PHILATELIC CONGRESS, CAMBRIDGE 2016
PROGRAMME
Thursday 21st July 2016
Static display: Cambridge Postal History
Cambridge Philatelic society
(Peterhouse Suite)
2.00 pm Cambridge Postal History – Dr Simon Kelly
3.00 pm Tea and Coffee
3.30 pm College Stamps & Their Suppression by the Post Office –Prof. Simon Caplin
6.30 pm Reception sponsored by Stamp Insurance Services
7.00 pm Dinner (hot buffet)
8.30 pm 4 sheets to tell a story—All Delegates
Friday 22nd July 2016
Static display: Falklands 1982 War Mail
Gerald Marriner FRPSL
(Peterhouse Suite)
9.30 am Newfoundland – Adrian Boggust
10.00 am Official Opening of Congress by Lord Lieutenant
10.15 am Tea and Coffee
10.45 am South Georgia – Hugh Osborne
11.45 am KAY GOODMAN Lecture – Affordable philatelic excellence – Rufus Barnes
12.15pm ABPS AGM
1.30 pm Lunch
3 to 3.15 pm Coaches depart for RDP Ceremony
5.00 pm RDP Ceremony & Congress Medal Ceremony at St John’s College
RDP dinner at St John’s with coach return to hotels after dinner
7.00 pm Coaches return delegates to Belfry Hotel
7.30 pm Reception sponsored by Stanley Gibbons Ltd
8.00 pm Dinner
9.15 pm Free evening (free standing quiz)
Saturday 23rd July 2016
Static display: Smaller Channel Islands ~ Jon Aitchison FRPSL
(Peterhouse Suite)
9.30 am Fiji – Bryan Jones (Past Chairman of P.I.S.C.)
10.15 am Presentation by Roger Brody RDP FRPSL
Presentation by Lars Engelbrecht RDP FRPSL
11.00 am Tea and Coffee
11.30 am Presentation by Jonas Hallstrom RDP FRPSL
Presentation by Stephen Holder RDP FRPSL
12.15 pm Improving Quality of Displays to Local Philatelic Societies
12.45 pm Lunch (optional at hotel) or
1.00pm Coach departs for Cambridge—Options:
1. Punt Trip
2. Walking Tour of Cambridge Postal History
3. Self organised activities
4.45 pm Coaches depart Cambridge for Belfry Hotel
6.45 pm Coach leaves hotel for Peterhouse College
7.30 pm Reception at Peterhouse sponsored by Stanley Gibbons Ltd
8.00 pm Congress Banquet at Peterhouse
10.30pm Carriages
Sunday 24th July 2016
Static display: Cambridge Philatelic Society members
(Peterhouse Suite)
9.30 am Tonga – Prof Iain Stevenson FRPSL
10.30 am Going to Ceylon – J.G. Winters FRPSL
11.30 am Tea and Coffee
11.45 am Cambridge Philatelic Society Members entertain
12.45 pm Closing ceremony & Award of SG Cup
12.55 pm Scheduled Close