A visit to the Royal Philatelic Society London : Thursday, 8th January, 1981

Abstract

I was invited to attend a meeting of 'The Royal' on the occasion of the lecture by Michael Lawson on the subject of Classic Issues of Malta. I was the guest of Gerald Davis, a well known postal historian and author of several works about India and Burma. Before the lecture started Gerald gave me a conducted tour of the museum and library housed in several rooms. The museum had several glass cases displaying a wide range of old handstamps and ephemera associated with days gone by, while in an adjoining room there were displayed round the walls and in glass cases, some of the litho stones used to produce early issues of India, the dies, transfer rollers and perts of plates from many Colonial issues (I did not notice any Malta), and examples of the gauze from 'Danny Rolls' with bits attached that were used to make the water- marks in the paper. [excerpt]