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No.	Date	Link	Contents
218	2008 Sep	Click for pdf file 1.1mb	Programme of Events & Information Message From the Chairman Peter Ford BWI Mail Carried By Royal Naval Vessels by Peter Brooks BWI Mail Carried By Royal Naval Vessels by David Watson BWI Caribbean stamp mysteries 1953–1963 by David Horry Bahamas – Special Delivery Service 1916–17 by Peter Fernbank Barbuda – KGV 1922 Issue Watermark Varieties by Sir Geoffrey Palmer British Guiana – ‘DEMERARI PAQ. FR. C No.1’ mark by Dr. Ernst Schlunegger and Charles Freeland Grenada – 1934 Issue Varieties by Dickon Pollard Jamaica – The Relative Absence of Philatelic Covers by Eric Bateson Montserrat – Official Paid by Peter Tribe St. Vincent – 1831 Hurricane by Michael Hamilton BWI – RMSP by Ian Jakes / David Allen St. Vincent – SG5 Issue Date by Michael Louka Trinidad – Numeral Cancel ‘38’ by Ed Barrow Turks & Caicos Is. – The Early QE II Issues by Richard Foden Book Review: Intercontinental Airmails (EB Proud) by David Crotty Auction Update by Charles Freeland Derek Sutcliffe Obituary by Steve Jarvis Trevor Davis Obituary by Charles Freeland Membership & Library
217	2008 Jun	Click for pdf file 0.9mb	Programme Of Events & Information Caribbean Stamp Mysteries 1953 –1963 [Barbados] by Edmund Bayley Cross English Channel Routing MB Mark by Graham Booth King George VI Postmarks Book by A Perspective David Horry Mme Joseph rides again…on eBay by Charles Freeland Bahamas – Special Delivery Stamps by Ian Jakes Belize / British Honduras – Transition To Independence by David Watson Bermuda – KGVI ‘Prague’ by Fred Lang British Guiana – Lost Post Office Found by Edward Proud British Guiana – Parcel Post by Simon Goldblatt British Guiana – Marine Detatchment by Charles Freeland Jamaica – Myrtle Bank TRD by Keith Moh Jamaica – RN Vessels Used as Packets during the Napoleonic Wars by Paul Hancock Book Review – King George VI Postmarks by Ray Stanton AGM Reports Montserrat – Registration Markings by Peter Tribe Montserrat – SG1 Issue Date by Charles Freeland BWISC Auction Report Auction Update by Charles Freeland Book Review – Steamship Lines to the Caribbean by David Horry Membership & Library
216	2008 Mar	Click for pdf file 2.2mb	BWI – King George VI Postmarks Book – A Perspective David Horry BWI – Caribbean Stamp mysteries 1953–1963 David Wright BWI War Tax Book – Jamaica Chapter John Davis BWI – Stamps of GB Used in BWI – Late Usages Ken Gordon BWI – Stamps of GB Used in BWI – Jamaica Paul Hancock Bahamas – 1916–7 Special Delivery stamps settings Charles Freeland British Guiana - Earliest known Parcel Post cancel David Druett British Guiana – Lost Post Office Found Michael Medlicott British Guiana – 1898 Jubilee Surcharges re-visited Simon Goldblatt Leeward Is. – King George VI Key Plate 2 Peter Brooks Montserrat – King George V Issue Plate Nos. Peter Ford BWISC Bulletin Archive Peter Ford Trinidad – Montgomery Ward Machine Cancel Michael Hamilton Turks & Caicos Is. – Patriotic Cover with US Censor ‘45 Peter Marshall Virgin Is. – The Compound Perf, the Uncompound Perf, to say Nothing of the Imperf Simon Goldblatt Auction Update Charles Freeland Member Wants & Information Membership & Library
