Members of the Lanarkshire Philatelic Society showed wonderful ingenuity in their displays of the theme of ‘Flora and Fauna’ on Friday afternoon.
They began with Endangered Species of the US – a sets of stamps displayed by Alex Magowan;
The World Wildlife Fund – Arthur Miller showed stamps and covers showing animals and birds around the world; Over to Fiji – Stamps and Covers showing Birds, Flowers and Orchids of the country – also a special miniature sheet of an beautiful Orchid in a celebratory folder signed by Raymond Burr (Perry Mason!);
Maureen Mathieson displayed Medicinal Plants shown on stamps of countries worldwide -including Lesotho, El Salvador and many more; A well loved poem with the line ‘A host of golden Daffodils’ – stamps, covers, postmarks illustrating Wordsworth’s poem – shown by Elsie Miller;
An amazing collection of ‘Cinderella’ stamps showing Birds, Flowers, Animals from all round the world was presented by Bobby Forest; Then to the ‘Dear Green Place’ – postcards showing the beauty of many of Glasgow’s parks – including Maxwell, Camphill, Kelvingrove, Pollokshaws Parks – among others;
To the Pacific next – with Murray Touche to Pohnpei Rain Forest in Micronesia – beautiful stamps showing Flowers, Fish and Sea Life, Birds, Reptiles, and Mushrooms of this area; Back to Europe – and to Ukraine – Graham U’ren displayed stamps of the many Native Birds of Ukraine – including the Stork (national bird of the country) – and Pelicans! Also the Bird of Paradise of New Guinea;
Northwards to Norway – members viewed Covers, stamps showing the Native Birds, Flowers and Animals of the country – shown by Brian Dow; And so – to the far South – to the Falklands – where Mike Cleary introduced stamps of Ferns and Grasses, Insects and Shrubs – also Marine Life , Penguins and Seals, and Wild Animals that had been ‘introduced’ to the Islands.
Member, Walter Simpson, gave warm thanks to all for giving such wonderfully diverse displays on the theme.
Their next meeting in the Caledonian Bowling Club, Motherwell Road, Hamilton, is on Friday, 16th February 2024, at 1:30pm when guest, Mrs Lyn Robinson, will present her display, ‘Maps’. Anyone with an interest in stamps, postal history, postcards etc is very welcome to attend.
More details of the Society’s programme – and much more information – can be obtained from web site – www.lanarkshire
