Philatelic Society

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Telephone: 020 7239 2571 E-mail: nps@ukphilately.org.uk

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NEW EDITOR FOR “STAMP LOVER”

The council of the National Philatelic Society has appointed Michael L. Goodman as the new editor of its bi-monthly magazine Stamp Lover.

The appointment to the honorary post became effective in January, in time to see the February edition to press, and Mr. Goodman also joins the National’s Council.

Michael L. Goodman, 61, has been a member of the National for more than 20 years and attends its monthly Saturday meetings regularly. In recent years he has reviewed and reported for Stamp Lover the diverse displays, which take place at these meetings.

His main collecting interests are the USA and Great Britain from early to modern and he is a packet secretary of the American Stamp Club of Great Britain. He is also hon. secretary of Twickenham and District, his local philatelic society, which this year celebrates its 60^th birthday.

Mr. Goodman is a journalist by profession, working freelance as a writer on personal finance and business matters. His work appears regularly in The Weekly Telegraph, the overseas edition of the Daily Telegraph, and in Estate Agency News, the trade paper for residential estate agents.

He said,” I am honoured to be following in the footsteps of our distinguished former editors and in particular that great philatelic writer Fred Melville, who founded Stamp Lover a century ago and whose articles on philately are written in a style that is still easy to read despite the passage of time. I also wish to thank the former editor David Alford and his team who successfully relaunched a re-designed magazine last year. With the London 2010 Festival of Stamps coming up, it’s going to be an exciting and busy time for the National and for the Stamp Lover.”

Michael L Goodman, Editor, Stamp Lover

Harvard House

621 London Road

ISLEWORTH, Middlesex, TW7 4ER

Tel: 020 8568 2433

stamplover@ukphilately.org.uk

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The Stamp Lover appears six times a year and is free to members of the National Philatelic Society. The Society holds its monthly meetings in London and occasionally elsewhere in the U.K. All meetings, except the AGM, are open to all. If you are interested in attending or would like to know more about these, the regular issues of Stamp Lover or the Society’s renowned philatelic library, please contact the Hon. Secretary, Peter Mellor, at the above address or visit our website.

January 2009 END