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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...
BTA Virtual One-Page Competition 2022 Results
We received 108 entries from 76 people, 16 of them BTA members. Overall eleven different countries were represented, competing in seven different classes, with winners coming from four of those countries. By any measurement, the competition was a huge success....
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Virtual One-Page Competition Palmares: Thematic -Culture; Open
THEMATIC - CULTURE Mark Humfrey JOINT BEST IN CLASS William Dampier: British Explorer and Scientific Observer Diamond Yme Woensdregt JOINT BEST IN CLASS Down the rabbit hole with...
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Virtual One-Page Competition Palmares: Thematic - Nature; Thematic - Technology; Topical; Youth
THEMATIC - NATURE Tushar Deshpande BEST IN CLASS The Unending Saga of the Exploitation of Elephants Ruby Gary Green Honey Ruby Jean-Claude Guyaux Le...
Franceska Rapkin Memorial Bowl winner 2022
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 Chris Wheeler with a series of five articles on the Penal Colonisation...
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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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BTA Committee Vacancies
The BTA is looking to fill a number of Committee posts. Chairman Barry Stagg has outlined what we are looking for: If you like having fun, love to plan things, and love philatelic events then you are just the person I’m looking for! I am looking...
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....
BTA Weekend 2022
The residential Weekend originally scheduled for March 2021 has been posponed. It will now be held at the voco Oxford Spires Hotel from the 16 to 18 September 2022. The Programme will be found here....
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