The April 2017 issue, in a new design, in full color and with a new PPS logo, has been sent to members. The table of content is:

• President’s Message by Ron van der Holt
• Editor’s Desk by Armando Teixeira da Rede
• Secretary’s Announcements by John Swan
• Portuguese Philatelic Society AGM, March 15th – 19th 2017  by John Swan
• Earliest known use of 40c. brown Ceres stamp  by Francisco Luis Pimentel
• Destination of a GB wrapper to Benguela, Angola: An early coastal and trading post by Dr. John K. Courtis FRPSL
• The Daguin machine by Armando Teixeira da Rede
• “By supplementary mail via Lisbon”  from 1905 to 1908 by António Abreu (translate by Hal Reynolds)
• Portugal new issues 2017
• The PPS history book and the bulletin slipcases