'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.
August 2007
All these News stories, and others, can be read in full in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter
Harry Allen and Crown Agents recreate CASCO
CASCO Philatelic Services Ltd, a new joint venture owned by The Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations Ltd and 288 Group Ltd, will assume the business operations of the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau with effect from October 1 2007 ...
Prinz UK purchases Morley-Bright
Cornish-based philatelic accessories specialist, Prinz Publications UK Ltd, has recently acquired the Devon company Morley-Bright Ltd, which is renowned for producing two of the most popular watermark detectors on the market. The Inst-a-Tector and Roll-a-Tector, both simple in design, effectively use the marginal differences in thickness between the watermarked section of the stamp and the unwatermarked sections ...
Efiro 2008 bulletin out
Bulletin 1 and stand information are now available from the organisers of Efiro 2008www.efiro2008.ro, the World Philatelic Exhibition to be held in Bucharest on June 20 to 28 next year ...
APS improves dealer benefits
The American Philatelic Societywww.stamps.orgis expanding its services to its 1600 dealer-members with the introduction of an occasional newsletter and improved website facilities ...
Extraordinary new GB commemorative find
THIRTY-four years after it was issued, a remarkable new find has surfaced on a GB commemorative setinfo@balanstamps.co.uk...
Cover producer petitions Royal Mail
Buckingham Covers is challenging Royal Mail over the number of stamp issues it produces as a result of concerns expressed by hundreds of cover collectors. Chairman, Tony Buckingham, has set up an online petition at www.buckinghamcovers.com to demonstrate collectors’ opinions after David Walker, head of the Philatelic Sector at Royal Mail, insisted that collectors wanted more, not fewer, stamp issues ...
Royal Mail issues Rare Birds and Army Uniforms stamps
One of the ten Birds stamps and one of the six Uniforms stamps.
Also ...
More changes at Escala
Bhutan and Todd reunited
Postbox stolen during strike
More popular than The Beatles
‘Bidferret’ launched in Australia
September 30 deadline for SBRR
Harry Potter gets special delivery
Rushstamps produces first ‘London 2010’ souvenir
Special features this month
'Timeless & Classic: Elizabeth Queen & Icon' exhibition RCA, London, preview reception, June 18 2007.
Stamp designer David Gentleman opens the exhibition.
Internetstamps Group Ltd official opening of new headquarters in Folkestone, June 29 2007.
Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP and Tony Buckingham, chairman of Internetstamps.
Tony Buckingham: A day in the life of a cover man.
Regulars:
About People
What’s happening in your life - tell the editor!
Around the Rooms
Auction action in the salerooms of Brian Reeve, Stanley Gibbons, Cavendish, Alliance, and Warwick & Warwick.
Auction Diary
Public stamp auctions around the world in August and September 2007.
Auction houses
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Back Stamps
What was in The Philatelic Exporter this month in 1950, 1961, 1979, 1989, and 1998.
Crime Column
Missing and stolen material, and forged British postage stamps.
New Issues
Hundreds of new stamp issues from around the world.
Postal administrations and/or agents
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Obituaries
Julie Pearson (née Dunwiddie) and Frank Langfield.
Trade Diary
What's on in the UK and overseas - events in the UK in August and September 2007, and international events up to 2009 are listed in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.
Event organisers
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From our contributors:
Albert Boerma - Europe
Classic con in Kirn
Two German philatelic magazines (not Philatelie (BDPh) nor Deutsche Briefmarken-Revue) published in February a two-page advertisement announcing an auction on March 15 2007 for which it invited high quality material to be offered. The name of the firm, 'Europin-Werthandel', of Kirn (Westphalia) was previously unknown .... Arnim Hölzer, new APHV president, acted immediately with a warning to his members and a fax to all philatelic institutions and the press that the firm had done a moonlight flit from Kirn ...
Also: Top collection from a 'quiet philatelist' ... Computerised colour identification ... APHV Youth photo competition ... one lady among many men.
Read the column in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.
Otto Hornung - In My View
The art of Vaclav Holler
Self-portrait 1649
Read the column in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.
Liz McKernan - Postcard World
Over 100 dealers at annual postcard show
This year The Picture Postcard Show will take place over three days (August 30 to September 1) instead of the four which dealers and collectors have become used to in previous years. www.postcard.co.uk ...
Also: Changes at Cheltenham, Loddon, Bracknell ... Unnecessarily censored ... Stamps more popular than postcards? ... High prices ... Greetings from Mars.
Read the column in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.
David Rennie - New Books
All reviewed in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.
James Skinner - Great Britain
Categorically speaking (part two)
Concluding my review of the 22nd (2008) edition of the Stanley Gibbons long established and highly regarded Great Britain Concise catalogue ...
Read the column in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.
Glen Stephens -Australasia
£4.64 million stamps to charity
On June 11 2007 in New York a rather amazing stamp auction took place. San Francisco billionaire Bill Gross auctioned off his early Great Britain stamps. The stamps were invoiced to buyers at US$10,506,400. The auction had been anticipated to raise 'only' US$4 million. Gross and his wife Sue attended the sale, and were delighted with the result - they then presented their entire proceeds from the sale to a charity after the auction! ...
"Here, take this $9 million!"
Also: Tip of the year.
Read the column in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.
Les Winick - USA
$1.18 billion retail sales
Linn's Stamp News started its annual survey of the retail stamp market in 1994. It appears to be the most widely watched model of the US stamp market as I know of no other survey or report that comes close. Here is a summary of the Linn’s report for last year, 2006 ...
Also: Delayed military mail delivered ... Hiring tips.
Read the column in the August 2007 Philatelic Exporter.