Poole and Bournemouth Stamp & Postcard Club (Founded 1967)
Affiliated to the Association of British Philatelic Societies
and
The Hampshire Philatelic Federation
Meetings are held at 7:30pm on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Upton Community Centre,
Poole Road, Upton, Poole BH16 5JA (see map at bottom of page)
Car park at Upton Community Centre
and St Dunstan's Church, Upton, Poole
To see reports of meetings from 1 November 2012 to 15 June 2023, please click here
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Club Committee
Chairman | David Wilkins |
Vice-Chairman | Tony Arnold |
Secretary | Michael Goodman |
Treasurer | Wendy Buckle |
Programme Secretary | Brian Snape |
Publicity | Rick Wilmot |
Fair Organiser | David Morris |
Other Committee Members | Ken Parrott |
Webmaster | Chris Wheeler |
Honorary Examiner | Simon Adams |
Club Programme for 2024
January | 4th | Meeting - CANCELLED | Hall Not Available |
18th | "Guest" Barry Hobbs | Private Mail Carriers of South America | |
February | 1st | Members' displays | Valentines |
22nd | Spring Auction | ||
March | 7th | First competition evening | Green, Novice,Barry Proctor and John Hilton Cups |
21st | "Guest" Bill Pipe - CHANGED | WW1 Naval Censorship | |
April | 4th | Second competition evening and awards | Bill Way Shield |
13th | Ferndown Fair and Inter-Club Competitions CANCELLED | At the Hamworthy Club | |
18th | Guest John Moody | Zeppelin, the man, the machines and the stamps | |
May | 2nd | "Guest" Rick Wilmot | Germany: the Occupation Zones and the DDR |
16th | AGM | Club members' auction | |
June | 1st | RINGPEX 2024 (Saturday) | Greyfriars Community Centre |
6th | Guest Chris Wheeler - CHANGED | Post Office labels and stamps | |
20th | Summer Auction | ||
July | 4th | Members' displays | Semi-postals, charity and health stamps |
18th | "Guest" Ted Kemp | Birds | |
August | 1st | Members' displays | Airmail |
15th | "Guest" Bill Pipe | Railway letter stamps on cover | |
September | 5th | Members' displays | Stamp fairs and exhibitions |
7th | Club Fair (Saturday 10-4) | At Upton Community Centre, BH16 5JA | |
19th | Autumn Auction | ||
21st | HAMPEX 2024 (Saturday) | Wickham Community Centre | |
October | 3rd | Members' displays | Sheets, blocks, triptychs, se-tenants and tête-bêche |
17th | "Guests" Wendy Buckle/Brian Snape | John Dickinson and his silk thread paper/The Hungarian holocaust | |
November | 7th | Members' displays | Members' choice |
21st | Winter Auction | ||
December | 5th | Members' displays | 'Most beautiful stamp ever' - display and vote |
12th | Christmas social (Changed from 19th) | Members displays of anything non-philatelic |
For advance information and to make a provisional booking for the 2024 Club Fair, please
contact the Fair Organiser, J Morris -
by email davidlytch@gmail.com or 01202 631868 (evenings and weekends)
Meeting Reports |
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"Autumn Auction" - Members, 19th September 2024 There were 195 lots with 85 sold. 25 people attended, including the committee and visitors from other clubs.
