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BTA meeting at Stampex cancelled
With regret the BTA has had to cancel our meeting due to be held at Stampex on 30th September. A rail strike is scheduled for that day, making it extremely difficult for our speaker or members to get to London. We hope to rearrange this talk and display...
BTA success at IBRA
The international fair IBRA, held in Essen in May, attracted 57 thematic entries, 21 open and 14 postcard.. There were two entries from BTA members in the thematic class: Lawrence Fisher got a Large Gold with The Jewish Homeland, and George Henshilwood...
One-Frame competitions 2023
The BTA 2023 one-frame competitions will take place as part of the South of England Stamp Fair and Sussex Convention on 28th October. There are four categories: Thematic, Open, Postcards and Championship. Click here for full details and application...
Franceska Rapkin Memorial Bowl winner 2023
The Francesca Rapkin Memorial Bowl is awarded annually to the author of the article voted by the Committee to be best in Themescene the previous year. This year the winner was Charles Oppenheim with Joseph Sloper, patents and perfins Click...
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BTA Residential Weekend 2024
Our biennial residential weekend will be held at the voco Oxford Spires Hotel, Abingdon Road, Oxford, from 12th to 14th April 2024. The Programme is: Friday p.m. Arrival. 18.00 Welcome, with Pimms and soft drinks. Members’ displays (6...
Virtual One-Page Competition Palmares
OPEN Paolo Vispi BEST IN CLASS Canticle of the Sun Diamond Fran Adams Charon Ruby Salvatore Picconi An Ancient Love Song from Sardinia Ruby Salvatore...
BTA Residential Weekend at Oxford 2022
On a warm and sunny weekend in September members and guests got together to enjoy excellent hospitality, wonderful talks and displays, and perhaps more than anything the entertaining company of like-minded friends new and old. Our guest speakers were Bob...
AGM display
POST WORLD WAR II POSTCARDS IN SARAWAK Display given by Malcolm Gascoyne to the BTA AGM In the aftermath of the liberation of Borneo in 1945 there was little demand for picture postcards. Reconstruction, repatriation of troops and civilians and shipping...
London 2022 International Stamp Exhibition
Many congratulations to all the BTA members who exhibited at London 2022. Their results are: THEMATIC PHILATELY Lesley Marley A Whale’s Tale 8 frames Large Gold Peter...
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Autumn Stampex 2021
It had sometimes felt like the event would never take place, having been postponed because of covid, but finally on 29 September Autumn Stampex opened its doors and resumed as a ‘real’ event, with the BTA as the lead organisation for displays....
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