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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 TS5 5QL on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from September to April, meetings start at 7pm with displays at 7.30pm.



CONTACT US

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

Mr Phill Harriman
95 Thames Avenue, Guisborough TS14 8AQ
Telephone 01287 637270



SOCIETY OFFICERS

President: Prof David Stirrups

Honorary Secretary: Mr Phill Harriman



Our 2011-2012 Syllabus

2011

28 September

Subscriptions & New Acquisitions

12 October

Franco-Prussian War: S Holder

26 October

The Transporter Bridge: N Waugh

9 November

To Edinburgh & Beyond: D Brown

23 November

8 Sheets or £1

14 December

Social Evening


2012

11 January

President's Night

25 January

Postcard Night & Spouse Shield

8 February

Lundy Island plus Fleming Cup: NEPA President

22 February

Syllabus Planning & 8 Sheets of Letter 'A'

14 March

To and From India by Sea: M Smith

28 March

TPO's of GB: C Jones

11 April

Belgian Congo: B Mabbott

21 April

NEPA Convention at Tynemouth

25 April

AGM & One Frame

9 June

YPA Convention at Redcar



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.

Middlesbrough Cover

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


Middlesbrough Newspaper 
Wrapper

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


Middlesbrough Duplex Cancel.

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


Middlesbrough 
Duplex Cancel.

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




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