November 20th. Peter Pugh. Another Bloody
Railway.
Peter was assisted by his wife Rosemary and
together they provided a superb evening’s
entertainment with the Far East British Mail Via
the Trans Siberian Railway. The first half
concentrated on the period from 1903 to 1912 and
included the many ports and towns visited
on-route.
The period from 1913 was covered after the break
and Peter told us of the different gauge tracks
that had to be negotiated and the many forms of
transport including Donkeys and Stage coach, that
provided links for parts of the mails journey
October 16th. Peter Denly: Mans marine
adventure.
Peter showed us a brilliant display of material
Introduced and explained in a most professional
manner. Starting with Primitive craft that have
remained little changed through the centuries and
covering all aspects of life on the sea including
light houses. Peter finished the evening with a
look at the rescue services and the humanitarian
response to shipwreck.
June 19th. Visit from Henley on Thames
Three members from the Henley Society came to
show two truly contrasting displays. First do
display way Malcolm Gascoyne who is pictured
showing Aspects of the London Post and his items
included Letters from the 17th Century to modern
day including many varieties of cancellation many
of which are very scarce. After the Break Ian King
told of how he spent much of his childhood in
Argentina. Latter he was attracted to the modern
Booklet stamps of that country which are printed
in very small numbers compared to booklets from
other countries.
Ian's display was viewed Via "Power point" during
his talk.
Ian is pictured with some of his Booklets
displayed on the Society boards.
May 15th. Don Knight : GB Congress 1909 - 1951
Don returned to us with a new theme which covered
the yearly Philatelic Congress with all the Issues
connected to this prestigious event including the
Royal Mail Commemoratives and the special Issues
to Coincide with the
various shows at which they were present. Not only
stamps and covers were shown but entire sheets and
varieties. We look forward to his next visit in
2015.
May 7th. Society Dinner
To Celebrate 40 years of the Leighton Buzzard
Philatelic Society 28 Members and their guests
attended a dinner at the Globe Inn Linslade.
Chairman Richard Page Proposed a toast to the
Society and all the members who make the club so
successful with a wish for continued success for
the next forty years.
March 20th. Visit from the Milton Keynes
Philatelic Society
Following our visit to High Wycombe on March 14th
we were visited by four members from our close
neighbour, Milton Keynes.Brian Clark showed some
examples of British stamp booklets with varieties
an errors.Gareth James followed with a fine
display of stamps from Israel.After the break
Peter Garners showed a selection of his son
Chris’s collection of Zambia. And last but not
least Collin Sharpe bought along a small part of
his large collection of Lighthouses.A varied and
most interesting evening, One Society exchange of
which we will hopefully see repeated in the
future.
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