(Rick Wilmot) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& "Stamp Fairs and Exhibitions" - Members, 5th September 2024 15 members and one guest came out on a wet evening, thanks to all. Five displays were put up for everyone to enjoy. Ken Parrott began with a display of early exhibition items through to the latest, and probably the last, Royal Mail Stampex Smiler Sheet. Lots of material from Malta together with the 1980 London Exhibition. Tony Arnold showed us lots of local items plus international exhibitions, Canada in particular. One cover which stood out (for me) had a cancellation by the Philatelic Music Circle. Tony spread out three frames of interesting material. Rick Wilmot displayed a stunning selection of 1970s Philatelic Exhibition Sheets from the former USSR. Wendy Buckle brought books, catalogues, and other material from international exhibitions. Interesting material. Finally, Michael Goodman showed many items from the USA. Especially the PACIFIC '97 exhibition which ran from May 29 to June 8, 1997 in San Francisco, California. Some very eye-catching material. (Rick Wilmot) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& "Railway Letter Stamps on cover" by Bill Pipe - 15th August 2024 Due to illness the Guest Speaker, Mr. Bill Pipe had to cancel. Emails were sent out to members asking for displays of their choice. Amazingly, ten members contributed to the evening with some remarkable displays. Ken Parrott began with his display of Malta with pre-GB stamps followed by printed postcards, censor marks of forces post, Malta Railway and postman’s handstamps during the 1920s/30s. So, once again, there is no shortage of interesting material when needed. Congratulations to everyone. (Rick Wilmot) ********************************************************************************* "Birds of the World" by Mr. Ted Kemp - 18th July 2024 There were 15 people in the audience including guests. The topic was Birds of the World with a display by Mr. Ted Kemp. Certainly, an amazing show covering birds from many countries around the world. Ted’s knowledge of the subject was second to none. Obviously, it isn’t possible to show all of the sheets here but collectors interested in ‘birds on stamps’ will know the numerous varieties of material available. The colours of the birds’ feathers are in themselves stunning. The collection was put together some years ago and it could be seen how many hours of work had been put in. So, well done, Ted, on a very enjoyable display.
(Rick Wilmot) **************************************************************** Members Displays - Semi-postals, Charity and Health Stamps
Ken Parrott’s display included Maltese charity surcharges which were used to support many different charities. Other items showed charity stamps from other countries. Mike Houchen brought a good display of Lundy Red Cross stamps and other charity stamps. Tony Arnold showed many charity stamps including Salvation Army and many New Zealand stamps. David Wilkins' display came in two parts, both from Belgium showing charity and winter relief stamps from 1907-1935. Later stamps showed Queen Astrid, known for her charitable efforts. She focused particularly on causes relating to women and children. Several stamps relating to Orval Abbey were part of the display. Simon Adams brought New Zealand health stamps and an interesting envelope from 1945 Australia shown below. During Tony Arnold’s talk, and unrelated to the topic, he produced an interesting magazine article from a 1989 magazine concerning a Poole Club activity.
************************************************************************ Members Displays - 6th June 2024 A members display evening replace the advertised speaker. 20 members and guests attended. 11 members brought material to show. First half. Mike H. began with Lighthouses in the English Channel esp. the 300th anniversary of the Casquets lighthouse off the coast of Alderney. Second half. Wendy B. started with a study of Johannes Gutenberg. A fascinating story with stamps, special postmarks and other pictures. (Rick Wilmot) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ AGM, 16th May 2024 20 Members attended. The Chairman thanked Wendy (Secretary/Treasurer) for all her hard work over the previous year. Increase in sub from £10 to £15 due to increased cost of premises. Next January, a competition workshop will be held at the Hamworthy Club. Poole, Ferndown and Ringwood clubs to participate. The Chairman thanked all for attending and closed the meeting at 2000hrs. Following the AGM an auction took place for members only. Out of 107 lots only 32 sold making a small profit for the club.