215	2007 Dec	Click for pdf file 1.8mb	Programme Of Events & Information Chairman’s Message BWISC Convention at Honiley BWI – Caribbean Mysteries 1945–1952 answered David Horry BWI – Freeling Handstamps by Simon Richards BWI – Cross English Channel Routing by Dick Hemmings Bahamas – The Special Delivery Stamps by Ian Jakes Barbados – The Sanderson Correspondence by Fitz Roett Bermuda – SG118e Earliest Usage by David Watson British Guiana – Lost Post Office Found by Michael Medlicott Jamaica – Stamps of Great Britain Used in Jamaica by Michael Medlicott Jamaica – Returned Letter Branch by Steve Jarvis Jamaica – Research by Steve Jarvis Jamaica – Postmark & Censorship on 1st First Flights by David Watson Leeward Is – King George VI Key Plate 2 by Peter Brooks Leeward Is – The ¼d Duty Plate 1909–38 – An Update by Peter Fernbank Montserrat – SG1 Issue Date by David WatsonSt. Kitts-Nevis – MDD Perfin by Simon Smith St. Vincent – Postal Stationery Card by Chris Southgate Virgin Is – 1957 Post Office Report by Michael Rego Auction Update by Charles Freeland Membership & Library
214	2007 Sept	Click for pdf file 1.3mb	Programme Of Events & Information Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogues Caribbean Stamp Mysteries 1945–1952 by David R Wright The Freeling Hand Stamps by Charles Freeland Bahamas – Research into War Tax Overprints by John Davis Bahamas – Queen’s Staircase Issue, Vignette Plate 4 by Peter Fernbank Barbados – Diamond Shaped Tax Marking by Barry Friedman Cayman Islands – The Zenaida Mail and Its Surcharge by Kevin Darcy and James Podger Dominica – Roseau View 2/6d MCA Issue Date by Martin Boyd Jamaica – Research by Steve Jarvis Jamaica – Returned Letter Branch by Bob Swarbrick, Derek Sutcliffe and Steve Jarvis Montserrat – Dodgy Postmark by Michael Oliver St. Kitts-Nevis – MDD Perfin by Alan Rigby Tobago – Some Tobago Postmarks by Charles Freeland Trinidad – Computer Generated Fake Cancels by Ed Barrow Trinidad – 1895 Fire at Port of Spain by Michael Hamilton Auction Update Charles Freeland Article Alert – British Guiana – 1889–1912 Ship Series by Robin Davis and Charles Freeland Book Review – Intercepted in Bermuda By Peter Flynn by Dennis Mitton Membership & Library
213	2007 June	Click for pdf file 1.3mb	Programme Of Events & Information BWISC Web Site Updates Steve Jarvis BWI – Dubious Covers Edward Barrow BWI – Post Offices Report March To August 1957 Michael Rego Philatelic Covers – The Missing Cover Phenomenon Eric Bateson Barbados – Meter Mark Tom Giraldi Barbados – St. Lawrence S.O. Keith Bayley Barbados – Poole Covers Update Peter Longmuir Cayman Islands – By Richard Maisel, Book Review Peter McCann Cayman Islands – Postal Rates & Post Offices Ivan Burges Jamaica – Returned Letter Branch Bob Swarbrick, Derek Sutcliffe and Steve Jarvis Leeward Islands – King George V 2/6d Chris Miller Montserrat – Dodgy Postmark Dickon Pollard St. Christopher – 1885 ½d on Half 1d Carmine-Rose Roger B West Trinidad & Tobago – First Flights David Watson Trinidad – Appeal for Images Peter Ford Trinidad – World War One Censorship David Druett Trinidad – On H.M.S. Essay Edward Barrow Trinidad – Monograms Applied To Trinidad Stamps Edward Barrow AGM Minutes BWISC Auction Report Auction Update Charles Freeland & Steve Jarvis Membership & Library
212	2007 Mar	Click for pdf file 1.2mb	Programme Of Events & Information Message From The Chairman Peter Ford Obituary – Stewart Jessop BWISC Meeting at Philatex St. Kitts-Nevis KG VI Issue Alan Rigby BWISC Meeting at Philatex Early Jamaica Derek Seaton Barbados – Cancellations & Meter Mark Nigel R J Neil Barbados – St. Lawrence S.O. David Horry British Guiana – Postage Due Adhesives Michael Hamilton Cayman Islands – Past Cayman Collectors Graham Booth Jamaica – Returned Letter Branch Bob Swarbrick, Derek Sutcliffe and Steve Jarvis