We had 15 people taking part in the first ZOOM display of 2026. Gerald Marriner FRPSL was talking about his fascinating collection of very rare early Belgian Congo material. It was recorded and will soon be available to view on our PHS Facebook page. We had 2 overseas members taking part, Simon Burke from Thailand […]

There may be some of you who knew John Lea FRPSL. He was 97 just last month and died very peacefully on 3 December. The funeral mass is on Thursday 15th January 2026 at 11am lasting about an hour followed by a reception in the Parish Room. It is at All Saints Woodham, 564 Woodham […]

We had a rich and varied selection of displays in our December ZOOM meeting, all of which will soon be available to view on our Facebook page. Michael Waugh began with 6sheets on Mailroutes from Thailand to Europe & the USA which were affected by the outbreak of war with Germany and then Japan 1939-41. […]

Robin Pizer FRPSL gave the  ZOOM display on Monday 3rd November. Entitled German Parcel Cards to Foreign Countries 1905 to 1930. We were treated to a similar display at our Conference in Torquay in October and once again it proved to be a very interesting, well researched and informative account. It has since been published […]

The October ZOOM display was a very informative talk by an American member Gary Loew FRPSL. Called British and German collaboration on Deutsche Lufthansa’s routes to South America (1933-1939). He gave a very detailed account, from primary sources which he has in his collection, of how Germany had organised a cross Atlantic airmail service from […]