From the Contributors |
July 2006 |
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Albert Boerma - Europe NVPH ceases supplying Afinsa IN the wake of the 'Spanish stamp scandal' at the beginning of May, the Dutch dealers' association (NVPH) informed all its members that the supplying of stamps to Afinsa had been curtailed. Dutch dealers have sold loads of mint CEPT/Europa and other stamps in complete sets through the NVPH which became a major supplier to Afinsa in 2003. Participating members paid NVPH a commission on their monthly sales but Afinsa was paying such good prices that some members became suspicious ... Also ... Austrian surcharge solution ... Displaced cancellation ... Stamp and coin auctioneers collaborate ... eBay's Epriso service compares prices ... Private posts flourish in Germany Read the entire column in the July 2006 Philatelic Exporter.
Otto Hornung - In My View 800 stands and tables at Verona - twice a year! Veronafil is so big that some of the organisers used a bicycle to get around. Read this report in the July 2006 Philatelic Exporter.
Liz McKernan - Postcard World Back on-line! ... Lost in translation ... Another defeat at Hastings ... Not a Shoreham success ... Advance notice ... Don't faint at fairs ... July fair diary Nowadays, it is well known that photographs can be manipulated by computers, but you cannot believe all you see on old postcards either. Here, Valentine ’ s shows London ’ s Fleet Street transformed into Venice. Read the entire column in the July 2006 Philatelic Exporter.
David Rennie - New Books
All reviewed in the July 2006 Philatelic Exporter.
James Skinner - Great Britain Concise and Stoneham go head-to-head ... Instead of the usual overview of price changes in comparison with the last edition, this year it will take the form of a comparative appraisal, because for the first time in an age, the Concise has some serious competition. Published just a couple of weeks after Concise comes the revival of a long lost friend, the Stoneham catalogue. In fact it is the Stoneham that we can thank for the existence of the Concise in the first place ...
Glen Stephens - Australasia See it all on CD! VICTORIA-based dealer Geoff Sherrington has sent me a CD-ROM that has images on it of most of the Australian stamps issued since 1913, right up to May 2006. It also includes the Australian Antarctic Territory and 1946 BCOF Japan issues, etc ... Read the entire column in the July 2006 Philatelic Exporter.
Les Winick - USA As Les Winick was touring Europe in June he was unable to submit his usual 'USA' column in time for this month's issue. | |
