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2017 (Newsletters 363-368)

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NL 363, January/February 2017 (28pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
3 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
3 Worpex 13 May 2017
by Howard Hughes [S]
3 Volunteers for Display Day Reports
by Phil Waud [S]
3 Dealers Links on the GBPS Website
by Howard Hughes [S]
4 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
4 New Members
4 Dates
5 Dealers' Directory
6 Adult Colouring – Spray Paper
by Paul Ramsay [M]
7 GBCWPS Meeting – Paderborn, Germany 30 September‑2 October 2016
by Phil Waud [M]
8 Society Displays: GB Stamps and Postal History from the Late 17th Century to 1900
Display by Ken Burr
Report by Don Davies
13 Society Displays: Standing in the SPECIMEN Footsteps of Marcus Samuel
Display by David Leathart
Report by Phil Waud
20 Update to Specialised Volume 3 – Machin Rolls
by Paul Ramsay [L]
21 GB Postal History – With a Difference
by Don Davies [M]
21 Harley Postage Stamps
by Don Davies [S]
22 Halfpenny Overprints – An Update
by Maurice Buxton [S]
22 Diagonally Perforated Stamps
by Maurice Harp [M]
23 Airmail Rates to British Guinea via Natal (Brazil)
by Thomas Myers [M]
24 Pages from a Competition Winner: An Olympic Effort — Glenn Morgan
28 GBPS York Weekend 2017 [M]






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NL 364, March/April 2017 (32pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 New Members
2 Annual Competitions – 28 January 2017 [S]
3 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
3 Dates
4 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
4 Last Post: Michael Brooks
by Michael Lockton
5 Dealers' Directory
6 GB Specialised Catalogue Day – Saturday 11 March 2017 [M]
7 Rules of the Society – Change Proposal
by Phil Waud [M]
7 Hagner Grey Stock Sheets
by David Kaiserman [S]
8 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2016 Stanley Gibbons Reception
Report by Ian Harvey
18 The Proposed Diagonally Perforated Stamps
by Peter Young [M]
18 Court Bureau Ltd
by Vincent West, David Beech [S]
19 A New Earliest Cover (and Unrecorded Signature) from the BPA Export Control
by Maurice Buxton [L]
20 Jury Summons Wanted
by Allan Jones [L]
21 Pre‑Decimal Machin Rolls
by Martin Bomford [M]
22 Overland Mail Labels
by Allan Jones [S]
22 London Free Frank Handstamps in Black
by Bob Galland [S]
22 Book Review: SG Collect British Stamps 2017 (68th edition)
Review by Mike Jackson
23 'Q of S Check' Labels
by Maurice Buxton [M]
23 Booklet N4 with Error of Make‑Up
by David Kaiserman [S]
24 Help Wanted on QV Jubilees
by Phil Waud [S]
24 Help with Taxed Mail
by Edward Caesley [S]
24 Lightning Stamp Affixer – Well Street, Jewin Street
by Mike Rogers [S]
25 Block of Embossed 1s Green
by Carlton Jones [M]
26 Pages from a Competition Winner: Brunel's Steamship – "Great Britain" — Graham Booth
30 Airmail Rates to British Guinea via Natal (Brazil)
by Maurice Buxton, Iain Stevenson [S]
30 Press Releases: Post & Go Mail By Rail To Go On Sale At The Postal Museum
from The Postal Museum
30 Press Releases: Kidstamps
from Stamp Active Network
31 Press Releases: New Stamp Album from Kidstamps
from Stamp Active Network
31 Press Releases: The Glasgow Stamp Shop
from Gordon Carroll
32 Update on the GBPS York Weekend 2017 [M]






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NL 365, May/June 2017 (32pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 Dates
2 New Members
3 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
3 Midpex 2017 [S]
4 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
5 Autumn Meeting in Bonn, Germany
by James Heal, Joachim Wrede [M]
6 Worpex [S]
6 Banbury to Host Festival of Stamps [S]
6 Airmail Rates to British Guinea
by Maurice Buxton [S]
7 Dealers' Directory
8 Society Displays: Leeds Postal History
Display by Richard Wheatley
Report by Andy Donaldson
12 Society Displays: GB Specialised Catalogue Day
Display by Hugh Jeffries
Report by Ian Harvey
16 Annual Competitions
by Robin Cassell [M]
17 2017 Competition Results
18 Unusual Machin Trials Surface 20 Years After Production
by Ian Billings [L]
19 Help with Taxed Mail
by Maurice Buxton [S]
19 Illustrated Stamp Albums
by Wes Robbins [S]
21 Customer Mutilation of Special Stamps
by Maurice Buxton [M]
22 Society Displays: GB Perfins
Display by Richard Husband
27 Lightning Stamp Affixer – Well Street, Jewin Street
by Donald Fraser [S]
28 Pages from a Competition Winner: London Stamp Exhibitions 1890‑1960 — Stephen Teuma
32 Update on the GBPS York Weekend 2017 [M]






