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Welcome to The Gibraltar Study Circle (GSC) web site.

Are you interested in the Stamps, Postal History or Stationery of Gibraltar or Morocco?

If so, come join us!

The GSC is a global non-profit society founded by Wally Jackson in 1975.  It aims to expand the knowledge of the philately of Gibraltar in all its forms for the benefit of collectors (philatelists) from all levels and walks of life. This includes postal history, stamps, postal stationery and associated overprints from Gibraltar and any of these used in Morocco.

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Next Meeting – Competition Weekend 2023.

The next meeting of the GSC will be the Competition Weekend, to be held starting Friday 22^nd September to Sunday 24^th September at the:

Queensgate Hotel and Conference Centre, 5-7 Fletton Avenue, Peterborough PE2 8AX.

Please book with the hotel directly on +441733 562572. quoting ‘Gibraltar Study Circle Weekend’ and let the General Secretary know so she can send you the menu for the evening meals.

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Notification of the 48^th GSC Annual General Meeting

The 48^th Annual General Meeting of the Gibraltar Study Circle will be held at 16:00 hrs on Saturday 23^rd March 2024 at:

Bournemouth Carlton Hotel, Grove Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3DN, U.K.

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Meetings

Weekend meetings are held twice a year in the UK, typically the AGM weekend in Spring and the Competition weekend in Autumn.  Competitions are only open to GSC members.  Members can find more details including entry forms by logging in.

The locations of the meetings are varied to make it easier for people to get to at least one meeting a year.

Families of members are made most welcome.  We try to encourage the social side of the meetings to ensure it is not just about the philately.

We also organise meetings in Gibraltar every few years to which all members are invited.  The most recent visit was in October 2019.

Auctions

There are two auctions of general philatelic material per year, arranged to coincide with the Sunday morning of the weekend meetings.  These auctions comprise up to 400 lots with bidding accepted both in person and via post from members worldwide.

Postal Packet

The GSC offers a Postal Packet in the UK.  This provides members with:

• an inexpensive way of obtaining more common material
• an outlet for their surplus philatelic items.

We are sorry, we cannot extend this internationally as the cost of insurance is prohibitive.

Publications

Books

Prior to the formation of the GSC, information about the Postal History and Stamps of Gibraltar was scarce.  There were just two or three publications from the early part of the century, such as “The Postage Stamps Of Gibraltar“, by Sir Geoffrey Duveen – Published in 1932, updated 1972

Study Papers

Many of these publications started life as Study Papers.  These are exploratory publications putting forward the research of the authors, expressing the ideas and concepts and asking for others to contribute to the knowledge on the subject.  Once sufficient knowledge has been garnered, the Study Paper is put into book format for a more formal publication.  Members of the Study Circle have issued 26 Study Papers on various topics including: