Speakers
YPA Speaker List – please note that email addresses have an added space for security
| Derek Baron | Leeds | Tel: 01943465236 | Email: derekn.baron @gmail.com | ||
| Expenses by Arrangement | |||||
| 1. Postal History of Olomouc – Austrian Period. | Full display including PowerPoint introduction | ||||
| 2. Postal History of Olomouc – Occupation and Liberation | Full display including PowerPoint introduction | ||||
| Keith Burton | Harrogate | Tel: 07455501845 | Email: kburton171 @outlook.com | ||
| By Arrangement | |||||
| 1. West Germany: stamps, covers and other material | |||||
| 2. Baden: stamps, covers, stationery and anything else that has come to hand | |||||
| 3. Bavaria: stamps, covers, stationery and anything else that has come to hand | |||||
| 4. A Visit to Harrogate in Postcards. | |||||
| 5. Haslingden in Postcards: Haslingden was a cotton town in Lancashire | |||||
| 6. Viaducts – in maps, postcards and pictures | |||||
| 7. The Zeebrugge Raid 1918 – in postcards and maps | |||||
| Further short displays involving registered mail from GB to abroad are in development | |||||
| Peter Chadwick | Harrogate/Royal | Tel: 01642 781274 | Email: pvchadwick @gmail.com | ||
| Expenses: No charge within 60 miles of Eaglescliffe | |||||
| 1. Oddities in GB Postal History before 1840 | Full display | ||||
| 2. Post Routes and Post Offices of Scotland before 1770 | Full display | ||||
| 3. Mulready Caricatures | Full display | ||||
| 4. East Prussia and East Silesia | Full display | ||||
| John Church | Middlesbrough | Tel: 01748 810192 | Email: postalpastimes17 @gmail.com | ||
| 1. The American Civil War: 1861-65 Includes material from both North and South and some non-philatelic contemporary material | Live display | ||||
| 2. The Stamps and Postal History of the Confederate States of America: 1861-65: Includes some of the postmaster provisionals, Blockade mail, Through the Lines material etc. | Live display | ||||
| 3. The Principality and Kingdom of Serbia: 1840-1920 Pre-stamp to 1920 – complete coverage of an overlooked and turbulent country | Live display | ||||
| 4. The Balkan Wars: 1912 and 1913 Covers all the Balkan theatre and the Greek Islands | Live display | ||||
| 5. World War I in the Balkans Covers all the participating countries and post-war occupations up to and around 1920 | Live display | ||||
| 6. From Jutland to the Junkyard: The Story of the Kaiser’s NavyCovers all the WWI at sea, including the commerce raiders, submarines, Naval airships etc. | Live display | ||||
| David Druett | Harrogate | Email: pennymeadbooks @hotmail.co.uk | |||
| By Arrangement | |||||
| 1. Trinidad Stamps and Postal History | Full display | ||||
| 2. Scottish Additional Halfpenny 1813 to 1839 | Full display | ||||
| 3. World Postal Stationery Cards used to 1900 | Full display | ||||
| Brian Hague | Harrogate/York | Tel: 07944 076491 | Email: brian.hague26 @gmail.com | ||
| Basic travel expenses appreciated. | |||||
| 1. Faroe Islands. Stamps, postal history and picture postcards. | Full display | ||||
| 2. A Selection of Danish “Open Sandwiches). A pick and mix of various Danish topics. Mainly postal history but also some topics that include significant non-philatelic material. | Full display | ||||
| 3. Edwardian Era Historical Pageants. A story told through contemporary picture postcards and ephemera. | Full display | ||||
| Richard A Hindle | Sheffield | Tel: 0114 258 5988 | Email: richard.hindle @hotmail.co.uk | ||
| Expenses by arrangement | |||||
| 1. Hubert Wilkins, An Extraordinary Life. A full biography of Hubert Wilkins (Open Philately) | Full display | ||||
| 2. Ernest Shackleton’s Polar Expeditions. Shackleton’s expeditions, 1901-04, 1907-09,1914-16, 1921-22. | Full display | ||||
| 3. Scott & Shackleton and the Race for the Pole. Scott, Shackleton, Shirase and Amundsen’s attempts and successes at reaching the South Pole. | Full display | ||||
| 4. Richard Byrd’s First Antarctic Expedition. The story of his Arctic Flights and his successful flight to the South Pole. | Zoom | ||||
