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Last update: Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The Portuguese Philatelic Society (PPS) founded in 1962, is a British based philatelic society and its members are from all around the world. The society is mainly focussed on the philately of Portugal and its ex-colonies. The PPS publishes its own quarterly bulletin which is loaded with well researched articles by dedicated members of the society. Please feel free to browse through our pages if you want to learn more about the PPS. Should you be interested in joining us please do drop us an email.

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TODAY'S NEWS

NEWPPS Summer Meeting 2008: 13th July 2008

This year's Summer Meeting is going to be held at PPS member Maurice Taylor's residence at Amersham, UK. Details of the same are available in the latest PPS bulletin. Hope to see you all there!

 

PPS AGM 2008: 7th-9th March 2008

The Annual General Meeting of the Portuguese Philatelic Society was held on the 8th March 2008 at the Charlecote Pheasant Hotel, near Stratfford, UK. Details of the event are going to appear in the next PPS bulletin. As usual, it was well attended with member from overseas, both Europe and also from across the pond attending the same.

Dave Davies won the Urwick Cup for his Portuguese India display while Clyde Homen won the George Pearson Literature Prize for this year.

Photos of this even to appear here soon - please watch this space!!!

 

 

 

NEWADVERTISING ON THE PORTUGUESE PHILATELIC SOCIETY BULLETIN AND WEBSITE!

Please note that both the bulletin and website of the PPS have started an advertising service for the benefit of dealers/sellers/buyers who would like to advertise with the PPS. The official A4 size colour bulletin published quarterly can offer a wide range of options, including full colour adverts. As for the website, the available online banner sizes are a 1"x1" (2.5cmx2.5cm) square on the left side of the main page and a 4"x0.75"(10cmx1.9cm)) horizontal strip, either top or bottom of the main webpage. The available advertising rates can be obtained on request by writing to the bulletin Editor or Webmaster respectively .

 

 

Cork stamps debut in Portugal - a world first !

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By João Paulo Cota
Tuesday December 11, 2007
Wicanders webpage

The world's first ever postage stamps made entirely from cork was recently unveiled by the Portuguese Postal authorities CTT. The stamps are made from wafer-thin “paper cork”, and were designed by Portuguese engraver Joao Machado.

The stamps have a face value of one euro and depict a cork oak tree on a hill. There are a few nice benefits if you become a member of the CTT. For more information, please use the link above... however, the CTT has just informed the pubic that the whole issue has been sold out completely.

 

Kontaktgroep Spanje - Portugal (KSP) - ANNUAL GATHERING, 17th November 2007, HOLLAND!

By Ron Van der Holt / João Paulo Cota
Sunday December 02, 2007
KSP webpage

Our sister society from Holland, the KSP held its annual gathering on 17th November 2007. Please find some photos....

Pictures from left to right (courtesy Ron Van der Holt - please click on images for enlarged views):

 

1. Dave Davies explaining his Portuguese India Crowns exhibit

2. The KSP group and invitees celebrating the 20th anniversary of the KPS

3. KPS President Mr Frits von Beekum welcomes the audience during the meet on the 17th November 2007

 

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EGYPT SAYS NO PYRAMIDS PHOTO ON PORTUGUESE STAMPS

By João Paulo Cota
Wednesday September 19, 2007
Tour Egypt article

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has refused to allow images of its Pyramids to be used on a Portuguese postal stamp featuring sites in a competition to name the new seven wonders of the world, the state-run news agency said on Sunday. For more information, please click on the article link above.

 

 

PPS SUMMER MEETING – 15th July 2007

The annual event of the PPS was once again hosted by PPS ex-President Mrs Leslye Dinkley at her home at Avon House in Avon Dassett, Warwickshire. PPS members from as far USA, Portugal attended this great and popular event for both members as well as their families.

Pictures from left to right:

1. The audience gathering up for the day's events...

2. PPS Hon President Mr Roger Lawson delivering his speech.

3. Dave Davies raising a point on an exhibit whilst the audience looks on attentively.

4. PPS member Maurice Taylor cutting the cake on the occasion of his birthday.

5. PPS member John Dahl explaining the history behind these mystic Waterlow & Sons " Vasco da Gama salesman's sheetlets" to the audience.

Complete photo album available for viewing on the activities page of the website - please make sure you see them all! You can double click on any image thumbnail for a good quality enlarged image.

