November 20th. Peter Pugh. Another Bloody Railway.
Peter was assisted by his wife Rosemary and together they provided a superb evening’s entertainment with the Far East British Mail Via the Trans Siberian Railway. The first half concentrated on the period from 1903 to 1912 and included the many ports and towns visited on-route.
The period from 1913 was covered after the break and Peter told us of the different gauge tracks that had to be negotiated and the many forms of transport including Donkeys and Stage coach, that provided links for parts of the mails journey
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October 16th. Peter Denly: Mans marine adventure.
Peter showed us a brilliant display of material Introduced and explained in a most professional manner. Starting with Primitive craft that have remained little changed through the centuries and covering all aspects of life on the sea including light houses. Peter finished the evening with a look at the rescue services and the humanitarian response to shipwreck.
June 19th. Visit from Henley on Thames
Three members from the Henley Society came to show two truly contrasting displays. First do display way Malcolm Gascoyne who is pictured showing Aspects of the London Post and his items included Letters from the 17th Century to modern day including many varieties of cancelation many of which are very scarce. After the Break Ian King told of how he spent much of his childhood in Argentina. Latter he was attracted to the modern Booklet stamps of that country which are printed in very small numbers compared to booklets from other countries.
Ian's display was viewed Via "Power point" during his talk.
Ian is pictured with some of his Booklets displayed on the Society boards.
May 15th. Don Knight : GB Congress 1909 - 1951
Don returned to us with a new theme which covered the yearly Philatelic Congress with all the Issues connected to this prestigious event including the Royal Mail Commemoratives and the special Issues to Coincide with the
various shows at which they were present. Not only stamps and covers were shown but entire sheets and varieties. We look forward to his next visit in 2015.
May 7th. Society Dinner
To Celebrate 40 years of the Leighton Buzzard Philatelic Society 28 Members and their guests attended a dinner at the Globe Inn Linslade. Chairman Richard Page Proposed a toast to the Society and all the members who make the club so successful with a wish for continued success for the next forty years.
March 20th. Visit from the Milton Keynes Philatelic Society
Following our visit to High Wycombe on March 14th we were visited by four members from our close neighbour, Milton Keynes.Brian Clark showed some examples of British stamp booklets with varieties an errors.Gareth James followed with a fine display of stamps from Israel.After the break Peter Garners showed a selection of his son Chris’s collection of Zambia. And last but not least Collin Sharpe bought along a small part of his large collection of Lighthouses.A varied and most interesting evening, One Society exchange of which we will hopefully see repeated in the future.
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