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The President's Cup Competition shall consist of an entry of 9 sheets on any subject matter covered by the aims of the Society (i.e. the pos
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Nov 11 min read
If I told you the title, I would have to kill you.
From the October 2024 FPHS Zoom meeting, Malcolm Cole gives a philatelic introduction to spies, espionage and the intelligence services,...
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Nov 11 min read
French Navy
Peter Stockton (the FPHS French Military expert) shows the French Navy, in a display illustrating both datestamp types, cachets and...
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Nov 11 min read
Egypt WW1 POW Mail
A regular contributor to FPHS Zoom meetings Jamie Smith shows a new display, on this occasion he presents a range of Prisoners of War...
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Nov 11 min read
New Military Mail
FPHS Member Malcolm Cole once again provide a display for FPHS members, on this occasion recent acquisitions to his own collection. He...
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Nov 11 min read
Submarine Mail
Collin Tabeart shows what might be considered a reference display of submarine mail, explaining the history of submarine warfare for the...
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Nov 11 min read
WW2 Thailand
Mike White shows some unique WW2 Red Cross items from Thailand. Included are Red Cross Messages and instructions for sending both letters...
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Oct 315 min read
19th October 2024 - President’s Cup Competition
Sadly we only had three entries for the President’s Cup Competition this year (one less than last year!), but nevertheless they provided...
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Aug 34 min read
13th July 2024 - 80th Anniversary of D-Day - Members’ Displays
This was an afternoon meeting held at the Union Jack Club - we had ten members present which was not a great number compared to what we...
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Jul 205 min read
9th June 2024
This was an “all-day” meeting at Banstead Community Hall where we had guest speaker Nick Hervey give a talk
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Jun 271 min read
Turkey WW1
In his usual style, FPHS member Jamie Smith pulls together some fascinating postal history associated with Turkey and the 1st World War.
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Jun 271 min read
The Welch Family – A Tale of Two Brothers
Peter Harvey presents a short display associated with the Welch Family, from Scotland, living in Kent at the start of WW2. He explains..
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Jun 271 min read
British Occupation Italian Colonies – Ethiopia
FPHS member Mick Carter once again shows material from his collection. He starts with a brief history of Ethiopia to 1940 when Italy declare
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Jun 271 min read
Operation Pedestal – Italian Submarines
In a brief four slide FPHS member Nick Colley, shows items originally written up by John Daynes, as part of his Operation Pedestal display.
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Jun 271 min read
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..
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Jun 271 min read
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
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Jun 271 min read
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
Malcolm Cole gives a display of the WW1 postcards from Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the famously Commissioned cartoonist, employed during WW1
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Mar 26 min read
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
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Feb 171 min read
Japan Kiautschou WW1 POW Notifications
FPHS Member Harold Krische treats members with this display of postal history associated with notification of capture or transfer
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Feb 171 min read
WW2 Navy
A short display from Nick Colley of some recently written up postal history from his collection. Nick shows covers including the Greek
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