LVPS - Lagan Valley Philatelic Society,
Belfast - Belfast Philatelic Society - Both LVPS and BPS meet at Hillhall Road, beside Elite Blinds at 7:00pm
NIPS - North of Ireland PS, meets at 74 Boucher Rd, Belfast, at 7:00pm
The latest Events:-
ABPS (NI Federation) - 25th October 2011 to 4th Nov, Stamp Exhibition, Bangor Museum, Castle Park, further details here.
Belfast - 17th February 2012, Robert Teeney, Australia.
LVPS - 18th Feb 2012, Annual Fair & Exhibition - Cadogan, Belfast, St Nicholas Church Hall.
LVPS - 7th March 2012, French Connection II, Stuart Tanner.
NIPS - 9th March 2012, Philatelic Dictionary by J C Holmes.
Belfast - 16th March 2012, Alex Wylie, Owls
LVPS - 4th April 2012, Printing, D McClements
NIPS - 13th April, Chairman's Evening, by David Sweeney
NIPS- Annual Fair, 14th April 2012, Cadogan Park, Blefast 10:00-16:00
Belfast - 20th April 2012, Member's Night, New Acquisitions.
LVPS - 2nd May 2012, Military Garrison in South Georgia, John Finlay.
NIPS - 11th May, AGM and Greer Cup Entries.
Belfast - 18th May 2012, Cup Competition, Also Bring An Item For the Auction For Club Funds.
NIPS - 23 May 2012, Annual Auction. Cadogan Park, 18:30 for 19:00
LVPS - 6th June 2012, Members Night, 'Up in the Air'.
Belfast - 15th June 2012, John Burgoyne, Ireland, Official Mail and Postal Stationary, Transitional Period.
LVPS - 4th July 2012, The King, The Academics and The Bible, David Currie.
Belfast - 20th July 2012, Postcard Night
LVPS - 1st Aug 2012, Papua, Uel Barkley.
Belfast - 17th August 2012, Thematic Night
LVPS - 5th Sept 2012, Matters Medical, Ian Bailey
Belfast - 21st September 2012, Airmails by Robert Lyttle.
LVPS - 3rd Oct 2012, The Travels & Recollections of a Stamp Collector, Selwood Fitzpatrick
Belfast - 19th October 2012, Irish Postal History, By Norman Scott
LVPS - 7th Nov 2012, Great Britain / Queen Victoria, Bob Teeny.
Belfast - 16th November 2012, "A Fraction of the Cost" by Clifford Holmes.
LVPS - 5th Dec 2012, AGM & Member's Night, 'All at Sea'.
Belfast - 21st December 2012, AGM and "Bits 'n' Pieces" by Bob Binnie.
Why not come along to one of these events and find out a bit more about the Society? Contact us at the address below for further details.
Can the local secretaries of the various societies please send us a list of the new events for inclusion in this column?
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June 2012 Meeting The next NIPS meeting will be held at Hillhall Road on Friday 8th June 2012 when Michael Gould will give the first presentation of the new session. Please come along from 7:00PM. PLEASE NOTE THE TEMPORARY NEW VENUE FOR NIPS AT HILLHALL ROAD FROM THE JANUARY to JUNE MEETING. Can the Secretaries of the local Societies please email me with details of the latest programmes for 2012 so that the meetings can be added to the event list. |
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The AGM was held on 11th May when the entires for the Greer Cup were circulated. The trophy was awarded to William Thompson with Ian Bailey runner up. Jonathan Barkley took over as Chairman or the year June2012-2013. |
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Latest Photos - An Extract from The Northern Whig - July 1886 |
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While catching up on some research recently into the historic proposals for the Irish Channel Tunnel I had call to read the Northern Whig from 1886. I came across a set of interesting letters relating to the Post Office in Belfast. The first was in the edition of 31st July 1886 which discussed the official visit at the pre opening of the new Post Office in Royal Avenue. The letter refers to the official opening for business tomorrow (Sunday 1st August 1886). The article gives a list of the various dignitaries attending the private viewing including the Mayor of Belfast, Sir E. J. Harland and a number of MP's including William Ewart Esq. The second article appeared in the Northern Whig on 4th August 1886 and was a letter from John McCann, 39, Victoria Street, Belfast complaining about the need to climb 17 steps to post a letter. It also gives a summary of the key people instrumental in securing the new post office for Belfast. A link to a full copy of each letter is located here:-
NOTE LAGAN VALLEY FAIR TO TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY 18th FEB AT CADOGAN PARK |
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| The Federation of Northern Ireland Stamp Societies held an Exhibition at Bangor Museum, Castle Park, Bangor, BT20 4BT between Tuesday 25th October 2011 and Friday 4th November 2011. Further details are available here. | The full list of the Irish Post Offices can be found here. This is a list of over 2000 post offices and does take some time to download. Over time we will extract it into smaller files as the information is completed. | |||||||||
Future Dates for your Diary NOW CONFIRMED here. There is to be an Annual Auction on 23rd May 2012 and a fair in Cadogan park on 14th April 2012.. Please contact us if you wish to reserve a table. |
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| UPDATES:- | Latest Photos - Federation of N. Ireland Philatelic Societies |
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If you have any comments or items that you would like added please do email us. Latest Updates are Noted Below. To access these click on the highlighted text. Do you have a cover or story for the January cover of the month? - if so please let me know. I am also on the look out for copies of slogan postmarks, so please keep me any envelopes you receive and no longer require, to assist in this research. 26 Feb 2012 - GB Special Handstamps for 24 February 2012 added. 16 Feb 2012 - Pond Park Road Lisburn added to Post Marks. 29 Dec 2011 - Summary of Roald Dahl Handstamps for 5 Jan release. 25 Dec 2011 -A summary of County Down Post Office data added. 24 Dec 2011 - An updated selection of special handstamps added for 1979, can you fill any of the gaps? 11 Dec 2011 - Lettters from Northern Whig on new Post Office at Royal Avenue added. 27 Nov 2011 - Details of new GB Christmas Stamps added. 20 November - Home Page updated, GB Special Handstamps added for Sept to December 2011. - See GB Handstamps.
