Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society
The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society following the amalgamation of the Germany & Colonies Stamp Club (established 1947) and the Stockton German Study Group (1960).

The G&CPS celebrated its inaugural year in 1964 with the first Germania Posta philatelic exhibition held in Stockton.

Title: Have you seen this card?
Posted By: Marv Murray (MurrayMA@si.edu)
Posted On: 13/12/2010 at 12:54:53
Message: Alec, thank you for the information. You have confirmed my suspicions. The idea behind the cards design seemed to be similar to a previous German idea for simplifying international communications. We have a 1911 mock-up of a German international reply stamp as a replacement for the more cumbersome coupon. An idea that was popular at the time, but failed largely because of WWI. It is written about in "The German Postal Specialist" Volume LVII, No. 10, October , 1006, page 423. Again, thank you for your effort. Marv Murray
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Have you seen this card? Marv Murray 07/12/2010 14:04:29
    Have you seen this card? Alec McGrattan 09/12/2010 19:03:20
    Have you seen this card? Marv Murray 13/12/2010 12:54:53
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