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Edition	Date	Contents
275	2022 Dec	Programme of Events and Information Message from the Chairman by Steve Jarvis Report on Stampex Meeting 1 October by Susan Taylor 2023 Society Auction Barbados: Belgian Relief Fund Labels-Addendum by Jonathan Guy and Lawrence Grech Barbados: Stamp Wallets by Jonathan Guy and Lawrence Grech Dominica: When Did Perf 14 Start? by Simon Richards Leeward Islands: Postage Rate Reductions 1891-93 by John Jordan Leeward Islands: 1902 Provisional Issue - Usage Other Than at the Main Post Office (cont’d) by Julian Waldron Leeward Islands: Update on the QV14d Wrapper and KGV Registered Envelope by Darryl Fuller St Christopher: Postmarks 1870 to 1890 by Julian Waldron Turks Island: Registered Envelopes by Tony Walker Turks Island: Picture Postcards by Tony Walker Turks Island: An Interesting Registered Cover by Tony Walker British West Indies: All Aspects of British West Indies Mail by Michael Hamilton BWISC Publications Library Update Membership, Webmaster’s & Editor’s Reports
274	2022 Sep	Programme of Events and Information Message from the Chairman by Steve Jarvis Editorial Minutes of the 67th Annual General Meeting of the BWISC by Susan Taylor Report on the 2022 Annual Auction by Simon Richards Bermuda Collectors’ Society Around the Caribbean 10 by Michael Hamilton Cayman Islands: Graham Booth Auction Report by Kevin Darcy Bahamas: ‘Alleghany’ Overprint on QV Stamps? by Peter Fernbank Barbados: Belgian Relief Fund Labels-A Review by Jonathan Guy & Lawrence Grech Exclusions in the 1951 Inauguration of the University College of the West Indies Omnibus by Susan Taylor Leeward Islands Why is the KGV 2d Registered Envelope - Size G - So Rare Mint? by Darryl Fuller Trinidad & Tobago: The First 30 Postal Slogan by Susan Taylor Wanted Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
273	2022 Jun	Programme of Events and Information BWISC Organisational Issues as at April 2022 by Steve Jarvis Letter to the Editor by Chris Harman London 2022 Results Excerpts from BWISC Members’ London 2022 Exhibits Notes of the BWISC London 2022 Meeting by Susan Taylor Canadian National Steamship Line by John Bryant Around the Caribbean 9 by Michael Hamilton Bahamas: ‘Alleghany’ Overprint on QV Stamps? by Peter Fernbank Leeward Islands: 1902 Provisional Issue - Usage Other Than at Main Post Offices by Bruce Stewart Barbados: ‘Kingston Relief Fund’ Appeal by Lawrence Grech Barbados: A.R. Mail from Barbados - and a 1920 Example? by Patricia Capill Barbados: Missing ’C’ or ‘A’ of CA in the Watermarks of the Victory Issue in 1920 by Michael Medlicott Trinidad: Trinidad Roller Type Cancel by David Druett Turks & Caicos: War Stamp Overprints by Stephen Roberts Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
272	2022 Mar	Programme of Events, Information & Letters Editorial Vale Graham Booth by Simon Richards Vale Simon Goldblatt Leeward Islands: Another Blunt Pin Variety by Bruce Stewart Barbados: Missing ‘C’ in ‘CA’ on the Victory Issue of 1920 by Lawrence Grech Barbados: The 1916 Badge Re-issued Remainders 1921-25, A Sequel by Patricia Capill Barbados: ‘A Case for an Independent Barbados’ by Lawrence Grech & Jonathan Guy Dominica: Madam Joseph Forgery-A Previously Unlisted Example by Bruce Stewart Trinidad: ‘Interesting Cover’ by Peter Ford Jamaica: Navel Agent - Jamaica in WWI by Tony Walker Jamaica: Jamaica Post Office 350th Anniversary Stamp Issue by Steve Jarvis British Guiana: 19th Century Forged Datestamps by Paul Ramsaroop St Vincent: KGVI £1 Commercial Usage by Malcolm Lacey St Vincent: St Vincent Handbook Update (January 2022) by Roy Bond & Russell Boylan Trinidad & Tobago: The Early Pictorial Issues of Trinidad & Tobago by Peter Ford Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
