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Welcome to the Website of the Irish Philatelic Circle
AGM - London - May 2010 - details are now on the Forthcoming Events page.
Introduction
The Circle seeks to further the study of the Stamps, Philately and Postal History of Ireland.
Amongst the areas of interest to our members are:-
Pre stamp material, Irish Postal history from earliest times, GB stamps used in Ireland, Registered, Express and Censored mail, Postage due items, the Transition Period (1916-25), Irish overprints on GB stamps (1922-35), First Day Covers, Airmails, including first flights, Maritime mail, Destination mail, Postmarks and Cancellations of all sorts and above all the Stamps themselves from Overprints to Modern material, anything Irish in fact, and that includes Northern Ireland just as much as the Republic.
Amongst the benefits of membership of The Irish Philatelic Circle:-
- Quarterly journal (Irish Philately)
- Regular meetings in London
- Annual general meeting and display competition
- Regular auctions for members to buy and sell
- and the means to contact those with a common philatelic interest
The majority of our members are in Britain and Ireland but we have members from all around the World and you are welcome to join us wherever you may live.
To find out more or join the Circle please contact either our Secretary Ray How or the Webmaster Stan Challis who will be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
The next AGM is being timed to co-incide with the ‘Festival of Stamps’ Exhibition in London in May 2010. The Show itself is on between 8 and 15 May - the final details of the AGM will be posted on the Members pages as soon as details are firmed up.
A selection of recent articles from Irish Philately is available by clicking on the links at the right. These will be changed from time to time but to get the full content you will need to become a member.
The Members’ Area is available only to members of the Irish Philatelic Circle and contains a growing library of information that is generally not readily available elsewhere together with details of other projects being undertaken by the Membership.
IMPORTANT NEWS (18.12.09) Philip Kane has scanned all previous issues of Irish Philately (back to the original newsletters of the Irish Philatelic Study Group in 1960) and these are now available on disk. Several supplements are also included and the disk represents tremendous value with nearly 200 issues included. Price for members is Euro22 (£20 or $33): for non-members the price is Euro30 (£27 or $45) to include post and packing. Please contact Philip directly to order your copies.
Members If you have not already contacted me for your password, please do so by clicking on my contact details above.
We now receive the Journal of the GBPS on a regular basis. Please go to the Members pages to find out what is in the current edition. I will be happy to let you have copies of articles that are of interest to you.
The March issue of Irish Philately should be with members towards the end of the month The contents include:-
- The Ballymoney to Ballycastle connection - Frans Hermse
- 50 years a member - Michael Noonan
- Interview with Andy Ballard
- Dr Stafford Johnson - a short biography by Heloise Mitchell
- London 2010 preview - Des Quail
- Northern Ireland Premium Mail
- Dundalk Station/ Newry Head Office and ‘via Greenore’
- The Editor’s Challenge - Ireland to California via US Internal Airmail (1928)
- plus Auction Watch and ‘Questions and Answers’
hopefully something for everyone!
Officers 2009-2010
- President: Paddy Smithers, Dublin
Vice President: Barry Cousins, Malaysia Secretary: Ray How, Essex, England Treasurer: Martin Taylor, Leicester, England Editor and Webmaster: Stan Challis, Guernsey - Auctioneer: Paddy Smithers, Dublin
Irish area secretary: John Lennon, Dublin Southern area secretary: Peter Wood, London Committee members: Brian Warren, Dublin; Jacques Renollaud, Paris; Finbar O’Mahony, Dublin; Frans Hermse, Netherlands; John Matthews, Donegal, Ireland; Michael Priestley Edinburgh; Philip Kane, Dublin.