December 3rd
The December meeting saw a good turnout with nine
members bringing displays of "Something beginning
with K" Subjects included Kemel Ataturk of Turkey,
Ships of the Bombay Sea Posts, German stamps of
Kassal and Kolon. King George V1 Postal
Stationary, K.G.V.Silver Jubilee of Gambia. King
Penguins, Correspondence from Katmandu, Kestrels
and Kites, and finally Geoffrey Williams showed
Burma Postcards Linking Peter Klier, Talbot Kelly,
with The road to Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
bringing the evening to a Grand Finale.
November 5th
Alistair Kinnon was the Speaker for the evening
and he bought along a collection of Valueless
stamps, These were not stamps of no value but
stamps that had no value indicated on their face,
We are all familiar with the modern Non-value
indicator (NVI) stamps, which are in regular use
but Alistair's collection started with a selection
of the Lady McLeod issue of Trinidad from 24th
April 1847 and ran through to the modern issues of
today, It included Cinderella issues, Forgeries,
official Mail, poached Eggs, varieties and
sponsored stamps. In all 180 sheets.
October 1st
Tony Bosworth came all the way from Maidstone to
display Croatia (Not Poland as Programmed) His
collection included some rare items and started
from 10th April 1941 when the country of Croatia
was created, All aspects of Philately were covered
and items included Colour trials, Miniature
sheets, and mail from the Concentration Camps.
Members agreed that it would be nice to have Tony
back some time in the future to show his display
of Poland.
September 3rd
An evening of Browsing and Buying, Members bought
along their unwanted items for sale, A Mini
auction followed the break and around 60 Items
were sold to successful bidders.
June 4th - AGM Followed by members display
The AGM saw a change of Secretary as Shirley will
be moving to Bakewell, Bert Dunn is our new
Secretary and all other officers agreed to keep
their posts, we also welcome Bruce Brenan onto the
Committee. After the break members gave displays
which started either with I or J and in two
instances both, with the Island of Jersey.
May 7th - David Wilson, "Quite a lot about not
very Much"
The title of the evenings entertainment should
have read "Quite a lot about Quite a lot" as
David's display started with the early days of the
postal service and ran through to the present day
covering all aspects including Postal History,
Postal stationery meter marks, forgeries and some
quite rare items from world war II, The story was
told in a most professional way and he kept the
audience spellbound throughout the evening
May 2nd - Visit to the Hemel Hempstead Society
Six members traveled from the Leighton Buzzard
Society, Three to give displays and three to
support. Alan Crozier showed his stamps of Germany
mainly from the WW1 period, Roy Palmer showed some
of his extensive collection of Pre-paid envelopes
of Great Britain, and Richard Page showed Birds of
Prey.
April 26th 2003 - East Midland East Anglia
Philatelic Federation Convention, Lincoln.
Members of the Leighton Buzzard Society secured
fourth place overall in the Annual federation
Competition, Brian Allcock came third in the
Postal History section with his entry of "Aden
Paquebot cancellations", Richard Page came third
in the Thematic section with "Bids of Prey" and
Roy Palmer gained a Silver award for his entry of
"Great Britain" in the One Country section
April 2nd 2003 - Visit from Aylesbury Philatelic
Society
Three members of the Aylesbury Society came along
to give three very different but extremely
interesting displays, Giles Duboulay was the first
to take the floor with his display of Danzig to
World War 2 Items included Stamps, some Polish
overprints, Post cards, Letters including a
Christmas card to Adolph Hitler, and Propaganda
leaflets, sheets were superbly written and told
the story from the creation of Danzig in January
1920 to the German occupation in 1939.
Next to take the floor was Barry Atkins with a
very colourful display of Austrian Sheets almost
all were mint, with most items difficult to obtain
this side of the English channel, His collection
was complete from 1933 to the present day,
although not all were displayed on the night.
To end the evening Michael Pitt-Payne filled all
of our six boards with his Postage Dues of Great
Britain, Michael is an expert in this field and
has recently had an article published in "Stamp
Lover" His display consisted of all used on cover
from Pre Postage stamp days to date.
A well attended meeting and everyone agreed it was
a most enjoyable evening.
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