FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS

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

June
7, Alliance (01279 758854), Bury Lodge Hotel, Bury Lodge Lane, Stansted Airport, 19.30.
8, Warwick & Warwick (01926 499031), Court House, Warwick, incl 'Rossi' GB Overprints @ 10.00.
9, Stanley Gibbons (020 7557 4416), London WC2.
14: Bonhams (020 7393 3810), Knightsbridge, London SW7, 10.00.
Harmers (020 8747 6100), London W4.
15, A J H (01254 393740), Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, 19.30.
22, Express (01279 758854), County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, 18.30.
29, Reeve (020 8672 6702), London SW17, 14.30.

July
5, Alliance (01279 758854), Bury Lodge Hotel, Bury Lodge Lane, Stansted Airport, 19.30.
10: Lester (01926 634809), Century Suite, Holiday Inn, Walsgrave, Coventry, 13.45.
Provincial (01235 511083), Parish Hall, Benson, Wallingford.
13, A J H (01254 393740), Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, 19.30.
17, Apex (01342 833413), Lingfield Park Racecourse, 13.30.
20: Express (01279 758854), County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, 18.30.
27, Reeve (020 8672 6702), London SW17, 14.30.

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NEW ISSUES

This month's website featured country is ...

JAMAICA
April/May ?, Battle of Trafalgar, $20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 90, ms $200.
May ?, definitive, Buildings series, $5 (non-self-adhesive).
June 1, 50 Years of Europa/CEPT, $60, 70, 100, ms $230.

About 170 new stamp issues from Angola to Zimbabwe are listed in the June 2005 'Philatelic Exporter'.

ATTENTION POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS and/or AGENTS!
If you do not already do so, send to the editor details of your new stamp issues for inclusion in the 'New Issues' listing.
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TRADE DIARY

This is just one weekend of events in the UK in June - a full schedule of events from June 1 2005 to July 17 2005 is in the June 2005 'Philatelic Exporter'.

June 11:
Addlestone (sp), Community Centre, Station Road (DM).
Anglesey (s), Community Centre, Beaumaris (NWSF).
Cardiff (spc etc), City Hall (AMP).
Derby (sp), Nunsfield House Community Centre, Boulton Lane, Alvaston (A&J).
Dover (s), Biggin Hall, Biggin Street (A&P).
East Grinstead (spc etc), Parish Hall, De La Warr Road (JBT).
Harrow (sp), Victoria Hall, Sheepcote Road (MD).
Lichfield (spc), Boley Park Community Centre, Ryknild Street (JRS).
Littlehampton (ps), United Church, 1 High Street (CRS).
London (spc etc), Charing Cross Market, Embankment Place, WC2 (CX).
Staines (s), Christ Church Hall, Kingston Road (FJM).
Teesside (sp), Norton Green Centre, Norton (NSP).
Twickenham (s), Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road, Whitton (FS).

June 12:
Altrincham (s), Quality Hotel, Langham Road, Bowdon (JRS).
Aston Clinton (ps), Anthony Hall, London Road/A41 (GOH).
Chelmsford (sp), Old Chelmsfordians Sports Club, Roxwell Road (SB).
Chesterfield (scp), Chesterfield Hotel, Malkin Street (NCF).
Great Missenden (ps etc), Memorial Centre, Link Road (01296 651283).
North Shields (sp), Linskill Centre, Linskill Terrace (NSP).
Rochester (ps), Masonic Hall, Gundolph Square (CRS).
Scunthorpe (sp), Ashby Community Centre (JVR).
Wokingham (sp), St Crispins Centre, London Road (CBF).

OVERSEAS AND MAJOR UK EVENTS - June 2005
2-5, Naposta, German national exhibition, Congress Centre, Hannover (Werner von Siemens Strasse 4, 30974 Wenningsen, Germany).
4-5, San Marino stamp exhibition, Palazzetto dello Sport, Serravalle, San Marino.
10-11, Coin & Stamp Expo, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA (BI).
17-19: National Topical Stamp Show, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (American Topical Association, P O Box 57, Arlington, TX 76004, USA);
Coin & Stamp Expo, Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California, USA (BI).
24-26, Postage Stamp Show, Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, USA (ASDA).
25, Midpex, ABPS National Show for Specialist Societies, Midlands Sports Centre for the Disabled, Tile Hill, Coventry (mbenford@bigfoot.com).
25-26, Thematica, National Thematic Stamp Show, Carisbrooke Hall, 63 Seymour Street, London W2 2HF (Thematic Exhibitions, P O Box 8843, London N3 1HL).

International events up to December 2005 are listed in the June 2005 'Philatelic Exporter'.

EVENT ORGANISERS
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AROUND THE ROOMS

Extracts from auction previews and reviews:

Apex (01342 833412)
April 10: a total realisation of £306,500, including buyers' premiums, created a new record for the company at its public sale at Lingfield Park Racecourse. Over 500+ room and postal bidders competed for 1000 lots. Star attraction in the wide range of GB items was Lot 601, the 1850 Prince Consort finished essay perf 16 in blue (pictured), which fetched £38,080 ...

Warwick and Warwick (01926 499031)
May 4: varieties on the Falkland Islands 1935 Silver Jubilee stamps proved a popular feature with the rarest of the 'extra flagstaff' varieties on the 1/- value and a SW corner mint block of four incorporating the variety, (cat £3000) made £1667 ...

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

Sold by Prestige on April 14.

PEOPLE

Godfrey Cleveland is in the process of trying to sell his die-cast model business which, he told us, generates an annual turnover of £2.5 million ...

Gary Ashburn ... left the stamp world to become a presenter on various satellite television channels featuring collectables. His latest venture is as co-founder of AuthenticTV, a new channel devoted entirely to collectables and memorabilia, including philately ...

Daniel Cooke, the manager of the new Stanley Gibbons shop at 399 Strand when it reopened in the early 1980s, died on March 28 2005 aged 56 ...

For these complete items, and news about other stamp people, see the June 2005 Philatelic Exporter

Letters

COMBINED STAMPEX/PHILATEX THE ANSWER?

HAVING read Otto Hornung's report ‘The London Magnet’ (PE April 2005) I feel that I must comment from my position of chairman of the Philatelic Traders’ Society.
Spring Stampex and Philatex both being held at the same time might well be great for the collectors, and even dealers who are not participating in either show, but it is not good for the organisers and, in many cases, the participants ...
The time may well come in the not too distant future when neither show can break even, and find themselves in a loss-making position. The trade is contracting, there are fewer dealers than ever before and one show under one roof may well be the answer.

Nigel Haworth
Chairman, Philatelic Traders’ Society

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