Philatelic News

February 19th 2012

Penny Red with rare imperfections set to sell for £550,000 at auction

One of the rarest and most sought after stamps ever produced is up for sale and expected to fetch over half a million pounds. The plate 77 Penny Red has been dubbed the ‘Holy Grail of philately’ and is one of just nine examples of the stamp ever recorded.

Although millions of Penny Reds were printed between 1841 and 1879, a number of plates were never used due to technical faults. Flaws in plate number 77 meant the stamp’s perforations were lined up incorrectly, so all of the test sheets were destroyed. But at least one sheet was released into circulation by mistake - making the 77 every stamp collector’s dream.

Dealer Stanley Gibbons heralds it as the ‘most valuable single stamp’ the company has ever had for sale in their 156 year history, with a value of around £550,000. (…) Spokesman Vince Cordell said: ‘This example has graced some of the finest stamp collections ever formed and is not only a magnificent exhibition piece but one of the great rarities of Great Britain and world philately.

(Source: Daily Mail)

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October 24th 2011

Autumn Philatex 2011 ~ 3rd to 5th November @ London

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International Stamps & Cover Show.

There are upwards of 80 Dealers with stands, buying and selling Philatelic material. Tables and chairs at the stands make for comfort. You can buy or sell, get valuations or just browse and see what the hobby is all about. There are various specialist society meetings on the Saturday to which everyone is welcome, whether member or not.

Venue
The Royal Horticultural Halls, Lawrence Hall
Greycoat & Elverton Street - London SW1P 2QD

Contact
www.stampshows.net

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May 12th 2011

Stamp issue of the day ~ Spain: World Heritage the Alhambra and the Generalife in Granada

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The Alhambra and the Generalife in Granada were declared “World Heritage” by UNESCO in 1984. The Alhambra features in this souvenir sheet depicting one of its beautifully decorated rooms, whilst the circle-shaped stamp resembles a 2 € coin with an image of the Patio de los Leones in the centre. In 1994 the declaration of World Heritage was extended to the neighbourhood of the Albaicin.

The Alhambra is located on the hill of al-Sabika, on the left bank of the Darro River, east of Granada. It is recorded that in 889 Sawwar ben Hamdun seeked refuge in his fortress from the fighting going on all over the Caliphate of Cordoba, which then belonged to the kingdom of Granada. In the 13th century with the arrival of Mohammed I, the first Nazari monarch, the Alhambra became a royal residence, marking the beginning of its splendour. The consecutive monarchs expanded and enrich the compound with the construction of new palace rooms, baths, towers, gates and extensions of the walls.

The complex of the Alhambra, Generalife and Albaicín forms a complete and unique heritage which is especially representative of the architecture that emerged during the long period of the Arab rule in Spain. The Alhambra besides the Alcazaba, includes within the city walls the Nazaríes palaces defended by the towers of Vela, Armas, Pólvora, Sultana , Homenaje, Damas, Oratorio, Picos, Cadí, Infantas, Cautiva, Siete Suelos, Agua and many others. Within the complex, there are other important buildings such as the Palacio de Carlos V, a magnificent example of Renaissance architecture, designed by architect Pedro Machuca and built over the ruins of part of the previous buildings. It was commissioned by Emperor Charles V so that he could admire and enjoy the spirit and wonders of the Alhambra.

Technical details:

Date of issue: 12/May/2011

Denominations: 2 €

Printing process: Calcography & Offset

Stamp size: circular

Souvenir sheet size: 104.5mm x 150mm

Edition: 280,000 sheets

Visit Spanish Post‘s online shop.

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May 5th 2011

Stamp issue of the day ~ Czech Republic: EUROPA 2011 Forests

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This year’s central theme for the annual EUROPA issue, announced by the Association of European Public Postal Operators PostEurop, is “Forests”.

