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The current issue of Stamp Lover - April 2022

The King George VI Neck badge error - Brian Livingstone FRPSL elaborates and explains further how the King�s neck badge appears on some 1937 Coronation issues, and Rhodesian definitives.
Lithuania, the first 90 days - Part Two of a detailed examination of the country�s first stamp issues on gaining independence from Russia after the First World War, by David J. Freestone.
�Getting Up Steam�, Confessions of a failed Thematicist, Part 4 - The final instalment of the editor�s revelations about his thematic collections, this one deals with steam locomotives on stamps and postcards from all over the world.
Meeting Reports - There was one virtual meeting, in February , 2022 where the main presentation was the uses of GB postage due stamps presented by David Wilson and a subsidiary displays of Fanning Island and Christmas Island locals by Keith Johnson. The London display in March was not the City of Goslar by Frank Simpson as originally billed but classic USA by the Stamp Lover editor Michael L. Goodman FRPSL. All reports included illustrations of the material both in the report section and on the front cover.
NPS News - Following a successful �bring and bid � auction at our London meeting in March, these will be repeated at future London meetings in May and July. There is also a postal auction catalogue enclosed with the issue.
Johnson Literary Award - The ballot paper enclosed with the February issue was reprinted in the April issue to enable members who had not voted so far to choose their favourite feature published in Stamp Lover in 2021.
Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at a guide to the collection of the Postal Museum, a detailed work on the Ottoman Posts in the Holy Land, and The Untold Story of the Lady McLeod issue of Trinidad.
Newsmix - This news round-up includes a report on the London 2022 Exhibition, a new exhibition on postcodes at the Postal Museum and the forthcoming Stuart Rossiter Memorial Lecture.

Plus OTHER REGULAR FEATURES

The President's Piece, Message from the Editor
Letters to the Editor
NPS News
Stamp Fairs Listing - late March, April & May 2022.

MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY RECEIVE SIX ISSUES OF "STAMP LOVER" A YEAR

The National's New Programme

After the upheaval caused by the pandemic, the new Season's meetings are now underway.

A new feature is the programme of regular On-line Meetings and Displays on "Zoom". These are taking place at 11am on the second Saturday of "even" months (except August) and comporise a main Display by an advertised Speaker, followed by a brief interval and then two shorter displays by members of the National, each lasting 15-20 minutes. Members who wish to do so, will have the opportunity to ask questions and chat. The meetings will close around 1pm and details for joining will be emailed to members ahead of each meeting.

The Society hopes that these meetings will provide new opportunities to get together for members who do not have easy access to our London meetings, living as they do throughout the United Kingsdom or Overseas.
November 2021