Dr.Jon Higgins (Midland Philatelic Federation)

22nd October 2026

In the first of the society's Zoom meetings for this year Dr.Jon Higgins provided a display of British Borneo Airmails. In an extremely interesting display Jon displayed a number of covers from both the KLM and Imperial Airways routes from the UK to Borneo. It was interesting to note that a number of the covers sent from Borneo were sent to addresses in Scotland. Also shown were a couple of covers which could be classed as unique.

Robert Murray (Lothian Philatelic Group) - 'Stamps of Scotland'

8th October 2026

Tonight we had a visit from Robert Murray of Lothian Philatelic Group who provided members with a very interesting talk on "Stamps of Scotland".

Robert began his display by providing some information about the political aspects of why post boxes in Scotland did not show the EiiR symbols and what happened to a postbox in the Inch in Edinburgh in the 1950's. He also explained why different watermarks were used for the definitive issues in the early reign of Queen Elizabeth and the disputes over the printing and non-printine of some commemorative stamps.
Robert's display showed a number of sheets of stamps, covers and letters relating to the design of the country issues as well as a number of items showing the design of the stamps from initial thoughts through to the final designed issue along with the proofs of these issues.

President's Night: "Aspects of the Universal Postal Union"

24th September 2026

In his inaugural display President Brian McQueen began the new session with a display entitled "Aspects of the Universal Postal Union".

Brian began the evening by providing the members and guest with an introductory talk on the development of the UPU from its beginnings as the GPU. The display included stamps, covers, postal stationery, air mail and covered many of the congresses held throughout the years right up until its 125th Anniversary.

Meeting of RPSL Scottish Members

5th September 2026

On Saturday the 5th September the Royal Philatelic Society London held their annual meeting for scottish members and their guests in the Dewars Centre, Perth where a number of displays were shown in the morning and in the afternoon following lunch. This year three members of our society who are also members of the RPSL were in attendance as were three other society members who attended as guests. Not in attendance was Norman Kelso who did provide one of the displays which can be seen in the photographs below behind the attendees.