9 January 2025 Anniversary Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London
11-13 April 2025 Society Weekend, Guernsey
7-11 May 2025 EuroPhilex, NEC, Birmingham
5 July 2025 MIDPEX, Warwickshire Exhibition Centre
6 July 2024 Annual General Meeting, Room Auction and Members’ Displays.
14 September 2024 Members’ Meeting – Theme “Stamps used on Channel Islands’ Mail”.
30 November 2024 Members’ Meeting. Letters W, X, Y, and/or Z
All meetings start at 11.00am at the Royal Philatelic Society London, 15 Abchurch Lane London, EC4N 7BW.
We welcome the following new members:
- Bernard Lowry, Market Drayton, Shropshire
- Lee Quinn, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
- Tony Ward, Cockerham, Lancashire
- Malcolm Ashton, Friston, Suffolk
- Richard Cornick, St Saviour, Jersey
- The Priaulx Library, Guernsey
- Paul Ferbrache, Guernsey
We regret to announce the death of Graham Boxall of Jersey.
Can I start my Clipboard report by congratulating Nick Martin on producing his first Les Iles Normandes? It must have been a hard task following on from David Gurney, but well done on your first edition as Editor.
Sadly, as you would have been aware, we had to cancel the Member’s Weekend meeting at Salisbury. However, the ‘Team’ was able to put on a Member’s Meeting at the RPSL on Saturday 20 April, where, as well as viewing some excellent members’ displays, Nick Stuart was able to run the Spring postal/room auction which saw 725 lots go under the hammer. A big thank you must go to Nick and Gerald Marriner, who put the whole auction together, and Mark Bailey, who, along with yours truly, did the leg work. I am pleased to report that proceedings are advancing satisfactorily with the 2025 Member’s Weekend meeting at the Peninsula Hotel, Guernsey.
By the time you receive your copy of the journal the Annual General Meeting will be fast approaching. Current committee members have indicated that they are prepared to stand for re-election for a further 12 months, but if any member of the CISS wishes to stand for any of the committee positions please notify me by the 29 June at the latest, along with the names of a proposer and seconder. All the necessary documents for the AGM will be available on the Society website (www.ciss.uk), together with the necessary login details for those members wishing to join the AGM via Zoom, closer to the date.
Well! How time flies. Here we are already on my second issue; many thanks to those of you who helped me get the previous issue off the rails.
I don’t intend to take up so much of your space this time, but I inevitably need to cover the perennial editorial demand for more copy. The Channel Islands offer a wide range of topics to collect and learn about, and I would like to make sure that we cover as wide a range as possible in every issue and are not reliant on calling on regular contributors at the Ninth Hour. So please put pen to paper. We need both long and short items, maybe a question or comment or a new discovery or purchase, please.
Plans for our 75th Anniversary next year are well in hand, starting off with our society display at the Royal. We will be showing a very varied 54 frames of material. Much work is being done behind the scenes by our Officers to plan this meeting, and as well as our Society Weekend in April 2025. Several new celebratory publications are also in hand. So, there is much to look forward to in Channel Islands philately in 2025.
Summer is traditionally regarded by some collectors as a short sabbatical from philately. Not in this place! Whatever your chosen activity over the next few months, I wish you happy reading and an enjoyable summer.
