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June 2010
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War
Prisoners' Mail in the Philippines
- Part 2 of David
Tett's article continues
with a detailed look at the three types of card used
by the POWs.
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The
Archaeologist Abroad - David Alford's series
on the correspondence of
Cyprus based Arthur Hubert Stanley
Megaw CBE ("Peter")
and his wife, Electra, takes us
through 1940 -41 as the war
impacts on our correspondents. The effect of transit
times for mail is examined and this instalment
closes with the German occupation of Athens, home of
Electra's family.
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Ocean
Penny Post and the JPS - David Potter describes
the moves to he extend Penny Post to
international mail, through the introduction of
Imperial Penny Postage in 1898 and finally to
letters between Britain and the Unites States
effective from 1 October 1908. The event was
commemorated by the Junior Philatelic Society (now
the National Philatelic Society) by the issue of a
special envelope - both the envelope and its
designer, Sydney R Turner are featured in this
article.
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To-days
definitives and postal rates - Slovakia. In this
occasional series, Peter
Mellor turns to Slovakia and looks at the
attractive cultural heritage definitives issued when
that country adopted the euro in 2009.
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Falklands
double bill: Battle of the Falklands, 1914 - In
1964 the Falklands Islands issued a set of stamps
commemorating the 50th Anniversary of this World War
I naval battle. John Gray writes an account
of the battle and H A Osborne describes the HMS
Glasgow error that appeared on the 6d stamp of
the anniversary set.
- Checklist
of Articles in the British Philatelic Press
- our twice yearly listing covers the period July
- December 2009
- Displays
galore at the WESTBEX Meeting-
for the second year running the
National Philatelic Society has
held a country meeting at
WESTBEX, Thatcham. Michael
Goodman describes the range of
displays given at the meeting
which took place of 27 March
2010.
- Recent
Displays - Illustrated reports on
the presentations given and
material shown at recent
meetings of the National PS.
The
Isle of Man - A fine
"Open Class" display was
given to the Society of Saturday
13 March by John Sussex RDP,
FRPSL embracing all aspects of the
isle of Man from its Viking past,
the development of tourism, its
remarkable transport legacy and
the internment centres based there
during the two World Wars.
Churchill
- Simon Moorcroft gave
his award winning display of
Churchill to the Society on
10 April in which he combined a
fine display of material combined
with a lucid grasp of history.
Two
Islands - For this year's
President's Display on Saturday
1st May sprang a surprise with new
territory in the form of pre-stamp
and postal history from the Isle
of Purbeck followed by a
display of modern commercial mail
from the island of Madagascar now
known as the Malagasy Republic.
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New
Issues
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HM
Queen Margrethe II celebrated
her 70th birthday on 16
April 2010 and stamps
marking the event have been
issued by Denmark and
Greenland.
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Denmark
- new portrait - With
the Queen's birthday Denmark
has introduced a new
portrait on its definitive
stamps which are also the
country's first
self-adhesive definitives.
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Queen's
Park, Barbados - four
stamps and a miniature
marking the centenary of
this park and showing some
of oits main features.
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Estonian
Independence and Heads of
State - A stamp marking
the ninetieth anniversary
of the Tartu Peace
Treaty by which Soviet
Russia recognised Estonia's
hard-won independence and a
look at the series of stamps
which Estonia 'is issuing
over a ten year period
featuring the country's
Heads of State
1918-2018.
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Footnotes
- Estonia's definitive
posthorn stamps were
described in October 2008 Stamp
Lover - the listing is
pdated as two of the stamps
have been re-printed in new
colours.
PLUS
- Regular Features -
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Book
Reviews
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Letters
to the Editor, The President's
Piece, National PS News
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Stamp
Fairs Listing - June, July
& August 2010.
August
2010
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War
Prisoners' Mail in the Philippines
- The concluding part of David
Tett's article covers mail
to the POWs, mail forwarded overseas together with
civilian mail.
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The
Deported - Mail and correspondence
between Cyprus and South Africa features in this
instalment of David Alford's account of the
wartime correspondence between Cyprus based Arthur Hubert Stanley
Megaw CBE ("Peter")
and his wife, Electra following
the evacuation of the wives of Colonial Officers
from Cyprus after the fall of Crete.
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Postcard
from South Africa - Rabbi Shalom Zaiden explains
how a post card from the South African Republic
(Transvaal) has a fascinating Jewish historical
background.
- Recent
Displays - Reports on the Members
Displays given at the
Saturday Meeting on 12 June and
at the Chelmsford Country
Meeting on Saturday 26 June.
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New
Issues
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"Green"
stamps from Finland and
Morocco
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The
Centenary of the
Commonwealth Coinage
celebrated by two stamps
from Australia
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A
$5 Colonial Heritage stamp
also from Australia is
the first of a number of
issues planned in the lead
to the Centenary of
Commonwealth stamps in 2013
and prompts a look at the
reasons why it took so long
for a single issue to appear
after the formation of the
Commonwealth in 1901.
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King
George V and London 2010 -
A look at some of the stamps
and miniature sheets that
have been issued to mark the
Centenary of the King's
Accession and LONDON 2010.
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