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NL 366, July/August 2017 (32pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
3 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
3 New Members
3 Dates
4 Spring Stampex 13‑16 February 2019
by Ian Harvey [M]
5 Dealers' Directory
5 Error in Worpex 2017 Regional Meeting Notice
by Andy Donaldson [S]
6 Society Displays: British Printed Papers by Post 1836‑1876
Display by Gavin Fryer
Report by Maurice Buxton
12 Society Displays: The Maltese Cross: its Use and Abuse, Replacement and Late Use
Display by Howard Hughes
17 The Postal Order, Worcester
by Maurice Buxton [S]
18 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2017 Worpex Regional Meeting
Report by John Davies, Maurice Buxton
22 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee New Find
by John Davies [S]
22 Small London UDC
by Ray Barton [S]
22 Keble College Covers
by Mark Talbot [S]
23 Book Review: The Scottish Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1813‑1839 & The Welsh Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1836‑1839 by Ian Baker, David Graham, Michael Sanig, and Bill Shand
Review by Matthew and Cheryl Toomey
23 Book Review: Great British Perfins found on King George V Seahorses 1913‑1939 (2nd edition) by Ian Hamill and Roy Gault
Review by Matthew and Cheryl Toomey
24 Book Review: The Post Office in Ireland – An Illustrated History by Stephen Ferguson
Review by Matthew and Cheryl Toomey
25 Last Post: Iain Stevenson
by Alan Huggins
26 Press Releases: Machin 50th Anniversary Commemorated Trough Post & Go Set
from The Postal Museum
26 Press Releases: Update on the Archive at The Postal Museum
from The Postal Museum
27 Great Britain: Failed Free Handstamps of the Franking System (update)
by Bob Galland, John Colton [S]
27 Duplicate Books for Sale
by Matthew and Cheryl Toomey [S]
27 Illustrated Stamp Albums
by David Beech [S]
28 Pages from a Competition Winner: Suburban Receiving Houses of London — Dave Simmons
32 Binders for the GB Journal [S]
32 Society Tie [S]








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NL 367, September/October 2017 (48pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 New Book: Suffolk Postal History and Postal Markings to 1844 by Tom Slemons
3 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
3 New Members
3 Dates
4 Dealers' Directory
4 Programme Card Changes
by Andy Donaldson [S]
5 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
6 Society Displays: Things I Like
Display by Ray Barton
Report by Ray Barton
13 Society Displays: GB Used in Malta
Display by Martin Lloyd
Report by Phil Waud
18 Society Displays: The British Post Office and the Environment
Display by Jeremy Piercy
Report by Janet Bygate
22 Society Displays: Early 20th Century Postal History
Display by Michael Lockton
Report by John Davies
27 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2017 AGM
Report by Ian Harvey
33 Postal History Challenge
by Ian Harvey [L]
35 South West Scotland Stamp and Postcard Festival [S]
36 Pages from a Competition Winner: The Pre‑Decimal Machin High Values — Tony Walker
41 AGM 62 Minutes
43 AGM 62 Reports
48 Book Review: SG Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue, 2017
Review by Mike Jackson




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NL 368, November/December 2017 (48pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 Competitions Day [S]
2 New Members
3 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
3 Dates
4 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
4 Subscriptions Paid with Card by Overseas Members
by Ian Harvey [M]
5 Dealers' Directory
5 Who Was Mr Gitsham?
by Paul Ramsay [S]
6 Two‑Issue Mixed Franking Cover
by Phil Waud [S]
6 Books for Sale
by Alan Sacks [S]
6 Britain's Marvelous Machins
by Steve McGill [M]
8 Society Displays: GB Used in GB, Pre‑1840 to 1940
Display by James Grimwood‑Taylor
Report by Maurice Buxton
15 York Weekend
by Howard Hughes [L]
16 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2017 York Weekend (Friday)
Report by Ian Harvey
20 Society Displays: Rexmarks and Prestamp Chargemarks
Display by Peter Chadwick
Report by Maurice Buxton
27 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2017 York Weekend (Sunday)
Report by Ian Harvey
31 Inland Prestamp Postage Rates on the Society's Website
by Maurice Buxton [L]
33 Postal History Challenge (1)
by Simon Everest [M]
34 Postal History Challenge (2)
by Mike Jackson [L]
37 Calling All Reply Coupon Collectors
by Maurice Buxton [M]
38 Official Source Texts on the Society's Website
by Maurice Buxton [L]
40 Silver Jubilee Booklet Adverts
by Paul Ramsay [L]
44 Pages from a Competition Winner: Postmarks of Leith from 1800 to 1840 — Robin Morton
48 Midpex 2019 [M]
48 Youth Competitions at Autumn Stampex [M]