AROUND THE ROOMS

FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS

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

DECEMBER

3: Lester (01926 634809), Century Suite, Holiday Inn, Walsgrave, Coventry, 13.45.
6: Alliance (01279 758854), Bury Lodge Hotel, Bury Lodge Lane, Stansted Airport, 19.30.
7: Gibbons (+61 2 9299 1300), Sydney, Australia.
8: Gibbons (020 7836 7342), London WC2.
11: Provincial (01235 511083), Parish Hall, Benson, Wallingford.
13: Bonhams (020 7393 3810), Knightsbridge, London SW7, 10.00
Yorkshire (01723 373355), Alexandra Bowls Centre, Peasholm Road, Scarborough, 13.30.
14: AJH (01254 393740), Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, 19.30
Express (01279 758854), County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, 18.30
Schiff (+1 201 641 5566), Knights of Columbus Hall, Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA.
20: Harmers (020 8747 6100), Chiswick, London W4 5PY.

AUCTION HOUSES

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NEW ISSUES

This month's website featured country is ...

NEW ZEALAND

October 19, King Kong, 45c, 90c, $1.35, $1.50, $2, ms $6.20.
November 2: Christmas, 45c, 90c, $1.35, $1.50, $2.
November 17: National Stamp Show, ms $4.50.

Around 150 new stamp issues from Andorra to Wallis et Futuna are listed in the December 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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PEOPLE

Jochen Stenzke, editor-in-chief at the German publisher Schwaneberger Verlag in Munich, has been awarded the Sieger Literature Prize 2005 ...

Ruth and David Rennie (our book reviewer) are understandably delighted at becoming grandparents for the sixth time with the arrival of a new granddaughter, Abby Rose, born Monday October 3 to their daughter (one of four) Wendy and her husband David.

Jan Macdonald has joined New Zealand firm J R Mowbray (Philatelist) following the retirement of Bill McGowan in August ...

Swiss dealer Rolf Weggler has recently moved to Zürichstrasse 139, CH-8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland, telephone +41 44 252 1396, e-mail r.weggler@pop.agri.ch

Margaret Morris, one of Scotland's leading philatelists has been honoured by being made a life vice-president of the Association of British Philatelic Societies ...

George Wewiora has sold Acorn Auctions to Mark Ashton of MAT Stamp Auctions in Congleton, Cheshire ...

This is only a small sample of the many people mentioned in the December 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

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TRADE DIARY

This is just one weekend of events in the UK in December - a full schedule of events from December 1 2005 to January 29 2006 is in the December 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

DECEMBER

17: Birmingham (spc etc), Collingwood Centre, Collingwood Drive, Great Barr (DB).
Brighton (s), Good Shepherd Hall, 272 Dyke Road (FS).
Durham (sp), Framwellgate Moor Community Centre (NSP).
Guildford (ps), Onslow Village Hall, Wilderness Road (CRS).
Hull (sp), St Stephens Hall, Freehold Street, Spring Bank (HVJ).
Ipswich (sp), Village Hall, Somersham (Magda Cards, 01702 587603).
London (spc etc), Charing Cross Market, Embankment Place, WC2 (CX).
Preston (s), Canterbury Hall, 6 Garstang Road (HP).
St Albans (sp), United Reform Church, Homewood Road (DM).
Thatcham (s), Memorial Hall, Bath Road (RW).
18: Altrincham (spc), Cresta Court Hotel, Church Street (NCF).
Amersham (sp), Jubilee Scout Hall, Rectory Hill (DM).
Billericay (sp etc), Mayflower School, Stock Road (BN).
Epsom & Ewell (s), Ewell Scout HQ, Bluegates, London Road (BL).
London (p, etc), Royal National Hotel, Bloomsbury, WC1 (IPM).
Sheffield (sp), Coal Aston Village Hall, Dronfield (HVJ).
Solihull (spc etc), Village Hall, St Johns Close, Knowle (DB).
Stafford (spc), Peace Memorial Hall, Pinfold Lane, Penkridge (JRS).

OVERSEAS AND MAJOR UK EVENTS

DECEMBER 2005

9-11: Coin & Stamp Expo, Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California, USA (BI);
Metropolitan Stamp Show, Holiday Inn Midtown, 440 W57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA (ME).
16-18: Vegaspex Coin, Stamp and Collectables Expo, Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (BI).

JANUARY 2006

13-15: MetroExpo Washington Postage Stamp Show, Hilton Washington Dulles Airport (ME).
19, OrcoExpo dealers' bourse (details below).
20-21: York Stamp and Coin Fair, York Racecourse Grandstand (TD).
20-22: OrcoExpo, Embassy Suites, Anaheim South, 11767 Harbour Boulevard, Anaheim/Garden Grove, CA, USA (e-mail stampshows@hotmail.com).
Coin & Stamp Expo, River Palms, Laughlin, Nevada, USA (BI).

International events up to 2008 are listed in the December 2005 Philatelic Exporter.

EVENT ORGANISERS
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YOUR LETTERS

ANTI-ROYAL MAIL?

JAMES Skinner's valuable and carefully-worded 2006 GB preview (PE, November 2005) warns us to expect the dullest, drabbest designs of the year to be allotted to Her Majesty the Queen in honour (?) of her 80th birthday. His description "sympathetic portraits in black and white ... in a style similar to that of 2002's Golden Jubilee issue" is a dismaying reminder of the almost perversely dull, colourless and unimaginative labels appearing at that time - designs greeted with disbelief and derision by all my overseas contacts, who likened their lackadaisical appearance to lèse-majesté. Bring back King Bomba of Sicily, say I (he who made it a capital offence to obliterate his portrait with postmarks)! ...

BUYING PUNISHMENT INSTRUMENTS ON EBAY

NOW I thought that would get your attention!
One of the major matters when buying on eBay, is to check the seller's rating. This is achieved by previous happy buyers leaving a positive point for the seller if all has gone well, or a negative point if the deal was poor.
Buying a four-margin Penny Black at £100 is probably a good deal if the seller has a rating of 100 or more ...

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