13th January | Annual General Meeting with prize giving at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
23rd January | First meeting for new committee returned from AGM. |
3rdth February | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
23rd February | Anthony Grech produces Card for "Il-Hagar Heart of Gozo" handstamp. |
3th March | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
7th March | Committee begins preparing for the Exhibition. |
30th March | Anthony grech produces Card for Censu Tabone centenary handstamp. |
7th April | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
13th April | Founder-President Notary Dr. Michael Refalo readily accepted to deliver a lecture expounding on his research about problems concerning carriage to and from Malta during the late 19th Century. The title of the lecture was "Is there money in the mail?" |
25th April | Committee decided Exhibition date, and "Traditional" title. It also finalized the set of personalized stamps. |
29th April | Anthony Grech produces Card for Leone handstamp. |
5th May | Members' Meeting on first Sunday of the month at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
2nd June | Members' Meeting on first Sunday of the month at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
14th June | Committee discusses technical problems with the Prime Ministers personalized series and agrees about future events. |
20th June | Anthony Grech produces Card for Sepac Rabbit stamp.. |
1st July | Anthony Grech produces card for "Circolo Gozitano" centenary handstamp. |
13th July | Anthony Grech produces Card for Victoria Scoust 50th anniversary handstamp. |
5th August | First issue of the set of "Prim Minister" personalized stamps designed by Anthony Grech - to continue appearing monthly on the first Monday of the Month. |
27th August | Anthony Grech produces Card for Victoria bus stamp. |
28th August | Committee updates Exhibition regulations. |
1st September | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
2nd September | 2nd issue of the set of "Prime Minister" personalized stamps designed by Anthony Grech. |
11th September | Committee meting for Exhibition preparations. |
6th October | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
7th October | 3rd issue of the set of "Prime Minister" personalized stamps designed by Anthony Grech. |
14th October | Setting-up of Exhibition begins. |
18th October | Judging of the exhibits takes place. |
21st October | MaltaPost issued a commemorative handstamp for the GPS Exhibition and Anthony Grech produced a personalized stamp and a relative card. |
21st October | Members of the Malta Study Circle and of the Malta Philatelic Society visit the Exhibition. |
21st - 27th October | Exhibition. |
31st October | Committee meeting to finalize Exhibition prizes. |
3rd November | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
4th November | 4th issue of the set of "Prime Minister" personalized stamps designed by Anthony Grech. |
22nd November | Anthony Grech produces cover for Gharb band handstamp. |
1st December | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
2nd December | 5th issue of the set of "Prime Minister" personalized stamps designed by Anthony Grech. |
7th December | Anthony Grech produces Covers for Karmni Grima Museum and Immaculate Conception Confraternity handstamps. |
14th December | Final meeting by out going committee. |
3rd January | Anthony Grech produces Cover for Lunzjata Fountain Stamp. |
6th January | 6th "Prime Minister" personalized stamp and card issued. |
12th January | AGM and Exhibition Prize and Certificate Giving. |
12th January | 1stGPS Facebook Updates. |
15th January | First meeting of the new committee confirms its formation and decides about this year's activities. |
2nd February | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
3rd February | 7th "Prime Minister" personalized stamp and card issued. |
5th February | Delegation from the committee participates in MaltaPost activity for Malta - Israel joint issue. |
24th February | Funeral for GPS officer Emmanuel Vella. |
28th February | Anthony Grech produced Cover for Xaghra statues centenary handstamp. |
1st March | Committee takes decision about the Exhibition and other events. |
2nd March | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
3rd March | 8th "Prime Minister" personalized stamp and card issued. |
5th April | Funeral of GPS co-founder (and stamp, handstamp, and card designer) George Vella. |
6th April | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
7th April | 9th "Prime Minister" personalized stamp and card issued. |
11th April | Anthony Grech produced Cover for Xaghra Good Friday procession centenary Handstamp. |
23rd April | Anthony Grech produced Cover for St. George statue anniversary Handstamp. |
30th April | Committee discusses possible activities before the November Exhibition. |
3rd May | Last Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ before Summer break. |
4th May | 10th "Prime Minister" personalized stamp and card issued. |
2nd June | 11th "Prime Minister" personalized stamp and card issued. |
21st June | Public Lecture. |
3rd July | Committee finalizes preparation for the personalized stamp set designed by Anthony Grech for the Diocese's 150th Anniversary. |
7th July | 12th "Prime Minister" personalized stamp. |
13th July | The Sunday times features our 21th June public lecture. |
19th July | Anthony Grech prepares card for St. George Relic Handstamp. |
26th July | Anthony Grech produced Cover Xaghra Plaque Handstamp. |
29th July | GPS Secratary records a programme (focusing mainly on Covers and personalized stamps we produce) to be broadcast on ZZZ ethic community radiio (Melbourne). |
4th August | Final 2 Personalized Stamps produced. |
10th August | Diocesan Bullettin Announces the Bishop' Stamps. |
11th August | Anthony Grech prepares cover for Gozo Cathedral sesquicentenary Handstamp. |
7th September | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
16th September | Anthony Grech prepares set of 10 covers for the personalized stamps honouring Gozo's bishops on the occasion of the 150th annivarsary of a separate dioscese. |
30th September | GPS officers meet with Bishop Mario Grech in his office to present him with mementoes of the Gozo Diocese sesquicentennial Bishops set. |
5th October | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
10th October | Committee discusses resignation letter from President Anton V. Said and prepares also for exhibition. |
21st October | Anthony Grech prepares card for handstamp on 3th centenary of the donation of St. Ursula Bust. |
31st October | GPS prominently involved in the "Gozo in Philatelic Art" exhibition at Il-Ħaġar. |
2nd November | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
5th November | Committee finalizes preparations for Exhibition. |
8th November | Anthony Grech prepares card for handstamp on 250th anniversary of the arrival of Nadur St. Coronatus. |
14th November | Exhibition opening and revamped website launch. |
17th November | Christmas Card designed by Anthony Grech to concide with the Betlehem F'Għajnsielem MaltaPost set. |
26th November | Committee confirms Exhibition prizes and prepares for AGM. |
5th December | Anthony Grech prepares card for Milied F'Għawdex handstamp, which he himself designed. |
5th December | GPS founder George Vella awarded posthumous Ġieħ Għawdex awarded by Circolo Gozitano. |
7th December | Members' Meeting at Victoria Scouts HQ. |
10th December | Copies of "Isle of Joy" distributed to all students in two classes at the Conservatory Primary as a reward for the best participating school during the 15th GPS Exhibition. |
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