‘Pay £1 or Display!’ this was the order members of the Lanarkshire Philatelic Society faced at their meeting on Friday evening. A proliferation of wonderful stamp displays appeared!
The President, Robert Watt, set off the meeting with his display of historic stamp issues of Nyasaland – an African country now known as Malawi.
Caroline Watt presented beautiful postcards with colourful designs celebrating Easter themes
Graham U’ren displayed stamps, covers and meter marks all illustrating the Kiwi – including prepaid stamps, definitive issues, circular issues – fascinating views of this bird
David Haig presented a display of colourful stamps issued in Ethiopia 1997 to 1981 – collected and displayed by the late missed member, Jim Fulton
Elsie Miller showed postcards, stamps, relating to Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ – following on from the new film version issued in February 2026
Bobby Forrest was remembering the late Queen’s Silver Jubilee with postage stamps from various countries of the Commonwealth
Maureen Mathieson – Stamp issues of 2024 for Switzerland – including – did you know this fact? –
Toilet Duck was invented in Switzerland!
Brian Dow – interesting meter marks of various, now missed, Post Offices of Clydesdale
Gary Cheyne – with covers, stamps, meter marks – was researching the Russian Convoys of World War II – which sailed from the UK, Iceland to Russia
Alex Magowan – interested all with his Postcard views and corresponding meter marks of ‘Hamilton’ in a number of States of the USA
Ed Archer was especially remembering that the late Queen would have been 100 years on 21st April – and displayed stamps of the GB Monarchs through the years of her life. King George V onwards.
He also gave an exciting display of many ‘Penny Red’ stamps issued during Queen Victoria’s reign
Brian Dow presented lovely stamp issues from Norway – Svalbard 2020-2025 – also philatelic material relating to the Russian Convoys.
Alex Magowan gave an interesting display of postcards, slogans, meter marks pertaining to the Empire Exhibition of 1938
David Haig – fascinated with Stamps, covers and meter marks of South African Antarctic Research Bases.
Also many covers, meter marks relating to the South Africa Defence Force which became the South Africa National Defence Force – material from the Boer War, WW1 & 2 – from Field Post Offices, Internment Camps etc.
Robert Watt gave warm thanks to all who presented such varied, interesting and entertaining displays.
This was the last evening of this Session. More details – and much more information – can be found on website – www.lanarkshireps.co.uk
Reopen for the new Session in October.
