Dates for Your Diary

Members Meetings 2022

Please note that dates for 2022 are subject to UK Government Covid-19 pandemic guidelines.

All Member Meetings during 2022 will held at the Royal Philatelic Society London, 15 Abchurch Lane, London, EC4N 7BW unless otherwise indicated.

All meetings commence at 11.00am, with tea/coffee available at 10.30am in the Members Lounge.

5th February 2022: Members’ Annual Competition Day. FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO ENTER PLEASE SEE ITEM ON ‘NEWS’ PAGE.

22nd – 24th April 2022: Members’ Weekend Meeting at The Three Swans, Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

9th July 2022: Annual General Meeting

24th September 2022: Members Meeting. Topic: To be decided.

3rd December 2022: Members’ meeting. Theme: Letters T, U and/or V.

NB: Each Members’ Meeting at 15, Abchurch Lane usually starts with a 50-lot room auction. If you wish to bring an item, or a few item, please contact Gerald Marriner at president@ciss.uk.

Joint C.I.S.S. and R.P.S.L. meetings in Guernsey

John Triggs has kindly forwarded me the dates for the joint C.I.S.S. and Royal Philatelic Society London (R.P.S.L.) members’ meetings for 2022. Meetings are now held at Les Rocquettes Hotel, Les Gravees, St Peter Port, Guernsey. All C.I.S.S. or R.P.S.L. members are welcome to any of the meetings. Please contact John Triggs for further details if you are attending either by telephone: 01481 725847 or email: guern1974@cwgsy.net.

Dates are:

28th January 2022

25th February 2022

25th March 2022

29th April 2022

27th May 2022

24th June 2022

22nd July 2022

26th August 2022

30th September 2022

28th October 2022

25th November 2022

FAIRS

Nil to report

Members′ Displays elsewhere.

Members regularly give displays all over the country, and occasionally overseas. Please let us have details, including the title/topic of the talk, venue, the society/club being visited, and the date and time of the talk, so they can be publicized here and on the NEWS page of the website.

Jon Aitchison will be showing a 45-frame display at the Royal Philatelic Society London on Thursday, 27th January 2022 from 1.00 – 6.00pm. The 45 frames will consist of eighteen vignettes of Channel Island subjects including Ballon Monte, salvaged mail from the SS Ibex, PoW mail from the French Channel Islands, and the smaller Channel Islands. All CISS members are welcome to attend the Royal, but if you are not a member of the Royal then Jon will happily invite you along as his guest, just email Jon at britishlocals@aol.com with your details. As usual, the meeting will conclude with a buffet and wine.