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The Emergence of the Balkan States

 Paul Walton, November 28th 

The emergence of the Balkan states is a fascinating and complex part of history. The Balkan Peninsula, located in Southeastern Europe, has a rich and turbulent history that has significantly shaped its modern identity.

Very well organised collection with avalanche of dates and governors for the every period of change.

 

  

 

Competition Evening October 17th 2024

Roger Blackburn Cup - 6 pages of any topic

Presidents Trophy - 1 page letter M 

Nice evening again with a good number of displays on various subjects - you probably knew the Mallard is a wild duck but what about Mallard the Locomotive? Have you seen the South Africa Stamps dedicated to the Gold Mine from 1930's to 1948? Or Western Europe stamps, picturing 22 different Monarchs of the XIX century - all on one page?

The list goes on of the things, discovered that night also the Trophies have been awarded.

 

Society Stamp Fair 2025

 The society run an annual stamp fair with over twenty dealers covering all aspects of philately and stamp collecting. Free admission. Plenty of free parking alongside the Hall. Hot and cold refreshments will be available all day.

Where is it?
Barton Village Hall, 852 Garstang Road, Barton, Lancashire. PR3 5AZ.
Tel: 01772 864946
https://bartonvillagehall.org/
Click this link for a map and directions if required.
https://goo.gl/maps/DpBmFmmnEHkqD2Zy9
When is it?
Saturday 20th September 2025: 9.30am to 3pm.
The City of Preston Philatelic Society be there, with a table of members material for sale and details about the society and membership.

“Let me entertain you” by Geoff Henkel

JAPAN – stamps, art, true stories and fun at “Let me entertain you” evening by Geoff Henkel

   

 

 

  

  

  

   

    

AGM evening & Competion awards

 All trophies polished, engraved and  presented to the winners also a Pizza.

Competition evening April 2024

A Society Trophy was awarded to the best entry for each of the following competitions:

Society Cup – 16 sheets – any topic.

Gregson Trophy – 9 sheets – stamps.

Spencer trophy – 9 sheets – postal history.`

Cusack Trophy – 9 sheets – thematic.

Exhibits have been entered in various following topics (aka philatelic classes):

Traditional (stamps), Aerophilately, Postal History, Postal Stationery.

Revenues, Cinderellas.

Thematics.

Open (includes Social Philately) and Picture Postcards.

General Rules

All competitions are open to all members of the society.

A winning entry from a previous year cannot be entered in the next two years’ competitions.

Marking for each competition is to follow the marking guidelines of the North Western Federation of Philatelic Societies unless otherwise stated.

All entries are to be of a Philatelic subject unless the rules of the competition state otherwise.

Each trophy is to be held for one year.

Members are responsible for the security of their entries.

The competition secretary to be sole judge or arbiter of all disputes related to these rules.

Members may submit more than one entry for any competitions.

A competition may be cancelled by the competition secretary due to lack of interest.

If there are less than three entries, a competition may be cancelled.

Where formal scoring is used, it is normal not to give scores below 50%.

Marking of competitions may be recorded on forms provided by the competition secretary and returned to the competition secretary.

Members must not vote for their own entries in any competition.

Images from Preston's Postal History

A postal experiment for Xmas!