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PPS AGM – 24th March, 2007

Presidents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agenda

Various Maps of Algarve

Map of Faro

Hotel Eva (Portuguese/English website)

 

 

 

ROBERT (BOB) L HUGGINS (1938-2006) RIP

By João Paulo Cota based on the eulogy by Stephen Washbourne as published in the ISPP journal #160/161, vol 41
Wednesday September 23, 2006

Well known US philatelist, Bob Huggins passed away on the August 16th 2006 due to health problems. He was suffering for a while recently but unfortunately could not recover from the massive heart attack he had on that day.

Bob was a retired banker and served in top banks all over the US. He was a lifelong confirmed bachelor and lived a very stoic and economical life, friends can vouch for that. Yet, he 'lived' philately and his last 50 years were centered around it. He did start off in his teens with a US collection which he traded with a Portugal & Colonies collection and then he went on to take an active interest in this area of philately. He was envied by many to be in a position to have the means to buy material he wanted. Over the years he accumulated several bankers boxes of material that is beyond a normal philatelist's imagination. Bob did participate in several exhibitions and won several laurels too. The strenghts of his collection were in mint stamps complemented with with errors, varities, surcharges, proofs, specimen, etc His specialities were Portugal and Portuguese India, where his crown covers (which he collected actively since the 60's) are just out of this world. He also got a strong interest in 1878-82 provisional townmarks, and his Nyassa and WWI mail collections are just unbelieavably marvellous! His stock books were filled with material that would make anybody's jaws drop!

Being such an avid collector, he was a long standing member of several philatelic organizations that included the International Society for Portuguese Philately (ISPP, USA) where he was a founding member, the Portuguese Philatelic Society (PPS, UK), Clube Filatelico de Portugal (CFP, Portugal) and he was a life long member of the American Philatelic Society (APS, USA).

His collection is currently stored at the Manning's safes, under his brother Leroy's instructions.

May his soul rest in eternal peace.

 

NEWFORGERIES OF PORTUGAL AND COLONIES BOOK !!!Forgeries Book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By João Paulo Cota
Thursday August 10, 2006

This great book on the forgeries of Portugal and its ex-colonies was authored by renowned Britsh philatelist Capt Dave Davies and was published by our very own Portuguese Philatelic Society. This book has 137 pp and is well illustrated with superb coloured scans, sketches and well researched text. A masterpiece on the rich Portuguese philately we all love! Available directly from the author himself. Please send us an email if you are interested. We can accept payments in Euros, GBP and US$ both in cash or cheques. Please inquire for any specific queries. Price is GBP 35 (Eur 52,50 or US$66.50) plus shipping to your address.

 

 

JOHN DAHL'S LECTURE AT THE ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY!!!

By João Paulo Cota
Wednesday June 30, 2006
Royal Philatelic Society article

Distinguished PPS member, Mr John Dahl, presented May's Sir Daniel Cooper lecture at the Royal Philatelic Society, London on the 11th May 2006 with his talk and display titled "The embossed issues of Portugal". The lecture was well attended and you will be able to read more details of the same on this Royal Philatelic link.

Mr John Dahl (right) with the president of the Royal, Mr Christopher Harman.

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PPS ANNUAL SUMMER MEETING !!!

By João Paulo Cota
Wednesday June 27, 2006

The annual summer meeting of the Portuguese Philatelic Society was held on sunday 25th June 2006, on the lawns of the residence of our beloved president, Ms Leslye Dunkley at Avon, Dorset, UK. PPS members from around the world turned up as usual for this great day of fun, good food (always supported by her neighbours), 'shady philatelic' deals between members as well as excellent philatelic exhibits. As usual also, the Portuguese India 'clan' had their own tent but made sure it mixed with the crowd! Photos will be posted shortly. A messsage from the Hon. PPS Secretary, Mr John Swan:

PPS Summer Meeting – 25th. June 2006

Yet again we were treated to the bountiful hospitality of our President, Leslye Dunkley, and yet again we were blessed with gorgeous summer weather. After drinks and the usual sumptuous luncheon fare, as well as the traditional wheeling and dealing by the P.I. mafia, we settled down to some excellent displays which, once again, we were able to enjoy al fresco.
 
