All these news stories, and others, can be read in full in the June 2005 Philatelic Exporter

Washington 2006 - one year to go

IN June a special ceremony is scheduled during Napex, the national stamp show being held June 3 to 5 in the Sherman Amphitheater at the Tysons Corner Hilton in suburban DC, at which there will be an unveiling ceremony displaying the first in a series of USPS philatelic items to be issued during Washington 2006 ...

South African robbery material identified

IN June 2004 there was a robbery at the South Africa Post Office Stampwise Archives in Pretoria which was reported in the philatelic press, including the PE.
Since then there has been confusion as to the exact description of the missing material, but Johan van Wyk, Senior Manager, South Africa Philatelic Services, has now released a list ...

Trooping the Colour splendid on stamps

Thematica sheet celebrates Jeffery Matthews

... Visitors to Thematica 2005 (Carisbrooke Hall, Seymour Street, London W2, on Saturday June 25 and Sunday June 26) will each receive a free souvenir sheet which celebrates the 40 years of British stamp design by Jeffery Matthews ...

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World rarities online at British Library

A SELECTION of the world’s rarest and most fascinating stamps is now available online at the British Library’s expanded Collect Britain site. Eighty items, many of which are from the renowned Tapling Collection, can be viewed as high quality images at: www.collectbritain.co.uk
/collections/philatelic/ ...

British and Australian World Heritage Sites stamps

ON July 1 2005 Romania will drop four zeros from its currency, the lei (or leu). As at May 10 2005 the exchange rates were: £1 = 52,950 lei (ROL); US$1 = 28,178 lei; and €1 = 36,175 lei.
The approximate new rates on July 1 will be: £1 = 5.29 new lei (RON); US$1 = 2.82 new lei; and €1 = 3.62 new lei. The new lei will be sub-divided into 100 bani ...

Azerbaijan repeats protest about Nagorno-Karabakh

SINCE 1993 Azerbaijan has been protesting the existence of postage stamps bearing the name of Nagorno-Karabakh, also know as Mountainous Karabagh, a region disputed by Azerbaijan and Armenia ...

ADPS donation to youth philately

AT the East Midlands Federation exhibition and fair in Wisbech on April 16, the ADPS presented a cheque for £100.95 to the National Youth Group to help finance its various projects to encourage and assist youngsters interested in the hobby ...

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