The Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa

Journal - Forerunners

Forerunners is the official journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.
Forerunners is published three times per year for the periods July/October, November/February, and March/June. A subscription to Forerunners is included with the PSGSA annual membership fee.

Awards

• Forerunners received a Vermeil at JOBURG 2010.
• Forerunners received a Vermeil at CHICAGOPEX 2009.
• Forerunners received a Large Silver Medal at Washington 2006 World Philatelic Exhibition
• Forerunners received a Vermeil at the August 2005 APS STAMPSHOW in Grand Rapids.

Congratulations to all the members that support our society and our journal, with a special thanks to all the editors and contributing writers for sharing their knowledge and experience.

Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts should be sent to the appropriate member of the Editorial Board or directly to the Editor.
Electronic versions of submissions are preferred either embedded in an email message or as an email attachment. MS Word files are preferred. Avoid complex tables, unless in text or excel formats. Illustrations should be scanned at at least 150 dpi and submitted in tif, gif, or jpg formats. Illustrations should not be embedded in manuscript files. Contact the Editor if you have any questions and your submission requires special attention. Needless to say, good old fashioned typed or written manuscripts and photocopies can still be submitted and are most welcome.

Downloads

** NEW ** Forerunners Composite Index

Thanks to the excellent work of Basil Gratz of Johannesburg, with the valuable assistance of David Collins, we now have a comprehensive Forerunners index to help find that elusive article buried somewhere in the collection of back issues.

Each of the three composite indexes is an Excel spreadsheet containing a list of articles/briefs from Forerunner Journals 1–110.
The indexes are divided into five columns: journal number, page number, article/brief, author(s), country/topic identification.
Due to technical limitations of the time, the numbering of pages from early issues has been a bit problematic.

1. Download the spreadsheets to your computer.
2. Open with your favourite spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel or LibreOffice Calc.
3. Search for a subject(s) of interest or a favourite author using the appropriate index.

• MASTER.xlsx
• TOPICS.xlsx
• AUTHORS.xlsx

Journal Archive

All issues of Forerunners from issue #1 until about two years prior to the current issue are available for download below.
A Memory Stick containing all issues from #1 up to and including the current issue may be purchased directly from the Treasurer. The cost is US$30 plus an additional US$5 for worldwide mailing.