SHOW MENUGBPS Programme 2007-2008
Saturday 22nd 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 20th October 2007
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 17th 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 and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN.
Friday 23rd November 2007 - Croydon Meeting and 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 12th 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 2nd February 2008
Royal Philatelic Society London, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1
11:00 a.m. Sideways, Spoons and 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 1st 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 19th April 2008 - Visit to the BPMA
British Postal Museum and 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 1st May to Saturday 3rd May 2008 - Conference and Joint Meeting with the Postal History Society at Harrogate
Saturday 3rd May
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 10th 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 31st May 2008 - Visit to Woking
Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road, Woking
2:00 p.m. Members’ Displays to Woking and District PS
Saturday 7th June 2008
Royal Philatelic Society London, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1
11:00 a.m. Forgeries Collection / Perkins Bacon - Chris Harman, Patrick Pearson and Francis Kiddle
