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BRITISH THEMATIC ASSOCIATION Presented to the American Topical Association. Saturday 24 th June 2017 Barry Stagg Chairman www.britishthematic.org.uk The UKs national association for theme-based philately and postcard collecting. Julia

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BRITISH THEMATIC ASSOCIATION

Barry Stagg Chairman

www.britishthematic.org.uk

Presented to the American Topical Association. Saturday 24th June 2017

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The UK’s national association for theme-based philately and postcard collecting.

Julia Todd, Fishes of the world

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Jim Etherington, 1940’s exhibit

Founded in 1984, the BTA supports both individual and groups

f thematic

collectors.

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Currently we have 164 individual members and 12 associated groups.

Lesley Marley, Whales

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This includes Open (Display) collectors who include non- philatelic material and ephemera in their collections.

Jean Alexander, Supermarket Philately

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The BTA seeks to promote theme- based philately and postcard collecting to new audiences and increase understanding of the philatelic discipline.

Ron Backhouse, Tennis exhibit

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Most BTA members are

collectors. They

do not show their material and do not exhibit.

Wendy Buckle, Illuminated Manuscripts

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Mixing Postcard and Thematic collecting is also popular.

Jim Gray, Golf

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Barry Stagg, Parachuting Postcards exhibit

The BTA has only recently added its support to Postcards

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The BTA now supports Pictorial collecting: Thematic, Open and Postcards.

Ron Backhouse, Tennis

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The BTA holds three competitions each year. All are 16 sheets:

1. BTA Cup for Thematic

Philately

2. John Fosbery Trophy

for Open Philately

3. Brian Sole Trophy for

Postcards

Lesley Marley, Whales

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The BTA has two or three meetings a year, often joint with another

society. Every two

years we have a weekend event covering many aspects of Pictorial collecting.

Jim Etherington, 1940’s exhibit

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Telling a story is a significant part of theme-based collecting.

Norman Hudson, The Traveller’s Tree Anne Stammers, Rock to Riches

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Erene Grieve, Advertising

Some collectors like to research in depth.

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Charles Oppenheim, Chess

BTA members collect on a very wide variety of topics including chess, roses, bicycles, waterfalls, railways, aircraft, peace and paper.

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