance Covers
Reply Paid Lettercards, Part II: Portugal and Possessions
Is it Philatelic?
Aerogrammatics
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Stampex

November 2004
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
The Minutes of the AGM
The Royal Naval Exhibition Postcard
Classics at the MPM 4: A First Day Cover
Great Britain Stamped to Order: The KGV Fourpence Embossed Die in Blue
King George VI Forces Registration Envelope - A New Discovery
British Levant King Edward VII Postcard - The 'Bogus' Overprint of 1911
The Changing Faces of Postal Stationery
Queries and Replies
The Tony Chilton Competition
Notes from the Editor's Desk

August 2004
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
The House of Commons Stationery - Part 3
Reply Paid Lettercards - Part 1
Members Collecting Interests
Irish Charity/Propaganda Cards
Postal Stationery Society Publications
Classics at the BPM 3: The Farthing Postcard
Queries and Replies
Notes from the Editor's Desk

May 2004
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Registration Receipts
Classics at the BPM 2: Early Pictorial Postcards
Great Britain Postage Rates Paid by Postal Stationery 1840-2003 - Part 3
The Centenary Stamped to Order Wrappers Produced by W.H. Smith
Aerogrammatics
Queries and Replies
Meeting Report
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Classified Advertisements

February 2004
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
Great Britain Postage Rates Paid by Postal Stationery 1840-2003 - Part 2
Military Aerogrammes
The House of Commons Stationery - Part 2
De La Rue - Schedule of Prices, 1905
Display Advert
Queries and Replies
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Great Britain QV Registration Die with Florets and 'Numeral'
Classified and Display Advertisements

November 2003
The Management Committee
Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes:
- The Minutes of the AGM
- The Tony Chilton Competition
The House of Commons Stationery: Part1: George King
The Bath Postal Museum is Fighting for its Very Exposition
Classics at the BPM: The Columbian Exposition
Great Britain Postage Rates Paid by Postal Stationery 1840-2003
Notes from the Editor's Desk
Classified Adverts

August 2003

The Management Committee 

Society Calendar
Chairman's Chat
Secretary's Notes
New Members
Editor's Comments
The Jubilee of the Uniform Penny Post: Part 3 - Colin Baker
Germany - Plus Products - Ransom Bradford
Great Britain Letter Cards - Stamped to Order - George King
Aerogrammatics
Reports from Meetings
Queries and Replies
Notes from the Editor's Desk

 

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