| 5. Amundsen’s Expeditions after 1912. After reaching the South Pole, Amundsen made three arctic expeditions to reach the North Pole by air. He died going to rescue Umberto Nobile, whose airship crashed in the Arctic. | Full display | ||||
| 6. Other Polar Explorers. There are many other British, French, Russian, etc. polar explorers who are commemorated philatelically. | |||||
| 7. Amundsen’s Maud Expedition 1918-25. The story of Amundsen’s Maud Expedition including the subscription cards and the North Star Air Post. | |||||
| 8. Hubert Wilkins Naturalist to the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, 1921-22. Wilkins was employed as naturalist, but the official photographer left the expedition due to seasickness, so Wilkins also became the official photographer. | Zoom | ||||
| 9. Sheffield Scout Post. Sheffield Scouts provided the first Charity Christmas Card delivery service in the country. | Full display | ||||
| Edith Knight | York/Harrogate | Tel: 01904 796825 | edythk33 @gmail.com | ||
| By arrangement | |||||
| 1. Aspects of Spain – joint with Rodney Knight | Full display | ||||
| 2. From Mule Trekking to Coach tours – the tourist in Mallorca | Full display. | ||||
| 3. Railways in Spain. | Full display. | ||||
| 4. The History of Spain up to 1492 – joint with Rodney Knight | Zoom | ||||
| Rodney Knight | York/Harrogate | Tel: 01904 796825 | rjkmacias @gmail.com | ||
| By arrangement | |||||
| 1. China | Full display | ||||
| 2. Bulgaria to 1946 | Full display. | ||||
| 3. Spanish Colonies | Full display. | ||||
| 4. Aspects of Spain – joint with Edith Knight | Full display. | ||||
| 5. The History of Spain up to 1492 – joint with Edith Knight | Zoom | ||||
| Mike Lewis | York | Tel: 07742 153669 | Email: mikeval9b @yahoo.co.uk | ||
| 1.Killed in Action: Story of a WWII soldier told through his letters home and what followed after. | Full display | ||||
| 2. GB QV Stamps and Postal History line engraved and Surface printed. | Full display | ||||
| 3. GB The 4 Kings Stamps and Postal History. | Full display | ||||
| 4. Darlington Postal History. | Full display | ||||
| 5. The Stockton & Darlington Railway and the early Railways; Postal History & Ephemera. | Full display | ||||
| 6: Aspects of GB: Display showing the great variety of GB philatelic material available to enhance a collection. | Full display | ||||
| 7. Philatelic Terms illustrated. | Zoom (1 hour) | ||||
| 8. GB Edward VIII. | Zoom (40 minutes) | ||||
| 9. GB Illustrated and Advertising Envelopes. | Full display | ||||
| Daphne McMillan | Hull/Royal | Tel: 01482 840836 | Email: mcmillandaphne @yahoo.co.uk | ||
| By arrangement | |||||
| 1. The Family, Life and Reign of King George VI. A portrait of the King’s life including letters, postcards and ephemera. | Full display | ||||
| 2. Great Britain King George VI stamps and postal stationery. A detailed look at the varieties to be found on the issued stamps, plus a range of Post Office and Stamped to Order postal stationery. | Full display | ||||
| 3. Varieties on the Great Britain King George VI Commemorative stamps. | Zoom | ||||
| 4. Great Britain King George VI Domestic and Foreign Rates. (A mixed display combining rates with stamps and postal stationery is possible, i.e.2 and 4.) | Full display | ||||
| 5. World War II Allied Mail including Illustrated Airgraphs. includes forces postal stationery, mail rejected by the censors and undelivered mail, and if space permits, some illustrated air letters. Can be done with a PowerPoint introduction to Airgraphs with the material in the frames for one half. | Full display | ||||
| 6. World War II Illustrated Airgraphs. An introduction to the Airgraph service showing civilian and military printed designs and hand-drawn items. | Zoom | ||||
| 7. French Antarctic Territory. Mainly the stamps, but including covers with ship cachets, research initiatives etc. | Full display | ||||
| 8. Royalty through Postcards. British and European Royalty, particularly during the early 20th Century | Full display | ||||
| Robert McMillan | Hull/Royal | Tel: 01482 840836 | Email: robertfmcmillan @gmail.com | ||
| By arrangement | |||||
