Yet another stamp of success

Lanarkshire Philatelic Society welcomed guests from the capital last week.

Edinburgh Philatelic Society were in town for the night at Hamilton’s Caledonian Bowling Club.

First up, everyone enjoyed a display on‘the first 15 years of independent postal administration of Jersey’from Billtorrance.

Sid Morgan had a display on‘birds of the World’where he presented countries in alphabetical order, showing stamps of birds that were native to each one.

Next up was a theme about‘stars and Strips’from Mike Humphries. The stars included things such as the signs of the zodiac, astronomy and the sun; and stamps that were presented in strip form featured tourist sights, historic forts of Canada and West Berlin.

The final display was given by Bill Black who spoke of an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – Norfolk Island.

He began with its discovery by Captain Cook in 1774 and continued through to the modern day.

Maureen Mathieson led members in giving warm thanks to all four guests for presenting such“diverse and very informative and interesting displays”.

The next meeting will be at 7.30pm in the Caledonian Bowling Club, Motherwell Road, Hamilton, on Friday, October 4. David Haig, will present his display of‘a Marine Theme’.

Anyone with an interest in stamps, postal history or postcards is welcome to attend.

Go to www.lanarkshireps.co.uk for more details of the society’s programme and upcoming events throughout the season.