AUGUST 2024

August 2024

• Stuart Rossiter Memorial Lecture - Which is more important, history or Postal History?  A report by the editor on the Lecture delivered by Simon Martin -Redman FRPSL,

• Puffy as Cotton Wool, Renoir on stamps :.The late Flavia del Giudice highlights  stamps  depicting Renoir and his works and what art critics said about him.

• Devil in the Detail, a study of Swiss Classics, Part 1: David P. Williams examines some of his Swiss classics and tries to distinguish genuine from fake. 

• The Herbert L'Estrange Ewen Index to the philatelic press 1901: Brian J.Birch examines an early index to the philatelic press and how it can be useful to modern philatelic researchers.

• Reports by the Hon President and Officers of the NPS to the 2024 Annual General Meeting..

• Meeting reports; On-line  meeting of Monday 10 June 2024.The main speaker, Malcolm Coe showed Early Sudan postal stationery and the stories they tell, the historical background and the stories of the people who sent and received them. The Annual General Meeting on 13 July 2024 and the Displays by Members that followed.

• Book Reviews  Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. Reviewed in this issue are SG Stamps of the World Catalogue 85th ed 2024 and Malaya Postal Stationery to 1936 by Len Stanway.

• EACH ISSUE CONTAINS

  The President's Piece, National PS News, Message from the Editor Letters to the Editor Other Philatelic News      Stamp Fairs Listing - for the following two months

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