ABOUT US

Morley Philatelic Society was founded in 1970, and offers stamp collectors in and around Morley friendly and informal meetings, opportunities to buy and exchange material, and regular meetings where members can see varied displays and meet fellow collectors. We welcome both beginners and experienced stamp collectors and postal historians. Our experienced collectors are always ready to help new collectors to develop and improve their collections with advice, to answer questions and try to solve philatelic problems.

We are affiliated to the Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS) and the Yorkshire Philatelic Association (YPA), and our members enjoy the additional benefits this brings in discounts from certain philatelic suppliers and participation in national and regional exhibitions and conventions.

Our Annual Subscriptions are:

Ordinary Members ........ £5.00
Students .........................£1.00

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 St Mary's Church Hall, Commercial Street, Morley, Leeds LS27 8HY (opposite the Library) on the first and third Thursdays of most months, with stamp exchanges at 7pm and displays at 7.30pm.

CONTACT US

Our Hon Secretary: Mr Jack Kavanagh
31, Heath Mount, Leeds LS11 8TY
Telephone 0113 271 7309

SOCIETY OFFICERS

President: Mr Alan Price

President-elect: Mr David Pearson

Hon Secretary: Mr Jack Kavanagh

Honorary Programme Secretary
& YPA Delegate: Mr Jack Kavanagh

Hon Treasurer: Mrs V Fountain

Honorary Minutes Secretary
& Press Officer: Miss J E Spruce

Honorary Draw Promoter: Mr Alan Price

Honorary Auctioneer: Mr G Jefferys

OUR SYLLABUS FOR 2011 to 2012

2011

2012

LINKS

Diary of Philatelic Events

Morley History Morley Community Archives

Yorkshire Philatelic Association Home Page

More links on the Yorkshire Philatelic Association's Links Page

MORLEY POSTAL HISTORY

This is an on-going project to show items of Morley postal history. If you have items to include please email the Webmaster (below) with a suitable caption and an image (preferably as a jpeg).


THE PENNY POST

The first Penny Post was established in London by William Dockwra in 1680. Power was given to the Postmaster General by an Act of 1765 to establish a Penny post in any large town of Great Britain or Ireland. Many were established using a distinctive hand-stamp. The Penny Post provided conveyance of a letter locally, or to the nearest main post town for conveyance from there at the regular postal charge in force for the distance to be carried.

THE MORLEY PENNY POST

A boxed hand-stamp (45 x 12 mm) was in use by the Morley Penny Post from 1829 to 1840 when it became redundant with the introduction of the Universal Penny Post. The hand-stamp is found in black and blue.

Above: Computer generated image -
lettering of actual hand-stamp
is slightly different. See below.

30 December 1829. Wrapper from Morley to London. Boxed 'Morley Penny Post' struck in black, with Leeds black circular date stamp of 30 December and red London receivig mark of 1 January 1830. Charged 11d from Leeds to London.

23 January 1838. Wrapper from Morley to Roundhay, Leeds. Boxed 'Morley Penny Post struck in blue, with Leeds black circular date stamp of 23 January. Charged 1d for local delivery.

Morley Circular Date stamp used on 1/2d King Edward VII stamp in 1905, the post card rate.

Morley Circular Date stamp used on 1d King Edward VII stamp in 1905.

MORLEY POSTCARDS

The following postcards are from the David Atkinson Collection produced by the Morley Advertiser in their 'Bygone Days' series.



Early 1900's: Performing Bear outside the
Church Street branch of Morley Co-operative.



Above: 1907, Queen Street, Morley.



Above: July 1911, Morley's first tram.