271	2021 Dec	Programme of Events, Information & Letters Editorial Vale Bill Gibb Caribbean Collectors Convention by Peter Ford St Vincent: Extract from the Convention Display by Terry Harrison Collett Prize 2021 by Ray Stanton Auction 2022 by Simon Richards Around the Caribbean 8 by Michael Hamilton Dominica WWII Censorship by Simon Richards The Trinidad Shipping & Trading Co.by Graham Booth Leeward Islands KGVI 6d Broken ‘E’ Flaw by Sir Geoffrey Palmer Leeward Islands Queen Victoria Vki Wrapper Error by Darryl Fuller Netherlands Antilles: Interactions Between the British and Dutch Postal Systems in the Caribbean by David Watson Bahamas 1917 Red Cross Issue - ‘Long Stroke to T Flaw by Peter Fernbank Jamaica, The UPU and Early Jamaican Picture Postcards (Pt 2) by Dingle Smith Auction update by Graham Booth Book Review: Grenada - The Stamps & Postal History from 1763-1952 by Michael Medlicott Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
270	2021 Sep	Programme of Events, Information & Letters Message from the Chairman Editorial Letter to the Editor by Graham Booth Help Wanted – Canadian Forces Mail WWII by Dean W. Mario Atlantic & West Indian Line by Mike Rego St Lucia Statehood Stamps and Aerogrammes by Wayne Menuz St Christopher, Village Manuscripts and SG24b by Julian Waldron Jamaica, The UPU and Early Jamaican Picture Post Cards by Dingle Smith Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
269	2021 Jun	Programme of Events, Information & Letters Chairman's Message May 2021 Minutes of the 66th Annual General Meeting of the BWISC BWI,1871 BWI Leeward Inter-Island Agreement by Mike Rego BWI, Perkins Bacon Mysteries by Peter Ford British Guiana, A 'new' flaw on the first surfaced-printed issue by Chris May Barbados, Notes on the Barbados Double Arc Canceller by Richard Stupples Jamaica, Airmail Rates From Jamaica Part 4. To Continental Europe up to 1948 by Steve Jarvis Trinidad, Postage Due Forgeries by Edward Barrow St Vincent Packet Letter by Terry Harrison Turks and Caicos Islands, Mail carried on the clipper Seminole by Tony Walker Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
268	2021 Mar	Programme of Events, Information & Letters De La Rue repair service reconsidered by Peter Fernbank Book Review, Crises in the Cayman Islands Post Office - Graham Booth FRPSL by Bill Gibb Book Review, King Edward VII Imperium Key Plates - Peter Fernbank FRPSL, Jeff and John Blinco by Peter Brooks Antigua, The earliest use of GB stamps – resolved by John Jordan Bahamas, Place names by Ernst Schlunegger Barbados, The 1916 Badge Re-issued Remainders, 1921–25 by Patricia Capill Bermuda, Patriotic Labels by Ian Jakes British Guiana, KGV Plate Numbers by Peter Ford Jamaica, Airmail Rates From Jamaica Part 3. To the UK up to 1948 by Steve Jarvis St. Christopher, 1d Dull Magenta, the final sheet of SG12 by Simon Goldblatt St. Vincent, Handbook 1899 – 1965. 2020 Update by Roy Bond and Russell Boylan St. Vincent, Five Pence on 6d of 1893 by Keith Moh Trinidad & Tobago, Two Trinidad & Tobago Discoveries by Edward Barrow Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
267	2020 Dec	Programme of Events, Information & Letters De La Rue repair service by Simon Goldblatt B.W.I. 1871 B.W.I. Leeward Inter–island Agreement by Mike Rego Antigua, Update on the Earliest use of GB Stamps by John Jordan Trinidad, The Weston Covers – A Mystery Solved by Susan Taylor & Nigel Mohammed Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
266	2020 Sep	Programme of Events, Information & Message from the Chairman BWI, Plácido Ramón de Torres – Forgery Fiction by Chris Harman RDP, Hon. FRPSL BWI, G.B. used in the B.W.I. – Some observations on the 2d value by Ken Gordon Antigua, The Earliest use of GB Stamps by John Jordan Grenada, A Book About Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 265) by Tim Pearce Jamaica, Volume of Mail Posted In The Period 1876–1900 by Steve Jarvis and Richard Maisel Jamaica, The TRDs of Jamaica Part V by David Horry Turks Islands, A Turks Islands 'Ugly Duckling' or 'Magnificent Swan'? by Andrew Hearn Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
