FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS

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

SEPTEMBER

4: Lester (01926 634809), Century Suite, Holiday Inn, Walsgrave, Coventry , 13.45.
Provincial (01235 511083), Parish Hall, Benson, Wallingford .
6, Alliance (01279 758854), Bury Lodge Hotel, Bury Lodge Lane , Stansted Airport , 19.30.
7: A J H (01254 393740), Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington , 19.30.
20-21, Bonhams (020 7393 3810), Knightsbridge, London SW7, 10.00.
21: Express (01279 758854) , County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place , London WC1, 18.30.
28, Reeve (020 8672 6702), London SW17, 14.30.

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NEW ISSUES

This month's website featured country is ...

SOUTH AFRICA

June 24, 50th Anniversary of Freedom Charter, ms R3.54.
July 1, Folklore and Legends, 10 x B5 (R3.75).
July 7, International Year of Physics, 'Airmail Postcard Rate' (R3.65).
July 15, Small Indigenous Animals, 6 x 'Standard' (R1.77) in sheetlet.

Almost 170 new stamp issues from Antigua & Barbuda to Zimbabwe are listed in the September 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

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TRADE DIARY

This is just one weekend of events in the UK in September - a full schedule of events from September 3 2005 to October 30 2005 is in the September 2005 Philatelic Exporter .

SEPTEMBER

14-18, Autumn Stampex, British National Stamp Exhibition, Business Design Centre, Islington, London N1 (PTS).
17: Birmingham (spc etc), Collingwood Centre, Collingwood Drive , Great Barr (DB).
Blackpool (s), St Bernadette's Church Hall, Devonshire Road , Bispham (HP).
Brighton (s), Good Shepherd Hall, 272 Dyke Road (FS).
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 (s), Priory High School , Earl Richards Road South , Topsham Road (PF).
Hull (sp), St Stephens Hall, Freehold Street, Spring Bank (HVJ).
London (spc etc), Charing Cross Market, Embankment Place , WC2 (CX).
Musselburgh (s), Brunton Halls (NSP).
Sheffield (p), Don Valley Stadium, Attercliffe (DC).
Shoreham (p etc), The Shoreham Centre, Pond Road (BF).
Thatcham (s), Memorial Hall, Bath Road (RW).
Worcester (spc etc), Village Hall, Powick (AMP).
18: Altrincham (spc), Cresta Court Hotel , Church Street (NCF).
Amersham (sp), Jubilee Scout Hall, Rectory Hill (DM).
Dundee (sp), Marryat Hall, City Square (CAL).
Falkirk (s), Community Hall, Thirnhill Road (NSP).
Hertford (s), Sele School , Welwyn Road (GOH).
Sheffield (sp), Coal Aston Village Hall, Dronfield (HVJ).
Solihull (spc etc), Village Hall, St Johns Close, Knowle (DB).
Winchester (ps), Community Centre, Badgers Farm Road (CRS).

OVERSEAS AND MAJOR UK EVENTS - SEPTEMBER 2005 

3-4, 55th National Numismatic Show, Riccione , Italy (Comune di Riccione, Palazzo del Turismo, I-47838 Riccione).
8-10, International Stamp Fair, CEC, Templehof Airport , Berlin , Germany.
14-18, Autumn Stampex, British National Stamp Exhibition, Business Design Centre, Islington, London N1 (PTS).
16-17, Coin & Stamp Expo, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco , USA (BI).
16-18, Sberatel, 7th international collectors' fair, Fairgrounds, Prague , Czech Republic (+420 2 24 21 39 05).
22-24, Philatelia und M ü nzExpo, Halle 5, Messeplatz, Cologne, Germany (Köln Messe, Postfach 210760, D-50532 Köln, +49 221 821 2528).
23-25, Metropolitan Stamp Show, Holiday Inn Midtown, 440 W57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA (ME).
30-October 1, Coinex, international numismatic show, Platinum Suite, ExCel 1, Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XI (BNTA, 01797 229988).
30-October 2, Sydney Stamp Expo, Blackwattle Bay Campus, Sydney Secondary College , Glebe, NSW (APTA).

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

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AROUND THE ROOMS

Grosvenor (020 7379 8789)
www.grosvenorauctions.com

July 15: world sale reached a total of £627,482 (all prices quoted are inclusive of the buyer's premium). There was significant demand for material from the collection of the late Colonel Harvey, at one time the doyen of The Royal Philatelic Society London. The estimate on his France 1876-85 Peace and Commerce unissued 20c blue was £800 to £1000, but it was knocked down to its new owner for £5881 (lot 932) ...

Apex (01342 833413)
www.apexstamps.com

July 17: a very respectable total realisation of £250,000, considering the hot weather, was the best ever for a sale staged by Apex during the month of July.

Over 400 room and postal bidders competed for a total of 1000 lots, including 400 mixed lots, and collections, plus 250 lots of GB singles ...

Bonhams (020 7393 3890)
www.bonhams.com

August 2: notable realisations in this all-world sale were (all incl buyers' premiums): lot 53 , a n all world stock of Cinderella and Revenues issues in 26 stockbooks - £5640; l ot 213 , New Zealand 1862-64 correspondence to Edinburgh with a selection of Chalon frankings and instructional marks - £3995; l ot 323, ...

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

August 3: general sale did not suffer from the holiday period at all, with strong competition throughout giving a total realisation of over £225,000.

The mixed lots at the beginning of the sale always attract considerable attention and lot 3 with an estimate of £700 surprised the auctioneer by selling for £1880. Airmails , and in particular Concorde, were also in demand - lot 171 sold for an impressive £705 (estimate £150) ...

The full reports, and others, can be read in the September 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

People

Here are just a few of the people mentioned this month.

Eric Jackson (pic p24) was elected president of the American Stamp Dealers Association after having served on the ASDA board as a director for the past six years ...

Albert Mahlangu has been appointed curator of the new South African Post Office Museum, which opened on May 2 2005 at Church Square/Palace Street in Pretoria ...

Seen here is Nigel Fordham being invested by HM Queen Elizabeth II as a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order at Buckingham Palace in June.

The honour was announced in the Queen's New Year Honours List 2005 and is bestowed as a personal decoration of the reigning monarch ...

Congratulations to our book reviewer David Rennie and his wife Ruth on the birth of their sixth grandchild, Oscar Jack , on July 9.

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