In the spring, Oxford Philatelic Society held its popular auction, which attracted a lot of members and bidding, and made the Society a handy profit to add to its coffers. Having being judged earlier, the next meeting allowed our nine-page competition participants to display their interesting entries to the membership. Two displays formed the President’s evening in May. Firstly, Charlie Buxton’s ‘One hundred years of One Pound stamps, 1878-1977’ covered Victorian telegraph and Jubilee stamps, Edward VII’s £1 stamp, George V Seahorses, as well as George VI’s High Values and Royal Silver Wedding issues, and finishing off with sheets and large blocks of QE2 stamps. Secondly, President Alan Cowie gave a fascinating display on Hungary, a country he knew well from working there but only started collecting in recent times. A Japan-man at heart, Alan loves trying out new countries, and a lovely display of hardly ever seen early-mid period Hungarian stamps proved he can fulfil his ambitions! In mid-July two members of the Stratford upon Avon Philatelic Society came south for an evening in Oxford. A wonderful combination of Dr John Gledhill’s ‘Overprinted British Revenues’ and Alan Godfrey’s ‘The Last Explorer – Sir Hubert Wilkins’ made for an educative, entertaining and enlightening evening.
Dr Simon Heap
It’s been a really good season – many thanks to Bill Jackson for arranging our programme and to Simon Heap for keeping these records on file. Summer social ( evening of Thurs 25 July at The Prince of Wales, Iffley. Relax in the garden over a drink or two and maybe a bite to eat too …. 6 ish meet up ).
Alan C
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