| 1. Kingston upon Hull Postal History. Comprehensive study from 1668 until late 20th Century | Full display, Zoom, Powerpoint | ||||
| 2. Norwegian Whaling Mail. Commercial mail to and from the whalers and related documents and artefacts. | Full display. Selection on PowerPoint or Zoom | ||||
| 3. Falkland Islands Stamps and Postal History from the Victorian Era up to mid-20th century. Falkland Islands Postal History. | Full display. PowerPoint or Zoom. | ||||
| 4. Falkland Islands Dependencies and British Antarctic Territory Stamps and Postal History including Base Mail | Full display and Zoom | ||||
| 5. Antarctic Exploration Postcards. Several Expeditions and Modern Base and Wildlife Cards. | Full display and Zoom | ||||
| 6. Postcards of Kingston upon Hull, Hessle and Cottingham which includes some of the villages. | Full display and Zoom | ||||
| Tony Plumbe | Leeds | Email: ajplumbe @hotmail.com | |||
| Expenses: Contribution please if return distance over 100 miles from home In winter GMT period prefer not to drive over 40 miles late at night. | |||||
| 1. Biafra Postal History & Stamps | Full display or 2 Zoom | ||||
| 2. British Central Africa/Nyasaland, Stamps & Postal History, 1857-1953. | Full display. | ||||
| 3. Lagos & Fernando Po. | Half display. | ||||
| 4. Malawi artwork and proofs. | Half display. | ||||
| 5. Malawi varieties. | Half display. | ||||
| 6. Niger Coast Postal History & Stamps. | Full display | ||||
| 7. Nigeria KGV & KGVI. | Half display | ||||
| 8. Nigerian artwork. | Full/half evening or ½hr. Zoom | ||||
| 9. Nigeria censored mail alone or cacheted surface, air & express mail. | Full display | ||||
| 10. Nigerian UN ‘Peace Keeping’ Forces. | Half display | ||||
| 11. Northern Nigeria. | Half display | ||||
| 12. Nyasaland Field Force (WW1). | Half display | ||||
| 13. Nyasaland airmails. | Full display | ||||
| 14. Nyasaland censors. | Short half display | ||||
| 15. Southern Nigeria Postal History, Stamps, Postcards & TPOs. | Full display | ||||
| Neil Ritchie | Sheffield | Tel: 07720040 152 | neilritchie @netscape.net | ||
| Travel & Expenses: By arrangement | |||||
| 1. Russia – The Great War, Revolution and Beyond | |||||
| 2. Canadian Expeditionary Force: – 1914-1919 | |||||
| 3. Latvia 1918-1945 | |||||
| 4. Russia World War 1 Aftermath | |||||
| 5. A variety of short/medium displays on topic subjects of Russia, Canada World War 1, Spanish Civil War | |||||
| Bill Shand | Stockton | Tel:01642 656568 | Email: bill-evelyn @ntlworld.com | ||
| Petrol expenses if over 50 miles. | |||||
| 1. Settlements 1830-1942; stamps and covers | Live display, up to 200 sheets | ||||
| 2. Scottish Miscellany; covers | Live display, up to 200 sheets | ||||
| 3. Modern Singapore 1945-2000; stamps and covers | Live display, up to 200 sheets | ||||
| 4. Singapore – 50 Years a Republic 1965-2015; stamps | Live display, up to 200 sheets | ||||
| Richard Wheatley | Leeds | Tel: 0113 260 1978 | Email: arewhyuu @outlook.com | ||
| By Arrangement | |||||
| 1. Netherlands East Indies: mainly stampless mail up to 1877 | Full display | ||||
| 2. Netherlands East Indies World War 1: stamps, postmarks & mails routes | Full display | ||||
| 3. Egypt, The Simon Arzt Story: the store in Port Said that ended up with a post office within! | Full display | ||||
| 4. Egyptian Hotel Post Offices: all the main hotels had a post office which were manned by post office staff. | Full display | ||||
| 5. Leeds Postal History from 1700: there’s some real good stuff here! | Display | ||||
| 6. Tales of a Loiner: a bit of all sorts! | Display | ||||
| 7. Spitfire (not a Thematic display): traces the origins of the plane back to WW1 (!) | Display | ||||
| 8. Czech War Heroes: the 1945 set of stamps and their usage | Display | ||||
| 9. Egyptian Hotel Post Offices | Zoom or PowerPoint (40 min) | ||||
| 10. Netherlands East Indies: World War 1 | Zoom or PowerPoint (40 min) | ||||
| Yvonne Wheatley | Leeds | Tel: 0113 260 1978 | arewhyuu @outlook.com | ||
| By Arrangement | |||||
| 1. Czechoslovakia – a number of subjects | Full display | ||||
| 2. Railways Postal History – GB or GB & Foreign | Full display | ||||