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Banbury Stamp Society will be moving their meeting location from November 2025 to March 2026, from Hanwell Fields Community Centre, Banbury to Jubilee Park Hall, Bloxham while Hanwell Fields Community Centre is refurbished.
Click here to see the August 2025 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in October so any news to Ken Flint by 26th September, especially programmes for next season.
A reminder that MIDPEX 2025 will be on Saturday 5th July, 10am to 4:30pm, at the Warwickshire Event Centre, Leamington Spa, CV31 1FE.
An updated MPF Speakers List is available here (June 2025). Any updates to Ken Flint please.
Click here to see the June 2025 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in September so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in August, including programmes for next season if possible.
After some 55 years at the same venue Solihull Philatelic Society are moving in September to the Blossomfield Sports & Social Club, Widney Lane, B91 3JY (what3words ///event.vase.clash). The new venue has step-free access and accessible toilets as well as a larger car park. The first meeting of the season on Tuesday 2nd September at 13:30 pm will be open to the public to receive advice about stamp collections and for members to show recent acquisitions and to buy and sell items.
EuroPhilEx Birmingham 2025 was held at Hall 9, the NEC, from Wednesday 8th to Sunday 11th May. See here for details: the five-yearly British international stamp exhibition with 2,000 frames of exhibits from 40 countries and over 60 dealers and trade stands. Many great rarities on display including the world's most expensive stamp, the British Guiana 1 cent magenta of 1856. Society meetings, lectures, plenty of seating.
An updated MPF Speakers List is available here (April 2025). Any updates to Ken Flint please.
Click here to see the April 2025 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in June so any news to Ken Flint by the 1st June.
Click here to see the February 2025 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in April so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in March please. Ken is in urgent need of material to put in the Midlander, especially Society reports or philatelic articles.
Leamington & Warwick Philatelic Society are moving again, from the Community Hall, Radford Semele, to the Village Hall, Sabin Drive, Weston-under-Wetherley, CV33 9GA from 8th January 2025 due to unavailability of the Radford Semele Hall after Xmas.
Click here to see the December 2024 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in February 2025 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in January please.
Due to flooding at Stratford Racecourse, the meetings of the Stratford-upon-Avon Philatelic Society on 27th November and 11th December have been re-arranged to Barford Village Hall, Church Street, Barford CV35 8EN, still 1.30pm for 2pm.
Cheltenham Stamp & Postcard Club have joined the MPF. For their details and programme see their website at https://cheltenhamphilatelicsociety.co.uk/.
The Autumn 2024 MPF Convention was held on November 3rd at the Banbury Festival of Stamps, and included the MPF 2024 Individual 16-sheet competition. Brian Atkins won Best-in-Show with a Large Gold medal for a display of Mail between Shropshire and France; 1813 to 1880. The full results of the individual 16-sheet competition are here,
The MPF Annual General Meeting was held at noon on Sunday 3rd November 2024 at the Blessed George Napier Schol, Springfield Avenue, Banbury, OX16 9JD. The minutes of the AGM are here. The signed-off Accounts for 2023 are here and the Accounts for 2024 are here. At the AGM it was agreed that there would be no Affiliation Fee payable by societies for two years (2025, 2026).
Northamptonshire Philatelic Society have found a new home at the Broadmead Community Centre, Park Avenue North, Northampton, NN3 ZQ4 and meetings are resuming from 7th November 2024.
Leamington & Warwick Philatelic Society are moving from Oddfellows in Leamington Spa to the Community Hall, Radford Semele, CV31 1UQ from 23rd October 2024 until at least Xmas, to improve parking facilities. The meetings are in the afternoon from 14:00 and the first meeting in the new venue will be on The Postal History of Leamington & Warwick.
Click here to see the October 2024 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in December 2024 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in November please.
Please note that the cutoff date for the MPF Competion Entries is Saturday 12th October (the Competition Form for the Competitions at the Autumn 2024 Convention is available here).
As of 3rd September 2024 Northamptonshire Philatelic Society meetings have had to be suspended for the time being due to the loss of the venue with only two weeks notice. Once a new venue has been found the society hopes to resume meeting.
