WASC People and policies

WASC is run by volunteer members. Officers have specific roles as shown below. The Study Editors listed below the officers are experts in their areas. If you are a WASC Member you will find contact details for officers and editors at the front of your Confidential Members' List. Otherwise please get in touch via the WASC Secretary, Paul Redhead.

WASC Officers

President 2024-26 Philip Quirk
Vice-President 2024-26 Paul Redhead
Immediate Past President Tony Plumbe
Treasurer Philip Quirk
Secretary Paul Redhead
Membership Secretary John Hossack
Auctioneer Neil Sargent
Archivist Paul Redhead
Bookseller Rob May
Cameo Editors Barry Burns & Rob May
Publications Secretary Peter Richards
North American Representative Marty Bratzel
Nigerian Representative Edet Akpan
Web Manager Paul Redhead
Marketing Simon Heap
Zoom meetings co-ordinator Peter Wingent

WASC Study Editors

Airmails Barbara Priddy
Ascension Bernard Hughes
Biafra Tony Plumbe
Cameroons Marty Bratzel
The Gambia John Russell
Gold Coast Peter Duggan
Ghana Ian Anderson
Lagos Simon Heap
Maritime Mail John Hossack
Niger Coast and the Nigerias to 1914 Simon Heap
Nigeria (post 1914) Tony Plumbe
St. Helena Bernard Mabbett
Sierra Leone (pre-independence) Majed Halawi
Sierra Leone (post 1961) Peter Rolfe
Togo Jeremy Martin
Tristan da Cunha / Gough Island Richard Moss

WASC Policies

WASC's activities are overseen by a Management Committee to which the main officers belong. They in turn answer to an Annual General Meeting of all members. WASC's constitution lays down rules on key issues such as meetings, membership, and finances. WASC's privacy policy describes the use we make of personal data.