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Click here to see the current job vacancy within our Team. All these news stories, and others, can be read in full in the August 2006 Philatelic Exporter
Radical alternative proposed for London exhibition in 2010 RESERVATIONS by dealers and collectors alike about the arrangements for the proposed 'London 2010 - Festival of Stamps' at the BDC have resulted in plans for an alternative exhibition to be staged in May at a prestigious venue in London ...
Clever ideas from young collectors VISITORS to Thematica on June 24 and 25 were able to enjoy the entries in four different competitions. Young collectors again demonstrated they are full of innovative ideas, producing some remarkable displays in the Barclays Cup Competition, which is sponsored by Rushstamps (Retail) Ltd ...
New stamps are miniature works of art THIS set of ten 1st class stamps was issued on July 18 2006 by Royal Mail to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the National Portrait Gallery which has a collection of over 9000 portraits ...
William Shakespeare - one of the ten portraits
Michelangelo inspires new IRC THE International Reply Coupon (IRC) has a new look. Two fingers about to touch, framed in a postage stamp – this image inspired by the famous Michelangelo work adorning the Sistine Chapel ceiling - symbolises the notions of communication and exchange that the IRC represents ...
Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower MOVING the Mail: Horses to Horsepower is the latest exhibition from The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA). It traces the fascinating history of road transport in the postal service and will be on show at the Coventry Transport Museum from August 5 to October 24 2006 ...
UNPA archive disposal investigated UNITED Nations investigators are expected to announce soon their findings concerning the disposal of the United Nations Postal Administration archive material in May 2003 ...
NZ cancels Maori stamps FIVE days before the scheduled release date of June 7 2006, New Zealand Post decided not to issue the Maori Performing Arts set of five stamps. The decision followed consultations with various Maori arts and culture organisations who were not happy with the stylised depictions of aspects of the kapa haka ...
Israel launches 2008 exhibition
A World Stamp Championship exhibition is to be held in Tel Aviv on May 14 to 2008 ...
Also: Credit card caution Al Gatech active again? Mozambique revalues the metical Isle of Wight threatens postal independence Italian conference looks to the future of philately
This month's special reports - Washington 2006 : Changing of the guard at ASDA by Chad Neighbor THE past few months have been unusually eventful for the American Stamp Dealers Association, providing a baptism of fire for the group’s new executive officer, Jim Roselle, who has taken over the reins of the principal US dealers’ group from its long-time chief executive, Joseph B Savarese ... EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CURRENCIES OF THE POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE WORLD A guide to the exchange rates of the 246 current stamp issuing entities of the world to the pound sterling, the US dollar, and the euro ...
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Forthcoming Auctions: Public stamp auctions in August and September 2006. more>>
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From our contributorsAlbert Boerma - Europe: Köhler clarifies Afinsa connection
Otto Hornung - In My View: Michèle Chauvet only tenth lady to sign RDP
Liz McKernan - Postcard World: French fair changes face ... Postcard novelties ... New series of 'London Life' ... Condition immaterial? ... More information on LL emerges ... Strange hobby ... August fair diary
David Rennie - New Books: All reviewed in the August 2006 Philatelic Exporter.
James Skinner - Great Britain: PiP = Problems in Paradise
Glen Stephens - Australasia: Red (Hot) China! more>>
Les Winick - USA: Strange things in the USA more>> |
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