MEETINGS

Syllabus for March 2024 to February 2025

2/3	11h00	Bellville	All members: Up to 10 pages of non-Commonwealth
11/3	14h00	Athenaeum	Library open for members from 2pm
25/3	14h00	Athenaeum	Display: Emil Buhrmann: Cape of Good Hope rectangulars
6/4	11h00	Bellville	1. Hugh Amoore will show some interesting items from the upcoming bourse 2. John Rycroft: 30 favourite pages from my collections
8/4	14h00	Athenaeum	Bourse: A. Fixed price items offered by Royal on behalf of vendors B. Material offered by RPSCT Members who take a table (at a nominal fee)
22/4	14h00	Athenaeum	Display: Danie Scheepers: The Stamp of War
4/5	11h00	Bellville	All Members: Up to 10 pages of engraved stamps
13/5	14h00	Athenaeum	1. Library open for members from 2pm 2. 15:00: Hugh Amoore explanation on interpretation of postal dues in international mail
27/5	14h00	Athenaeum	Displays: 1. Mervyn Rosenberg: Governors of the Cape of Good Hope 2. John Rycroft: Modern South Africa: 1976 – 1978
8/6	11h00	Bellville	Anton Putter: 30 favourite pages from my collections
10/6	14h00	Athenaeum	1. Library open for members from 2pm 2. 15:00: Anton Putter on how to distinguish between Cape triangular printings
24/6	14h00	Athenaeum	Displays: 1. Michael Wigmore: Natal: The Victorian era stamps of Perkins Bacon and De La Rue 2. Anne-Marie Wigmore: A Kitchen Tale
8/7	14h00	Athenaeum	Library open for members from 2pm
9 – 13/7		Natal Midlands	National Stamp Exhibition 2024 And 12 July: Congress of The Philatelic Federation of South Africa
13/7		Bellville	No Royal meeting
22/7	14h00	Athenaeum	Displays: 1. Emil Minnaar: Imperial Airways 2. Krish Ranchod: Union Airways 3. Chuck Muller: BOAC
3/8	11h00	Bellville	Victor Millard: Another 30 favourite pages from my collections
12/8	14h00	Athenaeum	1. Library open for members from 2pm 2. 15:00: Hugh Amoore on the use of arrows to distinguish between Union control blocks of the Springbok 1/2d definitives
26/8	14h00	Athenaeum	Displays: Malcolm Murphy to anchor displays of postcards by all members Auction: Postcard auction at 16:30
7/9	11h00	Bellville	All Members: Up to 10 pages of postmarks
9/9	14h00	Athenaeum	1. Library open for members from 2pm 2. 15:00: David Wolpe on the removal of rust from stamps
23/9	14h00	Athenaeum	Display: Keith Brodovcky: Southern Rhodesia Trilogy
5/10	11h00	Bellville	All Members: Up to 10 pages of overprints
7/10	14h00	Athenaeum	1. Library open for members from 2pm 2. 15:00: Victor Millard on when and how to use ultra-violet light
21/10	14h00	Athenaeum	Displays: 1. Volker Janssen: First Stamps of the World 2. David Wolpe: Nineteenth Century Stamps: A Weird Look 3. Roddy Sparks: Anglo-Boer War Eastern Campaign
9/11	11h00	Bellville	John Carter: Postmarks from Basutoland
11/11	14h00	Athenaeum	Library open for members
25/11	14h00	Athenaeum	Displays: 1. Danie Scheepers with a frugal exhibit: A Basic Study of the Commemorative Stamps of the Union 2. All members competitions (one to four frames) for: a) Wannerton Trophy (Postal History); b) Kaganson Cup (Thematics); c) Novice displays; and d) Classics (issues before 1900)
7/12	11h00	Bellville	All members: A few pages of postal history pieces with a story
9/12	14h00	Athenaeum	President’s Meeting: President will display
10/1/2025	11h00	Bellville	1. Hugh Amoore will show some items from the upcoming auction 2. Somebody: 30 favourite pages from my collections
13/1/2025	14h00	Athenaeum	Library open for members from 2pm Hugh Amoore: Official free mails in the African Postal Union
27/1/2025	14h00	Athenaeum	Displays: 1. Hugh Amoore: World War 1 internees in South Africa 2. All members 1-frame competition for the Crocker Cup
1/2/2025	11h00	Bellville	Somebody: 30 favourite pages from my collections
10/2/2025	13h00	Athenaeum	Society Auction Viewing from 14h00, auction time to be announced
24/2/2025	14h00	Athenaeum	AGM & Jacob Cup Competition

RPSCT Syllabus 2024/2025

Notes:
1) During library afternoons up to an hour will be set aside at 15:00 for explanation / discussion of specific philatelic topic (see the topics included for the year; there are still some open spaces).
2) For topical exhibits during normal Athenaeum exhibition afternoons (such as postcards) there are anchor exhibitors (such as Malcolm Murphy for postcards), but all members are invited to bring along a frame or two on this topic. Indicated in purple.
3) In alternating Bellville meetings a specific topic is selected on which members are invited to bring up to 10 pages along. Indicated in blue.
4) No book reviews listed in the programme this year. If a specific interest in a book or topic arises, somebody will be requested to prepare a book review in that regard.

Revised 06 Feb 2024