265	2020 Jun	Programme of Events, Information & Letters Antigua, The Antigua forgeries of Placido Ramon de Torres. Tracing a Spanish forger's footprints. by Gerhard Lang-Valchs Antigua, The Earliest use of GB Stamps by John Jordan British Honduras, Mail Routes, KGVI era by Michael Rego Grenada, A Book About Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 264) by Tim Pearce Grenada, Unrecorded slogan? by Malcolm Lacey Jamaica, Airmail Rates From Jamaica Part 2. To Canada up to 1948 by Steve Jarvis Leeward Islands, Stamps Wanted by Sir Geoffrey Palmer St. Lucia, A Fresh look at SG9 and 10 of St. Lucia by Simon Goldblatt St. Vincent, Shipping information by Terry Harrison Tobago, A Current Look at Tobago’s Post Offices by Edward Barrow Virgin Islands, The Honourable Walter Charles Fishlock by Malcolm Lacey Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
264	2020 Mar	Programme of Events & Information BWISC, Convention 2019 by Steve Jarvis & Graham Booth Bahamas,1s Green perf. 14 by Chris Harman British Honduras, Request for information by Rod Kantor Grenada, A Book About Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 263) by Tim Pearce Grenada, 1934 Essays by Sir Geoffrey Palmer Jamaica, Airmail Rates From Jamaica Part 1. To the USA up to 1948 by Steve Jarvis Jamaica, Horry's articles concerning Jamaica Temporary Rubber Datestamps by Steve Jarvis Jamaica, Alfred Jones and Elders & Fyffes by Graham Booth Montserrat, Registration Label by Peter Tribe St. Christopher, Unmarked Cancellers by Julian Waldron St. Vincent Handbook 1899 – 1965. Correction to the December issue of the Bulletin by Roy Bond Turks Islands, An Interesting Turks Islands Cover by Tony Walker Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
263	2019 Dec	Programme of Events & Information BWI, Italian Mail Steamships to Trinidad and the West Indies by Michael Rego Barbados, The 1916 1d Red with detached ‘A’ of ‘CA’ by Patricia Capill Barbados, The 1920–21 Victory Issue. by Michael Medlicott Bermuda, Late Use of St. Georges oval datestamp by David Druett British Guiana, A 'new' flaw on the first surfaced-printed issue by Michael Medlicott Grenada, A Book About Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 262) by Tim Pearce St. Vincent, Handbook 1899 – 1965, 2019 update by Roy Bond & Russell Boylan Trinidad, Obliterator Type 0.6, No.37 by Michael Rego & Bruce Walker Trinidad & Tobago, Tobago Post Offices by Ian Potter Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
262	2019 Sep	Programme of Events & Information Book Review, Postal Stationery Newspaper Catalogue by Jan Kosniowski by Dingle Smith British Honduras, The Enigmatic San Estevan Triple-circle Temporary Rubber Datestamp by John Swales Grenada, A Book About Grenada Philately by Tim Pearce Jamaica, The First Stamped Postcards of Jamaica: the New Zealand Connection by Dingle Smith Jamaica, The TRDs Part IV by David Horry Jamaica, King George VI Plate Flaw by George Dunbar Leeward Islands, Stamps Wanted by Sir Geoffrey Palmer Trinidad & Tobago, Tobago Post Offices by Ian Potter Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad1916 Red Cross Overprint by Ed Barrow Turks Islands, The 1881 Overprints by Andy Hearn Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
261	2019 Jun	Programme of Events & Information Minutes of the 65th annual general meeting of the BWISC BWISC Auction 2019 BWI, The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. (1) Part 2 by Michael Oliver Book review, Bahamas Stamps and Postal Stationery to 1970 by David Wilson Barbados, The Barbados Quadrisect by Richard Stupples Grenada, A book about Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 260) by Tim Pearce Leeward Islands, Edward VII 1902 Crown CA Printings, a clarification by Peter Fernbank St. Lucia 4 September 1916 registered Cover by Alister Kinnon Trinidad & Tobago, Money Order Service by Michael Rego Guidelines For Contributors To The Bulletin by Editor Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
260	2019 Mar	Programme of Events & Information BWISC Auction 2019, Nevis (Progress) Plate proofs by Nigel Chandler Around the Caribbean 7 by Michael Hamilton BWI, The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. (1) by Michael Oliver Barbados, Parallel lines on the 1925 1s stamps BY Patricia Capill Grenada, A book about Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 260) by Tim Pearce Jamaica, The Enduring Myth of the Temporary Rubber Datestamps of Jamaica, part II. by David Horry Jamaica, TRD's by Simon Goldblatt Leeward Islands, Edward VII 1902 Crown CA Printings by Peter Fernbank St. Christopher: Request for information by Julian Waldron St. Vincent Handbook 1899–1965. Amendments, corrections, additions and by Roy Bond and Russell Boylan Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
