The results of the individual 16-sheet competition are here. Best in Show was John Walker with "The American Civil War 1861-1865; Wallpaper covers of the Southern Confederacy".
AMP Fairs have announced that their Nottingham Fair will re-commence on 7th December at the Nuthall Methodist Church (see here). Flyers for the Great Barr and Knowle Fairs for 2021/22 are now available on the Midlands Stamp Fairs page.
With sadness it is announced that both Coleshill Philatelic & Postcard Club and South Birmingham Philatelic & Postcard Society have decided to close due to falling membership. Shropshire Postal History Society is also closing due to falling membership. Greater Nottingham Co-operative Philatelic Society and Rushden & District Stamp Club are both also believed to be dormant (if not please contact the MPF Secretary).
A Society Health Assessment is offered here as a potential way of identifying areas associated with the running of your society that might benefit from attention or action. Suggestions for improvement to the Health Assessment are very welcome.
See here for a review of a successful Midpex 2021. Midpex 2023 will next be held at the same venue on 1st July 2023. Do please make a note for your diary.
Notification has been received that some Fairs are planning to restart after lockdown. Please see the Midland Stamp Fairs page.
it's good to hear that several local societies are now holding regular Zoom meetings. The advantage with these meetings are that anyone can attend - wherever they are! If your society is holding Zoom meetings would it be prepared to open an invitation to members of other philatelic societies and clubs across the Midlands Philatelic Federation? If your society would then please do let Steven Harrison know, and via the MPF website and email we can publicise it for you! Also if you or someone you know in your society is able / willing to give a PowerPoint presentation via Zoom I know there are several societies who would be interested to get in touch with you. Again, please do let Steven Harrison know if you could volunteer - it's a bit like the MPF speaker's list - but focused on Zoom and PowerPoint!
As you can see this front page has undergone some housekeeping ! Older entries can be seen here.
The pruning was in preparation for the move to 'New' Google sites, the results of which you can see here (the old 'Classic' Google sites will not be available later in 2021). As is usual with these things, in some areas the 'new' format unfortunately has less function than the old one.