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A Tale of Two Brothers
From the other side of the pond, FPHS member Harold Krische gives not only a postal history display, but discusses his research and how..
Jun 27, 20241 min read
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The Battle of the Atlantic
FPHS member Jamie Smith again displays a wealth of postal history material from his collection, on this occasion focussing mainly on naval
Jun 27, 20241 min read
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Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
Malcolm Cole gives a display of the WW1 postcards from Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the famously Commissioned cartoonist, employed during WW1
Jun 27, 20241 min read
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2nd March 2024
An all-day joint meeting with the West Africa Study Circle (WASC) held at the Royal Philatelic Society London, 15 Abchurch Lane, London EC4
Mar 2, 20246 min read
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Japan Kiautschou WW1 POW Notifications
FPHS Member Harold Krische treats members with this display of postal history associated with notification of capture or transfer
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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WW2 Navy
A short display from Nick Colley of some recently written up postal history from his collection. Nick shows covers including the Greek
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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German involvement in the Middle East - World War I
An extensive display from Jamie Smith over 67 pages showing a huge range of ephemera and postal history from mainly the German
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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Cyrenaica stamps & postal history
Mick Carter introduces both the political and military situation in Cyrenaica in 1950 and shows the postage stamps used at the time.
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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WW1 British Rates, Surcharges and Dues
Peter Harvey introduces the GPO arrangements for postage rates, surcharges and collecting postage dues in WW1. He shows some rate tables
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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French Navy WW2
Peter Stockton once again shows a range of military postal history from his French military posts collection, in this display
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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North Africa WW2 Paper Shortages
In this short display Peter Harvey introduces a Hazard Report from 1943 discussing mail to North Africa and planned improvements
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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Multi-National RAF WW2 Covers
Another short display of RAF items from the collection of Nick Colley. Over 6 slides he shows RAF censor covers with a multinational theme
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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Otto Hofbauer WW2 Research
FPHS Member Malcolm Cole presents a display showing material found during research related to the German Prisoner of War Otto Hofbauer.
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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10th February 2024
Our second meeting of the year with 11 members present (and a further member who came at the end of the meeting) and a slight increase in th
Feb 10, 20243 min read
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25th January 2024 - Zoom Meeting Report
First to present was Nick Colley with a presentation deferred from the December meeting. In the Christmas spirit, it was intended to have a
Jan 25, 20244 min read
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8th December 2023
This was an all-day meeting at Banstead, where we hold our annual War & Philately stamp fair.Â
Jan 15, 20244 min read
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13th January 2024 - Members’ displays
David Milsted displayed items, mainly ephemera, related to the Siege of Mafeking which lasted 217 days from 13 October 1899 to 17 May 1900.
Jan 13, 20242 min read
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Australia Northern Territory Military and RAAF
FPHS member Malcolm Price displays a brief history of the Post Master General operated military and RAAF post offices in the Northern..
Jan 9, 20241 min read
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Items from my Collection
FPHS Member Malcolm Cole shows an eclectic mix of items from his collection, which he discussed with members in the September 2023 FPHS Zoom
Dec 23, 20231 min read
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Polish in Exile during World War II
Jamie Smith once again presents an outstanding montage. In this extensive display with an accompanying description is shows ephemera,
Dec 22, 20231 min read
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