These were as follows:

Alun Southwood - Provisional Townmarks 1879 – 1912      

Tom Poynton - Airmails, especially Zeppelins to Cape Verde     

Francis Rodrigues - India -  World War I Censor Marks      

Dave Davies – India – 1871-1888     

Maurice Taylor – Madeira – Taxed Bills of Lading      

Steve Washburne – Christmas Cards (Christmas being precisely 6 months away)     

John Dahl – Sebenta/ Queima das Feitas of Coimbra and Porto Universities

The philatelic proceedings were I fear rather truncated due to a certain football match, although we did of course find time to make well-deserved thankyou presentations to Leslye’s faithful band of helpers. Those present, in addition to the displayers referred to above, were our President Leslye Dunkley, Roger Lawson, Joao Paulo Cota, David McIntyre, Paul Woodness, Ron, Rowan, Oran and Quin van der Holt, and John Swan. It was yet again a memorable afternoon and our warmest thanks go to Leslye for hospitality above and beyond the call of duty.

Pictures from left to right (courtesy Ron Van der Holt - click on images for enlarged views):

1. Anticlockwise we have our Hon president, Ms Leslye Dunkley, John Dahl and Roger Lawson having a chat...

2. Dave David (right) receiving the 'Distinguished Philatelist' award from ISPP and PPS member Stephen Washbourne. This award has been awarded by our US sister society ISPP to Dave for his great philatelic achievements.

3. Alun Southwood presenting his provisional townmarks (1879 – 1912) exhibit.

4. Young Oran Van der Holt, our buddy philatelist and son of our bulletin editor, describing his World Dinossaurs collection to Dave Davis and João Paulo Cota in the 'Portuguese India tent'....

5. Maurice Taylor explaining his exhibit - along with his ever novel and innovative way of wearing the PPS tie!

 

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WASHINGTON 2006 - THE GREATEST STAMP SHOW OF THE DECADE WITH PORTUGAL AND EX-COLONIES EXHIBITS!!!

By Steven Washbourne/João Paulo Cota
Wednesday May 24, 2006
http://www.washington-2006.org/

Washington 2006, the famous American world philatelic exhibition, which ran from 27th May June 3rd at the Washington, DC Convention Center, Washington, USA came to an end recently. There were great exhibits to be seen with lots of the wrold's ratities on display, besides more than 200 dealers on the floor. More information can be viewed and downloaded on the show’s official web site on the link above.

Steven Washbourne, PPS member from the USA was a director on the Jurors panel this year. There were quite a few Portugal and ex-colonies displays at this prestigious event. Some of these exhibitors are PPS members. Details and results as below:

Exhibitors
 John N. Liles - "Portugal Ceres" - VERMEIL MEDAL
 Manuel A. D. Lima Torres - "Portugal Pre-Philatelic" - LARGE VERMEIL
 David Stirrups "Spanish Post Office & Gibraltar Mail 1850-75" - VERMEIL MEDAL
 John R. G. Dahl "Revenues of the Republic of Portugal from 1910" - GOLD MEDAL
 Philip E. Parker "WW I GEA: The Portuguese Connection" - VERMEIL MEDAL
Cheong-Too Choi "Pre-Adhesive Postal History of Macau" - GOLD MEDAL
Stephen T.Y. Chan "King Carlos Issues of Macau" - LARGE VERMEIL
Les Glasman "Mozambique & Mozambique Company" - GOLD MEDAL
Lutz Hohensang "Portugal - D. Luis Embossed Postal Stationery" - LARGE VERMEIL
Eduardo & Luis Barreiros "Historia do Serviço Postal Militar" (Literature Class)- VERMEIL MEDAL
Pedro Vaz Pereira "Os Correios Portugueses Entre 1853-1900 ... (Literature Class) - GOLD MEDAL
Ronald Strawser "Belgian Congo Mols Issue of 1894-1925" - LARGE VERMEIL
Y Khai Weng an "Mozambique Company" - LARGE VERMEIL
Graham Cosh "Variations on German Aerophilately 1888-1938" - LARGE VERMEIL
 
Also, the ISPP has a one frame exhibit "Collecting P & C" in the Society/ Club section.

