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 Updated
30th November 2009
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Giving
a Display to your local club -
- An Afternoon Philatelic
Seminar on Thursday
21st January 2010
Too
many collectors can be timid when
showing off some of their treasures
to an audience, and even fight shy
of presenting a display to their
local club. Often the excuses are
“ No one will be interested in
what I collect” and “I cannot
stand up and speak in front of my
club”. However, if you enjoy your
collection why should not others
enjoy it too? There is much good
material which is hardly ever seen,
and the enjoyment of it is worth
sharing.
The
National is running a seminar in
late January which will address
these issues and more. The seminar
is to be presented by husband and
wife team Susan and Chris Oliver.
Susan
Oliver has given displays to
Societies all over the British Isles
and has been active in the world of
Stamps and Postal History for some
time. Her husband Christopher is,
currently, President of the National
Philatelic Society and also takes an
active role in the hobby.
They
will try to offer encouragement to
collectors who would like to learn
how to present their display, by
giving some tips and advice which
will, hopefully, instil confidence
and reassurance where needed. There
will be time for discussion and
questions.
The
venue is the Phoenix Centre, Phoenix
Place, London WC1X 0DL, the time
will be Thursday, 21st
January 2010, starting at 2pm.
This event has been organised
through the British Postal Museum
and Archive in the adjoining Phoenix
Centre, where Royal Mail are kindly
providing a meeting room.
The
National Philatelic Society Library
will be open to all attendees from
11am and until 6.30 pm on the day of
the Seminar.
There
will be a charge of £5 (£3 for
members of the National Philatelic
Society). Places
are limited and the deadline for
applications is Thursday 14th
January 2010. Please click
here for a programme and booking
form.
November
2009
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The current issue
of Stamp Lover -
December 2009
- Downstream
Access Mail - Further
examples of the logos and
operator numbers of private
operators from David P
James.
- Sorry
we don't need any architects
today....Newly arrived in Cyprus
in 1936, Arthur Hubert Stanley
Megaw CBE ("Peter")
corresponded with his parents in
Belfast and his future wife in
Athens. The correspondence has
survived and some of the covers,
most of which bear Cyprus
Circular Publicity Cachets,
are described and illustrated
here by David Alford,
with specialist commentary on
the postal rates by Robin
Davis.
- Kamerun-French
Equatorial Africa Border Survey
Commissions of 1911-1913 and the
Aftermath - Following the 'Agadir
Crisis' of 1911, France and
Germany agreed to the transfer
of French territory to the
Germany colony of Kamerun in
recognition of France's claims
to the establishment of a
Protectorate over Morocco. As
explained here by John Yeomans,
the services of a survey team
was required to establish the
new boundary, and here he looks
at three surveying covers from
members of that team.
- Checklist
of Articles in the British
Philatelic Press January - June
2009.

- Recent
Displays - comprehensive reports on
the presentations given and
material shown at recent
meetings of the National PS.
"Hong
Kong 1937-1952" - Ron
Rakusen displayed on 12
September and his coverage of
the pre-war King George VI
issues, the effects of the
Japanese invasion on postal
services, the resultant internee
mail and the re-establishment
of postal services in 1945 are
all covered in Michael Round's
report.
Country
Meeting at Leamington Spa -
Chris Oliver describes the
various displays that were given
by members at the second country
meeting of 2009.
"King
Cakobau and all that" - Although
pre-viewed in the August 2009
issue of Stamp Lover, Michael
Goodman still finds plenty to
describe as regards David
Alford's display of Fiji
which he gave to the Society on
10 October.
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New
Editor for “STAMP LOVER”
The
council of the National Philatelic
Society has appointed Michael L.
Goodman as the ne w
editor of its bi-monthly magazine The
Stamp Lover. The appointment to
the honorary post became effective
in January, in time to see the
February edition to press, and Mr.
Goodman also joins the National’s
Council.
Michael
L. Goodman, 61, has been a member of
the National for more than 20 years
and attends its monthly Saturday meetings regularly. In
recent years he has reviewed and
reported for the Stamp Lover the
diverse displays which take place at
these meetings. His
main collecting interests are USA
and Great Britain from early to
modern and he is a packet secretary
of the American Stamp Club of Great
Britain. He is also hon. secretary
of Twickenham and District, his
local philatelic society, which this
year celebrates its 60th
birthday.
