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Centenary Events 2010 - Maritime Museum
Exhibition
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The year 2010 is the Centenary of founding
of the society. It's therefore a very special year
for the society and a number of events are ongoing to celebrate. The Centenary Exhibition, in the Maritime
Museum, Aberdeen, opened on 17 July and is part of the London 2010
Festival of Stamps. A reception was held for members of the Society, on
18th July, to commemorate the opening, and photos of this occasion can
be viewed here. (Please
note that this page may be slow to load because of the large number of
pictures involved.)
Further information on
the exhibition, the other
events taking place this year, and the publication of a book relating to the history of the Society can be found on
the page
here. Additional photos of
some of the Maritime Museum displays can be found
here. |
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ASPS 81st
Annual Congress - 16 - 17 April 2010 |
The Society Hosted the
ASPS Congress at the Dewar's Centre, Perth on 16 - 17 April. Many members
and their guests were present at the centennial dinner, held coincident
with the ASPS Congress dinner on 16th April. We started the evening with
the Tom Rielly Memorial talk given by Dr David Kindley, the president of the society. He
gave a highly entertaining and thought provoking talk on Afghanistan,
which he illustrated with slides of appropriate philatelic
material, that served to illustrate, in the writers' view, the futility
of going to war in Afghanistan. The talk was of very general interest
and non philatelists amongst the audience were thus equally well
entertained. This talk was followed by a Civic Reception hosted by the
Provost of Perth. At the Centennial Dinner we were entertained by Susan Oliver, who
regaled us with some most interesting anecdotes about her work for a
leading auction house. This was followed by the presidential address and
then the ASPS Awards ceremony. Finally, Douglas Muir, the
well-known philatelic journal editor and author,
signed the Book of Scottish Philatelists.
We're delighted to present
here a photo gallery of the events at Congress.
As hosts, the society had a table
manned by members on a rotating basis, at both days of the exhibition at
Congress. We sold, (or attempted to sell!) to visitors, exhibition
postcards, covers, and adhesive labels as well as the recently
published history of the society (details here).
Some general views of the exhibition area are shown
here
Members of the Society contributed
a 60 frame display to the exhibition. A huge variety of interests were
demonstrated amply illustrating the breadth of our members interests.
These ranged from items as close to home as for example Aberdeen City
and Aberdeenshire postal history to items from places much further away
such as Australia, China, New Zealand, and Samoa and many others.
Thematic collectors were also well represented with displays including
animals, insects, explorers and as it turned out, very topically,
volcanoes. Also included was a frame of fascinating items from the
society archive as well as frames representing the collections of
the late Jack Waterman, Ron Stables and Sandy Mackie.
Some of the displays are shown
here. |
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Centennial
Reception 30 March 2010 |
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen
invited members of the Society and their guests to a reception at the
Town House, Aberdeen on Tuesday 30th March, exactly one hundred years
after foundation of the Society. Speeches were made by the Lord Provost
and by Dr David Kindley, President of the Society, and all enjoyed the
hospitality provided by Aberdeen City, as well as the opportunity to
have informal discussions with the other members. Photos of the evening
are here. |
