Wednesday 21 September 2011: 6.30 Members: 12 sheets
Wednesday 19 October 2011: 6.30 Michael Round: Comoro Islands
Saturday 5 November 2011: 3.00 Brian Brookes: Martinique Sub-offices
Wednesday 30 November 2011: 6.30 Stuart Henderson: French Cinderellas
Wednesday 15 February 2012: 6.30 Members' New Projects & Acquisitions
Saturday 21 April 2012: 3.00 Paul Watkins: France/Austria/Germany 1945-55
Saturday 12 May 2012: 11.30 AGM 2.30 Auction
The Wednesday meetings and the AGM/Auction will be held at the Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, London WC1.
The other Saturday meetings will be from 3.00 to 5.00pm at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, Westminster, London SW1
and these meetings will be followed by a meal for interested members
at Il Posto Ristorante Italiano, 316a Vauxhall Bridge Road, Victoria, London SW1V 1AA.
Saturday 27 August 2011: 10.00 Members: 16 sheets Lunch at the Alexander, Lyndhurst Road 2.00 Mike Slamo: St Pierre & Miquelon Saturday 8 October 2011: 2.00 Ian Booth: Niger
Saturday 28 April 2012: 2.00 Mavis Pavey: either Philatelic Exhibitions & Journée du Timbre or French Naval Mail Saturday 25 August 2012: 10.00 Derek Oram: Ambulants, Courriers Convoyeurs & Cachets de Gare Saturday 27 October 2012: 2.00 Ian Booth: Hatay & Alexandrette
The Northern Group meetings are held at the Leeds General Infirmary, but the Bastille Day meeting is at the Barn, Heaton Royds, Bradford.
The next meetings will be as follows:
Saturday 9 July 2011: 10.00 "Bastille Day"
Saturday 15 October 2011: 1.00 Members' Choice
Saturday 11 February 2012: 1.30 Members' Choice
Saturday 31 March 2012: 1.30 George Barker: Classic France
Saturday 14 July 2012: 10.00 "Bastille Day" courtesy of Stephen & Judith Holder
Saturday 22 September 2012: 1.30 Peter Maybury: Algeria
The Wessex Group meetings (Hon. Organisers P R A Kelly and A J Wood) are held from 10.30am until 4.30pm, with a break for lunch at the Mill Inn, at the Scout Hall, Lower Street, Harnham, Salisbury.
Wessex Group Meetings 2011-2012
The next meetings will be as follows:
Saturday 2 July 2011: 10.30 Peter Kelly: The Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 Saturday 1 October 2011: 10.30 John Hammonds: Aspects of French Aviation Saturday 28 January 2012: 10.30 Peter Kelly: The French colonies - Inland and maritime The development of postal communications in landlocked Niger and maritime Reunion Saturday 30 June 2012: 10.30 TBA Saturday 6 October 2012 10.30 TBA
Scottish Group Meetings Unfortunately these have had to be suspended for lack of support.