Finally, in 2011, with Plum’s 130th birthday approaching, member Jean Tillson decided that if the USPS wasn’t going to create a stamp, then TWS would jolly well have to commission one. Thanks to a bequest from recently deceased member Ray Steen, plus the blessing of Sir Edward Cazalet, the society was able to hire English artist Bernard Pearson, who had experience designing stamps. Bernard created not just a stamp but a first-day cover, seen here in all its glory. And as a bonus, all members who received the Autumn 2011 Plum Lines also received the stamped envelope with a special enclosure: some previously missing pages from Galahad Threepwood’s fabled Reminiscences (edited by Norman Murphy). Joy reigned supreme!
Joy in the Springtime
Having missed the first two editions of WitS, I was determined to make it to the next one, on March 14 this year in Chichester, West Sussex. So it was that I found myself, along with Jean Tillson, in Emsworth on the 13th. The Emsworth Museum had been opened...

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