An alluvial forest is a hardwood forest found on low levees, ridges and terraces with a high level of underground water within the floodplains of streams and rivers. This type of forest grows in areas that are slightly elevated above floodplain swamp and are usually flooded for a portion of the growing season. Formerly a normal biotope, it has been disappearing with the growing number of river realignment projects.  The largest alluvial forest in the Czech Republic grows at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers. Residual alluvial forests can be found in the area of the confluence of the Labe and Cidlina rivers (Libický Alluvial Forest Natural Reserve), and on the banks or in the headwater area of the Morava and Dyje rivers.  The presence of a stream or river, or a high level of underground water leads to a lower amount of oxygen in the soil and subsequent reduction processes. The products of the processes contribute to the typical bluish colour and special smell of the so-called gley soil.  Primary trees found include poplar (Populus L.), oak (Quercus L.) , ash (Fraxinus L.), elm (Ulmus L.), alder (Alnus L.), willow (Salix L.), lime tree (Tilia L.). Shrubs and small trees, such as cherry (Prunus serotina), honeysuckle (Lonicera), cornel (Cornel), viburnum (Viburnum), elder (Sambucus), are present at places with more light.  The mix of plants found in alluvial forests depends on the shadow prevailing in the lower layers of the forest. Creepers, such as hop vine (Humulus lupulus), try to penetrate into the upper layers. Other plants, such as ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), bramble (Rubus), catchweed bedstraw (Galium aparine), spread by vining stems.  Light-demanding herbs flowering before leaves bud on the surrounding trees give the forest so-called spring aspect. Spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum), snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), yellow star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea lutea), starwort (Stellaria holostea), lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), early-dog violet (Viola reichenbachiana), hollowroot (Corydalis cava), are among the herbs most commonly encountered in spring. A mix of grass species and other shadow-demanding herbs such as wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris), true forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris), yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus), enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea lutetiana), European birthwort (Aristolochia clematitis), moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia), creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), common comfrey (Symphytum officinale), common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa), touch-me-not balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere) , cover the ground in summer.  The patchy mossy underground tends to cover maximum 10% of the forest floor.  Soil fauna in alluvial forests is relatively rare due to the high amount of water in the soil. Earthworms and harvestmen are among the most common species. Amphibians are frequent in wet areas. Birds typical of alluvial forest include yellow throat, different species of warbler, chaffinch, whitwing, robin, starling, stork, silver and night herons, bee eater, buzzard, kite, hawk, falcon, sea eagle.

Technical details:

Date of issue: 5/May/2011
Printing process: Offset
Stamp size: 33mm x 33mm

(Source: ceskaposta.cz)

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February 24th 2011

Royal Wedding in Australian Stamps

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Together with the forthcoming stamps commemorating the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Australia has produced three Royal Wedding stamp issues, which embrace three generations of the royal family.

On 20 November 1947, the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh was commemorated by a 1d (one penny) stamp featuring a portrait of Princess Elizabeth, based on a photograph by Dorothy Wilding of London. Although issued as a commemorative, the 1d stamp served as a definitive issue, remaining on sale at post offices until 1953.

In November 1980, Australia Post commenced preparations for a possible stamp issue to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. The official announcement was made on 24 February 1981; the wedding was subsequently fixed for 29 July that year.

In addition to approving the 1981 Royal Wedding stamp issue, Australia Post management permitted a departure from the stamp issue policy to allow Lady Diana Spencer to be depicted on the stamps. The policy at the time precluded living persons from being portrayed on stamps except “The Sovereign and His or Her Spouse or the Heir Apparent”. The prohibition against living persons was removed with the introduction of the annual Australia Post Legends Awards in 1997.

Brian Clinton was commissioned to prepare the stamp designs. Interestingly, the artist produced painted portraits of Charles and Diana, rather than using actual photographs. The inscription on the two stamps reads “Marriage of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales & The Lady Diana Spencer”. Following her marriage, and until her divorce in 1996, Diana was styled “HRH The Princess of Wales”.

The Royal Wedding stamps were issued on 29 July 1981 in denominations of 24c and 60c, representing basic letter postage within Australia and the first weight step for air mail letters to Europe, respectively.

Source
1. “Royal Wedding Stamps”. Stamp Bulletin, Australia Post, Mar-Apr 2011. Pag. 18.

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February 22nd 2011

Stamp issue of the day ~ Australia: Air Force Aviation

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This stamp issue marks the retirement of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) most prominent aircraft –the F-111 “Pig”. After 37 years service, this stalwart of aviation combat is being replaced from 2010. The aircraft represent a range of military functions and capabilities and includes F-111’s replacement.

