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BTA meeting at Stampex October 2026
Birthe King, who has worked and campaigned for many years on behalf of Open Philately, opened the meeting by giving us a brief overview of its current situation within the competition classes of the FIP. Starting in Singapore in 2004 as an experimental class,...
BTA One-Frame Competition results 2026
The sun shone through windows of the Norfolk Pavilion at the Ardingly Showgrounds for the South of England Stamp Show. It lit up the gems in the dealers’ stocks of stamps and illuminated the exhibits and displays of the BTA’s annual competitions....
BTA AGM 2026 and Display
The 2026 Annual General Meeting was held on 13th June. Before the formal business we were treated to a display by Barbara Borlase-Hendry on “Copper and Tin Mining in Cornwall”, a wide-ranging look at some of the many mines which powered the Cornish...
BTA Weekend 2026
The BTA held its seventh residential weekend in April, at its regular venue of the Oxford Spires Hotel. Around 30 attendees enjoyed a varied and entertaining programme, starting with a display of “Philatelic Firsts” by Les Ashton-Smith. This was...
Franceska Rapkin Bowl Award Winner 2026
Each year the Committee votes on their choice of the best article in Themescene published the previous year. This year the winner is Charles Oppenheim for his article Thomas Edison: a life of invention. Click here to read the article....
Obituary: Brian Sole
OBITUARY: FREDERICK BRIAN JOHN SOLE 1938 - 2026 With great regret we announce th death of our Patron Sole. Throughout his philatelic career Brian (as he was always known) was involved in supporting philately in general and thematic philately in particular....
Obituary: Margaret Morris
MARGARET ISABEL MORRIS FRPSL 1931 - 2026 It is with great sadness that we report the death of Mrs Margaret Morris, who passed away peacefully on 27th April 2026. Margaret was a leading thematic collector on many aspects of astronomy, whose choice of subject,...
BTA Virtual One-Page Competition 2025 Results
We received 76 entries from a mix of previous and new exhibitors, with eight different countries represented. Congratulations to everyone who took part and contributed to this event. There were seven categories: Thematic...
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Virtual One-Page Competition Palmares
PALMARES THEMATIC (Culture) CLASS Diamond Barry Stagg The Candy Bomber (Class winner) Ruby Erene Grieve The Times (They are a...
Glasgow Thematic Society
The Glasgow Thematic Society has a new website, please click here to find information about its events, which will include hosting the 2025 ASPS Congress, for which a special souvenir cover has been produced. ...
BTA Display to the RPSL 2024
'Showcasing the World of Pictorial Collecting' was the title chosen for the BTA's presentation to the Royal Philatelic Society London, on the occasion of the BTA’s 40th anniversary. It was a great honour to be invited to give this display,...