Solihull Philatelic Society

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Version 25 12/02/2025

A list of our competition winners and entrants is now on the Competition Results page with pictures in the Gallery. 

The next meeting on 18th February 2025 will be the AGM. The following meeting on 25th February will be a visit by members from the Hinckley Philatelic Society.

Andrew Higson will now present Swaziland on 11th March 2025 2025, while the meeting on 1st April will be for members to display sheets on the subject of the Letter "L".

Meetings are on Tuesday afternoons. They start at 1:30 pm with a bourse for members to sell and exchange items of interest. The full meeting starts at 2:00 pm. A half-time break allows members to view the first half of the display and take refreshments.

Please look at the Gallery for pictures from some of our previous meetings. If you click on the picture, you can see more text explaining what you can see.

For more details follow links on the left (or the links at three bars at the top left on a mobile)

If you are interested in joining the Society, please see Membership for the benefits and use the form to contact us on the Contacts page. Visitors are always welcome.

The next Knowle Stamp Fairs will be on Sunday 16th February 2025 and Sunday 16th March 2025 at Knowle Village Hall between 9:30 am and 2:30 pm. The fairs are always on the third Sunday of each month, apart from May due to the Knowle Fun Run.  Do come along and support your local stamp fair. You never know what you may find. Ask dealers, other than your usual contacts, and you may be pleasantly surprised at what they have hidden away.

Bernadette would like any unwanted stock cards or packaging to be saved for her as she needs it urgently to pack up stamps for Oxfam. If you can help, please contact Paul through the email on the Contacts page.


Membership Benefits

  • A friendly society for beginners to more advanced collectors.
  • Weekly Day Time Meetings - (September - April) with free parking.
  • Speakers - We invite top speakers from throughout the UK.
  • Member Meetings- Opportunity to show items from your collection.
  • Philatelic and non-philatelic quiz nights.
  • Annual competition.
  • Bring & Buy (Members Bourse).
  • Approval Packet open to all members, especially valuable to those who cannot attend meetings- over 20 per annum (460 books). All packets are passed by hand.
  • The latest auction catalogues are available to peruse at meetings.
  • Library -  A selection of reference books and specialised stamp catalogues which can be borrowed.         
  • Disposal of Collections - We can provide advice on the options available.
  • Member Emails -  Auction Catalogues and general information stamp fairs and areas of interest circulated to members.   
  • Membership: Adults £18.00, Juniors  £1.00 and Family  £20.00. For more information please use the Contact form.

Contact

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Gallery

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What is in our Library?

Library List

This is a pdf listing of the books in our Library. The format is now in landscape to be able to show the publisher.

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COMPETITION RESULTS

The results of the competitions held on 4th February 2025 have now been issued. As this page can only upload three photos, pictures of the winners with their trophies are shown in the Gallery.

In order to respect members' privacy, only the initials of participants are shown.

If you would like to know who that person was or if the entry interests you, simply join the Society and enjoy the benefits of membership.

SOLIHULL PHILATELIC SOCIETY COMPETITION
2025 RESULTS
16 Sheets

TRADITIONAL
Wurtemberg JS – Silver-Gilt

POSTAL HISTORY
The 1815 Ship Letter Act TW – Gold              
Railway Instructional Marks of the London Inland Office IW - Gold
German States JS - Silver-Gilt 
Jersey Surcharged Mail GM - Silver-Gilt 
The Twopenny Blue RS - Silver 

AEROPHILATELY
Imperial Airways Service to India 1927 TW - Gold
Airmails Flown Across the Tasman Sea by Charles Kingsford Smith & Charles Ulm LK  - Gold

POST CARDS
The German Empire JS - Large Silver 
Looking Backwards RS - Diploma 


What are our Competition Rules?

What are in the categories?

This download gives details of what is included in the different classes.

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What are the marking schemes?

The marking schemes for each class are shown. You can find the marks required for the different types of awards at the foot of this file.

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What are the judging criteria?

Some brief notes of what the judge is looking for.

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