(Rick Wilmot) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Guest" Rick Wilmot" with The presentation was by Rick Wilmot who is also writing this report. Rick began with the final stamps of the Third Reich which had been issued in April 1945 and commemorated 12 years of Nazi rule. The display then continued with several pages of obliterated Hitler Heads of covers with an explanation of the different types of obliteration. Following that there was a series of stamps and covers of local and private postal material, many of them difficult to find. Out of a possible 52 towns and villages in the Russian Zone only 15 of them were on show. All of these were created and mainly sold to collectors to help with the reconstruction after the devastating war. On show were stamps and covers from the American, British and French Zones, the Berlin Airlift and covers showing multiple stamps due to the currency reform. Plenty f material showing the two main trade fairs; Leipzig in the Russian Zone and Hanover in the British Zone. The famous Michel 41 on cover and the controversy surrounding the stamp was explained. The first half ended with the 1948 series of famous Germans, all on postally used covers. The second half began with examples of ‘spaargummi’ (economy gum). This was used in some, not all, of the areas of the Russian Zone. Stamps and covers of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg followed along with commemorative stamps of Goethe. These brought us to the beginning of the DDR proper on 7th October 1949. The first stamp of the DDR was the 75th anniversary of the UPU. Lots of commemorative stamps showing well known faces, leaders of the DDR during its 40 years, and many others. Some nice covers showing Official stamps and an explanation of their differences. No DDR display would be complete without something about the two East German cars, the Trabant and the Wartburg. Stamps of both were shown including the Trabant on a 2002 German stamp. The evening wound up with a few words on Unification: Apolda; Hitler oblits; Fingerprint oblits: and Danish Army in Denmark
**************************************************************************** Thursday 18th April 2024 John began with a brief history of the Zeppelin. A rigid airship named after the German inventor, Ferdinand von Zeppelin. He pioneered his invention at the beginning of the 20th century although the idea was first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893. In four short sessions, John showed us pictures of the Zep. as it developed, more info. on the development, postcards and covers flown on the airship. The pictures (below) show the range of the material. Notes are also copied with the pics. A very interesting evening for aero-philatelists and postmark enthusiasts. (Rick Wilmot) ********************************************************************************** Thursday 4th April 2024 See previous report for details of winners etc. This evening gave the whole membership a chance to see, and vote on, all the entries resulting in winning the Bill Way Sheild. Those who had entered the competition spoke on their own subjects. The Awards and Trophies were distributed by the Chairman, David Wilkins. The overall winner for his Thematic entry with ‘Fish on Stamps’ was Mr. Ted Kemp. Congratulations, Ted! Tony Arnold ended the meeting with an article about changes in the Danish postal system.
(Rick Wilmot) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thursday 21st March 2024 Due to Bill Pipe being otherwise engaged we were lucky to have Brian Snape take over the evening with a talk and display on the work of Éva Zombory. Éva Zombory was born in Czechoslovakia on December 13, 1927 and died in Budapest on August 9, 1998. She lived in Hungary most of her life and was employed as a graphic designer, stamp designer and was a Munkácsy Prize winner. Between 1945 and 1947 she attended the medical faculty of Pázmány Péter University, and then between 1947 and 1948 she was a student at the Hungarian College of Applied Arts. From 1960 until her death, she was mainly involved in stamp design. She regularly received work from Magyar Posta to produce various occasional and stamp series. She designed many themes including cats, vases, lace and even personalities. Between the 1960s and 1980s she designed the Stamp Day series of Hungary. She went on to have individual exhibitions between 1972 and 1996. Much of her work is on display in the Hungarian Stamp Museum, Budapest. A very interesting evening, and many thanks to Brian for stepping in. (Rick Wilmot) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thursday 7th March 2024
(Wendy Buckle) ****************************************************************************************** Thursday 1st February 2024 The topic tonight was Members's Displays onthe subject of "Valentines; with 16 members present and 5 contributors. ony Arnold began with showing some of Chris Wheeler's collection of Valentine material from the village 'Lover' near Salisbury. He followed this with colourful Valentine postcards, postmarks and stamps from the USA. Next up was Michael Mawdsley who gave a brief history of St. Valentine. His display consisted of manly GB varieties of stamps depicting Roses. Alan King showed French stamps with perforated heart shapes, also some interesting French stamps of Fashion Houses. Then Mike Goodman also showed GB stamps and an interesting USA imprint. Tony returned with more very colourful postcards on the topic rounding off an interesting evening. Valentines Day is Wednesday 14th February...don't forget your wife! (Rick Wilmot) *************************************************************************** Thursday 18th January 2024 The talk began with the early days of local stamps in Columbia. Private carriers were used but with difficulty communicating across the region due to the Andes. Lake Maracaibo played a large part in communication. The system survived until the 1933 when the government banned private stamps. Red Cross stamps were used to raise money for the health service. Covers displayed showed mixed franking of private stamps with stamps of Columbia and Brazil. Charity labels appeared with the stamps on covers. Chamber of Commerce stamps were used for Public Improvement Societies. Other countries mentioned were Chile which ran buses to provide postal services. Uruguay’s first stamps were private, over which the government had no control. Uruguay also used buses to carry mail. The display wound up with Bolivia and Peru and a history of the lake steamers which were built with kits imported from other countries. This was a very enjoyable evening with much detail, making a write-up difficult! (Rick Wilmot) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thursday 7th December 2023 The theme of the members’ meeting was, for obvious reasons, ‘Christmas’ and it resulted in an impressive number of displays. Wendy Buckle showed illustrations of the story of the birth of Christ taken from medieval illuminated manuscripts. This focused on Gospel Books (literally, the Four Gospels) and the De Lisle Psalter, which has been the inspiration for stamp issues by GB, Dominica and the Cook Islands A very diverse evening!
