AROUND THE ROOMS

Bonhams (020 7393 3890)
www.bonhams.com
September 20: Lot 1261 - Australia 1970 Captain Cook's Bicentenary, 5c se-tenant strip of five, variety black printing omitted, also strip of five with black omitted at top only, and another strip of five with black omitted at base only, estimate £500 to £700, sold for £9635 ...
September 21: Specialised GB, Lot 576 - 1937 to 1947 KGVI 7d emerald green in mint block of six from top right corner of sheet, top three stamps variety imperforate three sides, estimate £3000 to £3500, sold for £8460 ...

Cavendish (01332 250970)
www.cavendish-auctions.com
September 22 and 23: day one featured part two of the Norton Collier Sudan collection, which brought some very fine results including £747 for the 'Chinese' Gordon signed map and letter, but the top result in this section was £2530 for the 1931 airmail essays.

Palmerston (01387 255508) www. palmerstonauctions.co.uk
November 6: a "mammoth" sale is scheduled at the Aberdour Hotel in Dumfries, starting at 14.30.

Argyll Etkin (020 7437 7800)
www.argyll-etkin.com November 25: Elizabethan letters from the Corsini Merchants' correspondence 1550 to 1600; GB Exhibition and Special Event machine and Christmas advance posting cancels; Anglo Boer War and Orange Free State; Rhodesian and Somaliland postal history; Cape of Good Hope and other British Africa; comprehensive Hong Kong collection.

FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS

This is only a small sample of the many upcoming public stamp auctions listed in the November 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

NOVEMBER

1: Alliance (01279 758854), Bury Lodge Hotel, Bury Lodge Lane, Stansted Airport, 19.30.
8, Harmers (020 8747 6100), Chiswick, London W4 5PY, 11.30.
9: AJH (01254 393740), Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, 19.30.
Express (01279 758854), County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, 18.30.
15, Bonhams (020 7393 3810), Knightsbridge, London SW7, 10.00.
17-18, Grosvenor (020 7379 8789), London WC2.
20: Apex (01342 833413), Lingfield Park Racecourse, 13.30.
Lockdales (01473 218588), Novotel, Grey Friars Road, Ipswich, 12.00.
22, Harmers (020 8747 6100), Chiswick, London W4 5PY, 'Apollo' All World, 13.00.
22-25, Rapp (+41 71 923 7744), Wil, Switzerland.
25, Argyll Etkin (020 7437 7800), Regus Conference Centre, St James's Square, London SW1.
30, Reeve (020 8672 6702), London SW17, 14.30.

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NEW ISSUES

This month's website featured country is ...

GERMANY

October 13: Birth Bicentenary Adalbert Stifter (writer), 95c;
Consecration of Dresden Frauenkirche, 55c.
November 3: 40 Years of Diplomatic Relations with Israel, 55c;
50th Anniversary of Federal Army, 55c;
Customs and Traditions, 45c;
Centenary of Nobel Prize Winner Robert Koch, 144c;
Centenary of Nobel Prize for Peace Winner Bertha von Suttner, 55c;
Christmas, 45c+20c, 55c+25c.

Over 130 new stamp issues from Andorra to Zimbabwe are listed in the November 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

ATTENTION POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS and/or AGENTS!
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TRADE DIARY

This is just one weekend of events in the UK in November - a full schedule of events from November 2 2005 to December 31 2005 is in the November 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