Jamaica – 1919 DLR ‘smaller’ WAR STAMP overprint Steve Jarvis Maritime – Bolton Steam Shipping Company Michael Rego Leeward Islands – The ¼d Duty Plate 1909–38 – Part 2 Peter Fernbank St. Lucia – Fake Postmark Michael Rego St. Vincent – Received Damaged Steve Zirinsky Tobago – A14 Obliterator Michael Hamilton Trinidad – On H.M.S. ‘Essays’ on Queen's Head Issue Michael Nethersole Turks Islands – Crown CA 1d Flaw Ian Powley Turks and Caicos – National Museum Nigel Sadler Auction Update Charles Freeland Members’ Wants Membership & Library
211	2006 Dec	Click for pdf file 1.7mb	Programme Of Events & Information Comments on Philatelic Covers Article By Eric Bateson Derek Nathan Members’ Wants 4, 5, 7 Bahamas – Interpanneau Pairs on The KGV Kings Head SeriesPeter Fernbank Barbados – St. Lawrence S.O. Keith Bayley Barbados – The Sanderson Correspondence Charles Freeland Barbados – George VI Unlisted Varieties Richard Stupples Cayman Islands – Stampex 2005 Exhibit – The Key Plate Period James Podger Dominica – 1923–33 KGV Badge Issue Constant Varieties Roger B West Jamaica – De La Rue ‘smaller’ WAR STAMP overprint John Davis Leeward Islands – The ¼d Duty Plate 1909–38 – Part 1 Peter Fernbank St. Lucia – Registration After The 1927 Fire Guy Kilburn Trinidad – Some Recent Discoveries Edward Barrow Trinidad – Pre-Stamp Handstamps Cancelling Adhesives Michael Hamilton Turks Islands – Crown CA 1d Flaws Peter Marshall Members’ Question – St. Kitts Unusual Postmark Simon Smith Members’ Question – St. Lucia – War Tax Research John Davis Auction Update Charles Freeland Librarian’s Report – The St. Kitts Railways by Jim Horsford Ian Jakes Membership & Library
210	2006 Sept	Click for pdf file 1.3mb	Programme Of Events & Information Book Review – Bermuda Civil Censorship World War 1 By A.Stewart Jessop Gilbert W. Collett Memorial Award Slave Trading: The Triangular Route, 1799-1800 Philatelic Cover Providers of the BWI in the Empire Period Grenada – Curios from my Collection Washington 2006 BCPSG at Washington 2006 Nevis – First Issue – 1861 or 1862? St. Vincent – Delayed Mail Auction Update Member Services - Wants & Questions Membership & Library
209	2006 June	Click for pdf file 1.2mb	Programme Of Events & Information AGM Minutes and Reports Barbados – St Lawrence S.O. David Horry Cayman Is – The Earliest Datestamp John Byl Obituary - Kenneth Watson Malcolm Watts Leewards Islands - King George V ¼d Key Plate Simon Goldblatt Montserrat – Further Update to 1965 Britnor Handbook Charles Freeland BWISC Auction Report Auction Update Charles Freeland Member Services – Wants & Questions Book Review Michael Rego Steamship Lines of the Caribbean Graham Booth Book Review E W Proud Postal History of Barbados and Grenada Charles Freeland Membership & Library
208	2006 March	Click for pdf file 2.6mb	Programme Of Events & Information Report On A Display at The Royal Philatelic Society, London By Peter Ford Convention Informal Displays Bahamas Censored Mail & Jamaica Barrington Smith By Derek Lilley A selection of War Tax overprints, stamps and usages By John Davis Bermuda Dock Issue By Dennis Mitton Jamaica Bills of Exchange and Money Orders By Paul Wright Barbados - Bits and Pieces By Fitz Roett Bermuda – Prague Cover Correction to December Bulletin Bermuda - KGVI 10s Variety By Roger B West British Guiana - 1888-9 ‘osteoporosis’ variety By Simon Goldblatt Grenada - The Key Plate – Its Introduction and History By Michael Oliver Jamaica / Haiti - A Soldier's letter from Port au Prince 1795 By Richard Hart St Kitts – 1920-29 KGV Plate Varieties By Roger B West St Vincent - BWISC Convention 2005 Formal Display By Alan Becker Tobago - Postmark Discovery By David Druett Trinidad - ‘Too Late’ Markings: second update By Michael Medlicott Auction Update By Charles Freeland Piton Post / Notes on the Philately of St. Lucia By Alister Kinnon By Ian Jakes Book Review Library, Membership, Editor & Web-Master’s Information
