Founder and Hon. Vice-President: PT Saunders
President
- GW Collett 1954 – 1964
- GW Groves 1965 – 1967
- EW Toeg 1968 – 2010
- C Freeland 2011 – 2016
- G Booth 2017 - 2021
- S Richards 2022 - Current
Vice-Presidents
- RH Urwick 1954 – 1964
- JW Marriott 1955 – 1999
- WA Townsend 1964 – 1993
- GW Groves 1965 – 1965
- P Jaffé 1994 – 1999
- C Freeland 2000 – 2010
- S Goldblatt 2000 – 2021
- D Nathan 2004 – 2008
- S Jarvis 2011 – to 2021
Chairman
- Cdr G Bridgmore Brown – 1958 – 1965
- D Nathan 2000 – 2003
- P Ford 2004 – 2016
- G Booth 2017 - 2021
- S Jarvis 2022 - current
Secretary
- PT Saunders 1954 to 1971
- I Chard 1972 to 1987
- MR Wilson 1988 to 1995
- MB Nicholson 1996
- PG Boulton 1997 to 2008
- C Gee 2009 to 2011
- P Fernbank (acting) 2012
- G Dunbar 2012 to 2019
- S Jarvis (acting) 2019 to 2021
- R Stupples
& B Gibb (Meetings Secretary)
& P Hancock (Membership Secretary) 2021 - S Taylor 2022 - current
Treasurer
- PT Saunders 1954 to 1974
- GG Bartlett 1975 to 1977
- SA Baker 1978 to 1981
- SE Papworth 1982 to 1992
- CF May 1993 to 1998
- RJ Stanton 1999 to current
Journal Editor
- Phillip Saunders 1954 to Apr 1959
- Basil Benwell Jul 1959 to Dec 1969
- R Radford Mar 1970 to Mar 1973
- M Sheppard Jun 1973 to Mar 1985
- DW Atkinson Jun 1985 to Dec 1989
- Denis Charlesworth Mar 1990 to Mar 2001
- Peter Ford Jun 2001 to Mar 2002
- Steve Jarvis Jun 2002 to Jun 2012
- Terry Harrison from Sep 2012 to Jun 2021
- Darryl Fuller from Sep 2021 to current
Librarian
- R Titford 1960 to 1975
- SE Papworth 1976 to 1989
- D Nathan 1990 to 2002
- I Jakes 2003 to current
Webmaster
- Steve Jarvis 2002 to current
Society Auction
The Societies first auction was held in 1974 with Committee of AH Latham, M Shepard and Simon Goldblatt, consisting of 148 lots.
Since then the auction has been a regular annual event managed for many years by Simon Goldblatt. In 2021, shortly before his death, Simon handed over management to Simon Richards.
Conventions
Convention History
Year | Location | Main Speaker & Subject | Description | Bulletin |
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2021 | Basingstoke | Terry Harrison - St Vincent Simon Greenwood - British Guiana | 271 | |
2019 | Basingstoke | Simon Richards - Dominica Ray Stanton - Caribbean Postmark Odyssey | 264 | |
2017 | Redditch | Michael Medlicott - BWI revenues Graham Booth - Maritime material from around the Caribbean | 255 | |
2015 | Honiley (Nr Warwick) | Peter Ford - King George V stamps and proofs from Antigua, Barbados, British Guiana, Montserrat and the Virgin Islands Simon Richards - Dominica | 247 | |
2013 | Honiley (Nr Warwick) | Simon Greenwood -British Honduras Federico Borromeo d’Adda - Caribbean Gold | 239 | |
2011 | Honiley (Nr Warwick) | Peter Tribe - Montserrat Simon Goldblatt - Virgin Islands | 231 | |
2009 | Charlecote Pheasant Hotel | David Cordon - Bermuda Chris Harman - The Story of Perkins Bacon | 223 | |
2007 | Honiley (Nr Warwick) | Kevin Darcy (including James Podger material) - Once upon a Time in the Cayman Islands Simon Kelly -Bahamas Postal History and stamps to1900 | 215 | |
2005 | Honiley (Nr Warwick) | Brian Brookes - St Christopher Alan Becker - St Vincent | 207 | |
2003 | Honiley (Nr Warwick) | Peter Fernbank - Imperium GV Key Plate issues Stella Pearse - Antigua | 199 | |
2001 | Royal Leamington Spa | Stefan Heijtz - Barbados Postal History Andrew Robertson - Turks and Caicos Islands Early Mail Services | 191 | |
1999 | Royal Leamington Spa | Michael Oliver - Leeward Islands Postal stationery Alan Pearse - Turks and Caicos Island stamps and postal history | 183 | |
1997 | Royal Leamington Spa | Charles Freeland - Themes of BWI Philately Steve Jarvis and Derek Sutcliffe - Jamaica | 175 | |
1995 | Royal Leamington Spa | John Griffiths - Leeward Islands 1757 to 1902 Geoffrey Osborn - Bermuda Postal History | 167 | |
1993 | Royal Leamington Spa | Frank Deakin - Barbados Derek Nathan - British Guiana | 159 | |
1991 | Royal Leamington Spa | Stella Pearce and Alex Thomson - Antigua John Marriott - Trinidad | 152 | |
1989 | Royal Leamington Spa | Ken Bolton - Jamaica 1919-1927 pictorial issue Vincent Duggleby -St. Vincent | 143/144 | |
1987 | Royal Leamington Spa | Tony Shepherd - Grenada postal history and markings RJ Edmondson - Cayman Islands tracing the development of the postal services up to 1962. | 136 | |
1985 | Royal Leamington Spa | Mike Wilson - Stamps and postal history of the Turks & Caicos Islands Michael Oliver - Keyplate issues of the Leeward Islands | 127 | |
1983 | Royal Leamington Spa | Robert Swarbrick - Jamaica Simon Goldblatt - West Indies Assorted | 119 | |
1981 | Royal Leamington Spa | John De Vries - Trinidad & Tobago stamps Graham Hoey - Bahamas stamps | with BCPSG | 111 |
1979 | Brighton | Bryan E. Johnson - Grenada J.A.C. Farmer - Leeward Islands Basil B. Benwell - Barbados | Silver Jubilee Convention | 102 |
1977 | Warwick | Ken Watson - Jamaican Railway Cancellations Bobby Messenger - Early Stamps of St. Vincent | with the Roses | 92 |