Typical meeting

Saturday 22 September 2007 – Autumn Stampex Meeting

Business Design Centre, Upper Street, Islington

2:00 p.m. 1910–1967 Seahorses and More to Discover – Dr Max Melrose

Saturday 20 October

Grosvenor Auctions, 3rd Floor, 399–401 Strand, London

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ‘The Penny Red Brigade’
Speakers to include: Tony Child, Mike Williams, Bill Barrell
Subjects: ‘Inverted Watermarks’, ‘1857’, ‘Covers’

Dealer: Bill Barrell

Saturday 17 November 2007 – Visit to Bath

Places limited, please contact Roger Bailey if you wish to attend.

11:00 a.m. Visit to Bath Postal Museum
2:00 p.m. The Inland Parcel Post – Nick Wraith

The afternoon display will be at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, 16–18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN.

Friday 23 November 2007 – Croydon Meeting & Annual Dinner

Fairfield Halls, Fairfield, Park Lane, Croydon (Maple Room)

2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Members’ displays
7:00 for 7:30 p.m. Annual Dinner

Wednesday 12 December 2007 – Christmas Invitation from Stanley Gibbons

399 Strand, London WC2

From 6:30 p.m. Standing Displays will be provided by members of the GBPS. Please help by bringing one or more frames to show. Invitations with the Nov./Dec. Newsletter.

Saturday 2 February 2008

Royal Philatelic Society London, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1

11:00 a.m. Sideways, Spoons & Scots Locals – Ray Barton
1:00 p.m. Society Competitions: Lee, Willcocks, Jones, Macpherson awards (entry details in Newsletter)
2:15 p.m. Competition entries on display and judges’ critique

Saturday 1 March 2008 – Joint Meeting with the RPSL

Royal Philatelic Society London, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. The GB First Issues from the Philbrick Collection and the Prussia Find – Andreas Hahn (Curator of the Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation) and Great Britain: Development and use of the First Issues – Alan Holyoake

Saturday 19 April 2008 – Visit to the BPMA

British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, London WC1

11:00 a.m. Gems from the BPMA (including the Phillips Collection) – Douglas Muir

Further details will appear in the Newsletter.

Thursday 1 May–Saturday 3 May 2008 – Conference & Joint Meeting with the Postal History Society at Harrogate

Saturday 3 May 2008

10:00 a.m. The President’s Display – Postal Reforms: The Origins and Effects of the Penny Black – James Grimwood-Taylor
11:30 a.m. Members’ displays
2:00 p.m. Display by President of the PHS – Richard Stock
3:00 p.m. Members’ displays

Saturday 10 May 2008 – Annual General Meeting

Royal Philatelic Society London, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1

11:00 a.m. Machin Mischief – Larry Rosenblum
2:15 p.m. Annual General Meeting

Saturday 31 May 2008 – Visit to Woking

Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road, Woking

2:00 p.m. Members’ Displays to Woking & District PS

Saturday 7 June 2008

Royal Philatelic Society London, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1

11:00 a.m. Forgeries Collection / Perkins Bacon – Chris Harman, Patrick Pearson & Francis Kiddle