259	2018 Dec	Around the Caribbean 6 by Michael Hamilton BWI, The Lady Somers by Bruce Walker BWI, Request for information by Stephen King BWI, University Colleg by Richard Moss Bahamas, 'Around the Caribbean 5' Response by Michael Medlicott Barbados, Plate Numbers of the 1925–35 Badge Definitives follow-up by Michael Medlicott Barbados, Stamps Wanted by Sir Geoffrey Palmer British Honduras, The interesting tale of a cover to Labö near Kiel. by Nigel Chandler Grenada, A book about Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 257) by Tim Pearce Jamaica, The Enduring Myth of the Temporary Rubber Datestamps of Jamaica, part II. by David Horry Jamaica, LCC Nicholson – My Philatelic Hero by Steve Jarvis St. Vincent Handbook 1899–1965. Amendments, corrections, additions and footnotes by Roy Bond and Russell Boylan Auction update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
258	2018 Sep	Around the Caribbean 5 by Michael Hamilton Antigua, English Harbour MS cancel? by John Jordan Barbados, The Plate Numbers of the 1925–35 Badge Definitives by Patricia Capill Cayman Islands, 3 May 2018: Captain James Podger FRPSL – Cayman Islands by Simon Richards Jamaica, The Enduring Myth of the Temporary Rubber Datestamps of Jamaica, part 1 by David Horry St Vincent, The Saint Vincent forgeries of Plácido Ramón de Torres, Tracing a Spanish forger’s footprints by Peter Elias & Gerhard Lang-Valchs St Vincent, Review by David Horry Auction Report by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports by
257	2018 Jun	Programme of Events & Information Minutes of the 64th Annual General Meeting of the BWISC BWISC Auction 2018 Around the Caribbean 4 by Michael Hamilton British Guiana Postmark Update by John Wilson British Honduras First record of an ‘R’ in oval registration handstamp from Stann Creek by John Swales British Virgin Islands, Exchanging Invalidated Stamps by Bruce Stewart Cayman Islands, The KGV 3d purple on yellow (SG45) by Peter Fernbank Grenada, A book about Grenada Philately (continued from Bulletin 256) by Tim Pearce Jamaica, The International Human Rights Year proposed issue of 1968 by Barry Evans Nevis. The De La Rue Key Plates on Cover by Michael Medlicott Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
256	2018 Mar	Programme of Events & Information BWISC Website Update by Steve Jarvis Around the Caribbean 3 by Michael Hamilton Antigua and Barbuda, New Developments at the National Archive by Rod Vousden Antigua and Barbuda, Barbuda under the censor by Simon Goldblatt and John Jordan Barbados, The 1921 Small Badge plate numbers – an update by Patricia Capill and Michael Medlicott British Guiana, The D8 Specimen Overprint Anomaly by Richard Maisel Cayman Islands, Censored Handstamps by Graham Booth Grenada, A book about Grenada Philately by Tim Pearce Grenada, Perkins Bacon First Surface Printed Postal Stationery by Simon Richards Leeward Islands, The missing (almost) printing of the KGV 1s definitive by Peter Brooks St.Vincent, ‘St. Vincent 1899–1965 by Freeland, Bond & Boylan’ Addenda et Corrigenda by Michael Medlicott Trinidad, A somewhat more than unusual cover to Trinidad by Nigel Chandler Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago definitives 1935 on by Peter Ford Auction Update by Graham Booth Articles of BWI interest in other journals 2017 Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