(Wendy Buckle and David Wilkins) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Thursday 16th November 2023 Poole Club had the Winter auction on 16th November. 25 buyers, sellers and watchers turned up. Nice to see some members from the Ferndown Club. The format, this time, was better items listed and sent to the secretary to be distributed. Members could also bring items on the night. This will be the system until further notice. Out of the 216 lots, 133 were sold. The next auction will be February 2024. (Rick Wilmot) ************************************************************************** Thursday 2nd November 2023 Ken began with a display of topical material from around the world esp. Malta. Mike H. had brought some actual flags which was a great idea for the evening’s topic. He also showed stamps from Europe, Scandinavia, USA and UN. Mike M. Stamps of Australia, Canada, S. Africa, European Union and included Scouts and Guides with their flags and banners. Brian showed material from Hungary. He spoke about the cover of a Hungarian Rhapsody magazine from the RPS. The flag of the 1956 uprising, wartime posters and Communist flag waving on stamps were all in the display. Tony had covered three boards with material including UN flags, crests of universities and colleges, other topical material from around the world. Alan showed a page of Western Australia black swan stamps, being an emblem of that part of the country. This was followed by the Canada Maple Leaf set of 1981. Also, stamps of the Arms of French towns, German occupation zones and the French Arms of Paris. Tony was back with another showing with more interesting material including postcards of maps of SE England with town crests. Finally, Mike G. showed Canada maple Leaves on stamps and lots of USA flag definitives winding up with the US flag on the moon in 1969. All very fine displays!
(Rick Wilmot) Thursday 19th October 2023 The guest speaker tonight was Mr. Julian Jones. His expertise on transatlantic mail was evident from the first page. The display began with Ship Mail between Europe and the USA, late 1800s / early 1900s, most of which went via Queenstown in Ireland. Cunard and White Star Line ships carried the mail and included mail written and postmarked on the ships. Julian explained the ‘Paquebot’ system and how it originated including the UPU rules of 1893. Uncancelled mail was handled in the TPO with the PAQUEBOT mark.
(Rick Wilmot) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Thursday 5th October 2023 The topic tonight was Postal Services. This covers almost everything in the philatelic world and the display boards were full for both periods of the meeting.
(Rick Wilmot) *************************************************** The 21st September was the only auction this year without a list. Members brought an array of material amounting to 270 lots, 50% of which sold. Tony Arnold, our auctioneer, certainly had his work cut out and handled it all very well. The next auction, with listed lots, will be held on 16th November ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Saturday 9th September 2023 “A big thank you to everyone who came along to the Fair to support the Club & help with the many jobs that such an event demands. We were pleased at the steady flow of visitors all morning, despite the heat & all the dealers we were expecting supported us, bar only one, who had a problem. Given the covid-driven break in the Fair's usual annual routine & the disruption to clubs’ activities throughout the country, this was a good outcome with dealers generally reporting satisfactory sales. Wendy & Cheryl were stalwarts in the kitchen and tea & cake sales & the raffle will help the overall financial position for your Club; thank you to all those who donated raffle prizes. As young Mr Grace would have said: "Well done, everybody; you've all done very well!" Paula and Philip Cant of Paula Cant Stamps won first prize in the "dealer raffle": each dealer was allocated one raffle prize (at no cost to the dealer) for a special dealer-only raffle. (Fair Organiser, David Morris with Raffle First Prize Dealers Paula and Philip Cant) (Rick Wilmot) """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Thursday 7th September 2023 Ken P. began with a display of mainly flowers from G.B., Malta and Tuvalu showing orchids and commemorative stamps of Kew Gardens.
