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OUR NEXT MEETINGS WILL BE ON


THURSDAY 7 SEPTEMBER: (CLAYGATE)

COMMITTEE MEETING FOLLOWED BY DISPLAYS OF RECENT ACQUISITIONS BY MEMBERS, GUESTS AND VISTORS

TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER (ZOOM)

"A PHILATELIC RAMBLE AROUND PURBECK" BY CHRIS OLIVER

FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER: (CLAYGATE)

MEMBERS' MEETING "MY FAVOURITE COUNTRY": GUESTS AND VISITORS WELCOME

THE FULL PROGRAMME

EVENING MEETINGS


- The Claygate Day Centre, Elm Road, Claygate, KT10 0EH.


- 1 st Thursday or 3 rd Friday in a month. 8pm – 10pm - with a tea/coffee break.


2023


7 September - Committee Meeting (Non committee members can attend but cannot vote) followed by Recent Acquisitions.


15 September - Members’ Meeting: My Favourite country.


5 October - Ron Brown: Channel Islands Occupation WW II


 20 October - Members’ Meeting: Postcards.


2 November - Members’ Meeting. Sideline collections which have grown.


17 November - Brian Sole: UK Philatelic Collections.


7 December - Christmas Social and a Presentation by Keith Whitehouse: “Why & how I started collecting”.


15 December - Members’ Meeting: Definitive stamps any country.


2024


4 January - Members’ Meeting: Royalty.


19 January - Joint Auction.


1 February - Chris Oliver. President’s Display. Something South African.


16 February - Members’ Meeting: Commemorative issues any country.


7 March - Members’ Meeting: Olympic Games.


15 March - Annual General Meeting.


4 April - Annual Competition. 19 April - Speaker (to be arranged)


2 May - Members’ Meeting: Holiday travel.


17 May - Visit by a Society (to be arranged)


6 June - Members’ Meeting: European Country or links to.


 21 June - Members’ Meeting: Postal Stationery any Country.



ZOOM MEETINGS


2023


Tues. 12 th September 7.30 - 9pm Chris Oliver - "A philatelic ramble around Purbeck",


Tues. 10th October 7.30 - 9pm. Jim Wigmore –“Aphrodite’s Island” & Cyprus Airmails”


Tues. 14th November 7.30 - 9pm. John Davies - "The 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee" Tues.


12 th December 7.30 - 9pm. Richard Wheatley – “Egyptian Hotel Post Offices” + Members displays


2024


Tues. 13th February 7.30 – 8.30pm. Gerald Marriner - "The Katanga Crisis 1960-63"


Tues. 12 th March 7.30 – 8.30pm. Malcolm Coe - "Suakin Sudan – the early postal history"


Tues. 9 th April 7.30 – 8.30pm. Members displays


Tues. 14th May 7.30 – 8.30pm. Nigel Gooch - "The Life and Times of Ahmad, Shah of Persia, 1909-1925"


Tues. 11 th June 7.30 – 8.30pm. To be arranged. 

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PROGRAMME

Thereafter we will meet on the third Friday and first Thursday of each month which programme will be supplemented with a series of additional Zoom meetings.

Friday 16 September: "My Favourite Country"

Thursday 6 October: "Stamp designers I Like"

Friday 21 October: "Cinderella stamps and forgeries"

Thursday 3 November:

GUEST SPEAKER

Derek Weston

"Poster Stamps and Colman's Mustard"

Friday 18 November: "Material related to the letters 'X', 'Y' and 'Z'

Thursday 1 November: Christmas Social Meeting, with displays

Friday 16 December MEETING CANCELLED

2023

Thursday 5 January: "Postcards and Christmas cards"

Friday 20 January: "Hobbies on stamps / covers"

Thursday 2 February:

GUEST SPEAKER

Michael Furfie:

"Stamps and Postal History of Nepal"

Friday 15 February: The President's Display

Thursday 2 March: The  AGM and the annual competitions

Friday 17 March: Joint auction

Thursday 6 April: Brian Sole - "British Greetings Telegrams"

Friday 21 April:

"Games People Play"

Members and Guests

Thursday 4 May:

GUEST SPEAKER: RON BROWN "German Occupation of the Channel Islands"

Friday 19 May:

Members Meeting:

"Exhibitions"

Thursday 1 June:

Members Meeting

"Anniversaries" 

Friday 16 June:

GUEST SPEAKER

PETER WHITE

"Monaco"

 "ZOOM" MEETINGS

2022

Tuesday 8 November: 7:30 to 9pm

Monday 12  December: 7:30 to 9 pm

GUEST SPEAKER: GRAHAM WINTERS FRPSL

2023

Tuesday 17 January: 7:30 to 9pm

An invitation for all members to display

Tues.    14 February       7.30 - 9pm.   Keith Burton - "Viaducts" [mainly postcards]


Tues.    14 March           7.30 - 9pm.   Items of interest to members


Tues.   11 April               7.30 - 9pm    Maurice Buxton -  "Decimalisation & the Post Office",


Tues.      9 May              7.30 - 9pm.    Items of interest to members 


Tues.    13 June             7.30 - 9pm.   Phillip Longbottom -  "Mail between the Netherlands and GB"



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THE STAMP MARKET AT MARIGNY

A cause for celebration!

 The famous Parisian stamp market under the chestnut trees at Marigny is now open again. Slightly smaller than before Covid - but still a legendary meeting place for philatelists.

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