255	2017 Dec	Programme of Events & Information Convention report by George Dunbar Convention photographs by Nigel Chandler BWI Selfridges Stamp Department 1936 – 1939 by David Horry Report on the Royal Philatelic Society London Display of Bahamas, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands from the Royal Philatelic Collection by Steve Jarvis The KEVII Imperium Style Key Plate Issues by Peter Fernbank Around the Caribbean 2 by Michael Hamilton Antigua, English Harbour by Michael Medlicott Mr A W Morley and the Marshall family by Bruce Stewart Barbados,The 1921 Small Badge plate numbers by Patricia Capill British Honduras postal markings by Kevin May Book Review: St. Vincent 1899–1965 by Charles Freeland FRPSL, Roy Bond and Russell Boylan by Terry Harrison Auction Update by Graham Booth Book Review: The Riddle of the ‘Registered’ Ovals of Jamaica and Trinidad 1949–1962 by David Horry FRPSL by Ian Jakes Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
254	2017 Sep	Programme of Events & Information Charles Freeland obituary BWI Octagonal Censor Handstamps by Raymond Murphy Around the Caribbean by Michael Hamilton Antigua, Sherring Covers by Michael Oliver British Guiana, Catching a Code by Simon Goldblatt British Guiana, A note on the 1852 issue, an alternative approach to identifying Types A and B by Richard Maisel British Honduras, A Postmark Update by Simon Goldblatt Dominica, Postal Service by Michael Rego Trinidad, In Search of Ink. The ‘Registered’ Ovals 1949─1960 by David Horry Turks Islands, Overprints and the ‘Dodgy Bars’! by Andy Hearn Auction Update by Graham Booth Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
253	2017 Jun	Programme of Events & Information Chairman’s Message by Graham Booth BWISC Auction 2017 – Sales of the unexpected Reflections on the BWI collectors market by Charles Freeland Antigua, English Harbour and the Sherring Covers by John Jordan Barbados, Unrecorded Censor Mark by Richard Stupples Barbados, The transition from flat-bed to curved recess plates during the 1925─35 definitive period by Patricia Capill Jamaica, KGVI ½d (SG121) flaw by Peter Ford Jamaica, Hectors River Docket by David Horry St. Vincent, Motor Car Mail and Passenger Service by Michael Rego Trinidad, Two intriguing Trinidad mysteries by Edward Barrow Auction Update by Graham Booth Minutes of the 63rd annual general meeting of the BWISC Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
252	2017 Mar	Programme of Events & Information Revenue Stamps of the BWI - A display by Michael Medlicott to the RPSL by Simon Goldblatt Used in Greenock BWI by Kenneth Gordon Barbados, 1925 1s Transfer Roller Flaw – an Earlier State by Patricia Capill Emendations to Edward Proud’s The Postal History of British Honduras (1999) by John Swales Jamaica, The Samuel J5 Local Specimen Overprint: by Ian Jakes Jamaica, St. Margaret’s Bay TRD Updated by Keith Moh Leeward Islands, Edward VII 1902 Specimens by Peter Brooks Leeward Islands, Unrecorded GV Flaw on Die II 2½d Bright Blue SG 67 by Peter Fernbank Montserrat, Display to the Christchurch Philatelic Society by Mike Smith Trinidad, Manuscript Cancel by Edward Barrow Trinidad Water Riot, 1903 ─ 3rd Lancashire Fusiliers by Michael Rego Two Intriguing Trinidad Mysteries by David Watson Articles of BWI interest in other journals 2016 Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
251	2016 Dec	Programme of Events & Information Antigua, 1887 2½d Ultramarine, Flaw at Position 25 (5/1) by Peter Brooks Barbados, Transfer Roller Flaw on the 1925 George V 1s Value by Patricia Capill Barbados, Unrecorded Forged Postmark by Richard Stupples Bermuda, The 1920 2½d Ship Type of Bermuda, State E by Sir Geoffrey Palmer British Guiana, Trusting Instinct ─ Right or Wrong by Simon Goldblatt Jamaica, The Samuel J5 Local Specimen Overprint ‘Unloved and Unwanted’ ─ Swarbrick by Ian Jakes Leeward Is., Previously unrecorded GV Flaw on Die II 2½d Bright Blue by Bruce Stewart Montserrat, A 1958 Cover with an Unlisted Registration Label by Klaus Hahn Trinidad, Orinoco Line, part 3 by Mike Rego Trinidad & Tobago, Revenue Stamps by Edward Barrow Auction Update by Charles Freeland
250	2016 Sep	Programme of Events & Information Michael Hellings, Obituary by Simon Goldblatt World Stamp Show, New York, postmortem by Charles Freeland Book Review, UPU Specimen stamps 1878─1961 by Charles Freeland BWI, Jamaica and Trinidad updates by David Horry British Guiana postal stationery card by Trevor Buckell St. Vincent, request for assistance by Charles Freeland Trinidad, Orinoco Line, part 2 Mby ike Rego Trinidad & Tobago Postage Dues by Edward Barrow Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
