Downloads
The following password-protected downloads of work-in-progress are only available to members of the Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group (see Membership if you'd like to join the Group).
Some of these files are quite large so members should consider right-clicking and selecting "Save Target as ..." or "Save Link as ..." to download onto their computer before opening from your hard drive (eg. via Windows Explorer or from a shortcut on your Desktop). The password prompt will not happen until after the file is fully downloaded and is being opened.
Journal Volume 7 No.10. October 2014 (now in colour)
Journal Volume 7 No.9. March 2014 (still largely in black-and-white)
Journal Volume 7 No.8, October 2013 (first attempt at putting the Journal online, mostly black-and-white)
Somerset County Catalogue, updated June 2024, approximate size 1.7 MB
The Undated Circular Marks of Somerset and Dorset, updated June 2024, approximate size 3.1 MB
The Climax Rubber Date Stamps of Somerset, updated June 2024, approximate size 6.8 MB
The Postal History of Somerset, consolidated articles from the Journal, approximate size 10 MB
Old-Down by J.W.M. Stone, scanned and converted to a pdf, approximate size 4.2 MB
Dorset County Catalogue, draft, updated with changes identified in S&DPHG Journal and RHs from Oxley, approximate size 0.8 MB
Any member wanting to know the password should e-mail here.
The files are stored as PDF files, so you need Adobe Reader installed to view them. Internet Explorer can give problems viewing PDF files if you are running a 64-bit computer, as the Adobe reader is only 32-bit (symptom is that you just get a blank screen when trying to view a link). This is because Internet Explorer refuses to use the 32-bit reader unless the "Enable Protected Mode" checkbox in the Tools-Internet Options-Security tab is deselected. If you deselect this checkbox it will warn that this puts your computer at risk - if this concerns you then either download the files to your hard drive and view them from there (see above) or use a different browser (Firefox and Chrome work OK).