THE SARAWAK SPECIALISTS’ SOCIETY
ANNUAL MEETING : 6 to 8 OCTOBER 2017
PROGRAMME (all displays are of material shown at Stampex Autumn 2017, unless indicated)
Friday 6 October
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1200 |
Lunch in bar area |
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1400 |
Welcome/Arrangements |
Roger Johnson |
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1415 |
New acquisitions/finds |
All Members |
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1520 |
Members Displays Postcards of C.F.
Leong & the Happy Photo Service, Jesselton (not shown at Stampex) Sarawak picture postcards by SW Confrontation - Sarawak Confrontation |
Tom Anderson Malcolm Gascoyne Bill Batty-Smith Bernard Lardner |
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1700 |
End of session |
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1730-1930 |
Auction viewing |
All Members |
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From 1930 |
Dinner in restaurant |
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Saturday 8 October
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0900 |
Auction viewing |
All Members |
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0955 |
Introduction & lunch orders |
Roger Johnson |
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1000 |
Auction |
Ivor Moore Carol Turner |
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1300 |
Lunch in bar area |
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1430 |
Members’ displays Mail carried by the RAF North Borneo airmails to 1941 North Borneo aerogrammes Sarawak Centenary Celebrations video clip (Geoff Stevens) and 1930’s GPO film on Royal Navy mail |
Richard Garbett Jon Higgins Len Stanway Roger Johnson |
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1730 |
Council meeting |
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From 1830 |
Drinks in Boscombe Room near bar |
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1930 |
Annual Dinner |
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Sunday 9 October
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0925 |
Introduction & lunch orders |
Roger Johnson |
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0930 |
Annual General Meeting |
Malcolm Gascoyne |
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1130 |
Members’ displays Sarawak - Sibu postmarks (not shown at Stampex) North Borneo 1939 North Borneo - From Company to Colony |
Brian Marshall Jon Higgins Peter Cockburn |
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1300 |
Lunch |
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1430 |
Members’ displays North Borneo MBE 1922 North Borneo 1931 50th Anniversary issue |
Carol Turner Ivan Wilkinson |
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1630 |
Wrap up and end of meeting |
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