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28.02.2008
A calendar with current dates of stamp fairs and stock exchanges was placed on-line.
Report about the annual general meeting
Ron Osborne moved his membership back u. stepped as a subscription-secretary
back. In his conclusion-report, he told that the club 342 members
has, that itself, as follows, apportions:
Großbritannien 236
Kanalinseln 40
Europäische Union 37
Rest der Welt 29
About. 14 new members stepped the last year one. Sheila Marshall takes over his
Activity. David Winnie also resigned and becomes from David Laurillard as
Chairperson replaced. All other members were reelected. All representatives
from the committee, every two years now shift. Andy Hinks places his/its activity
for this year away. Sheila Marshall gives her previous field of operation in favor of
from Jon Aitchison on.
This A.G.M. also a number of lectures saw, with smaller islands as general topic.
Jon Aitchison showed some results of his new research. He began with the Coronation-edition 1953 Herm. Originally it was thought that there are only 2 Printings. Jon now believe that there are actually 6 Printings. His exhibition showed, as he his Summary reached. He showed also copies of the postcards - receives - from an French member - a rare Inselsemaphor-Stationcachet Chausey, only 5 examples is known so far, Commodore Shipping Labels of Alderney and Sark and the complete one(s) Sentence of the editions, that were published by Brecqhou since 1999. About his representation to completes, he showed the hotel and Touristcachets. On this occasion announced he that he before short the lacking text of the Cachet Des Cristal Grand hotel you palace, which in Jersey used, deciphered. On a postcard, that AU 23 00 was dated, he had this Found word "nouveau" which goes ahead the word "Proprietaire." On newer cards appears only the last word.
Frank Whtie showed Alderney and Sark. His/its exhibition of Sark included parts of the correspondence Harvey; Examples of the 21mm-Empfangstempels, which was used between 1895 and 1901; undivided Reply-postcards, a rare one after - sent receipt of Canada after Sark (1923), which him/it second known reduction (to the company) of the in-circle-temple Sark to a postage-sticker carries; Communications of the red cross after and from Sark and a registered postcard. His exhibition Alderney included a letter of a soldier from the year 1796; a postcard Alderney-New York (1891)), this in the United States and with the cast - field-mail with excess postage was covered; Working Party; in Konzentra - tionslager-Belege and receipts of French workers; together with a letter from a customer on Alderney to Harrods, delays through the cast's duration.
David Gurney showed Alderney, Jethou and Sark. He showed Alderney-maps of 1691 and from 1895; Letters of the chemist, who was also the post office clerk at the same time; a Westness-Fotographie of the branch-post office; a copy of the mail-contract of 1907 and examples of both Alderney rubber-package-debasements (30mm)) from 1954 and package - debasements from the fifties. He continued with a letter, that the author Compton Mackenzie was sent to Jethou. Its play about Sark contained hotel-cards of Dixcart and stick; Postcards of the post office; a map, faultlessly until 1943, prepares for the landing of the allied forces and a photography of the mail - master of 1957.
Keith Raymond showed mail after and from Alderney, Sark and Herm. His exhibition Alderney included one undeliverable letter to Mildura in Australia. His lecture Sark included letters from the thirties one(s) Years, the hand-painted watercolors of the harbor carried which Broschren, skillfully in the USA, that from the lady from Sark under - wrote was, contained; and letters from Chile, that were sent back after Sark. His Exhibition Herm contained commercial letters to Germany, Canada and the USA. He showed also one rare letter from the 1. World war in Herm, into commercially used triangles, rare provisional arrangements and Herm-stamps, they were stamped on Jethou.