Stamp club hear about postcards from Jersey

This year’s programme at the Ayrshire Philatelic Society continued with an excellent turnout for a display of Jersey by one of the group’s own members, Ian Smith.

Ian recounted that he had been collecting Jersey for 50 years and this was reflected in the range of material that he had been able to accumulate and have available for display.

His postal history section started with a letter from 1732, with ship mail from Southampton and a selection of the various early post marks, including mail from Scotland.

This was followed by mail between Jersey and France, plus later UK type cancellations.

The first round continued with a superb cross section of material covering the German occupation period, with field post offices, Red

Cross message sheets, internee and POW mail as well as the Jerseyproduced stamps used during that period.

The second round was equally interesting, with postcards, postage dues, post- and- go labels and a selection of commemorative and definitive stamps from 1994- 2000.

Ian brought his display to a close with a display of stamps, covers and postcards of the Jersey Railway and the Jersey Eastern Railway.

David Rossall gave the vote of thanks for a thoroughly entertaining evening.

The group’s next meeting is a competition night on March 6 for the Thematic and 3 Sheet competitions. All welcome.

For further details of the club contact David Rossall at davidrossall@ sky. com