October 2006
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An
Item from my Collection -
Tim Schofield looks at the The
Pearson Hill GB cancellation.
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Gold
Coast and Ghana - An
introduction to the Gold Coast
and Ghana’s stamps by Ian
Anderson.
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They
Thought it Was All Over . . . - No,
this is not another piece of
nostalgia for England’s
one-time World Cup win back in
1966. Instead, it concerns
little-known events that took
place on Java twenty years
earlier, when it was part of the
newly liberated Dutch East
Indies as reported by Alan
Bartlett.
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Cambodia’s
Stamp Story - Cambodia's
first stamps appeared in 1951.
This article by Bernard Towler
describes and shows examples of
the stamps.
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Fings
Aint What They Used to be’ -
Harpenden Post Office in the
1930s
In September 1928 Harpenden Post
Office moved into newly built
premises in Station Road, (which
it still occupies) taking its
letterbox with it. Eric
Brandreth recalls a campaign for
a letter box and for the
upgrading of the new Post Office
and gives us a glimpse of a time
of collections and deliveries
whose frequency we can but envy.
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Using
the Internet for Research - Fiji
– A Sailor’s Letters by
David Alford. As those who have
used it know, the Internet can
be a very useful tool for
research purposes. (It can also
waste a lot of time if you’re
not careful!). However, the
information obtained shows what
can be done. ....
Plus News from Far & Near,
Reports on the
National PS Meeting held in July (Members Showing)
and August (1911 Coronation Airmails
by Peter Lister) Letters to the
Editor etc
December 2006
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Out
and About with Members -
Mike Goodman reports on his
visit to the "Art by
Post" exhibition in The
Hague.
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"Madame
Joseph" Forgeries -
Brian Cartwright FRPSL gives the
background to his collection and
the display that he gave at the
September 2006 meeting of the
National.
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Hastings
& East Sussex Philatelic
Society - A Bookplate from
this Society prompts Brian Birch
to take a look at this Society
and its history.
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Judging
at the National Level -
David Alford had the opportunity
to attend the judging at Stampex
in 2005 and describes his
experience.
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An
Item from my Collection -
Tom Wilson ponders over a
cover from Lebanon to Scotland
sent in May 1940.
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Checklist
of Articles in the British
Philatelic Press January - June
2006.
Plus News from Far & Near,
Reports on the
National PS Meetings held in September and October,
Letters to the
Editor etc
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