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Updated
14 July 2022
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The current issue
of Stamp Lover - June
2022
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Fascinating Stories
of the World -
Briti Deb
shows how fables
from across the
world have been
portrayed on stamps.
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Lithuania, the first
90 days -
Part Three of
David J. Freestone's
history looks at the
Second Kaunus Issue.
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Canada's
Semi-Official
Flights
- Alan
Spencer gives the
history of the Jack
V. Elliot Air
Service that began
in March 1926 to
serve the Red Lake
goldfields.
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New Issues
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Some stamps
marking HM
The Queen's Platinum
Jubilee and
a report on stamps
from Poland
and Austria
showing solditary
with Ukraine
following the
Rissian invasion.
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Meeting Reports -
Full reports on the
on-line display
"How the
German Post Office
dealt with
Hyperinflation"
given Robert Mott on
8 April 2022
and the
President's
Display "The Crown
Colony of Aden"
givenm by Michael R
Thompson at the
Phoenix Centre on
Saturday 14 May
2022.
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Book Reviews -
Detailed and
informative reviews
are a regular
feature of the
magazine. In this
issue we look at
Postal
Stationery from
Congo and
Ruanda-Urundi 2021
ed
by Yves Winand and
Stanley
Gibbons Collect
Channel Islands and
Isle of Man Stamps
(31st combined
edition 2022)
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Newsmix -
This news round-up
contains an Obituary
of Frank Leslie
Walton,, RDP, FRPSL
and a Shortlist of
the books entered
for the Crawford
Medal.
Plus OTHER REGULAR FEATURES
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The President's Piece,
Message from the Editor
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Letters
to the Editor
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NPS News
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Stamp Fairs Listing
- late
May,
June & July
2022.
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
PHILATELIC SOCIETY
RECEIVE SIX ISSUES OF
"STAMP LOVER" A YEAR
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Getting back to normal -
First Live auction since
lockdown
Our
March meeting in London
featured a live auction
for the first time since
lockdown, and its
success means it will be
repeated at our May and
July meetings. John
Casanova acted as
auctioneer, backed by a
team of volunteers to
sort out the paperwork
and settle up. The
auctions are on a “bring
and bid “ basis and only
open to members who
attend on the day.
Vendors bring in their
lots suitably listed and
marked up for viewing by
would be bidders. Any
unsold lots are taken
home by the vendors. An
auction working party is
w orking
to re-instate our room
and postal auctions in
the autumn and in the
meantime, catalogues for
a
separate postal
only auction are being
distributed with the
April Stamp Lover.
Commission charged to
vendors in both room and
postal auctions has been
cut from 15% to 10%, as
we hope more members
will participate.
The
display following the
auction
was to have been”
City of Goslar” by Frank
Simpson but he decided
not to take part due to
health reasons. Instead,
Michael L. Goodman
displayed “classic USA
and postal history”
including Revenues,
Newspaper and Official
stamps, and
international
mail which was subject
to postage due or
redirected.
One of the star
items was a
cover sent from
the USA to Ireland
and returned with
the message *Gone to
America”.
It is part of the
story of mass
immigration from Ireland
in the wake of the Great
Famine
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Johnson wins Johnson
award again
The Johnson Award for 2020
has been won by
Keith Johnson for his series
“Tennyson through philately”
published August, October
and December 2020 which
topped the poll for most
popular feature in Stamp
Lover in 2020. Keith
also won several years ago
with a feature on Fanning
Island.
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Col. E. X. Halliday
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The Society has been very
saddened to learn that Ted
Halliday died on 12 February
2021. For some twenty year
the names Ted Halliday and
the NPS Library were
synonymous and before that
Ted had been the National
Philatelic Society's Hon
General Secretary from 1980
to 1996. Greatly respected,
he worked tirelessly for the
Society for some forty
years. A full obituary will
be published in the
Society's journal,
Stamp Lover.
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Can any military experts help?
We have received an enquiry
from a military enthusiast
seeking to know more about
the kit of the infantry men
illustrated on this GB PHQ
card of the D day issue and
wonders if anyone can help.
1. The infantryman in
the foreground is carrying a
coiled-up rope on his back.
Was he a Commando and was
the rope for climbing
cliffs?
2. What is
the white tube in the pack
of the soldier on the lower
right?
1.
The infantryman in the
foreground is carrying a
coiled-up rope on his back
pack. Was he a Commando and
was the rope for climbing
cliffs?
2. What is the white tube in
the pack of the soldier on
the lower right?
3. What is the large load on
the back of the man on the
extreme left . He is bent
down and his boot heel is
visible above the 25 of 25p.
If you know any of the
answers, please let our
editor know at
stamplover@ukphilately.org.uk
November
2020
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National PS Members' Auctions - Vendors Forms
Members who want to sell
material in our forthcoming
auctions need to list them
on our vendor forms. These
can be downloaded from this
website by
clicking here.
Only NPS members can
enter material in the
auctions. The minimum lot
reserve is £2 and as the
auctions are currently
postal only,
please do not send
bulky lots.
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2020
Annual General Meeting
Under the Society’s
Constitution, the Annual
General Meeting is held in
June or July each year.
However, this has not been
possible this year due to
the current Coronavirus
restrictions and it will now
be held within three months
of meetings of the Society
resuming after the emergency
has ended. An amendment to
the Constitution to that
effect was passed by a
virtual Extra-ordinary
General Meeting of the
Society held on 4 July 2020.
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