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2021 Meetings

  • Sat 16 January 2021
  • Thur 18 February 2021
  • Sat 27 March 2021
  • Tue 20 April 2021
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  • Tue 15 June 2021
  • Sat 26 June 2021

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     1. February Zoom Meeting report is now available with a link to the member displays presented at this meeting. Click this text to go to the report.     2. Details of the FPHS 2019 awards (John Daynes Plate and Presidents Cup) are now available. Click here to view details.     3. You can join or renew your subscription to the Forces Postal History Society today - online. Subscriptions start from £18 per year for paperless membership. Check out the details here.

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Introduction

Established in 1952, the Forces Postal History Society was formed to bring together the many collectors interested in the postal history of the Armed Forces of all countries, (and United Nations), at all times, whether in war or peacetime, including the study of postmarks, cachets, postage rates, prisoner-of-war mail, stamps and stationery, censorship and the organisation of military postal services.

Since its formation the Society has achieved steady growth with nearly 300 members in many countries. A wide variety of interests is catered for covering all military forces in all theatres of war and in peacetime.

Support amongst members is naturally strongest for the armed forces of the Crown with devotees concentrating on Royal Navy, the RAF, first and second World Wars, military camps etc. Others collect and study on a one country basis but whatever their interests, narrow or widespread, the Society encourages groups of members with similar interests to pool their knowledge and support further study into their chosen field in the hope that a draft manuscript suitable for publication will ultimately emerge. Moreover, members are especially urged to write articles for the Journal, to report new items and supply information generally.

Please use the About Us link above to find out more about how we are structured and what we do.

COVID-19

URGENT NOTIFICATION – FUTURE MEETINGS
*** UPDATE **

Members will be aware that due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic we cancelled our April, May, June and July meetings and also our War & Philately Stamp & Postal History Fair at Banstead in August.  

The Committee taking into account our duty of care to those attending meetings and awareness of the age and health profile of many of our attendees or their spouses, and taking into account the social distancing rules and the effect that has had on our meeting venue has made the decision to cancel our Union Jack Club meetings for the remainder of the year (September to December 2020 inclusive).

Following on from the additional Government guidance and regulations issued on 22 September the Society decided that we could not feasibly go ahead with our proposed Banstead meeting.  Regrettably therefore we decided that Banstead on 12 December 2020 will have to be CANCELLED.  In its place we are organising a zoom meeting.

 

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FPHS maintains an extensive library of society material including meeting notes, member displays, journals and newsletters.

Journals and newsletters are reserved for members only, however visitors to this website are free to browse the member displays. 

To access them please use the link under Free Resources in the sidebar on the left. All displays are in Adobe PDF format. 

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