The Hereford & Mid-Wales Philatelic Society have changed their meeting times, to 2pm from November to March and 7:30pm in September-October and April to June. The Leamington & Warwick Philatelic Society have also changed their meeting times, to 2pm (used to be 7:30pm).
Click here to see the August 2024 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in October 2024 so any news, especially the new season programmes, to Ken Flint by the second half of September please. The Competition Form for the Competitions at the Autumn 2024 Convention is available here.
Click here to see the June 2024 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in August 2024 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in July please.
Click here to see the April 2024 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in June 2024 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in May please.
The venue for Nottinghamshire Philatelic Society has changed to West Bridgford Methodist Church, Musters Road, NG2 7PQ with immediate effect.
The venue for Coventry Stamp and Postcard Society is changing from 5th March 2024 onwards to Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel Road, Coventry, CV3 5JL, at the same times as before (2pm to approximately 4pm). See here for their programme.
The Redditch Annual Auction takes place on 23rd March, click here to access the catalogue.
It is with sadness that we note the passing of John Allison who was secretary of the Evesham & District Philatelic Society. John passed away at home with his wife Margaret by his side, John's emails will no longer be monitored.
Click here to see the February 2024 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in April 2024 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in March please.
The Royal Sutton Coldfield Philatelic Society has had to cancel its planned Annual Stamp and Postcard Fair that was going to be held on Saturday, 2 March 2024 at the Collingwood Centre, Collingwood Drive, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 7NF. It is hoped that the fair will return in 2025.
Can all Societies affiliated to the MPF please complete the Annual Membership Form and return it with their Affiliation Fee to Ken Flint, the MPF Secretary, by 31st January 2024.
Click here to see the December 2023 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be at the end of January 2024 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in January please.
After 100 years in being, it is with regret and sadness that following an AGM held on the 19th of October 2023 that Worcester Philatelic and Postcard Society is now wound up. With an ever-increasing ageing membership and a number of members who are not in the best of health it was felt that it was only action to take.
The MPF Speakers List has been updated here (November 2023).
Click here to see the October 2023 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in December 2023 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in November.
The President of Leicester Philatelic Society has informed us that very sadly the Society will be wound up as of the end of August 2023, due to various factors including declining membership. However, an entirely new Club (Leicester Stamp and Postal History Club) has being launched in September focussed primarily on members’ presentations and with virtually all bureaucracy eliminated (no Officers, Committee, programme, AGM etc etc etc). The Club will be unconstituted (i.e no written constitution) and run on an informal basis, meeting as before once a month.
Click here to see the August 2023 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in October 2023 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in September.
Midpex 2023 took place at the Warwickshire Event Centre on Saturday 1st July and proved to be a very popular day with both dealers and collectors alike. After the constraints of 'covid' in 2021, the event passed off very smoothly, thanks to the hard work of the venue, and the MIDPEX 2023 committee. Many Societies reported interested visitors, and the spacious layout allowed an unhindered circulation of all visitors, especially those with mobility issues. The varied mix of dealers, coupled with the Society stands, give the event its unique attraction. Thanks are also due to Cavendish Auctions Ltd. for sponsoring the event programme.
Coventry Stamp and Postcard Club will move to holding their meetings in the afternoons in the new season beginning in September 2023. The decision was take because of the aging membership and their reluctance to come out on some dark winter nights as well as an increase in speakers who would rather come in afternoons. The meetings will be held in the same venue as present as it is available on Tuesday afternoons. Meetings will commence at 2 pm and end by 4pm.
It is with great sadness that Evesham & District Philatelic Society has been wound up. With deaths and illnesses membership was down to five members and it was not considered worth continuing. The society assets will transfer to the Midland Philatelic Federation for safekeeping in case it is possible to resurrect things in the future.
Click here to see the June 2023 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in August 2023 so any news to Ken Flint as early in July as possible as he will be in Canada from July 29th
An updated version of the MPF Speakers List is available here (May 2023). Please provide any updates to the MPF General Secretary .
Click here to see the April 2023 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in June 2023 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in May 2023 please, especially society programmes and meeting reports.
Click here to see the February 2023 edition of the New Midlander. The next issue will be in April 2023 so any news to Ken Flint by the last week in march 2023 please, especially society programmes and meeting reports.
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