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 The Manawatu Philatelic Society also proudly supports: Palmerston North Junior Stamp Club in abeyance, contact secretary for details; and Ashhurst Junior Stamp Club in abeyance. |
| Programme 2011/12 |
| Jun 1 | Dave Bull Australia George V 1d Green | |
| Jul 6 | Pim Cup 1-frame club competition; Colin Dyer The Rise and Fall of Germany - Deutschland at War | |
| Aug 3 | Peter Evans Rust Never Sleeps | |
| Sep 7 | Mowbray Collectables Auction Preview and talk; 8-page competition for local inter-club | |
| Oct 5 | Jenny Banfield Medicine - Its History and Development | |
| Nov 2 | Club Auction; Members' Night This is What I Collect | |
| Nov 7 | Monday - Interclub Eight page competition at Levin | |
| Dec 7 | Christmas Meeting; Ray Mulholland Cinderellas | |
| Jan 4 | Informal President's Night BBQ hosted by Clace Schwabe | |
| Feb 1 | Clace Schwabe France - WWI Correspondence | |
| Mar 7 | Jim Kirk Macaws - Winged Rainbows | |
| Mar 17 | Convention - displays and dealers' tables; society meeting | |
| Apr 4 | Annual General Meeting; speaker and topic to be advised | |
| May 2 | Ken Markham Stamps, mails and ephemera - a window on NZ's early European history | |
| 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. Eleventh Exhibition 2009. Twelfth Exhibition 2011. |
| 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 Central, Palmerston North 4440 Phone 06 358 4565 E-mail: mps@inspire.net.nz |
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