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August 2005

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

Gibbons buys, and sells, John Lennon's stamp album

IN an acquisition that covers its two main activities, stamps and autographs, Stanley Gibbons, bought John Lennon’s stamp album in May ... Lennon’s hardcover Mercury Stamp Album dates from about 1950, when he was ten years old. It is inscribed on the flyleaf with his name and address ‘John Lennon, 251 Menlove Avenue, Woolton, Liverpool’ and signed again ‘John Lennon’ in blue ballpoint pen further down the page.

London 2010 at BDC

LONDON'S next decennial international stamp exhibition is to be held at the Business Design Centre on May 8 to 15 2010. Its name is likely to be 'Stamp London Twenty-10' ...

Forged first-class stamps seized

ON Monday July 11, in the early hours of the morning, police raided premises in Willenhall, near Walsall, and recovered £138,000 of counterfeit British first-class stamps ...

Facelift for Guernsey website

GUERNSEY Post’s Philatelic Bureau website has undergone a facelift and was relaunched in late July. Guernsey website company, Submarine, spent four months working very closely with Bureau staff to deliver an informative, easy, and secure on-line shopping facility for stamp collectors at www.guernseypost.com

Rare GB Stamp Price Index doubles in seven years

STANLEY Gibbons reports that the prices of rare stamps continue to rise strongly.
The seventh anniversary of the Stanley Gibbons GB 30 Rarities Index, which coincides with the publication of the 2005 edition of its Concise Great Britain catalogue, shows the stamp market to be in very good health ...

Also This Month

A guide to the exchange rates of the 245 current stamp issuing entities of the world to the pound sterling, the US dollar, and the euro ...

See the complete guide in the August 2005 Philatelic Exporter

Regulars

Back Stamps:

What was in the ‘Philatelic Exporter’ this month in 1957, 1964, 1976, 1985, and 1991.

Forthcoming Auctions:

Public stamp auctions in August and September 2005.

New Issues:

New stamp issues from around the world.

Trade Diary:

What's on in the UK and overseas.

Around the Rooms:

Auction reports from the UK, USA, and Germany.

Your Letters:

Pacific Explorer
 

Sushi and chips on tasty stamps

ROYAL Mail marks this year’s PostEurop theme of ‘gastronomy’ with six colourful 'Changing Tastes in Britain' stamps issued on August 23.

CASB tribute to Pope John Paul II

DURING his 26-year papacy Pope John Paul II visited over 100 countries, prompting the issue of many hundreds of commemorative stamp issues.
As a tribute to his life of service to the Catholic Church, the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau has assembled a series of memorial stamp issues by 15 of its client countries ...

IFSDA website relaunched

THE 57th International Stamp Fair and the 44th 'Europa' International Philatelic Exhibition together with the 21st Postcard Show will be held in Riccione - the Green Pearl of the Adriatic - from August 26 to 28 2005 in their usual venue of the Palace of Tourism and the adjoining modern pavilion ...

From our contributors

Otto Hornung - In My View:

The BDC is not big enough for 2010.

O J Hill - Great Britain:

Illustrated envelopes a difficult area.

Albert Boerma - Europe:

eBay cooperates with philately.

Les Winick - USA:

Rhubarb in Mexico.

Liz McKernan - Postcard World:

More dealers at Postcard Show.

David Rennie - New Books:

Recent literature reviewed.

Glen Stephens - Australasia

New 'Stamp Boom' started June 2 2005.