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PROGRAMME






Black=Regular meetings (Guest speakers are shown in bold type)

Blue=Special events

 

 

If you cannot bring anything relevant to the subject on a members' night, you may bring something else to display.

 

 

 

 

 

The White Waltham Parish Hall is conveniently located in the centre of White Waltham with ample adjacent free parking.  

 

The postcode is SL6 3SG.

 

Our first meeting was held in St Paul's Church Hall on 30th November 1966 under the instigation of Mr Walter Bright. Ten persons attended this first meeting of which the only remaining founder member is our current Hon Secretary Keith Hatch. The name of the society was originally decided on as "The Maidenhead and District Coin and Stamp Club" with an annual subscription of 15 shillings, meeting once a month on the second Wednesday.

 

Current Programme 2024

2024
Jan 2          Your latest acquisitions – bring along a frame or two to show
Jan 16        Stamps from Asia - bring along a frame or two to show
Feb 6          Alan Beaven Piscatorial Philately and local Thames postcards
Feb 20        Local Postage - bring along a frame or two to show
Mar 5         Eddie Spicer and Tony Stanford Trans-Atlantic Air Mail
Mar 19        Birds, Bees and Butterflies - bring along a frame or two of these or other creatures

Apr 2         Tony Stanford  - Morocco Agencies  the first 50 years

Apr 16       King George VI – Bring along a frame or two to show

May 7       Open Evening   Fill a frame or two with whatever you like
May 21     AGM
June 4      Rex Dixon   German Winter Relief
June 18    The colour is blue    Fill a frame or two
July 2       The letters FG -  show a frame or two
July 16     Postcard Evening      show a frame or two
Aug 6      John Spencer     King George VI - Aden To Zanzibar.

Aug 20     Lorraine  Maguire   New Zealand 2023

Sept 3      GB Evening   Fill a frame or two
Sept 17    Thematic Evening  -  Fill a frame or two on any theme
Oct   1     America    -  Fill a frame or two
Oct 15     Tony Stanford    GB Official perfins and overprints
Nov   5     Open Evening   Fill a frame or two on any subject
Nov 19     Rex Dixon       Postage Due (in Germany)
Dec 2       The Committee entertains
Dec 16     Christmas Social & Auction


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2023

Jan 3         My Latest Acquisitions

Jan 17       My Earliest Acquisitions

Feb 7         Postal Stationery, Envelopes & Covers

Feb 21       Flowers and Insects.

Mar 7         Red and Green Stamps

Mar 21       Anything to do with the Sea

Apr  4        Postcard Evening

Apr  6        Visit to High Wycombe PS

Apr  18      Cinderella and Revenue Evening

May 2        The Letter ‘D’

May 16      AGM and Auction

June 6       The BECHUANALANDS Tony Stanford
June 20     Asia

July  4       Interesting Cancellations
July 18      GERMANY  -  Rex Dixon and Tony Stanford
Aug 1        The letter E - show a frame or two
Aug 15      A Summer Theme  - show a frame or two

Sept 5      Post Card evening - show a frame or two
Sept 19     The colour is red – show a frame or two
Oct 3        Africa – show a frame or two
Oct 17       Pre-union South Africa and Iceland 1873-1945.  - Tim Harrison
Nov 7       Albania Communist Period 1946-2001 - Rodney Oliver

Nov 21     NIGERIA - Tony Simmonds + Tony Stanford
Dec 5       The Committee Entertains  
Dec 19      Christmas Social & Auction

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2022

Jun  7        The letter ‘B’ 18

Jun 21       Flora and Fauna

Jul  5         Anything that Flies

Jul  19       Transportation

Aug 2         If it’s Blue it’ll do

Aug 16      Buildings

Sep 6         Famous People and Personalities

Sep 20       Views and Landscapes

Oct  4         My Favourite Country

Oct  18      Kings and Queens

Nov  1        The Services.

Nov 15       The Letter ‘C’

Dec  6        The Queen Victoria Era (B1819 - D1901)

Dec 20       Social Evening + Grand Auction for club funds

 

2021

 

Feb 1       Recent Acquisitions

Feb 15     Something old

Mar 1      Club auction (all for club funds)(X Xmas)

Mar 15    The letter A

Mar 26    Westbex Stamp Fair at The Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham RG19 4LL

April 5    Thematic evening - any theme you like.

April 13   MDPS to give a Display to Camberley PS.

April 19   Postcard evening.

