FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS

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

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.
15, Grosvenor, London WC2.
17, Apex (01342 833413), Lingfield Park Racecourse, 13.30.
20, Express (01279 758854), County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, 18.30.
26, Alliance (01279 758854), Bury Lodge Hotel, Bury Lodge Lane, Stansted Airport, 19.30.
27, Reeve (020 8672 6702), London SW17, 14.30.

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NEW ISSUES

This month's website featured country is ...

SWEDEN
May 26: 150th Anniversary of Swedish Stamps, 8 x NVI (kr5.50) in booklet, ms kr55;
Allotments, 5 x NVI (kr5.50) in booklet of 10;
250th Anniversary of Tumba Bruk (bureau of engraving and printing), kr15.
May 27, Good Neighbours/Svinesund Bridge, ms kr20 (joint issue with Norway).

About 270 new stamp issues from Antigua & Barbuda to Zambia are listed in the July 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

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TRADE DIARY

This is just one weekend of events in the UK in July - a full schedule of events from July 1 2005 to August 29 2005 is in the July 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

16: Basingstoke (sp), Costello Technology College, Crossborough Hill (Paula Cant, 01256 415699).
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).
Exeter (p), St Peters High School, Quarry Lane, Sidmouth Road (AS).
Formby (s), Methodist Church Hall, Elbow Lane (GBC).
Horsham (p), Forest School, Comptons Lane (01293 786419).
Hull (sp), St Stephens Hall, Freehold Street, Spring Bank (HVJ).
Leamington Spa (spc), Royal Spa Hotel, Newbold Terrace (JRS).
London (spc etc), Charing Cross Market, Embankment Place, WC2 (CX).
Motherwell (sp), Church Hall, Manse Road, Gavin Street (CAL).
Worcester (spc etc), Village Hall, Powick (AMP).
17: Altrincham (spc), Cresta Court Hotel, Church Street (NCF).
Bournemouth (sp), Pelhams Park, Millhams Road, Kinson (RH).
Carlisle (sp), Village Hall, Houghton (CAL).
Luton (s), Village Hall, Markyate Road/Grove Road, Slip End (GOH).
Sheffield (sp), Coal Aston Village Hall, Dronfield (HVJ).
Solihull (spc etc), Village Hall, St Johns Close, Knowle (DB).
Worthing (sp), Community Centre, 122 Heene Road (CRS).

OVERSEAS AND MAJOR UK EVENTS - JULY-AUGUST 2005

JULY
8-10, Metropolitan Stamp Show, Holiday Inn Midtown, 440 W57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA (ME).
13-17, APTA National Convention & Show, Townsville, Queensland (APTA).
29-30, York Stamp and Coin Fair, York Racecourse Grandstand (TD).

AUGUST
4-7, APS StampShow, De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA (APS).
5-7: ANDA Coin, Banknote and Stamp Show, Lower Town Hall, Druitt Street, Sydney Australia (ANDA).
Coin & Stamp Expo, Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (BI).
6-7, NZSDA Stampshow, Holiday Inn, Cashel/High Streets, Christchurch, New Zealand.
19-24, Taipei 2005, 18th International Stamp Exhibition, World Trade Centre Exhibition Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (Room 2A13, No 5, Sec 5, Hsin-yi Road, Taipei 110, Taiwan).
20-21, APTA Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show, Malvern Town Hall (APTA).
26-28: 57th International Stamp Fair/44th Europa International Philatelic Exhibition/20th Postcard Show/10th Europa Card Show, Riccione, Italy (Comune di Riccione, Palazzo del Turismo, I-47838 Riccione);
Mare Balticum, Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Åland (P O Box 122, AX-22101 Mariehamn, Åland).
27-28, APTA Brisbane Stamp & Coin Show, RNA Showgrounds (APTA).
August 31-September 3, Picture Postcard Show, Lawrence Hall, Royal Horticultural Society, London SW1 (PTA, 02380 446143).

International events up to 2010 are listed in the July 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

EVENT ORGANISERS
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AROUND THE ROOMS

Extracts from auction previews and reviews:

Grosvenor (020 7379 8789)
www.grosvenorauctions.com

May 26: the continuing strong demand for Great Britain was fully evident with realisations, including the buyers' premiums of 17.625%, totalling over three quarters of a million pounds ... Interest in modern errors has increased considerably over recent months, so it was not surprising that there was keen demand for those included in this sale. £4940 was paid for a mint vertical pair of the 6d British Technology stamp of 1966 with the deep blue (Jaguar E-Type) completely omitted from the lower stamp, and partly omitted on the upper stamp ...

Warwick & Warwick (01926 499031)
www.warwickandwarwick.com

June 8: the collection of GB overprints, formed by Gian Maria Rossi, made a total of £856,000, including the buyers’ premiums ... The best result of the sale was the £55,200 paid for the unique 1893 5/- tête-bêche pair (pictured). The unique 5/- value with the overprint reading vertically down made £31,050, despite a catalogue quote of only £18,000 ...

Postiljonen (+46 40 258850)
www.postiljonen.com

May 28: second 'Treasure Hunt' auction, in Gothenburg during the Nordia 2005 exhibition, was a specialised rarity sale with only 257 lots. The auction took two years to prepare but only one hour to finish, totalling €400,000 ... from Norway a very interesting number 1, with a unique combination of cancellations, for €10,000 ...

PEOPLE

John Moody, assistant editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly, is the new press secretary of the International Association of Philatelic Journalists, following the AGM in Brno on May 14. He will also edit the AIJP Bulletin ...

Wally Bright, who invented the Morley-Bright watermark detector in 1976, died on May 14 aged 89. He lived in north-east Scotland, maintaining his life-long interest in stamps until last year when his eyesight deteriorated ...

John Fosbery RDP FRPSL died in January 2005 at the age of 95. In the history of British philately, few people can have influenced our hobby as much as John Abdy Lyon Fosbery. His influence, knowledge, and enthusiasm were not only profound but varied in so many aspects of philately ...

Jim McLean, who died on May 15, worked for the Post Office for 44 years, the last 11 of which were spent at the Philatelic Bureau in Edinburgh ...

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

Letters

A BAD PRESS

"THE first world stamp exhibition to get everything wrong" - "A tragedy for philately" - "At least it was sunny and warm outside". These were the headlines of articles in the June PE written by Peter McBride, Les Winick, and Mike Hill about Pacific Explorer 2005, and in addition "Maybe Melbourne was a mistake" by Peter McBride. Australia Post certainly got a bad press last month, but was it really justified? ...

A L Garfield
South Woodford
London E18

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