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2024 - 2025 Changes to the Competitions

In view of falling numbers of entrants for the various competition categories and availability of National Accredited Judges it has become necessary to review the status of each competition category and to review the means of judging.

The Committee has discussed what approach we should take to make the competitions more suited to the above situations and have decided that we should reduce the number of competitions to four: Postage Stamps of All Periods, Postal History and Aerophilately, Thematic and Open Classes and Postcards and Cinderella to be judged by members at the meeting and that the appropriate existing trophy is awarded to the winning entries. In addition, members would be able to request that their entry be marked by a qualified judge in anticipation of submitting it to the Scottish Congress. The President’s Cup and the Caledonian Rose Bowl will also be awarded at the AGM.

For 2025 the Competition winners as voted for by the members present were as follows:

Jean M Campbell Trophy for Postal History and Aerophilately

Frank Brown Rose Bowl for Postage Stamps of all Periods

Merrylees Trophy for Thematic and Open Classes

Fairbairn Salver for Postcards and Cinderellas