207	2005 December	Click for pdf file 1.8mb	Programme Of Events & Information A Message From The Chairman By Peter Ford BWISC Convention 2005 - Warwick Convention Formal Display – St. Christopher By Brian Brookes Bahamas – Eight Mile Rock – Manuscript Cancellation By Phil MacMurdie Bermuda – Known Prague Covers, History & Auction Details By By Fred Lang Convention Photos Convention Informal Display – Cayman Islands By Graham Booth Convention Display – French Maritime Mails of the Caribbean By Dave Richards Convention Display– St. Lucia 1967 Statehood Issue By Alister Kinnon Remembrance Service of Peter John Jaffé, OAM, RDP Jamaica – Railway Station Postmarks By Richard Hart Jamaica – Provisional / Bahamas War Tax Overprints By Bob Swarbrick Trinidad and Tobago – War Tax overprints By John Davis Maryland Forgeries By Simon Goldblatt Auction Update By Charles Freeland Book Review – Terence Dickinson's British Guiana Post Cards By Charles Kennard Membership & Library
206	2005 September	Click for pdf file 1.9mb	Programme Of Events & Information Message from the Chairman By Peter Ford Publications – Stamps of Barbados Vol 2 By Edmund Bayley Publications – Madame Joseph Revisited By Brian Cartwright BCPSG Meeting at Indypex By Charles Freeland Bahamas – War Tax Overprint Errors – A Conundrum By Phil MacMurdie Bahamas – Postal Stationery Discovery By David Druett Barbados – Poole covers By Charles Freeland and Peter Longmuir Cayman Islands – Graham Booth displays at Worthing By James Podger Jamaica – The Postal System by an American Retiree in Jamaica By John Casey Jamaica – Military Mail India, Hazara Field Force By Malcolm Lacey Book Review – Proud E.B., The Postal History of Jamaica By Paul Wright Maritime – Fyffes Line Shipmarks – ‘Ocean mails’ By Steve Jarvis Nevis / St Christopher – Numerals & Other Cancellations By Michael Medlicott St Kitts – Revenue Stamps Used for Postage By Steve Zirinsky Trinidad – Numerals & Other Cancellations By Simon Goldblatt Auction Update By Charles Freeland Membership & Library
205	2005 June	Click for pdf file 1.7mb	Programme Of Society Events AGM Minutes Accounts Auction Report ABPS Society Journal Awards 2004 The Evolution of Philatelic Covers of BWI 1880 – 1935 By Eric Bateson Bahamas – Queen's Staircase Issue – Vignette Plate 3 By Peter Fernbank Barbados – 1882 1d Rose bisected, with a B4 cancel By Peter Longmuir Barbados – Previously Unrecorded 1815 ‘Paid To England’ Marking By Stefan Heijtz British Honduras – Curios from my Collection By Charles Freeland British Honduras – When is a Postmark not a Postmark? By Simon Goldblatt Cayman Islands – The Scandal (continued) By By Ian Jakes Maryland Forgeries – An Alternative View By Roger B West Dominica – Research Co-operation By Roger B West Jamaica – WAR TAX Double Overprint By John Davis Jamaica – GB Used A01 Type 3 By Kenneth Gordon Auction Update By Charles Freeland Membership & Library
