THE INDIA STUDY CIRCLE FOR PHILATELY

At the recent A.G.M. Paul Allen was elected un-opposed for a further three years as Chairperson, Patrick Dromgoole was elected un-opposed for three years as Treasurer and Dan Walker was elected un-opposed as Members’ Representative for one year.

It was with great pleasure, and not a little relief, that Patrick Dromgoole was welcomed to the position of ISC Treasurer. Our hard-working Acting Treasurer, Terry Hare-Walker, has committed himself to overseeing the collection of the 2026 membership subscriptions and to producing the accounts for the previous five years, which are now being audited by Alan Godfrey, a retired accountant and an experienced auditor in the sphere of philately.

The problems with sending postal packages to addresses in the US, because of the imposition of ‘import tariffs’ by the US authorities, have been resolved, so, although having taken some time to catch up with the backlog, issues of India Post and copies of the 75th Anniversary Book ought to have reached US members or will do very soon

There are some minor alterations to Volume 2 of Series 3 of the ISC Handbook, “The Sacred Cow Issues of Bundi”, a revision of the late Ray Benns’ Handbook by John Warren, being worked on by John and the ISC Research Co-ordinator, Chris Cleal. When finalised, it will be available from Amazon, or from Madhukar Jhingan in India, as for Volume 1. This Volume will be more expensive than Volume 1, as it is larger and the illustrations are in colour.

The ISC Program Secretary, Sandeep Jaiswal, is organizing an ‘open’ Zoom meeting – no main presenter, but a more informal content of ‘show and tell’ and discussions – for Saturday the 17th of January.

Sandeep is also organizing an ISC presence at the major international shows at Dubai, in February, and Boston, in May, including meetings and dinner afterwards.

An early notification has been given by Carol Edholm and Vivek Chopra that they will be hosting an ISC Convention at PIPEX 2028, in May 2028.

ISC members have been sent Membership Subscription notifications; subscriptions remain the same for 2026. Any member who has not renewed by the 1st of February will be considered as lapsed.