NOVEMBER

12: Bilsborrow (s), Village Hall, near Preston (TC).
Cambridge (sp etc), Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road (BAD).
Chichester (ps), Stockbridge Hall, Stockbridge Road, Donnington (CRS).
Derby (sp), Nunsfield House Community Centre, Boulton Lane, Alvaston (A&J).
East Grinstead (spc etc), Parish Hall, De La Warr Road (JBT).
Folkestone (s), Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road (A&P).
Harrow (sp), Victoria Hall, Sheepcote Road (MD).
London (spc etc), Charing Cross Market, Embankment Place, WC2 (CX).
Reading (sp), St Barnabas Hall, Grove Road, Emmer Green (DM).
Redditch (sp), Trinity High School, Easemore Road (Redditch PS).
Staines (s), Christ Church Hall, Kingston Road (FJM).
Teesside (sp), Norton Green Centre, Norton (NSP).
Twickenham (s), Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road, Whitton (FS).
Upminster (s), St Laurence Church Hall, Corbets Tey Road (JRM).
13: Altrincham (spc), Quality Hotel, Langham Road, Bowdon (JRS).
Bedford (s), Moat House Hotel (Nottingham Stamp Centre, 0115 947 4747).
Chelmsford (sp), Old Chelmsfordians Sports Club, Roxwell Road (SB).
North Shields (sp), King Edward's Primary School, Preston Avenue (NSP).
Rochester (ps), Masonic Hall, Gundolph Square (CRS).
Wokingham (sp), St Crispins Centre, London Road (CBF).
Wymondham (sp), High School, Folly Road (REH).

OVERSEAS AND MAJOR UK EVENTS - NOVEMBER 2005 

10-13, 59th Autumn Philatelic Salon, L'Espace Champerret, Place de la Porte Champerret, Paris 17, France (CNEP, +33 1 45 23 00 56).
11-13: Coin & Stamp Expo, River Palms, Laughlin, Nevada, USA (BI);
Frimærker i Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark (Lille Tornbjerg Vej 79, DK-5220 Odense SØ, Denmark).
Vancouver, Annual Fall National Show, Executive Airport Plaza Hotel, Richmond, BC, Canada (+1 604 444 3500).
12-13: 'Amsterdam 2005', Huygens College, 2e Constantijn Huygensstraat 31, Amsterdam, Netherlands (+31 20 497 4024).
Foire à la Paperasse (p etc), Givors, France (+33 4 78 73 09 02).
17-20: National Stamp Show, North Shore Events Centre, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand (P O Box 34-253, Birkenhead, Auckland 1310, New Zealand);
National Stamp Exhibition, Oslo, Norway (Norway Post, Postboks 9350 0135 Oslo).
25-26: Autumn Thematica, National Thematic Stamp Show, Carisbrooke Hall, 63 Seymour Street, London W2 2HF (Thematic Exhibitions, P O Box 8843, London N3 1HL);
2nd International Philatelic Fair, Pestana Hotel, Rua Tutoia 77, Jardim Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil (ABCF, Jose Junges, +55 51 3227 2943, e-mail filatelicajunges@terra.com.br).
25-27, Coin & Stamp Expo, Hilton Hotel, Pasadena, California, USA (BI).
Veronafil, Fiera di Verona, Padiglione 8,Italy (CP 307, 37100 Verona, Italy).

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YOUR LETTERS

THE NON-LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
"AS PE readers all too well know by now, Post Office staff sell us labels instead of real stamps because they are easier to administer and also provide a receipt, or so they tell us.

But there is more. A rural sub-postmaster recently told me that he is actually paid more for handling mail franked with labels rather than real stamps. Not much - only a fraction of a penny per item - but, in his own words, "it all mounts up". Does this not prove - if more proof were needed - that staff are now officially and financially discouraged from selling postage stamps at all? ..."

W(H)ITHER STAMP FAIRS?
"MY brother Peter was over recently from Canada, where he acts as agent/courier for Bonhams. As usual he visited several fairs while in the UK. At Ealing on September 24 there were five dealers, and on the same afternoon, when we got to Purley, there were just three. The next day he went to Ascot, where there were four dealers, two of whom had been at Purley the day before ..."

POSTCODES REDUNDANT?
"I recently had cause to complain to Royal Mail about two misdelivered items on the same day involving three addresses which have only the street name and house number in common. If this is a new process, it'll create havoc for deliveries ..."

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