Sheffield Philatelic Newsletter
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Meetings in November
5th - 1st Thursday Zoom, 7.30pm
Barrie Stagg: Ladies from heaven
11th - 2nd Wednesday, 2.00pm
Roman Rimonis -
Caveat emptor with Certifi cates
25th - 4th Wednesday, 2.00pm
Members;
my favourite philatelic items
Zoom meeting details (Thursday meetings)
Meeting ID: 673 358 1237
Passcode: 78kTY0 (NB 0=zero)
Coming Events in November
Fri 13th, 9am-3pm.
Strand stamp fair
Novotel, 1, Shortlands, Hammersmith Int
Centre, London W6
Sat 28th, 11 - 4.30
RPS, 15 Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BW
Display meeting.
New Issues from Royal Mail
1 Dec Football – Season One
Auction Houses
Cavendish
Cavendish House, 153/7 London Road, Derby
DE1 2SY
01332 250970
www.cavendish-auctions.com
Warwick & Warwick
Chalon House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,
Warwick CV34 5DB
Sheffield Auction Gallery
Windsor Road, Sheffield
S8 8UB
0114 281 6161
www.sheffieldauctiongallery.com
Stamp Fairs in the Local Area
2nd Sunday - Chesterfield
Chester St Club, Ashgate Rd, Chesterfield
2nd Saturday - Derby
Nunsfield Ho.,33 Boulton Rd, Alvaston DE24 0FD
3rd Sunday - Coal Aston
Alternate months: (Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec) Village Hall, Coal Aston, S18 3AY
4th Sunday - Doncaster
Park Social Club, Eden Grove Rd, DN3 2LS
Last Saturday - Wakefield
Outwood Memorial hall, 1-2 Victoria St, Outwood, Wakefield WF1 2NE
1st Sunday (July, Oct, Jan, Apr) – Teesside
Norton Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Norton, Teesside TS20 2QQ
You may also find this website useful
https://www.stampfairsdiary.co.uk/
Society News
The SPS pie and peas supper was held at the University Arms on 12th October. It was followed by brief PowerPoint presentations and conversation, and made for an enjoyable evening.
Membership News
Welcome to Karl Smout from Kiveton Park, who joined us this month. His collecting interests are:
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GB QV line-engraved issues
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QE machins
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football thematics
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local postal history,
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so he should find like minds in our group.
SPS is advertising for new members.
The Committee has arranged for adverts to be placed in local magazines inviting people to come to meetings and join the Society. Hopefully, this will increase our membership and add to the interest and variety at meetings.
Stumped by a stamp
Last month’s puzzles triggered responses for two of the items shown.
James Grayson informed the Newsletter
that the left-hand stamp;- “is a Manchukuo Postal Savings stamp issued as part of a set of 2 on 1 March, 1941. Both stamps are to the value of 10 fen. A fen is a 100th of a yuan, the currency. This stamp is found in the Japanese Sakura catalogue as S2. It mate, S1 has the same design but the colours are reversed - the body of the stamp is red, and lettering is in white. These were the only postal savings stamps issued by Manchukuo.”
If anyone has a baffliing item they want help with, send me an image, and I’m sure our members will try to provide answers.
I’m running out of jokes! Please send some more!
Ken Rutter, Membership and Newsletter person.
49 Benty Lane, Sheffield S10 5NF. 0114 268 0088 / 07899 675189
e-mail 156kar@gmail.com