 

 

AFINSA STAMP BUILDING COMPANY OFFICES TO BE OPENED FOR JUDICIAL INSPECTION

By h. b.
Wednesday May 17, 2006
www.typicallyspanish.com/news

The National Court judge, Santiago Pedraz, has ordered the lifting of the tapes which have been preventing entry into the Afinsa company, one of the two stamp trading businesses intervened last week.
It means the Judicial Administrator can now start work and searches of the offices and those of company affiliates are expected to continue all week.
The offices of Fórum Filatélico are expected to be opened in a similar way later in the week.
Meanwhile, the National Court judges who are investigating the alleged stamp company frauds, Santiago Pedraz and Fernando Grande-Marlaska, have today called for an office to support the people who have invested in the companies. The idea is also to set up an Internet page where those affected will be able to obtain upto date information.

The top directors of both Afinsa and Forum Filatélico were arrested by the Spanish Police and are still in jail, awaiting results of ongoing Judicial investigations related to this case. Shares of the Spanish philatelic group - the third largest collectibles house worldwide, after Sotheby's and Christies - crashed creating waves in the philatelic markets worldwide; Stanley Gibbons shares fell slightly too. Even though the later is also heavily involved in philatelic investments for the general public, this is in no way connected with their Spanish counterparts actions.

 

 

 

 

NEW BOOK ON THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL WAR PUBLISHED IN PORTUGAL

Guerra Colonial book

A new philatelic book was recently published in Portugal by the distinguished Portuguese Military Postal Historians, twin brothers Drs. Eduardo and Luis Barreiros. The book, "GUERRA COLONIAL 1961 - 1974: HISTÓRIA DO SERVIÇO POSTAL MILITAR" (Colonial War 1961 - 1974: History of the Military Postal Service) has superb in-depth and well researched information on the Colonial War History of its ex-colonies and is profusely illustrated with high quality images of real photographs and scans of postal history items, some of them very rare that belong to the author's collection. The book has about 400 pages that deals with the postal history of the Portuguese colonial war in high deatail, its postal services, cancels, civilian movements and the mail transport. It also lists all the aerogramme types used in colonial military mail, this being the first attemp by anyone to produce one such catalogue of military related aerogrammes. Both authors are active members of the Portuguese Philatelic Society, UK, and they can both be contacted via email regarding any queries or availability of this book.

 

 

PPS honoured by the FPF (Portugal)

Britain based, Portuguese Philatelic Society (PPS) was recently awarded the prestigious Invaluable Services Order award from the Portuguese Philatelic Federation (FPF) . This award was presented to the PPS at a dinner function hosted by the FPF in Lisbon on the 4th December, 2004. For images of that event, please click here.

 

Welcome to the new Portuguese Philatelic Society's Discussion Board!

Please feel free to view our discussion board. Anyone can either browse, respond or post any topic related to philately of Portugal and its ex-colonies. To access it, please click on the link below:

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(To return back to the webpage, please follow the link on the top right of the forum page).

 

XIX NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION, EBORA 2006

Excelent philatelic exhibition at the Palace Dom Manuel in Evora, Portugal, from 25th November to the 2nd December 2006. hosted by the FPF in Lisbon on the 4th December, 2004. Click here for more details.

PPS bulletin #181 out now!

Check out the latest news and great articles of the latest PPS Bulletin - now in colour and in a new large A4 page size format!

All members are requested to contribute interesting articles related to their speciality fields to the bulletin! So, please keep them comming in!

  • Editor’s Desk by Ron Van der Holt
  • An interesting cover by Les Glassman
  • Instituto Feminino by Hal Reynolds
  • Letter to the Editor by John Sacher and Roger Lawson
  • Nocio 63? by Luis Frazao
  • A Nyassa forgery of the 1918 D. Carlos II loca surcharge issue by John Dahl
  • The New York World's Fair Overprints by Dave Davies
  • Revenues & Co. - Portugal & colonies by J P Claro
  • Library aquisitions by Fred Eatherton
  • The pontinhado 25 reis D. Manuel II Republica by Jan van Gerwen and Frits van Beekum
  • Forthcoming Events
  • Collector's corner
  • Sales and Auctions                                        
  • plus many other interesting articles!

 

 

Interested in joining the PPS?

The Portuguese Philatelic Society is fully dedicated to the philately of Portugal and it ex-colonies. We have members from all age groups - from teens to very senior and research level philatelists.

If you would like to join us, please fill u1 our Membership form or else, you can email the Secretary for more details.

 

 

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