Philatelic Exporter

'The Philatelic Exporter' is the only independent magazine in the world for the international postage stamp trade, having been published every month since it first appeared in May 1945.

		March 2005
All these news stories, and others, can be read in full in the March 2005 Philatelic Exporter HEADS OR TAILS? Don't flip a coin - rub a stamp! PREPARE to be amazed as Royal Mail celebrates 100 years of the Magic Circle on March 15 2005. All the magician’s traditional tools of the trade: rabbits, top hats, playing cards and spotted scarves feature on the five interactive stamps in the Magic! issue.
San Marino leads tsunami relief SAN Marino was the first post office to announce details of a stamp issue to benefit the tsunami relief fund. Emmerdale stamps out Coronation Street and The Bill - by a small margin! IN an extremely closely contested poll, the Emmerdale stamp was chosen by the British public to be included as the '1st' stamp in the set marking the 50th anniversary of ITV due on September 15 this year. British 2006 special stamps ELEVEN special issues have been announced for 2006 by Royal Mail. Turkey issues 'new lira' stamps ON January 1 2005 the Turkish PTT issued 16 new definitives bearing the country's new currency which was introduced on the same day. Stamp Scandal!! site stays open FOLLOWING the announcement that the Stamp Scandal!! website was to close down it received so many e-mails to continue its campaign against illegal stamp issues that it will remain operative. Also this month: Kenneth Robert Lake July 3 1931 - January 23 2005 more>> Regulars Back Stamps: What was in the ‘Philatelic Exporter’ this month in 1958, 1966, 1979, 1986, and 1996. Forthcoming Auctions: Public stamp auctions in March and April 2005 more>> New Issues: New stamp issues from around the world more>> Trade Diary: What's on in the UK and overseas. more>> Around the Rooms: Stamp auction reviews and previews more>> Your Letters: Readers write. more>> People: Bonhams appoints Graham Childs more>>		Royal Wedding issue not dismissed ROYAL Mail has not dismissed suggestions that a special stamp issue will be produced for the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Charles and Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles on April 8 2005. Stampex 2006 and 2007 dates THE Philatelic Traders' Society has announced the dates of the four Stampex exhibitions in 2006 and 2007. Tristan da Cunha's remote islands A UNIQUE series of closely linked stamp issues has been conceived and researched by the residents of the remote islands of the South Atlantic. Not only are these islands remote, to many of us they are virtually unknown. Hanworth house heist A collection of 12 albums was stolen from a house in Hanworth, Middlesex, during the weekend of January 15/16 2005. Total value of the material is said to catalogue at approximately £30,000. Pacific Explorer takes Tapling on board ONE of the greatest stamp collections ever compiled will be on show at the Pacific Explorer 2005 World Stamp Expo to be held in Sydney on April 21 to 24 2005. From our contributors Otto Hornung - In My View: Big changes at the Academy. more>> James Skinner - Great Britain: Feeling the heat. more>> Les Winick - USA: Condition confusion. more>> Albert Boerma - Europe: Austrian innovations stem the slump. more>> Glen Stephens - Australasia: Big prices for Australian locals. more>> Liz McKernan - Postcard World: The French collection. more>> David Rennie - New Books: Recent literature reviewed. more>>