March 1954
"The formation of the British West Indies Study Circle fills a long felt want. My friend, the late L. C. C, Nicholson, often discussed with me the possibility of arranging one but neither of us could spare the considerable amount of time required to run such a Circle. We now have in our Hon. Secretary and Treasurer - Mr.P.T.Saunders - a member who is willing to give his time and enthusiasm to bring together all those stamp collectors who are interested in British West Indian stamps; a group that is probably the most popular in the whole world of stamp collecting. It is proposed to issue a quarterly Bulletin and I appeal to all members to give this the support it will require by sending in their problems for others to solve and writing articles for publication about their respective colonies. It is obvious that most of our work will have to be done through the post both here and abroad but there is at least one occasion when we can get together in person. The B.W.I. Study Circle applied to Congress for affiliation and this has been accepted. The Congress will meet at Eastbourne from May 25th to 28th. A Study Circle evening has been arranged and I hope to meet many of our members on that occasion. I am glad to learn that the Jamaica Philatelic Society will be represented at Congress by one of their members - Mr.H.F.Reid - who is coming from Kingston as a delegate and I am sure we will look forward to meeting him. The British Caribbean Philatelic Society has also affiliated to Congress and there are other Societies in the British West Indies who I hope we can induce to join and if possible send a delegate to attend our Study Circle. For my part I will do my best to solve anything appertaining to JAMAICA which the Secretary passes to me to deal with.
I wish the B.W.I. STUDY CIRCLE every success,