Mr.
Goodman is a journalist by
profession, working freelance as a
writer on personal finance and
business matters. His work appears
regularly in The Weekly Telegraph,
the overseas edition of the Daily
Telegraph, and in Estate Agency
News, the trade paper for
residential estate agents.
He
said,” I am honoured to be
following in the footsteps of our
distinguished former editors and in
particular that great philatelic
writer Fred Melville, who founded
Stamp Lover a century ago and whose
articles on philately are written in
a style that is still easy to read
despite the passage of time. I also
wish to thank the former editor
David Alford and his team who
successfully re-launched a
re-designed magazine last year. With
the London 2010 Festival of Stamps
coming up, it’s going to be an
exciting and busy time for the
National and for the Stamp Lover.”
January 2009
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Annual
Competitions, December 2008
In
terms of quality as well as quality,
the 2008 annual competition was one
of the best in recent years. There
were 16 entries altogether and every
class attracted more than one entry.
The
winner of the Traditional
Philately class was Michael
R Thompson, with The Crown
Colony of Ceylon. In Joint
Second Places were John Davis with
Canada - The War Tax Stamps and
Terry Harrison with St. Vincent -
The Perkins Bacon Printings..
The History of Archery won
Michael R Thompson first place
in the Thematic
class,
with David Hunter taking second
place with Women of Achievement.
Ron
Rakusen took first place in the Social/Open
Philately Class with Detained
in Hong Kong while Michael R
Thompson came second with his entry
Lundy - North Devon.
This
year there were three entries in the
In
the Aerophilatelic
Class, with
first place going to
David Alford for
Fiji - External Airmail and
second to Michael R Thompson for
Airmails of Chile.
Rolvenden
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Kent gave Michael R Thompson first
place in In the Postal
History Class, with
second place going to David potter
for his entry,
Jubilee of the Uniform Penny Post at
the Guildhall.
This
year’s judges were Christine Earle
and Sheila Foster, here seen taking
a well earned rest
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As
is usual Competitions Day saw the
announcement of the winner of the Johnson
Award for philatelic writing which
this year went to Peter Mellor for his
articles "The Leeward Islands -
A view from the Archives",
which appeared in Stamp
Lover commencing in August
2007.
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“STAMP LOVER”
Celebrates
100 years of enthusiasm
“The
keynote of the STAMP LOVER
will be enthusiasm” wrote Fred Melville founder of the Junior
Philatelic Society in the very first
edition of the journal in June 1908.
A
century later, the Junior’s
successor, the National Philatelic
Society, celebrates the centenary of
the Stamp Lover with a bumper
edition.
The
special 100-page issue features a re-design,
with full colour illustrations and
articles which reflect the diversity
of philatelic interests and which
also review the development of
philately during the past century.
The
issue is prefaced with an extract
from the very first issue, including
the editorial where Fred Melville
expresses his views about enthusiasm
for stamps, stamp collecting and the
Junior Philatelic Society. That
enthusiasm has been reflected ever
since in the pages of subsequent
issues of the Stamp Lover.
Articles
by expert contributors not only mark
the Centenary but also inform and
educate on philatelic issues today.
As will be seen below, subjects
include research, social philately,
aerophilately, Machins, thematics,
postal stationery and computers in
philately. There is also a look back
to 1908 and the issues current then,
as well as a philatelic history of
the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition.
Click
here For full details of the
contents of this special issue.
Accordingly,
the British Philatelic Trust, has
provided financial support for which
we are grateful, to enable local
philatelic societies in the UK to
receive copies. This will allow
their members to benefit from the
research provided by our
contributors.
Copies
of the Centenary issue may also be
obtained from the Hon Secretary at
National Philatelic Society, c/o The
British Postal Museum & Archive,
Freeling House, Phoenix Place,
London WC1X 0DL, for £3 each)
including postage. Cheques should be
payable to National Philatelic
Society.
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