British Thematic Association

The British Thematic Association is the UK's national association for theme-based philately and postcards. Tweets mainly by Jon, committee member.

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Our programme of events for 2024 - including meetings, Zoom presentations and more!
https://t.co/OkxKisKCxP
Many of our events are open to non-members

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Jan's talk has concluded and members are invited to take a closer look at his presentation pages

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Our AGM has concluded and members are now having a presentation from Jan Nyeki entitled "Tell me please, why was Sudan the last one?" - an intriguing title! (Sudan was the last Northern White Rhino)

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Jan thinks this is the first time the life of a particular animal has been treated to a biographical Thematic exhibit. It covers the 40+ years of Sudan's life and his travels from Sudan to Czechia and back to Africa (Kenya)

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Our Annual General Meeting is taking place at Swinpex today. Our chairman, Barry, is welcoming all members now

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Our next Zoom meeting will be on Wednesday 24th April at 19.30 GMT.

Jean Alexander will talk about "Supermarket Philately" - philatelic items given away to promote other products.

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Some more of our members - Mike and Peter, with their exhibits at the Royal Philatelic Society today

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Some of our members, Peter and Anne, with their exhibits at the Royal Philatelic Society today!

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Our event at the Royal Philatelic Society @The_RPSL has begun. Open to all - do pop in to see some interesting and unusual exhibits!

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Location: 15 Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BW.

Only a few minutes walk from Cannon Street, Bank and Monument Underground Stations.

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The BTA will display at the Royal Philatelic Society London @The_RPSL on Thursday, 21st March.

Doors open 1pm.

Non-members welcome.

Come and see over 800 frames of thematic displays!

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Our next Zoom meeting will be on Thursday 16th November at 19.30 BST / 14.30 EDT.
Mark will present about Polar Orchids. Orchids are found growing in the northern polar regions and the display looks at orchid stamps and postmarks occurring in both polar regions.

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We are just about to start our latest Zoom meeting - hearing from Peter who is presenting about the Irish in America.

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Some close-ups from Len's presentation. Stamps on cork, a New Zealand rugby shirt, and fish skin from the Faroe Islands!

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Getting ready for the 30th BTA AGM today at Swinpex!

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The presentation after the AGM is Len Ashton-Snith presenting on "Philatelic firsts" - first foil, wooden, embroidered, augmented reality, holograms, 3D, playable stamps that were little records and more! The UK "first" was thermo-chromatic stamps

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Join @BritishThematic for a look at Philatelic Passports

Link: https://t.co/wndU8p6gDQ

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The winners of the annual BTA 1-Page Competition have been announced. We have two Diamond Level winners this year - congratulations Wayne Cox and Paolo Vispi! More details on our website: https://t.co/PwJVLqAKsd

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Our next Zoom meeting takes place on Thursday 9 February at 7pm GMT. Geoff will be presenting on "Photography, photographers and postage stamps."

The full programme and details of how to access the live presentation is available here: https://t.co/pvN3dqpKuv