Magazine Volume 1 No 1 - Issue 230

Month/year
January-February 1965
Volume
1
Volume #
1
Issue #
230

Table of contents

The front page of this magazine continues in the same style as before, listing the contents between the frame on the front cover, as follows : 

  • page   1. Editorial
  • page   2. Pen Portrait (Mr. Leslie Higgs of Castle Bromwich, Birmingham)
  • page   3. I Was a Grasshopper - Frederick Sanders
  • page   6. For Beginners - Wilfred W. Smart
  • page   7. London`s Story (part 6) - F. A. Quinn
  • page   8. The First Tobacco Insert - Martin Murray [War of Independence propaganda insert]
  • page   8. Birth and Death - G. T. Gregory
  • page   9. "You`re Never Alone" [with a Cameric List] / "Stop Press" - Edwin Hicks
  • page 10. Report on Society Meeting [November 13th, 1964] - Wilfred. M. Wright
  • page 11. Magazine History - Franz W. Blows
  • page 13. Latest New Issues - Clifford Duge
                       • A. & B.C. Chewing Gum Ltd. - "Footballers" - magic quiz
                       • A. & B.C. Chewing Gum Ltd. - "Footballers" - Scottish
                       • Barratt & Co. Ltd. - "Animals in the Service of Man"
                       • Barratt & Co. Ltd. - "Famous Footballers, A.12"
                       • Barratt & Co. Ltd. - "What do you Know"
                       • Barratt & Co. Ltd. - "Zoo Pets"
                       • Benson & Hedges Ltd. - insert card, in blue, "Olivier" Cigarettes
                       • Big Bub Bubble Gum - "Walt Disney Characters"
                       • Big Bub Bubble Gum - "Western Scenes"
                       • Brooke Bond Tea Ltd. - "Butterflies of the World"
                       • Brooke Bond Tea Ltd. - "Wildlife in Danger" (overseas version - red backs)
                       • Messrs. S. & R. Butler (The Collectors Shop) - "Militaria"
                       • Ewbanks Ltd. - new blue back version of "Transport Through The Ages"
                       • Gallaher Ltd. - insert card, in blue, "Ariel" Cigarettes
                       • Gowers & Burgons Ltd. (G.B. Tea) - "The Circus" 
                       • Gowers & Burgons Ltd. (G.B. Tea) - "Family Pets"
                       • Heinz Ltd. - "Australian Cricket Team signed photo"                  
                       • E. R. Howard Ltd - "Vintage Cars"
                       • Leaf Gum - "Spook Theatre"
                       • Lloyd Piggott & Co. Ltd. (Glengettie Tea) - new version of "Veteran & Vintage Cars" with "A Series of 25"
                       • Molassine Co. Ltd. (VIMS) - "Dogs" (new series)
                       • Primrose Confectionery Co. Ltd. - new version of "Z Cars" with album reference (or without, check)
                       • Reddings Tea Ltd. - "Castles of Great Britain" (and promo card for it)
                       • Rothmans Ltd. - insert card, in black and gold, "Pall Mall" Cigarettes
                       • Somportex Ltd. - "James Bond 007"
                       • Sweetule Products Ltd. - "Racing Cars of the World" (cut-outs)
                       • Typhoo Tea Ltd. - "Red Hearts" (pop stars)
  • page 15. "Amalgamation" [of the Cameric and Cartophilic] - Wilfred M. Wright
  • page 15. Continental Trade Listings - Aiguebelle - Edward Wharton-Tigar
  • page 18. Secretaria - Edward G. Knight
  • page 20. Cartophilic Typed Listings
  • page 22. Research Items - Edward Wharton-Tigar
  • page 24. Postal Auction No.258 - K. Gillyon
  • Inside Cover. List of Meetings
  • Back Cover. Sale of Reference Books.

A curious omission is the fact that the inside front cover gives a list of the officials of the Society, (as well as alterations to membership). I list the former here simply so to make it easier when, in the distant future, I get around to adding the Cameric magazines. And they were as follows : 

  • President and Chairman - Mr. W. M. Wright 
  • Executive Vice President - Mr. F. V. Blows (who had been the final editor of the "Cameric Notes and News" magazine)
  • Honorary Secretary (Correspondence and Back Issues Controller) - Mr. E. G. Knight
  • Treasurer (Subscriptions and Finances) - Mr. E. F. Pressey
  • Research - Mr. Edward Wharton-Tigar
  • New Issues - Mr. Clifford Duge
  • Editor and Advertising Manager - Mr. A. E. Arnold 
  • Approval Book Service Controller - Mr. J Rowe
  • Postal Auction Secretary - Mr. K. Gillyon
  • Librarian - Mr. A. Yates
  • Representative "Type" Collection Curator - Mr. J. H. Brown.