Meetings Information

The FPHS usually meets on the second Saturday of each month, but do check our meeting dates below:

Our London meetings are usually held in the Burns Room at the Union Jack Club (UJC), Sandell Street, London SE1 8UJ (opposite Waterloo Station, London) and unless otherwise indicated the starting time is 1.30pm (room open from 1pm).

For security reasons it is necessary to bring a meeting programme card with you to the meeting. If you are not a member please contact the Membership Secretary for details.

We also hold some all-day meetings at the Banstead Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead, Surrey SM7 3AJ (our Banstead meetings are all-day meetings (10:30am to 4pm) with the Hall open from 9am)

2026 Meeting dates below

10 Jan 2026 (UJC) From the Collection: Members to display from 1 to 15 sheets

14 Feb 2026 (Banstead) All day (AM): Competition: John Daynes’ Plate: 15-pages; (Members decide the winner)

(PM): The future of the Society. A general discussion on where members see the Society in today’s world.

7 Mar 2026 (UJC Reserved Bar Lounge) All day; Joint meeting with East Africa Study Group

11 Apr 2026 (Banstead) All day; (AM): ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

(PM): WWI Charities and other fundraising efforts: Paul Baylis

9 May 2026 (UJC) The President presents

13 Jun 2026 (Banstead) All day; Anglo-Boer War / British Occupation of Former Italian Colonies /

and Nyasaland Field Force: Nick Harris

11 Jul 2026 (UJC) One Cover - One Story: Members are invited to display from 1 to 5

Individual Covers / Postcards / Ephemera, each having its own story

8 Aug 2026 (Banstead) BANSTEAD STAMP & POSTAL HISTORY FAIR

incorporating WAR & PHILATELY 10am - 3pm 14th year

Dealers of stamps, Postal History, Books & Ephemera; sponsored by the Society

12 Sep 2026 (UJC) WW1 POW Christmas mail: Peter Burrows

10 Oct 2026 (UJC) (AM): Competition: The President’s Cup: 9-pages (Members decide the winner) (PM): 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb Tests: Michael Dobbs, FRPSL & Members

7 Nov 2026 (UJC) Kenya - Mau Mau period: Richard Berry, FRPSL

12 Dec 2026 (Banstead) All day: New acquisitions & Queries … and a chat over Coffee, Biscuits and Mince Pies (Members’ Displays)

Our 2026 Zoom meetings will be held on the following dates (as usual they are subject to change depending on availability to host):

Thursday 22 January 2026 (GMT 2pm)

Wednesday 25 February 2026 (GMT 2pm)

Tuesday 17 March 2026 (GMT 2pm)

Monday 18 May 2026 (BST 2pm)

Friday 26 June 2026 (BST 2pm)

Thursday 23 July 2026 (BST 2pm)

Wednesday 23 September 2026 (BST 2pm)

Tuesday 20 October2026 (BST 2pm)

Monday 23 November 2026 (GMT 2pm)

Wednesday 16 December 2026 (GMT 2pm)