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Exmouth Stamp Club History

Exmouth Stamp Club was founded in 1939.

At the first meeting on 18th April 1939, twelve members joined at an annual subscription of 2 shillings and 6 pence but by June of that year the subscription had risen to 5 shillings per member, with life membership at 2 guineas. It’s not clear what led to such a significant increase.

The war brought some problems but like the Windmill Theatre the Stamp Club continued its meetings. Sadly one founder member, Mr. R. W. Holloway, lost his life on H.M.S. Courageous. His son Grahame Holloway was elected an Honorary Life Member in memory of his father.

The Club met at Clapps Cafe which was used for the first dinner and exhibition. A charge being made of 2 shillings/6 pence for Seniors and 1 shilling for Juniors.

By the end of the second year, Exmouth Stamp Club had 50 Senior and 23 Junior Members. Members serving in H.M. Forces automatically became Honorary Members for the duration of hostilities. The Club raised money for the Red Cross by selling philatelic material and some stamps were sold for as much as 1 shilling per 1000 stamps!! Other fund raising from the Club helped to support the Exmouth Hospital.

That takes us to 1940 and the gap to 2019 is a big one! Exmouth Stamp Club is still going strong with a good number of members interested in all areas of philately.

We are having an exhibition courtesy of the Wessex Federation on the 28th September in Budleigh Salterton, all welcome to come and support us.

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Frank Henry Thompson

Did you know Frank Henry Thompson of Cyprus Road in Exmouth? If so please email the Hon Secretary at secretary@exmouthstampclub.org to add to a commemoration of this local stamp enthusiast.

He was member of the club from 1947.

February 2021 Club Newsletter

The club newsletter for February 2021 has just been published, please click the link to see it.

tony lester stamp auctionsTony runs regular stamp auctions and is based near Rugby, each one making up 800-1000 lots. Check out the stamp auction here!

The next one is on the March 13/14 2021

BBC Exposure for Stamps!

Tech-savvy stamp collectors energise an old hobby is the title of this BBC article about stamp collecting. Nothing much new but all publicity is good!

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