The F-111 “Pig” is a twin-engine, swing-wing aircraft that can take off and land at relatively low speeds. The aircraft gets its nickname from its ability to hunt at night with its nose to the ground due to its terrain-following radar. The aircraft was introduced to the RAAF in 1973.

Technical details:

Date of issue: 22/Feb/2011
Denomination: 2 x 60c se-tenant, 1 x $1.20, 1 x $3
Printing process: lithography
Design: Simone Sakinofsky, Australia Post Design Studio
Stamp size: 37.5mm x 26mm
Sheets: 50 stamps (2 x 25)

Visit Australian Post‘s online shop.

Source
1. “Air Force Aviation”. Stamp Bulletin, Australia Post, Jan-Feb 2011. Pag. 14-15.

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February 21st 2011

Stamp issue of the day ~ Canada: Art Daphne Odjig

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A Canadian artist of Aboriginal ancestry, Daphne Odjig was born September 11, 1919, and raised on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island (Lake Huron), Ontario. Her father, Dominic Odjig, and her grandfather, Chief Jonas Odjig, were Potawatomi, descended from the great Chief Black Partridge. Her mother, Joyce Peachy, was an English war bride. Her family migrated north and settled in Wikwemikong after the War of 1812. The Potawatomi (Keepers of the Fire) were members, along with the Ojibwa and Odawa, of the Three Fires Confederacy of the Great Lakes.

Both athletic and musical, Daphne was an avid student at the Jesuit Mission in Wikwemikong. Her favourite subject was art and she would spend time sketching with her father and grandfather, both of whom also had artistic ability. She also helped her mother design needlepoint patterns for linens for the church. Unfortunately, in 1932, when she was in grade seven, her formal education was cut short when she developed rheumatic fever and suffered a long illness.

After losing her mother and grandfather just weeks apart, Daphne and her brothers and sisters went to live with their grandmother in Perry Sound, Ontario. Here, for the first time in her life, she felt the sting of racism and that her options were limited due to her last name and her native appearance. To counter these problems, she and her sibling changed their last name to “Fisher,” the name still used by two of her brothers.

Like many young women of her generation, Odjig moved to Toronto during World War II, where factory jobs were plentiful and easy to obtain since employers had lost much of the male workforce to the war effort. She began to frequent the art gallery at the Eaton’s College Street store, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario). Over the next decade, she would teach herself how to paint.

At the end of the war, Odjig married Mohawk/Métis war vet Paul Somerville and moved to Coquitlam, British Columbia, with her new husband and his young son David. She gave birth to son Stanley in 1948. Even as a young mother, she found time to explore her art and experiment with oils on homemade stretchers and tent canvas, at the time painting naturalistic landscapes. She developed an interest in Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, learning the techniques of the Modernists from books and magazines. However, tragedy struck in 1960, and widowed, she became the sole caretaker of the strawberry farm she had owned with her husband, tending the farm in summer, then in winter, painting and spending time at the Vancouver Museum of Art to study brush strokes up close. Influenced by the Impressionists, she experimented with light effects, broken brush strokes and Cloisonnism, and took top honours at her first juried show.

In 1964, Odjig met the elder women of the community at the Wikwemikong Pow-wow and learned about the old Nanabush tales, which she later painted. An exhibit of this collection was seen by then Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, an encounter which led to it being purchased in its entirety by the Federal Department of Cultural Affairs.

A few years later, Odjig made her first private sale and in 1967, her first solo exhibition, of 78 pieces, which showed at the Lakehead Art Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The following year, she accepted a commission to paint a series of erotic illustrations for Tales From the Smokehouse. Meeting Bernard Polly, an art instructor at Brandon University was a significant turn in Odjig’s career. From Polly, Odjig learned collage techniques and began a series of mixed media collages incorporating natural materials. A looser, expressionistic style began to emerge in her work. In 1973, Daphne Odjig cofounded the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc., often referred to as the “Indian Group of Seven,” which included Norval Morrisseau, Alex Janvier, Joseph Sanchez, Jackson Beardy, Eddie Cobiness, Carl Ray and herself.

Many more commissions followed, as well as exhibits with private galleries and finally, a solo show at the National Gallery of Canada, the first of its kind by a First Nation woman artist.

