Society
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Manawatu Philatelic Society |
| Meetings |
| Wednesday Group: St Davids Church Lounge, corner Main/Rainforth Streets, PALMERSTON NORTH 1st Wednesday monthly at 7:30pm. Visitors are always welcome
Please bring items of interest for display to each meeting Tuesday Club: Science Centre & Manawatu Museum 3rd Tuesday monthly 1:30 - 3:30 pm. The Manawatu Philatelic Society also proudly supports: Palmerston North Junior Stamp Club 2nd Saturday monthly; and Ashhurst Junior Club 3rd Saturday monthly. |
| Programme 2008/09 |
| Jul 2 | Small Exhibits – 16- & 8-page Workshop |
| Jul 4 | Jul 4 Postal Auction #2 Closes |
| Aug 6 | Pim Cup (sixteen page) |
| Sep 3 | Jack Thornton (Convenor) Fakes, Forgeries & Album Weeds |
| Oct 1 | Steven Jones New Zealand Oddments; 8-page competition (entry must be new material not previously exhibited.) |
| Nov 5 | Members' Night Thematics Evening |
| Nov 10 | Levin Interclub Eight page competition |
| Dec 6 | Christmas Meeting |
| Jan 7 | Informal Buy, Sell & Swap; Postal Auction #3 Viewing |
| Jan 9 | Postal Auction #3 Closes |
| Feb 4 | Alternative Mails |
| Mar 4 | 86th Annual General Meeting; President's Night; Campbell Paterson Shield |
| Apr 1 | Ray Mulholland North Borneo |
| May 6 | Bob Ellis World War II Mail |
| Jun 3 | Postcard Evening |
| Jun 28 | Convention and National Literature Exhibition |
| Circuit |
| The Society currently has circuits in
abeyance. Please contact Bruce 06 354 0917 (evenings) for an update on this. |
| Library |
| Members have access to New Zealand's third largest philatelic library. Housed in the Manawatu Science Centre and Museum. All members are issued with library cards which must be worn whenever they wish to use the library. |
| National Philatelic Literature Exhibition Library Holding |
| Members of New Zealand societies have access to the material exhibited in the
biennial literature exhibits held in Palmerston North. These publications are held as part of the Manawatu Philatelic Society's library and information on who and how material can be borrowed should be addressed to the Librarian at the Society's address detailed below. Details of these holdings for each exhibition can be accessed at: First Exhibition 1989; Second Exhibition 1991; Third Exhibition 1993; Fourth Exhibition 1995; Fifth Exhibition 1997; Sixth Exhibition 1999; Seventh Exhibition 2001; Eighth Exhibition 2003. Ninth Exhibition 2005. Tenth Exhibition 2007. |
| Subscriptions |
| Annual Subscriptions are as follows: Town members (24 km radius from city centre) $30.00 Country members $20.00 |
| Contacts |
| Secretary, P O Box 206, PALMERSTON NORTH Phone 06 328 9895 E-mail: patricia.larsen@xtra.co.nz |
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