FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS

These are just a few of the upcoming public stamp auctions listed in the May 2005 ‘Philatelic Exporter’.

MAY
3, Alliance (01279 758854), Bury Lodge Hotel, Bury Lodge Lane, Stansted Airport, 19.30.
4, Warwick (01926 499031), Court House, Warwick, 12.00.
11: A J H (01254 393740), Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, 19.30.
Express (01279 758854), County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, 18.30.
19, London Stamp Exchange (01722 334421), Guild Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, postal history.
21, Lester (01926 634809), Century Suite, Holiday Inn, Walsgrave, Coventry, 13.45.
21-25, David Feldman (+41 22 727 0777), Geneva, Switzerland.
22, Provincial (01235 511083), Parish Hall, Benson, Wallingford.
25, Reeve (020 8672 6702), London SW17, 14.30.
26, Grosvenor (020 7379 8789), London WC2, specialised GB.

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NEW ISSUES

This month's website featured country is ...

CANADA
March 4, Expo 2005 Japan, 50c.
March 10, Daffodils, 2 x 50c.
March 18, 150th Anniversary of TD Bank, 50c.
March 23, Audubon Birds, 4 x 50c, 85c in booklet of 6.

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TRADE DIARY

This is just one weekend of events in the UK in May - a full schedule of events from May 1 2005 to June 26 2005 is in the May 2005 'Philatelic Exporter'.

May 21: Basingstoke (sp), Costello Technology College, Crossborough Hill (Paula Cant, 01256 415699).
Blackpool (s), St Bernadette's Church Hall, Devonshire Road, Bispham (HP).
Brighton (s), Good Shepherd Hall, 272 Dyke Road (FS).
Chester (p), Northgate Arena Leisure Centre (NPF).
Colchester (sp etc), St Benedict's College, Norman Way, Lexden (BN).
Eastbourne (sp), St Mary's Church Hall, Decoy Drive, Hampden Park (CRS).
Enfield (sp), St Paul's Centre, Church Street (DH).
Exeter (p), St Peters High School, Quarry Lane, Sidmouth Road (AS).
Hull (sp), St Stephens Hall, Freehold Street, Spring Bank (HVJ).
London (spc etc), Charing Cross Market, Embankment Place, WC2 (CX).
Margate (spc etc), Union Church, Union Crescent (CB).
Orpington (sp), Orpington Halls, High Street (AP).
Sutton Coldfield (spc), Fellowship Hall, South Parade (JRS).
May 22: Doncaster (sp), Park Social Club, Eden Grove Road, Edenthorpe (HVJ).
Gateshead (sp), Swallow Hotel, High Street West (NSP).
London (p, etc), Royal National Hotel, Bloomsbury, WC1 (IPM).
Stafford (spc), Peace Memorial Hall, Pinfold Lane, Penkridge (JRS).
Tonbridge (sp), Angel Centre (CRS).

OVERSEAS AND MAJOR UK EVENTS - MAY 2005
5-8, 78th French Philatelic Federation Congress, La Place Stanislas, Nancy, France.
10-15, Brno, Czech Republic.
13-14, Coin & Stamp Expo, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, USA (BI).
20-22: ANDA Coin, Banknote and Stamp Show, RNA Showgrounds, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia (ANDA).
Parkstad Fila, Multilateral Stamp Show, Rodahal, Kerkrade, Netherlands.
26-29, Nordia 05, Gothenburg, Sweden.
27-29: Royal 2005, 77th annual convention and exhibition of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, Convention Centre, 300 York Street, London, Ontario (www.csdaonline.com/shows/).
Vegaspex Coin, Stamp and Collectables Expo, Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (BI).
Veronafil, Fiera di Verona, Padiglione 8,Italy (CP 307, 37100 Verona, Italy).
28-29: Stampex Ulster 30th anniversary exhibition, Wellington Park Hotel, Malone Road, Belfast (Peter McBride, 028 8673 7804).
Bratislava Collectors' Days (sp etc), Bratislava, Slovakia (zdanisova@incheba.sk).

International events up to 2009 are listed in the April 2005 'Philatelic Exporter'.

EVENT ORGANISERS
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AROUND THE ROOMS

Extracts from auction previews and reviews:

David Feldman (+41 22 727 0777)
May 21-25: the series of spring auctions to be held in Geneva (and live audio via the Internet), are exceptionally diverse. They consist of five catalogues: the twice-yearly auction of Rarities of the World; the next portion of the largest and most important collection of Greece Large Hermes Heads ever formed; the Hassan Shaida Collection of Illustrated Envelopes; award-winning Mexico classics together with Grand Prix Mail of the Levant; and a thick catalogue of All-World Stamps, Covers, Collections and Estates.

Grosvenor (020 7379 8789)
March 10-11: the first day presented the Apollonia collection of Bermuda King George VI Large Key Type issues which attracted a very keen interest, particularly in the scarcer varieties, from bidders attending from around the world ... the next Grosvenor sale will be of GB on May 26.

Harmers of London (020 8747 6100)
April 5: nearly 1600 lots of stamps and postal history commencing with the 'Michael and Sylvia Goaman' sale of Artists' Drawings with many attractive lots selling for outstanding prices. Lot 54, GB 1961 Post Office Savings Bank sketches, including a rough oversize sketch of a 1/3 value (the design of the issued 1/6) selling for £3000 against an estimate of £850.

This beautiful essay for the 1966 Birds issue realised £1600 (est £750). The Goaman Archive eventually went on to realise an impressive £70,000.
The total realisation of the auction was more than £525,000, an indication of the increasing strength of the philatelic market. All prices mentioned are hammer prices.

Warwick and Warwick (01926 499031)
June 8: the 'Rossi' collection of GB overprints, preceding the usual monthly sale, will start at 10.00 hours.

Other reports included in this feature in the May 2005 Philatelic Exporter are from Argyll Etkin, Cavendish, and Postiljonen.