Philatelic Summit Papers Number 7

The seventh Seminar Paper in this series has the title “Traditional Philately. Philatelic Material and Exhibiting” by Brian Trotter RDP, FRPSL. The theme of the 3rd Philatelic Summit in April 2014 is defining philatelic material, following on from the theme of a focus on philatelic treatment in the 2nd Philatelic Summit in April 2012. The original concept was for this Summit Paper to be about the defining and selection of material for Traditional Philately exhibits. While still maintaining a degree of focus on material selection, it has been positioned more as a broad look at exhibiting and judging Traditional Philately, and indeed exhibiting and judging in a more general sense. It looks at where we are today, and how we got there. Perhaps more importantly, it suggests where we might be going and where we could be tomorrow.