Society News

I am pleased to inform you that all of the 2022 Annual Competition entries are now available for you to view on-line.
All that you have to do is login to your CISS account and click on “Competitions” from the menu bar. You then select “CISS Annual Competitions 2022” from the menu options, which will bring up the first sheet of each entry submitted, along with the award given. If you wish to view the full sixteen-sheet entry, all you need to do is click on this sheet and the full sixteen-sheet display will be uploaded. If you then wish to view individual sheets within each entry, all you have to do is click on the individual sheet and you will get a full screen view of said sheet. Enjoy.
I wish to thank Nick Martin, our new Competitions Secretary, for his time and efforts for uploading all the individual sheets for each entry on to the website. I would also like to thank Graham Winters for judging the 2022 competition entries, and to all those members who submitted entries. Without your submissions there would be no Annual Competition Day. Start planning your 2023 entries now.

Richard Flemming
Secretary
C.I.S.S.

At the Annual General Meeting on 25 September 2021, revised levels of subscriptions were agreed for future years, beginning with 2022. These new subscription rates are shown in the table below.

Will members please note that these new rates are applicable for 1st January 2022. Further details will be available in the December 2021 Les Iles Normandes journal.

It has been brought to our attention that members need to be aware of the recent appearance of Herm stamps with unlisted/unofficial overprints on a well-known on-line auction site. Please be aware that these are unofficial overprints and do not appear in any of the official Herm stamp catalogues. It is not the intention of the C.I.S.S. to stop any of its members from purchasing any of these items if they so wish. Bear in mind that these overprints are printed off a computer. They are not genuine stamps, in the true sense, with an unofficial overprint. It also appears that other Channel Islands philatelic material of dubious origins periodically appears on the same on-line auction site; so, buyer beware. If in doubt, please seek advice by emailing info@ciss.uk.

It has been brought to my notice that a publicity flyer produced by the Channel Islands Occupation Society (Jersey) branch, and published on its website, for a forthcoming event shows images of Edward VIII definitive stamps overprinted with a swastika and the word ‘Jersey’ below in Gothic print. Please note that these are probably 21st century copies and were never issues by the German authorities during its occupation of Jersey. If offered for sale please take heed of this notice. Members may still wish to purchase such items purely out of philatelic interest and at an outlay of a few pounds.

Fifteen members and two guests attended the first Members Meeting at the Royal Philatelic Society London on Saturday, 24rd July 2021 following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions for group meetings. Further details will be available in the September edition of Les Iles Normandes.

David Winnie (Chairman), Gerald Marriner (President) and Richard Flemming (Secretary) attending the Midpex 2021 event that was held on Saturday, 3rd July at the Warwick Events Centre, Leamington Spa, on behalf of the society. Not surprisingly, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, attendance was down but it was good to see several C.I.S.S. members there. A range of society books was available to purchase bringing in £115.00  worth of sales, making the attendance well worthwhile. The next Midpex event will be in 2023.