Coming Events
This is a list of all the events planned by the society over the next few months. They are listed in date order for convenience.
All events listed at held at the Pasterfield Centre, Horizon Drive, Cameron Park. (See home page for directions). For all our meetings, the doors open at 1.50pm, meetings commence at 2.00pm. Afternoon tea follows each meeting. A members’ auction follows most monthly meetings. A table of items for sale accompanies most meetings.
You can print these pages by holding down CTRL and striking the letter P. Ignore page 1 (this is mostly blank), print pages 2 and 3. Note – this works on most computers.
Happy collecting. We hope you find that elusive stamp.
Calendar for the next few months, thank you to our displayers. Monthly meetings in blue, social meetings in violet, auctions in black, social events in orange.
Thursday 13th August – Annual General Meeting and display of Annual Competition exhibits
Wednesday 19th August – Paul Killen: Maitland and environs
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Past Meetings of Newcastle Philatelic Society
Wed 15 July – Members: 4 pages of thematic stamps
Thu 9 July – John Moore: Papua
Wed 17 June — George Chalmers: Early Czechoslovakia
Thu 11 June – John Moore: Australian Air Mail and British East Africa Postal Stationery
Wed 20 May — Greg Laidler: John F Kennedy
Thu 14 May – Greg Laidler: Workshop on identifying perforations and watermarks on Kangaroo and KGV stamps
Wed 15 April — Ron Davis: Hardly Ever Heard of Countries, part 2
Thu 9 April – Members’: 6 pages on a topic starting with the letter H: 9 entries
Wed 18 March — Don Rutherford: Antarctic Covers, Falkland Islands and Australia Post Cancellations.
Thu 12 March — Greg Laidler: Mail posted from U.S.S. AUGUSTA 1931-45
Wed 18 Feb 2026 — Ross Zimmerman: Greek Mythology
Thu 12 Feb 2026 — Darren Jones: Famous People of Antarctica
Wed 21 Jan 2026 — Members’ Choice: Stamps Issued in My Birth Year (3 pages)
Thu 8 Jan 2026 — Members’ Choice: 8 Current Pages
Thu 11 Dec 2025 — Greg Laidler: President’s Quiz
Fri 28 Nov 2025 — Christmas Function
Wed 19 Nov 2025 — Ron Davis: Castles, Rivers and Bridges
Thu 13 Nov 2025 — Greg Laidler: WA Centenary Issue 1929
Wed 15 Oct 2025 — George Chalmers: Sturt Pre-Stamped Envelopes
Thu 9 Oct 2025 — Peter Brigden: Postal History WA 1832–1890s
Wed 17 Sep 2025 — Paul Killen: Queen Elizabeth II Covers
Thu 11 Sep 2025 — Ed Burnard: New Zealand Alternative Post Issues
20 Aug 2025 — Howard Bridgman: Dragons / Japan- Letter Writing Week
Thu 14 Aug 2025 — AGM; Members’ Annual Competition (6 exp; 1 inter; 2 novice)
Wed 16 Jul 2025 — Roger Eggleton: Great Britain Offshore Islands Locals
Thu 10 Jul 2025 — Brian Cummings & Greg Laidler: Kookaburras on Australian Stamps
Wed 18 Jun 2025 — John Edwards & Greg Korsman: Charles Kinsford Smith
Thu 12 June 2025 — George Chalmers: South Australia Town Postmarks
Wed 21 May 2025 — Greg Laidler: Interrupted Mail; & Ross Zimmerman: Cricket Australia
Thu 8 May 2025 — Andrew Brockett: WWII Military Mail
Wed 19 Apr 2025 — George Chalmers: Australian Pre-Stamped Envelopes
Thu 10 Apr 2025 — Members’: Letter G — 6 pages (19 entries)
Wed 19 Mar 2025 — Ron Davis: Hardly-Ever-Heard-Of Countries
Thu 13 Mar 2025 — John Moore: Australian Registered Mail 1900-1966
Wed 19 Feb 2025 — Ed Burnard: Colony of New South Wales
Thu 13 Feb 2025 — Members’ Choice: 6 Pages (19 entries)
[Earlier meetings are reported in the Newsletter Archive]