MAIDENHEAD AND DISTRICT PHILATELIC SOCIETY
FOUNDED 1966
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 2023/24
2023
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'
Aug 15 A Summer Theme
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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
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
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
2021
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.