Records of past WASC Members' Zoom meetings
WASC began hosting a regular series of Zoom Sessions for members in October 2023. Joining details are emailed and dates are given on the WASC Meetings page. Non-members are welcome to join our Zoom meetings - just contact us to to ask for the necessary Zoom link. Files associated with past Zoom sessions are posted on this page. Presenters are not required to provide files, so there are some blanks!
How to access Zoom General note
February 2026
- King George VI portraits by Brian Livingstone.
- A seapost sampler – an introduction to transoceanic mail by Gary Loew.
- *Value for money from the postal service !WASC members only by John Froggatt
- *Nigerian censor cover queries by Graham Murray.
- The Lagos ½d. on 4d. overprint !WASC members only by Paul Redhead
- WASC on Facebook !WASC members only by Steve Garland & Paul Redhead.
* items: members showed material they wanted information about. Discussion was able to give (most of) the answers
November 2025
- Peter Rolfe's Sierra Leone formula airletters - part 2 !WASC members only by Philip Quirk
- Mail from Ascension !WASC members only by Graham Mytton
- *Questions: covers for collectors, Gold Coast/Ghana and A.E.K. Browne, Esq. !WASC members only by Martin Giles
- Evolution of the Gambian postal system –a postal history perspective, part 1 !WASC members only by Gary Loew
- African Steamship Company and CieBelgeMaritime 'Shared Vessels' !WASC members only by John Hossack
- *Information and a question - three Nigeria censor covers & the 500N issue SG 525f !WASC members only by Graeme Murray
* items: members showed material they wanted information about. Discussion was able to give (most of) the answers
September 2025
- Nigeria space tracking stations !WASC members only by Tony Plumbe
- Mail in the former Portuguese colonies of West Africa by Graham Mytton
- Peter Rolfe's Sierra Leone formula aerogrammes !WASC members only by Philip Quirk
- A Togo overprint question by Paul Czopek
- Nigeria registered air mail to the U.K., 1956-57 by Rodney Knight
- New air mail acquisitions !WASC members only by Peter Richards.
May 2025
- Legitimate West Africa stamps 'Appendixed' by Stanley Gibbons !WASC members only by Graham Mytton
- UPU specimen stamps and the irregular block mystery !WASC members only by Gary Loew
- Gough Island (Tristan) mail bag tags !WASC members only by Richard Moss
- New airmail acquisitions !WASC members only by Peter Richards
- The 1953 Coronation issues of British West Africa !WASC members only by Fred Lutt
- Lagos War Prisoners' Bureau, 1914 !WASC members only by Rob May
February 2025
- Cameroons World War 2 censorship, part 1 !WASC members only by Tony Plumbe
- Nineteenth Century Maritime Mails to and from West Africa !WASC members only by John Hossack
- BOAC Trans–Africa Routes 1940-1945 !WASC members only by Peter Richards
- Ghana Cash on Delivery !WASC members only by Philip Quirk
- Some Nigeria covers and queries !WASC members only by Graeme Murray
- Nigeria canceller errors !WASC members only by Paul Redhead
November 2024
- The lesser known postmarks, flaws and peculiarities of Nigerian stamps, 1980-86 !WASC members only by Tony Simmonds
- BOAC air mail from West Africa, June 1940-May 1942 !WASC members only by Peter Richards
- Six questions re various Nigeria issues, 1953-1965. !WASC members only by Larry Hughes
- A curious post card from the Cameroons campaign !WASC members only by Rob May
- 150th anniversary of Nigeria's first stamps: Lagos 1874 !WASC members only and The Nigerian Philatelist Magazine !WASC members only by Simon Heap
- Some West African air mails !WASC members only by Peter Wingent
September 2024
- Selected Biafran postal history !WASC members only by Tony Plumbe.
- Ghana self-registration !WASC members only by Philip Quirk
- A query re Nigeria 4d SG224a small imprint !WASC members only by Richard Moss
- Some new acquisitions !WASC members only by John Froggatt
- Elder Dempster receipt marks !WASC members only by Anthony Simmonds
- A further selection of interesting covers from 'the Golden age' - 1960 to 2010 by Graham Mytton
June 2024
- Sierra Leone Postmarks Sequel !WASC members only by Simon Binsted.
- Using Photo software to measure and draw !WASC members only by Paul Redhead
- Aimail routing !WASC members only by Peter Richards
- Early post in Spanish Guinea !WASC members only by Rodney Knight
- Nigerian Varieties Part 1 Beyond the Catalogue !WASC members only by Tony Plumbe
- Tristan da Cunha, missing year slug !WASC members only by Richard Moss
March 2024
- Sierra Leone Postmarks !WASC members only by Simon Binsted.
- Nigerian Correspondence !WASC members only by John Wand.
- Postal Use of "Wallpaper" stamps for Sierra Leone and Ghana !WASC members only by Philip Quirk.
- Gold coast via Imperial Airways, 1936 !WASC members only by Peter Richards.
- Guinea (Conakry) Mail to the UK, 1980s and 1990s !WASC members only by Graham Mytton.
December 2023
- Using IT in Philately !WASC members only by Paul Redhead
- Postal stationery of Southern Nigeria by Neil Sargent
- Probabilistic Philately by Larry Hughes
- Second World War free Christmas Airletters !WASC members only by Peter Richards
October 2023
Two training sessions were held: one on how to use Microsoft Powerpoint effectively, the other on how to use Zoom effectively.
Powerpoint training files
- General note
- The powerpoint display used during the session
- The recording of the Zoom session (NB 180MB .mp4 file so will take a while to download, and unedited.)