Daphne Odjig has been extensively awarded, receiving seven honourary degrees, the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Order of British Columbia and both the Order of Canada and the Governor General’s Laureate, Visual and Media Arts, Canada’s highest honour in the field of visual arts. On her work being chosen as the subject for this stamp series, Odjig says, “I am pleased and honoured to once again have had my art selected for an issue of my country’s postage stamps. I am proud of my First Nations heritage and equally proud of being Canadian. It is my hope that these images of my paintings may help create a vision of the unique possibilities within Canada, for us all, and particularly for our youth.”

This Art Canada issue celebrating her work includes three paintings representative of her powerful style: Pow-wow Dancer (1978, acrylic on canvas), Spiritual Renewal (1984, acrylic on canvas) and Pow-wow (1969, acrylic on board). According to designer Hélène L’Heureux, “Each painting is totally different from the other two. But they are all so very much Odjig’s work, they represent the whole of what her work has been about over the years. The trick was in finding a way to frame such diverse pieces to bring a sense of unity to all three stamps.”

Stamp Design Manager Alain Leduc echoes that sense of diversity. “Odjig draws her ideas from a vast range of sources—she paints legends, she paints erotica. She’s open to a wide range of inspirations and subject matter, which she makes her own.”

The decision to create three stamps for this edition of the series, which in the past has been done only for the Karsh issue of 2008, was made for both aesthetic and practical reasons. In addition to providing collectors with three unique examples of Native Canadian art on stamps, the U.S. and International stamps fulfilled necessary operational requirements.

Technical details:

Date of issue: 21/Feb/2011
Printing process: Lithography
Denomination: 59c, $1.03 and $1.75
Stamp size: 40mm x 40mm, 32mm x 40mm and 56mm x 40mm
Edition: 1,552,000; 600,000 and 600,000

Source
1. “Art Canada: Daphne Odjig”, Canada’s Stamp Details, Vol. XX No 1; January to March 2011. Canada Post. Pag. 17-19.

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February 21st 2011

U.S. Postal Service: National Consumer Protection Week, 6th to 12th March

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The office of Consumer Affairs and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are working to educate consumers about fraudulent schemes and to provide them with the information needed to combat these frauds.

During National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March 6–12, 2011, the Postal Service and the Postal Inspection Service will be hosting events nationwide to provide information on a variety of common schemes as well as important consumer protection resources. Consumers of all ages are invited to attend.

NCPW 2011 —Dollars and Sense: Rated A for All Ages — highlights the importance of using good consumer sense at every stage of life— from grade school to retirement.

NCPW partners are promoting free resources to help people protect their privacy, manage money and debt, avoid identity theft, understand credit and mortgages and steer clear of frauds and scams. In addition, NCPW partners are reaching out to kids, focusing on websites, videos and games designed for a younger audience.

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February 20th 2011

March’s Auctions

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Mar 1: Siegel Auctions (US) ~ Sale #1004 The Gordon Eubanks Collection of the U.S. 1869 Pictorial Issue. Download catalogue.

Mar 2: Warwick & Warwick (UK) ~ Stamps Sale 667. Visit auction’s site. Worldwide stamps auction featuring 883 lots.

Mar 2: Siegel Auctions (US) ~ Sale #1005 The “New Amsterdam” Collection of City Despatch Post. The city despatch post was established in New York City in February 1842. According to an account published in 1894 and provided by Charles Windsor, the post was founded by his father, Henry Thomas Windsor, a London merchant who at the tme was living in Hoboken, New Jersey. Inspired by Rowland Hill’s postal reforms in Great Britain, Windsor and his friend, Alexander M. Greig, started operating the City Despatch Post during the first week of February 1842, in time for the busy Valentine season. Greig was advertised as the post’s “agent,” and his name is usually used alone by historians and philatelists when referring to the post’s proprietor. Download catalogue.

Mar 2-3: Siegel Auctions (US) ~ Sale #1006 The Wagshal Collection, Part 4: Perforated One-Cent 1857-60 Issue. This fourth and final part of the series of Wagshal sales presents the perforated 1¢ stamps, produced by Toppan Carpenter and issued from mid-1857 until all circulating postage stamps were demonetized in 1861 with the outbreak of the Civil War. The 1857-61 perforated 1¢ stamps were created in the same manner as the earlier imperforate stamps, except for some modifications intended to provide more space for perforation holes between the stamps. