THE INDIA STUDY CIRCLE FOR PHILATELY

A significant number of members have allowed their subscription to lapse since the beginning of the year; it appears that many have just forgotten to renew. If this is you, and you wish to pay for 2024, it’s not too late. Please use the ‘Contact Us’ button at the bottom of this page and start the process.

India Post no. 231 is currently in production but, in the meantime, ISC members may view a digital copy in the ‘Library’

ISC Auction no. 241 closed on 4th May; results will be available to members in the near future.

EFIRO 2024 was held in Bucharest from the 16th to the 19th April and was very successful. At least 15 medals were awarded to exhibits entered by ISC members

Sir Alec Jeffreys gave a display of Indian Feudatory States to Stratford-upon-Avon Philatelic Society on 24th April, which was well received.

Terry Hare-Walker will be giving presentations to Birmingham Philatelic Society on 30th May and to Wombourne Philatelic Society, Staffordshire, on 20th June, both on the subject of “Campaign in Mesopotamia, World War I” and also to Cannock Philatelic Society, Staffordshire, on 4th June on the subject of “The RAF Desert Service and Camps in India for Boer Prisoners”.

EuroPhilEx 2025 is a major International Stamp Show that will be held at the National Exhibition Centre, just outside Birmingham, UK, in May 2025; general details have been published on their website. The ISC Program Secretary, Sandeep Jaiswal, intends to arrange an ISC Meeting during this show, at which he hopes that ISC members who are exhibiting will give talks about their exhibits, to be transmitted by Zoom, followed by a dinner.

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