204	2005 Mar	Click for pdf file 1.5mb	Programme Of Society Events Maritime – Fyffes Line Shipmarks – ‘Ocean mails’ By Peter Marshall Maritime – RMSP Araguaya – Posted on the High Seas By Peter Marshall WAR TAX Workshop (Jubilee Event) By John Davis Antigua – Manuscript Cancellations By Michael Medlicott Antigua – 1921-29 KGV Script 2d Grey wmk sideways By Chris May Bahamas – Hope Town Post Office By Michael Rego British Guiana – Express Deliver By Graham Williams British Guiana – Postal Deliveries within GeorgeTown By Graham Williams Cayman Islands – Request for Information By Tom Giraldi Cayman Islands – The 1907/8 Scandal By Ian Jakes Grenada – Jubilee Display By Joseph Hackmey Grenada – Jubilee Display Extract By Andy Soutar Revenues Jubilee Display By Michael Medlicott Grenada – The Amyand Correspondence By Tim Pearce Jamaica – Military Mail By Steve Jarvis Jamaica – ‘TOO LATE’ TL3 By Michael Hamilton St Christopher – Manuscript Cancellations By Michael Medlicott Trinidad – Early Covers By Peter Ford Auction Update By Charles Freeland EBay By Charles Freeland Maryland Forgeries By Charles Freeland Membership & Library
203	2004 Dec	Click for pdf file 2.0mb	Programme Of Society Events Golden Jubilee Sale of the Half Century Fyffes Line Shipmarks – ‘Ocean mails’ By Mike Box Barbados - Diamond Jubilee 1897-98 used line cancels By Peter Longmuir Cayman Islands – Ed. VII Postage & Revenue Key Pl 2 By Peter Fernbank Cayman Islands – Jubilee Display Sheet By James Podger Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker, co-founder UFCo. By Michael Hamilton Jamaica - ‘TOO LATE’ TL3 By Michael Hamilton Leeward islands - Postal Stationery By Darryl Fuller Tobago – ‘TOO LATE’ markings By Simon Goldblatt Trinidad – ‘TOO LATE’ markings By Michael Medlicott Virgin Islands - New Multiple Crown CA Wmk Variety By John Davis Auction Update By Charles Freeland Membership & Library
202	2004 Sept	Click for pdf file 1.0mb	Programme Of Society Events Antigua - General Post Office By Michael Rego Antigua - QV keyplate sloping 2 Update By Charles Freeland Antigua - The Year Of The Great Flood - 1969 By D. C. Ford Barbados – The 1855 (4d) Stamp By Fitz Roet Cayman Islands - The King Edward VII Plate 2 Postage Revenue 1d & 6d Denominations. By James Podger and Kevin Darcy Montserrat - War Stamp 1½d Black And Orange. SG 62 By John Davis St Lucia - 1892 Tax Marking By Alister Kinnon St Vincent - Postmark Forgery? By John Cowell Trinidad - 21mm Circular Datestamp (Proud Type D15) By Michael Medlicott Virgin Islands - The William Frazer Collection By Simon Goldblatt Auction Update By Charles Freeland Membership & Library
201	2004 June	Click for pdf file 1.0mb	Programme of Society Events Accounts – 2003 Annual General Meeting Auction 2004 Research Into War Tax Overprints By John Davis Barbados - Britannias bisect By Peter Longmuir Nevis Key Plates By Federico Borromeo St Lucia - War Tax Plate – Bent Leg of 'X' Flaw By Peter Fernbank Trinidad Postage Dues By D.C. Ford Trinidad & Tobago - The ‘Too Late’ Handstamps By Michael Medlicott Auction Update By Charles Freeland Publications Membership & Library
200	2004 March	Click for pdf file 1.4mb	Programme of Society Events People Message from the President By Victor Toeg Golden Jubilee Arrangements By Derek Nathan Bill Atmore Remembered By Steve Jarvis & Paul Wright Stamps on Covers By Eric Bateson Antigua QV 2½d Sloping 2 By Charles Freeland Jamaica A79 Missing 7 New Discovery By Michael Hamilton Leeward Islands Adhesive Fees Stamps By Michael Medlicott Trinidad & Tobago ‘Too Late’ Handstamps By Michael Medlicott Auction Update By Charles Freeland Auction Update - Jamaica By Steve Jarvis Publications In Memoriam - Cyril F. Bell By Dr. Reuben A. Ramkissoon Membership