Hythe Stamp Design Project
Hythe Bay Primary School Year 5 have been undertaking a Stamp Designing project, as part of their study of the Commonwealth. Each pupil was asked to design a stamp and this resulted in some fantastic ideas. It is great to see a school using stamps as a teaching aid as part of their curriculum. I supplied a Commonwealth …Read more
KIDSTAMPS TO BE RE-LAUNCHED
The popular free postal club for young stamp collectors is to be re-launched following a successful appeal for a new organiser by the Stamp Active Network. Alan Bretherton from Southport has agreed to take over the running of Kidstamps from September 2015. He replaces Maureen and Tim Cory who had run the club for eight …Read more
Tom Lawson is Young Collector of the Year 2015
The committee of Stamp Active Network have great pleasure in announcing that this year’s recipient of the Anne Dummer Award for Young Collector of the Year is Thomas Leslie Lawson. Starting at the age of 7 with the active support of his mother and grandfather, he became an enthusiastic member of the stamp collecting scene. …Read more
New BPMA Learning Resource
Following the success of the Last Post resource BPMA will be launching a new Royal Mail funded learning package for primary and secondary schools – Pop it in the Post: How the Penny Black Stamp Changed our World. The learning package will include an interactive game, a short film as well as a downloadable learning resource with teachers’ notes, …Read more
BRING A CHILD TO AUTUMN STAMPEX 2015
Stamp Active want to encourage visitors to bring a child to Stampex to share in the wonderful world of philately. A free prize draw will again take place after the children’s auction on Saturday for all adults who visit the Kids Corner with a child at any time during the week. Prizes include a framed …Read more