November 17th 2010
Tony Bosworth visited to talk and display
material associated with the 1936 Olympics which
were held in Germany.
June 16th 2010-China; War with Japan 1937-1945
David Sibley gave a dazzling display of Chinese
material from this small but important period in
the History of China.
The Japanese invaded China from the North to the
South in 1937 and David had samples of mail from
his collection to cover this era, Mail to and from
China had to take many long routes especially
after 1939 , so as to avoid enemy territory,
David also displayed stamps of the period which
included many overprints and stamps printed in
Hong Kong and America.
May 19th 2010
The annual inter-club quiz took place at Leighton
Buzzard and the home team came third. Winners
again were Bedford followed by Luton with Milton
Keynes fourth.
March 17th 2010
Gerald Lovelll was the March speaker in time for
the new F.1 season with a display about
Silverstone with covers postmarks stamps and
signatures of well known pesonalities who have
raced and been involved with this circuit. Gerald
has to date raised much money for good causes from
his signed covers and has spent considerable time
at events to further his cause.
February 17th 2010
There was a poor turnout for the annual
Competition compared with other years, Winners
were- 16 Sheet Thematic Alan Crozier, German Post
9 Sheet Thematic Richard Page, The Barn Owl 9
Sheet one country Rory Morrissey Thailand Six Best
Sheets Rory Morrissey Under the sea
January 20th 2010
Four members of the Aylesbury Philatelic Society
gave displays starting with Victorian philately
from the Gold coast Courtesy of John Powell, Cyril
Parsons showed 50 years of British post marks
while Graham Aylett gave a display of Denmark's
first stamp, To end the evening Michael Pitt-Payne
showed examples of the post between France and the
U.K. with emphasis on the complex postage rates.
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