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February 22nd 2011

Lugano 2011 ~ National Philatelic Exhibition: 6th to 8th May @ Lugano

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The “Club Filatelico Lugano” is organizing a National Philatelic Exhibition to be held in Lugano, Switzerland from May 6th to May 8th. The event is being held under the patronage of the Swiss Philatelic Society. Lugano 2011 will host various classes including: Traditional Philately, Postal History, Thematic Philately, Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Maximaphily and Philatelic Literature among others.

Philatelic and Postal History audiovisual competition
During the exhibition, a competition of audiovisual works regarding Philately and Postal History is institutes. The purpose of the competition is to promote, to spread and to introduce the Hobby and its history through the stamp in all its cultural, social, historical, geographic, artistic, technical aspects and so on, through the production and the diffusion of audiovisual works of variable duration. The Competition is reserved to the Postal Administrations, Museums, Collectors, Experts, Students, Designers, Stamp Dealers, Auction Houses, Editors and Philatelic Associations of all the World.

Venue
Centro Esposizioni Padiglione Conza, entrata Viale Castagnola 15
Lugano, Switzerland

Contact
Organising Committee
Gianfranco Bellini, Via Ronchetto 12, 6900 Lugano
bellini.gianfranco@bluewin.ch
www.lugano2011.ch

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May 10th 2010

Issue of the week ~ Switzerland: World Circus Geneva 2010

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Do you remember your first visit to the circus? Were you so entranced by the acrobats and performing animals that you wondered where the time had gone? A visit to the circus often makes a lasting impression. In a nutshell: it is a spectacle for young and old alike.There is much more to the circus than “just” a big top, a circus ring and sawdust, though. This year Geneva plays host to this diverse and colourful world. The “World Circus Geneva 2010” events series showcases the circus through a variety of cultural media. Dance and theatre performances, operas, art exhibitions and cinema matinees are planned – all with a touch of circus flair. One of the highlights will be the Geneva Festival, with its traditional fireworks dedicated to the circus ring. Artists from 65 countries will be taking part in the “World Circus Geneva 2010” throughout the year.Swiss Post is delighted to join in this circus event and is issuing a new special stamp with a “circus look.” The stamp, with a face value of CHF 1.40, shows a circus from an unusual angle: It presents a worm’s eye view, with the tip of the big top resembling a clown’s face.

Technical details:

  • Date of issue: 6/May/2010
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  • Sheets: 20 stamps

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(Source: post.ch)

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April 29th 2010

Spectacular Auction: Rapp auctioning Ticino Collection

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The Ticino Collection will be the most outstanding object of the Rapp Auction that is scheduled for 1 to 4 June 2010 in Wil/SG, Switzerland. The Ticino Collection is the most important and valuable collection of Swiss stamps from the 1843-1854 period to be auctioned in 50 years. Even insiders were completely ignorant of its existence. For decades, some of its most precious items even were considered lost. These include, for example, three copies of the socalled “Neuchâtel” stamp on a beautiful 1852 cover from Geneva to the Canton of Fribourg. This cover alone is estimated to realize more than a quarter million Swiss Francs. Meanwhile auctioneer Peter Rapp’s amazement when he had a chance to inspect this rediscovered collection for the first time has infected the entire trade. This doesn’t come as a surprise since the collection includes some absolutely unique items as well as others of which very few copies are known to exist.In the auction, these spectacular rarities will be supplemented with many other precious stamps, covers and coin holdings. As a consequence, collectors, investors and museum directors from many different countries have indicated buying interest. They will come in person to attend the auction. After all, the demand for rare philatelic collectibles generally is very strong – even among investors. Therefore Rapp Auctions, an international trade leader for some 40 years, expect a total realization of approximately 15 million Swiss Francs ($13.7 millions). This auction very likely will prove to be the most important and strongest-selling – and certainly the most spectacular – event of the auction season.


Source
1. 2010, Rapp Auction website. Consulted 28/Apr/2010.

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