Next year’s Competition Day will be on Saturday 11th February 2023 and will take place at The Royal Philatelic Society London.
In line with last year, as many exhibits as possible will be available for viewing on the CISS website as well as at our meeting at the Royal. The rules can be found on our website at www.ciss.uk/competitions/ where an entry form also can be found. Scans of entries will be accepted for members living outside the UK.
Entry forms and scans of entries should be sent to the Competitions Secretary by Friday 27th January at competitions@ciss.uk
Please feel free to contact the Competitions Secretary, Nick Martin at competitions@ciss.uk with any queries. Enquiries can be made by phone on 07703 766477 or 01285 653714.
As always, we look forward to your interesting and varied entries.
The following competitions were judged by Graham Winters FRPSL and the respective standard is given for each entrant:
Sussex Cup for Postal History & Postal Markings
Guernsey Early Philately, Julian Bagwell. Gold. Winner.
Handstamps applied to mail arriving in France from the Channel Islands, 1755-1839. Richard Flemming. Gold.
Postal History Correspondence, a different view. Steve Power. Vermeil
Society Cup for Stamps
The Constant Errors & Varieties of the First Pre-Decimal and Decimal Definitive Stamps of Guernsey. Nicholas Stuart. Vermeil. Winner.
Guernsey 3d Regional Stamps. John Goose. Large Silver.
Guernsey Regional Stamps used in Alderney. John Goose. Silver Bronze.
Occupation Postal History and Markings.
German Occupation of the Island of Alderney, 1940-1945. Richard Flemming. Large Vermeil. Winner.
The Red Cross Postal Message Service 1940-1945. Alan Whittaker. Large Vermeil.
Open Philately Competition Cup.
First Official Airmails 1937-1984. Alan Whittaker. Vermeil
