FPHS Committee member Chris Grimshaw shows a further section of his research material into the British Postal System in Constantinople December 1918 to September 1923. Set out as a day by study showing the development of mail following the British Occupation of Constantinople. Chris is looking for FPHS members and other philatelists to support his research and gives his contact details. This in-depth study provides excellent reference regarding the British military and local

Another excellent short display provided by Peter Stockton, on this occasion introducing the postal history of the French Battleship Richelieu. Initially, Peter explains the ships history from its launch in 1939 to being commissioned in 1940 and then immediately becoming the focus of Royal Navy attacks both in Operation Catapult and the Battle of Dakar. Shown are a range of covers, cards and illustrations of the ship, with various postal markings, cachets and covers used both

Society member Malcolm Cole once again provides members an interesting display, on this occasion Ambulance Trains in WW1, another of his well-researched collecting interests. Malcolm introduces the types of ambulance trains and explains in detail both use and the design features, all required to transport injured troops both from the front line, between field and stationary hospitals and also during repatriation.