Norfolk & Norwich Philatelic Society

CENTENARY YEAR

The club holds meetings at The United Reformed Church Rooms, Princes Street, Norwich NR3 1AZ usually on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month from September to May (see Programme) Visitors are welcome! - click here for map.

Doors open at 7pm, meetings start at 7.30 (except for Auctions)

Stamp fairs are held in April and August, and the Society has a well-used library.

The annual subscription is £5 (juniors £1) due on 1st September

PROGRAMME 2011-12

6 Sept.	Committee meeting
13 Sept.	Informal Sales Evening
27 Sept.	The 1939 Royal Train Tour of Canada - Pat Page (Great Yarmouth)
5 Oct.	Visit to British Postal Museum Store, Debden (daytime Wednesday - co-ordinator Alex Pelling)
11 Oct.	Members' Evening. (12 sheet displays with 'C for Centenary' as a theme)
20 Oct.	Centenary Reception at City Hall, Norwich (Thursday, 6.30pm, co-ordinator Alex Pelling)
22 - 29 Oct	Centenary Exhibition in the Forum, Norwich (Co-ordinator, Jim Fryer)
8 Nov.	Banking and Lotteries - John Baron, Chairman of ABPS (Didcot)
17 Nov. (Thurs 2.30)	Weird and Wacky - John Walden
22 Nov.	The Trial of the Portuguese Nyassa Company - John Dahl FRPSL (Bury St Edmunds)
29 Nov.	Members' Auction - 7pm, viewing from 6.30pm
6 Dec.	Committee meeting
20 Dec (3rd Tuesday)	President's Evening with seasonal refreshments
2012
10 Jan.	Informal Sales Evening
24 Jan.	Ladies Night - Co-ordinator Eleanor Faulkner
14 Feb.	Gordon Rooney Cup Competition (12 sheets) and Philatelic Quiz (Co-ordinator Larry Lewendon)
28 Feb.	Members' Evening (12 sheet displays)
6 Mar.	Committee meeting
13 Mar.	Four new displays (48 sheets) Members who have not previously displayed or are showing new topics. Co-ordinator - Larry Lewendon
27 Mar.	Perkins Bacon, the Company and its Work - Chris Harman RDP FRSPL (Woodbridge)
31 Mar. Saturday	Spring Stamp & Postcard Fair and Exhibition Hewett School - click for map
10 Apr.	Austria - Mrs Joyce Boyer (Spalding)
12 Apr. (Thurs 2.30)	Workshop - Thematic Displays - Roger Swindells (Ipswich)
19 Apr (Thurs 2.30)	Members' Day - 12 sheets on any subject
24 Apr.	Visit by the Leiston & District PS
1 May	Committee meeting
8 May	Italian States and Italy - Allan Boyce (Chelmsford)
22 May	Australia - Bill Quirk (Wisbech)
12 June	Annual General Meeting
4 Aug Saturday	Summer Stamp & Postcard Fair Hewett School - click for map

Centenary Souvenirs

A number of Centenary Souvenirs are being produced, details will be added here as soon as the webmaster has time!

For Centenary FDC and Commemorative covers, please contact Ian Billings (see below)

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT:	Alex Pelling Tel: 077 6311 6911
VICE-PRESIDENT:	Richard Spurgin
SECRETARY:	vacancy
TREASURER:	Larry Lewendon, FRPSL
	Tel: 01603 623502 e-Mail: level@talktalk.net
AUCTIONEER:	John Bruhn
EDITOR:	John Walden
FAIRS CHAIRMAN:	Simon Simpson
LIBRARIAN:	Barry Ellis
COMMITTEE:	Richard Parsons, Barry Ellis, Robin Woodruff (1 vacancy)
CENTENARY FDC & Commemoratives	Ian Billings - ian@norphil.co.uk Tel: 08450 090939

EXCHANGE PACKET

The club operates very active sales circuits for foreign, and GB & Commonwealth stamps and postal history.

Books on the circuit are compiled not only by our own members: we welcome contributions from non-members in all parts of the country. Please contact the Superintendent for details.

Packet Manager Colin Taubenhaus
Tel: 01603 611713

Secretaries: Reg Cullen (Foreign),
& Phil Leach (GB & Commonwealth)

Page updated 25 October 2011

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