Page 21 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 1887: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, China acknowledges Portugal's right to Macao,

first Sherlock Holmes novel published, contact lenses invented.

At the PSL: Two members of subsequent prominence elected, future President the Earl of

Kingston & future Secretary J. A. Tilleard. Ten pounds spent on bookcase, start of the library.

PSL President was Judge F. A. Philbrick. Membership stood at 69.

BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW COVER

From the collection of George Kramer.

Member since 1990. Lives in United States of America.

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William F. Cody 'Buffalo Bill' was born in 1845. From a child he was used to shooting and riding so

became a Pony Express rider in 1860, then the most dangerous occupation on the plains. Afterwards

he guided wagon trains overland; he guided the Sth Cavalry to Utah; was chief scout in the building

of the Union Pacific Railroad; and eventually became Chief of Scouts for the U.S. Army. He is most

remembered as a buffalo hunter, killing 69 in a one-day contest. In supplying meat for the building of

the Kansas Pacific Railroad he shot 4862 buffalo in one season. His famous Wild West Show began in

1883 and in 1887 it toured England. This cover was sent from London to Nebraska during that tour.