249	2016 Jun	Programme of Events & Information Auction report 2016 by Simon Goldblatt BWI, Response to request for help regarding Shipping Lines and Routes by Ian Jakes Antigua, Book review by Peter Brooks Bermuda, Report on David Pitts display to the RPSL by Charles Freeland Bahamas, QV One Shilling Green with Manuscript ‘SPECIMEN’ by Peter Fernbank Jamaica, Lorrimers ‘Registered’ oval 1950 Dby avid Horry Minutes of the 62ND Annual General Meeting Leeward Islands, postmark usage by Bruce Stewart St. Lucia, Book review by Alister Kinnon Catalogue Review, Northern Caribbean, Bahamas & Bermuda Trinidad, Orinoco Line by Mike Rego Turks & Caicos Islands, Stamps or advertisements by Andy Hearn Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
248	2016 Mar	Programme of Events & Information FIP exhibition, Javits Centre, New York, 28 May to 4 June 2016 In Memoriam. (Michel Forand, Graham Cooper, Francis Kiddle) by Charles Freeland BWI, Request for help regarding Shipping Lines and Routes by Michael Oliver Antigua, Earliest use of KGV small seal. by John Jordan Bahamas, Notes and queries on Bahamas One Shilling Green 1863─1898 by Simon Kelly Barbados, Bootheels and so on by Simon Goldblatt British Guiana, Mail lost in 1884 bySteve Jarvis St. Vincent, Mustique Company Local Carriage Service Mint Sheetlets by Michael Hamilton Catalogue Review, Windward Islands & Barbados. Trinidad Stamps used at Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela by Daan Berkhout Trinidad Royal Gazettes by Mike Rego Trinidad & Tobago – 1957 Post Office Report by Mike Rego Turks & Caicos Islands printed censor D43 label by Raymond Murphy Auction Update by Charles Freeland Articles of BWI interest in other journals. Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports.
247	2015 Dec	Programme of Events & Information Convention 2015 From the Publications Officer - Peter Ford Two pages from Peter Ford’s display of King George V stamps and proofs Two pages from Simon Richards display of Dominica Bahamas Airmail Rate - Keith Hanman Barbados Postage Dues – New Finds - Michael Medlicott Bermuda, Identification & Pricing of K1, K3 and K4 Numeral Cancellations - Michael Hamilton The Rediscovery of a 1617 letter from Bermuda - Arthur H. Groten Bermuda Postal History, request for assistance - Arthur H. Groten British Guiana King George VI Booklet - Michael Medlicott Guyana Annai Handstamp - Ernst Schlunegger British Honduras Roatan Revisited - Ian Matheson Nevis, The Engraved Dies For The Nevis Medicinal Spring Stamps - Ian Jakes St. Lucia to 188- 5, Part 2 - Charles Freeland & Geoff Kellow RDP Auction Update Charles Freeland
246	2015 Sept	Programme of Events & Information The British Ship Letter Rate & The Master’s Gratuity by Graham Booth Antigua, Perkins, Bacon 6d Design, a Response by Richard Ashton Antigua Handbook by Charles Freeland British Guiana 1871 Official 8c rose by Mark Taylor Bermuda, Identification & Pricing of K1, K3 and K4 Numeral Cancellations by Michael Hamilton Nevis, The 1882 Nevis Postal Fiscals, Bath House Revisited by Ian Jakes St. Lucia to 1885 by Charles Freeland & Geoff Kellow RDP Turks & Caicos Islands, Slogan Cachet by Peter Marshall BWISC Auction 2015 – Unsold Offers Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
245	2015 Jun	Programme of Events & Information Obituary, Simon Andrews by Simon Goldblatt Antigua, Perkins, Bacon 6d Design by Charles Freeland Barbados, The De La Rue Britannias 1875–82 by Michael Medlicott Barbados, Bootheel cancellations on imperforate Britannia issues by John Riggall Barbados 1d scarlet SG:231ax by Derek Townsend British Guiana, BWISC Vice President Attends Stamp Exhibition in Guyana by Ann Wood British Guiana, Guyanan Travelogue by Simon Goldblatt Jamaica, Railway TPO Cancellation Type 2 by Steve Jarvis BWISC Auction Report by Simon Goldblatt BWISC Auction Results BWISC Auction 2015 – Unsold Offers / Order Form Jamaica, The W. Reginald Bray Cover that fooled the British, the Jamaican and the American Postal Authorities by Michael Hamilton Jamaica KGVI 3d Registration 1½d Postage PSRE with Double Embossing, one Albino by Michael Hamilton Incoming Mail to Jamaica from the Falkland Islands by Sir Geoffrey Palmer Nevis Book Review by Bill Gibb Minutes of the 61st Annual General Meeting of the BWISC Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