May 3     9-sheet competition - All classes included (1 entry per person)

May 17    AGM and club auction

Oct 19     Fill a frame with your choice

Nov 2      No meeting (hall not available)

Nov 16    Show some album pages

Dec 7       Your philatelic phineries

Dec 21    Meeting cancelled due to new restrictions (Omicron variant).

 

​Programme 2019/20

 

 

2020
Jan 7      Fill a frame with your choice
Jan 21     Open and Cinderella 9-sheet Competitions
Feb 4      The colour is Green – fill a frame
Feb 18     Rex Dixon - Maidenhead Post Offices
Mar 3     Tim Harrison – Estonia 1919-45
Mar 17    Mail from distant lands – fill a frame

Apr  7       - CANCELLED
Apr  21   
- CANCELLED
May 5     - CANCELLED
May 19   - CANCELLED

Items in red will signify changes to the original programme.

 

Programme 2019/20

2019
Jun  4     Lorraine Maguire - The Steam Railways of  New Zealand
Jun 18     Thematic Evening,   fill a frame on any theme
Jul  2      Visit from the Aylesbury Society
Jul  16     European Stamps – fill a frame
Aug 6      KGVI – Fill a frame
Aug 20   Malcolm Ray-Smith ‘GB Ship Letters’
Sep 3      North of the Equator - Fill a frame
Sep 17     Letters RST
Oct  1      Postcard Evening - fill a frame
Oct  15    James Podger - ‘A World Miscellany’
Nov  5    Planes & Airmail – Fill a frame
Nov 19    Stamps & Postal History 9-sheet Competitions
Dec  3     The Committee Entertains
Dec 17     Social Evening + Grand Auction for club funds

 

2018/19 programme
2018

Jun 5     Royal Weddings - Fill a Frame
Jun 13    Maidenhead display to Henley PS
Jun 19    Thematic Evening - fill a frame on any theme
Jul  3      Letters LMN - Fill a Frame
Jul 17     Trevor Cornford-Shackleton in the Antarctic 1901 - 1922
Aug 7     Stamps from Sunny Places - Fill a frame
Aug 21    Planes and Trains - Fill a  Frame
Sept 4    
Anything you like-Fill a frame
Sept 18   European stamps - Fill a Frame
Oct 2      QEII  - Fill a frame
Oct 16     Robin Davis-Cyprus

Nov 6     Stamps and Postal History 9-sheet Competitions
Nov 20   Malcolm Gascoyne-Sarawak
Dec 4    
James Podger-Cayman Islands Part II
Dec 18    Social Evening and Grand Auction for club funds
2019
Jan 15    Last Year’s Acquisitions - Fill a frame
Feb 5      Open and Cinderella 9-sheet Competitions
Feb 19    Reading PS visit  (Roger Howard)
Mar 5     Letters OPQ
Mar 19   Richard Berry-Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Security Forces
Apr 2      GB Evening - Fill a  Frame
Apr 16    Henley PS to visit (Anne Stammers)
May 7    Red Stamps - Fill a Frame
May 21   AGM

Items in red signify changes to the original programme.
 

 

2017/18 programme

2017
Jun6      Post Card competition & displays

Jun 20    Hall Closed – No Meeting
Jun 28    Joint Auction at Windsor PS
Jul 4       Thematic Evening,   fill a frame on any theme
Jul 18     John Lea  Egypt
Aug 1      Letters G & H
Aug 15    QEII   - fill a  frame
Sep 5      New Acquisitions,  Fill a frame
Sep 19    Trevor Cornford   Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions 1901 - 1913
Oct 3       Local stamps, covers & cards, Fill a frame
Oct 17    
Tony Simmonds – Some of my collections
Nov 7      Stamps and Postal History 9-sheet Competitions
Nov 21    Visit from  Henley PS (Anne Stammers  & Bob Clements)
Dec 5      The Committee Entertains
Dec 19     Social Evening and Grand Auction for club funds 

2018
Jan 2      Stamps of the 21st Century
Jan 16  
 South of the Equator  - fill a frame
Feb 6      Letters IJK
Feb 20    Open and Cinderella 9-sheet Competitions

Mar 6     GB – Fill a frame
Mar 20   Richard Berry      The 1937 Coronation

Apr 3      Tony Stanford - British Levant       
Apr 17   
Eric Holmes - Gibraltar                     
May 1     May Day,  Birds & animals on stamps – fill a frame
May 15   AGM

Items in red signify changes to the original programme.

 

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