Bookham Stamp Club
Bookham Stamp Club|
March brought us Trevor Cornford with a bewildering insight into Captain Scott’s last Antarctic Expedition subtitled “Triumph and Tragedy.” The array of material/letters that Trevor has gathered from all the participants in the expedition is astonishing. We saw private letters from Scott, Bowers, Evans and Wilson. We also saw a letter from Amundsen after he had beaten Scott to the Pole - quite an amazing afternoon. The Bookham Stamp Club, founded in 1993, meets every 4th Tuesday of the month (except for December) at the Old Barn Hall, Church Road, Great Bookham and our very popular Trading Tables start opening at 1.30pm, with displays commencing at 2.15pm. Our programme includes visits from an impressive list of visiting speakers, members’ displays and also Auctions that are held at least twice a year. We also have a packet exchange through which members can buy and sell stamps. We are interested in purchasing unwanted collections, so if you are thinking of selling, or indeed need advice concerning your collection contact our Trading Secretary, John Burden on 01737 842516. We will be at Village Day as usual in June so if you wish to bring any unwanted collections with you on the day, please come and see us. We feel that we have built up an extremely good reputation locally, and we are prepared to offer very competitive prices. If you are new to stamp collecting or want to renew your hobby come along to one of our meetings, you will be warmly welcomed by the 60 plus members that attend each meeting but if you wish to find out more details before attending contact our Membership Secretary Steve Paice on 01372 275935, or look at our website www.bookhamstampclub.com Please note the change to our programme - the AGM will now be held in June (NOT May) Our next few meetings are –
We welcome all newcomers and look forward to seeing you. Barry Feltham Hon Secretary
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In February our own member and former President of the Royal Philatelic Society, Gavin Fryer, gave an enthralling display/talk on 'The end of Postal Services in Somalia.'