244	2015 Mar	President’s Message by Charles Freeland Diamond Jubilee Exhibition at RPSL by David Horry BWI The Imperium essays, Part 2 by Michael Oliver Bahamas Specimen error on 1919 War Tax Issue by Peter Fernbank H.M.S. Leviathan, Barbados, 1911 by James Podger Jamaica, errata Editor Jamaica Transit Mail with Columbia Fleuron by Simon Richards A New Jamaica Tax Marking (a follow up) by George Dunbar Leeward Islands Queen Victoria Essays by Sir Geoffrey Palmer Montserrat circular date stamp D8 by Peter Tribe St. Lucia a British Field Post Office by Guy Kilburn St. Lucia duty plate ‘F for E’ flaw by Charles Freeland St. Vincent 2½ PENCE on ONE PENNY, error by Russell Boylan Tobago Revenue by Michael Medlicott Trinidad, The 1914 Red Cross Label (a second addendum) by Ian Jakes Trinidad Revenues by Michael Medlicott Articles of BWI interest in other Journals Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
243	2014 Dec	Programme of Events & Information BWI The Imperium Essays, Part 1 by Michael Oliver Jamaica, Montpelier PA Hanover by David Horry Jamaica, Newly Recorded Marks of Falmouth and Siloah by Anthony Wilkinson Diamond Jubilee St. Vincent, Discovery by Wolfgang Fuchs of red ink GB/40c Used at Biabou by Michael Hamilton Trinidad, The 1914 Red Cross Label (an addendum) by Ed Barrow Turks Islands, Auction 43 – A sneak preview by Simon Goldblatt Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
242	2014 Sep	Programme of Events & Information W. Danforth Walker, RDP. Barbados, Introduction of compulsory prepayment of postage by Stefan Heijtz, Fitz Roett & Edmund Bayley Bermuda – The David R Pitts FRPSL large Gold Medal collection Dominica Overprint Spacings by Charles Freeland Jamaica a new tax marking by Keith Moh Jamaica used abroad by Michael Hamilton St. Vincent the 6d stamps 1861–1866 by Charles Freeland Tobago April 1883 2½d on 6d overprint by Charles Freeland Trinidad, Reallocated ‘18’ Numeral by Edward Barrow Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
241	2014 Jun	Programme of Events & Information Publications Report by Peter Ford De La Rue’s Early Curved Recess Plates by Peter Fernbank Barbados Unrecorded Straightline Mark by Charles Freeland Minutes of the 60th Annual General Meeting of the BWISC Diamond Jubilee Auction Report Diamond Jubilee Auction Unsold Offers Planning for 2030 (This is not a Requiem) by Simon Goldblatt St. Christopher (Part 2) by Geoff Kellow and Charles Freeland Trinidad and Tobago by Peter Ford Book Review: Tobago, The Philatelic Story of a Small Island by David Druett St. Lucia 1891 and 1892 overprints by John Roberts Auction Update by Steve Jarvis, Ray Stanton and Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports
240	2014 Mar	Programme of Events & Information President’s Message by Charles Freeland Henry Frank Deakin by Charles Freeland Disposals, Donations and other Dispositions by Simon Goldblatt Where was the postmaster? By Daan Berkhout Antigua, Forgotten Snippets by Simon Goldblatt Book Review: Barbados the Britannia Issues by Richard Stupples Barbados, Introduction of compulsory prepayment of postage by Edmund Bayley British Guiana, Imperf between stamp and margin by Charles Freeland Book Review: British Guiana, the Provisionals of 1882 by Ernst Schlunegger British Honduras, Convention Formal Display by Simon Greenwood 1953 Coronation Plate Numbers by Steve Jarvis Leeward Islands, The ‘Dropped R’ on the Leewards KEVII 1s by Peter Brooks St. Christopher by Geoff Kellow and Charles Freeland Articles of BWI interest in other Journals 2013 Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership, Web-Master’s & Editor’s Reports

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