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JUNE
& AUGUST 2007
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June 2007
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Richard
"Dickie" Pratt
1932-2007 - A tribute to the
President of the National
Philatelic Society who sadly
died on 17th February 2007.
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A
Value for Money Cover -
Inspired by the recent Social
Philately Seminar organised by
the National Philatelic Society,
David Alford looks at the
different types of collection in
which his standard aerogramme
from Fiji might be placed.
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Croatia
1941-45 Tony Bosworth, FRPSL
describes the history, postal
services, stamps and postal
history of World War II Croatia.
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Plating
the Fiji Times Express
Stamps - David Alford
looks at the first stamps to be
used in the Pacific islands of
Fiji.
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Checklist
of Articles in the British Philatelic Press
- our twice yearly listing covers the period
July - December 2006.
PLUS - Book Reviews, News and
Reports on recent displays given
to the Society - "Royal
Household Mail" by David
Heal FRPSL (March 2007) and
"Croatia 1941-45" by
Tony Bosworth, FRPSL.
August 2007
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Odd
Jottings - Wild about Wildings -
some musings from "Old
Codger"
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Sugar
in our Daily Lives -
The word "sugar" is of
ancient origin and David C
Hunter looks at its history and
many forms as reflected in the
stamp album.
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Social
Philately and Perfins - The
phrase "social
philately" may be
relatively new but Dave Hill
explains how the perfin
collector has been involved with
this for over 50 years as he/she
sought more inform on the firm
or organisation behind those
perforated initials.
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The
Stamps of the Leeward Islands -
A View from the Archives - Part
1 - Peter Mellor traces the
unusual arrangements in the
Leeward Islands where these
islands used "federal"
and "presidential"
stamps side by side for over
fifty years .
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Sydney
- Christine Earle's Display
given to the Society on the 12
May and Brian Rodgers's Display
of British Honduras given
on 9 June are both
described in illustrated
accounts by Mike Goodman.
PLUS - News, a the reports
presented by the Acting
President and Officers of the
Society at the 108th Annual
General Meeting of the National
Philatelic Society held on 14th
July 2007and coverage of the
Library Open Day held on 28th
June 2007.
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