Society Programme

 

 

Black = Regular meetings

 

 

 

Blue = Special events

 

 

 

Red = Changes

 

 

 

Purple = Virtual meetings

Zoom or other electronic media

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024/25 Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 June

TBA

 

 

11 June

James Podger—West Indies A to V Postal History pre 1900

 

 

28 May

Cheltenham visits Henley

 

 

14 May

Les Ashton Smith

 

 

30 April

Zoom meeting

 

 

23 April

AGM and members’ pages on “Parks and Gardens”

 

 

17 April

Henley visits Cheltenham

 

 

9 April

TBA

 

 

26 March

Visit by Amersham

 

 

12 March

Auction

 

 

26 February

Auction Viewing

 

 

12 February

Chairman’s Evening

 

 

22 January

Zoom Meeting

 

 

8 January

Daphne McMillan—Airgraphs

 

 

11 December

Postcard Evening

 

 

27 November

Tim Harison—Estonia Postal History to 1945, Iceland Stamps 1873—1944

 

 

13 November

Tell a Story on 1 x A3 or 2 x A4 pages

 

 

30 October

Zoom Meeting

 

 

23 October

Members’ Powerpoint Evening

 

 

9 October

Janet and Nick Nelson—”Brazil”

 

 

25 September

Members’ Evening—”The Letter T”

 

 

11 September

Members’ Evening—”Latest Acquisitions”

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023/24 Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26 June

Julian Bagwell from Oxford PS

 

 

12 June

Members’ Evening—”Rivers”

 

 

29 May (5th Wednesday)

Zoom meeting—Janet and Nick Nelson “Ifni—A Little Known Spanish Colony”  Contact us for meeting registration details.

 

 

22 May

AGM

 

 

16 May

Committee Meeting

 

 

8 May

Members’ Evening—”Lands of the Pacific Ocean”

 

 

24 April

Albert Jackson presents “Anschluss—The German Occupation of Austria in 1938”.

 

 

10 April

Tim Dexter presents “Morton Bay Period—Queensland”

 

 

27 March

David Winnie—”The Bailiwick of Guernsey”

 

 

13 March

Auction

 

 

28 February

Auction Viewing

 

 

14 February

Susan Burn presents “Smithy, the Extraordinary Life of Australia’s most Famous Aviator’ .

 

 

8 February

Committee Meeting

 

 

24 January

Chairman’s Evening: Ian King presents “The Definitive Stamps of the Argentine Republic”

 

 

10 January

Philatelic Workshop evening with Dave and friends

 

 

13 December

Members’ Postcard Evening

 

 

29 November (5th Wednesday)

Janet and Nick Nelson—”Brazil”     to be rescheduled

 

 

22 November

Members’ Projector Evening –displays on Powerpoint and other electronic media

 

 

8 November

President’s Evening: Dave Armit presents “GB Postage Dues on Cover”

 

 

25 October

Peter Wood—”It’s an Irish World”

 

 

15 October

Stampersham—Stamp, Postal History and Postcard Fair  10 a.m. – 3.30    (Thames Valley 16 sheet Competition)  @ Chiltern Lifestyle Centre, Amersham  HP6 5AH

 

 

11 October

Members’ Evening—”Ephemera”

 

 

28 September

Henley visits Camberley PS

 

 

27-30 September

Stampex—Business Design Centre, London

 

 

27 September

Kim Stuckey presents “Falklands War”

 

 

13 September

Members’ Evening—Latest Acquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022/23 Programme

 

 

 

1 July

Midpex, Warwickshire Exhibition Centre

 

 

10 June

Swinpex, Swindon

 

 

28 June

Visit by Julian Bagwell—”British Levant”

 

 

24 June

Summer Social

 

 

14 June

Visit by Camberley PS

 

 

3 June

RPSL/Thames Valley Federation Regional Meeting (“CABI”)

 

 

24 May

AGM

 

 

10 May

Paul Watkins presents “WWII - France”

 

 

26 April

Chris Folland presents “New Zealand Pigeon Posts and early Antarctic Issues

 

 

12 April

“Cinderellas and Revenues”

 

 

29 March (5th Wednesday)

Adrian Pearson presents “Crimean War Postal History”

 

 

22 March

Visit by High Wycombe—2 Displays

 

 

8 March

Auction

 

 

22 February

Auction viewing

 

 

8 February

Chairman’s Evening—Patrick Reid presents “Tasmania”

 

 

25 January

Postcard Evening

 

 

11 January

6 members are invited to present 2 frames each (open topic)

 

 

14 December

Letter “C” or “D”

 

 

23 November

Eric Holmes presents “Aspects of Gibraltar”

 

 

9 November

President’s Evening—Bob Galland presents “The Franking System of Great Britain

 

 

26 October

Tell a Story” in 1 x A3 or 2 x A4 pages

 

 

23 October (Sunday)

Banbury Stamp Fair, featuring Thames Valley Federation competitions

 

 

15 October (Saturday)

South of England Stamp Fair, Ardingly

 

 

12 October

An open Evening, at which members are invited to complement their displays with Powerpoint or other projected means

 

 

28 September—1 October

Stampex, Business Design Centre, London

 

 

28 September

Gerald Mariner presents “Belgian Congo”

 

 

24 September (Saturday)

Hampex, Fareham

 

 

14 September

Latest Acquisitions and tributes to HM Queen Elizabeth’s reign

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021/22 Programme

***NB*** Face to face meetings resume at Bix Village Hall on Wednesdays at the earlier time of 7.30pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 June

Thatcham PS—”GB Special Services “ and “Post Boxes”

 

 

8 June

Michael Blackman presents “Parasols and Umbrellas”

 

 

25 May

AGM and 1 Page Story

 

 

11 May

Barry Stagg presents “King Edward Vlll”

 

 

27 April

Theme of ‘90’ - a member’s birthday celebration

 

 

13 April

Postcard Evening

 

 

23 March

Rex Dixon presents “A German Miscellany”

 

 

9 March

Auction

 

 

23 February

Auction viewing

 

 

9 February

“A”, “B” and “C”

 

 

26 January

“The 4 P’s – Paper, Perfins, Perforations and Proofs”

 

 

12 January

Chairman’s Evening “Argentine Letter Sheets—Pre-stamped sheets with greetings, commemoratives, or memoranda.

 

 

8 December

“Festive Food”

 

 

24 November

Philip Cant presents “Messing About in Boats”

 

 

10 November

“Rivers”

 

 

27 October

Rodney Oliver presents “Early Albanian Stamps from 1913 to 1942”

 

 

13 October

“Favourite Postcards”

 

 

22 September

“Brown” - the colour, but feel free to be creative

 

 

8 September

“Latest Acquisitions” note: an EGM will be held beginning at 7.45pm