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Huntingdonshire Philatelic Society
Society History
In 1946 following a notice in
the local paper a public meeting was chaired by Capt. F.H.L. Lewin at which the eight people present
decided
to form the Society. Capt. Lewin became the first
President, H.G.L. Fletcher the Chairman and A.C. Cowling the Secretary.
The Treasurer and Exchange
Packet Secretary was F.D. Swan and on the committee was C.H. Wiles, the
Postmaster of St. Neots.
Meetings were held on the
last Friday of each month, with the exception of August, in the St. Mary’s
Hall, Huntingdon. The entrance
fee
was 2/6 and the annual subscription 5/-, with juniors at 1/-.
F.E. Morley (Eric) joined in
1949 and exhibited Rhodesia and was still actively engaged in stamp collecting
until he passed away.
In February 1951 a Members Exhibition was organised
consisting of 10 sheets of any one country or period, this actually became a
competition
as “awards” were presented at the following A.G.M. In the following year the
competition was dignified by an entry
form and a
set of rules.
1953 was a momentous year-it
was Coronation Year and an exhibition was held in Huntingdon during Coronation
week.
The Society had joined the
British Philatelic Association from its inception but now it became a member of
the
Federation
of Stamp Clubs. Until then the speakers had been drawn from local clubs
but that year a speaker from
gave
a talk on
In 1954 Capt. Lewin was followed as President by C.H. Wiles and to mark
his retirement he donated the LEWIN CUP.
In the following year Eric
Morley became both President and Chairman and the first speaker from the
A Junior Cup class was now
introduced (those were the days when every club had juniors). It was in 1976
that the subscription was
increased
to 7/6 and twice-monthly meetings became the norm. At this time Eric presented
the MORLEY CUP to the Society as an
award
for the Thematic Class in the annual competitions.
The East Midlands Federation
then consisted of the Peterborough, Northampton, Kings Lynn, Boston, Bedford
and Huntingdon
Societies.
1966 was the 21st
anniversary of the founding of the Society leading to the A.G.M. and Annual
Convention of the E.M.Fed. being
held
in the
In 1972 the first Society
Stamp Fair was in the
These have since been organised for many years by David Birkert
in the Church Hall, St. Ives.
It was in 1974 that the
Society first held meetings at the Technical College, Huntiingdon
and this continues to be its venue.
Meetings open at
Secretary
Mr M. Twinn 01480-383103
Email mailto:birkert78rpm@hotmail.com
Web page
Meeting Address
Community
Education Centre
Huntingdon
Regional Collage
California
Road,
Huntingdon,
PE29-1BL
2nd
& 4th Tuesday (Sept-May) @ 7.30pm.
Programme 2012
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24th January Competition
Night
18th February St Ives Stamp
Fair
28th February Members Evening
Letter A
13th March Visit from
Peterborough P.S.
27th March St. Helena by
Richard Payne
14th April EM&EA
Philatelic Federation 61st Convention Cambridge
8th May More of Rowe’s
Rubbish
22nd May Title Unknown by
Brian Downham
12th June Member’s Evening-
Member’s display any new acquisitions
26th June A.G.M.
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