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ABOUT US

The Middlesbrough & District Philatelic Society was founded in 1948. We have regular meetings and welcome visitors to our meetings. These are a variety of displays by invited speakers, competions, members' evenings and vists from other societies. You can see our meeting dates, venue and subjects for our meetings below.

If you are a stamp collector in the Middlesbrough area why not come and find out more about us?

Our members are always ready to help less experienced collectors with advice, answer their questions and try to solve their philatelic problems.

The background to this section is the famous Middlesbrough Transporter - why not let us transport you to the wonderful world of philately? Come and join us!

Our Secretary (see contact details below) will be pleased to provide more information about our activities and how to join the Society.

OUR MEETINGS

Visitors are always welcome at our meetings. If you are a stamp collector why not come along and find out more about our Society? See our Syllabus below for details of our meetings.

We meet at the Middlesbrough Bowling Club, Cornfield Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from September to April, commencing at 7.30pm (room opens at 7pm).

CONTACT US

For more information, membership application etc contact our Honorary Secretary:

Mr Phill Harriman
telephone 01287 637270

SOCIETY OFFICERS

President: Mr B Burns

Honorary Secretary: Mr Phill Harriman

OUR SYLLABUS

Our 2009-2010 Syllabus

2009

23 September .. ... ... New Acquisitions

14 October ... ... ... ... Leipzig Fair - Alan Price (Leeds PS)

28 October ... ... ... ... Pre-decimal Machins - A Walker

11 November ... ... ... Post Card & Spouse Shield Competition

25 November ... ... ... The River Tyne - Mike Gibson

9 December . ... ... ... Social Evening

2010

13 January .. ... ... ... President's Night

27 January .. ... ... ... NEPA President & Fleming Cup Competition

10 February ... ... ... Antarctica - Cliff Garside

24 February ... ... ... 8 Sheets or £1

10 March ... ... ... ... Indian Mutiny - Max Smith (Bradford PS)

17 March ... ... ... ... Visit to Redcar & Cleveland PS

24 March ... ... ... ... Pot Pourri - S & J Holder (Bradford PS)

14 April .. ... ... ... ... North Borneo - David Brown (YPA President)

28 April .. ... ... ... ... AGM & One Frame

LINKS

Diary of Philatelic Events

Yorkshire Philatelic Association Home Page

Middlesbrough History Site

MIDDLESBROUGH POSTAL HISTORY

The first Middlesbrough postal marking was the two-line "MiddlesBro / Penny Post" known used in black from 1839 to 1841.

From 1842 to 1843 a Middlesbrough circular undated double arc hand-stamp was in use with the name spelt as "MIDDLESBOROUGH", known used in red, blue and black.

The barred numeral type cancellers began to be issued in England in May 1844 with a different number allocated to each office. The initial series ran from 1 to 936. In 1854 cancellers were issued with a combined circular date stamp and a barred numeral obliterator (the so called 'Duplex' hand-stamps). Number 946 was assigned to Middlesbrough. This type of hand-stamp was in use until the beginning of the 19th century.

Above: 1878. Cover with 1d red cancelled by Middlesbrough duplex, numeral 946.




Above: 1887. Half-penny newspaper wrapper to Sweden cancelled by
Middlesbrough duplex, numeral 946.




Above: 1898. The Duplex cancel on a pair of half-penny red stamps.




Above: 1900. The Duplex cancel on a pair of half-penny green stamps