“Our Living World” Competition Winners 2015
The annual one page competition promoted by Stamp Active was sponsored for the first time by Isle of Man Stamps & Coins. Attracting entries from across the UK, the winners were chosen by a panel of judges including Alex Wilson from IOM Stamps. The winners were: Up to 7 years: 1st: The Colourful World of …Read more
Penny Black Winner at Autumn Stampex
Guilia Barker from London was the winner of the 1840 Penny Black donated by Mulready Philatelics following the free children’s auction on the Saturday of Autumn Stampex. The kids auction has become a popular feature of this twice-yearly show with young collectors bidding for 30 different lots using points obtained by completing the free activities …Read more
Stampex Prize Draw Winners
Stamp Active Network once again promoted Stampex and encouraged adults to “Bring a Child to Stampex” with a free prize draw for every adult who brought a youngster to the youth collectors activity area. The winners were: Framed Penny Black, donated by Stanley Gibbons: Lara Pecarun. Photograph shows Lara receiving her trophy from Stamp Active …Read more
Tom Lawson is “Young Collector of the Year 2015”
Stamp Active Network has presented the 2015 Anne Dummer Trophy to Tom Lawson from Sittingbourne as their “Young Collector of the Year”. Tom is best known for his early venture in the stamp trade acting as a dealer at his local Orpington stamp fair as well as being an enthusiastic collector. The Trophy, sponsored by …Read more
StampART Competition
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is promoting a new competition to create artwork around one wildlife stamp. Mount a stamp onto A4 paper, preferably using a stamp hinge, and then create a drawing illustrating one aspect of our natural world around it using the stamp as inspiration for your drawing. STAMP and ZOOtastic prizes …Read more
STAMP & POSTCARD FESTIVAL, Ayrshire, Scotland
South-West Scotland Philatelic Societies are holding their annual Stamp and Postcard Festival on Saturday 3rd October 2015. Members of the public, collectors and non-collectors alike are invited along to a warm welcome at the event being held at Prestwick Community Centre, Caerlaverock Road, PRESTWICK, Ayrshire, KA9 1HR., from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free, refreshments will be …Read more
Another Grantham Success
Further to our Langar-Barnstone hobby day which I reported on earlier, our club, Grantham Stamp Club, set up a display at the Grantham Library over a two week period with the theme ‘Alice’ commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the launch of Alice in Wonderland. Some 80 pages were displayed, with smaller items such as the …Read more