15th January
Something beginning with S, T or U brought a few
surprises.
19th February
The Annual Members' Auction was ably conducted by
Richard, Tony and John.
There were only three entries in the 9-sheet club
competition. John had a thematic display of the
S.S. Great Britain, Rory put up a traditional
display of Thailand and John showed some rare
postal history of Maidenhead.
19th March
Rob May FRPSL gave us a display of Cameroons from
1914 to the 1960s.
The German colony of Kamerun was taken over
during World War 1 by the French and British,
partitioned and the British mandated part used the
stamps of Nigeria. Eventually in the 1960s the
border was sorted, some parts were assimilated
into Nigeria following a plebiscite, and the
larger part became the independent state of
Cameroun.
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