############################################################################### Thursday 17th August 2023 Mike Goodman, our new Hon Secretary, entertained us with a far ranging display from his United States collection. He began almost at the beginning with studies of the 1851 One Cent and Three Cent imperforates, but he also showed some reproductions of the 1845 New York locals whichsaw some usage on overseas mail and also of the 1847 Franklin and Washington issue. When he showed the 1898 Omaha Exhibition set, he pointed out the resemblance between the “Western Cattle in a storm” on the $1 black to “Caledonia Stern and Wild” a painting in the Russell-Coates Museum in Bournemouth. The first half was completed by some modern USA flag issues and some computer mail labels. The second half was mainly “back of the book” with official stamps, early revenues notably the $200 red and green of 1864 , postal stationery, and “facsimile”, fake, and some genuine, Newspaper stamps, featuring the “lovely ladies”, allegorical female statues. An interesting evening which could encourage others to collect USA.
(Mike Goodman) *********************************************************************************************** Thursday 3rd August 2023 The meeting opened with Mike Houchen in the Chair. The topic for the evening was ‘Holidays’. Ken P. began with stamps showing Deck Chairs, Donkey Rides, Cruises, Flights etc. (Rick Wilmot) ******************************************************************* Thursday 20th July 2023 Ted Kemp is 96 years old. He explained that the display was put together 20 years ago and had been shown at philatelic meetings where he had previously lived. 18 members and guests attended the meeting. This display provided a panoramic view of Turkish history and its philatelic developments, from the time that the Ottoman Empire government established its own postal services in 1840 until the early 1960s. It began with examples of the early mail that used seals to indicate the payment of postage, and of the first postage stamps that were issued in 1863. These were followed by the ‘Duloz’ stamps (named after its French engraver), and by the Constantinople City Post surcharge stamps (1865 – 1867), the similar overprint surcharges (1873 – 1882) and the Kachak (contraband) overprint surcharges (1869 – 1888). All the subsequent stamp issues were displayed, including some bisected stamps that were allowed in Constantinople (1886 – 1888) and Baghdad (1890 – 1892) and the octagonal stamps produced for the use of Turkish forces during the Greco-Turkish war in 1897. The effects of the first World War (when Turkey sided with the Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary) were mentioned, and the way in which the Ottoman authorities made up their stamp deficits by overprinting earlier unused stamps was illustrated. At the end of WW1, attempts by the victorious Allied countries to carve up the Turkish mainland as well as its Empire (which provoked a four-year war of independence (1919-1923) and caused a rival Nationalist Turkish government to the Sultanate regime in Constantinople to be created in Angora (modern-day Ankara)) ended when Greek and Armenian forces (armed by Britain and France) were totally defeated. A new peace treaty between the Allies and Turkey was negotiated in Lausanne, and the present Turkish Republic with Mustafa Kemal (later to become Kemal Ataturk) as its first President came into being. Shortages of postage stamps during this turbulent period had become so acute that the rival governments had both resorted to using overprinted revenue stamps as postage stamps. A section of the display was devoted to Kemal Ataturk; one of the 20th Century’s most enlightened leaders who, unusually, excelled both as a military commander and as a politician/statesman. During his 15 years as President until his death in November 1938, he succeeded in converting Turkey from a backward, semi-feudal country into a modern westernised state; an amazing achievement bearing in mind the strength of reactionary elements within the country. A tribute was also made to Ismet Inonu (Ataturk’s successor as President), who kept Turkey neutral during most of WW2 and, in May 1941, turned down Nazi requests to allow German forces free passage through Turkey. Red Crescent and Child Welfare charity stamps (both of which were discontinued in 1958) were also demonstrated, as well as miscellaneous post-WW2 material. All in all, it was an excellent display.
(Rick Wilmot/Ted Kemp) ************************************************************************************************* Thursday 6th July 2023 Smaller auction than usual but with the commission, raffle and items sold for club funds, £88.60 was raised for the club. The next auction on 21st September will be an informal auction. Bring your items for sale along and label them e.g. RW1, RW2 RW3 etc. (Rick Wilmot) ***************@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@****************
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The next meeting will be held on Thursday 3 October 2024 The Club meets at the Upton Community Centre (next to St Dunstan's Church) in the evenings of the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Secretary:- Michael Goodman, email: mgoo831975@aol.com |
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