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.