11th September - Updated Banbridge Page loaded with some new images of modern postmarks 20 August 2011 - A summary of Irish SHIP marks added. Do you have any more you would like to add, if so let me know. These are the general marks and more detailed marks will be added later. 24 July 2011 - Home page updated with events. GB handstamps for 22 July 2011 added. 10 July 2011 - Home Page, Calendar and News updated. GB Special Handstamps updated to include Volume 40 Number 13 - 24 June 2011 & Volume 40 Number 14 - 8 July 2011 18 May 2011 - Special Event GB Postmarks added for 29 April 2011 8 May 2011 - Auction Listing Added to Web Site for NIPS Auction on 25th May 2011 22 April 2011 - GB Special Handstamps added for Royal Wedding, 15 Apr 2011. Homepage updated. 20 March 2011 - GB Special Handstamps added for William Shakespeare 18 Mar 2011 20 Feb 2011 - GB Special Event Postmarks added for 18 Feb 2011. 12 Feb 2011 - Display, 'Between the Covers' added. 4 Feb 2011 - Library List Updated. Calendar Updated. Pillar Boxes 3 added to Members Displays. Home Page updated. 13 Jan 2011 - Latest Release of GB Special Event Postmarks added for 7 Jan 2011. 21 Nov 2010 - Updates to Post Offices at Augher, Aughamullan, Aughafatten, Aughagallon, Ashfield. New reports for Ballee Ballymena, Ballee Downpatrick, Baillies Mills. New Special Event Christmas Postmarks for 12 Nov 2010. Members display added for Italy 1861-3. Updates or new listings for Crossgar, Doagh Road, Donaghmore, Donaghmore Co. Tyrone, Fivemiletown, Garrison, Ballinamallaght. We are looking for new postmarks and pictures of Irish Post Offices. Please send us a copy of any images you have and we will add them to the database. We have started to add opening and closing dates to the Postmark index, can you help with these? This is a large page so please give it time to load. |
If you need further details of this event held in Bangor please click the link here. Lagan Valley Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting for Lagan Valley Philatelic Society was held recently and the awards for the annual competitions were presented to Ian Herron for the best thematic display and to John Finlay for the best display presented to the Society in the previous year. Interesting ArticlesDo you have any items that you are researching, or do you have any interesting covers or photographs that you would like to share with us. If so please email me with details and I will add it to the next update.
The scene of a recent accident where a lorry hit two telegraph poles and knocked out the overhead phone lines. Its amazing how much we have come to rely on telecommunications. This accident knocked out my phone and email system for over three weeks, so hence the reason for no recent updates! So now that we are back on line keep the updates coming. |
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August 2011 - Ship Letter to London. The 1740 Ship Letter was published by Alan Robertson as the only known example of a Circular Ship mark from Ireland. The mark contained within a 30mm single circle reads SHIP / GR / 2. The cover to the left shows an Irish Bishop mark for 3 OC and an abbreviated "CTRY" Country handstamp. When the article was written in 1954 further information was sought. Does anyone have any further examples of this or further information, if so let me know. Be warned I am on the look out for further images for August so be prepared! Previous covers of the month for 2010 can be viewed by clicking here 2010 and a new Cover of the Month page has been set up for 2011. If you have any questions or covers for next month please do email me with details.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ WANTS LISTS A number of members have suggested adding a section for 'Wants'. I have added a new page to cover this suggestion, all I need now is for everyone to email me with their requirements, a contact address and I will happily act as a mail box to forward details of your requests. Try this link for a starter. Here. |
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This Space has been reserved for your next article - please drop us an email or hard copy at one of the next Society meetings. Please do contact us and let us know your thoughts on the website. |
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Stanley Gibbons report on a new Watermark VarietyThe 2½d Thomas Moore stamp normally carries a multiple 'e' watermark. Stanley Gibbons report in the January 2011 edition of a find from Mr B Strandley of an inverted multiple 'e' watermark. The new variety is to be listed in the 2012 catalogue as SG152w. This has not been listed in the 2010 Hibernian Catalogue. The stamp was printed in sheets of 120 divided into two panes of 60, so have a look at your stock book and see if you have any of the other 119. In other news David MacDonnell reports the discovery of the SG32 Thom Overprint 'Rialtar' 1½d, with Royal Cypher Watermark inverted and reversed. The used stamp will also be added to the SG Catalogue as SG32y. |
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NIPS289 Stanley Gibbons Collect Birds on Stamps |
NIPS291 Stanley Gibbons Specialised catalogue, Volume 1 |
NIPS292 Stanley Gibbons Specialised catalogue, Volume 2 |
NIPS293 Collect British Postmarks, 5th Edition | NIPS294 Do you know your British Stamps? Quiz Book | NIPS295Commonwealth Stamp Collecting by Ken Chapman |
The above images represent some of the books in the library. Further details will be added to the Library list as time permits, however if you would like further information on these publications simply click on the image above and you will be redirected to further details of that book. If you have read an interesting book of a philatelic subject please do send me details so that I can pass on the benefits of information to other members. If you have surplus books that you feel may be of interest to other members, please do let me know.
Last Updated 16 February 2012
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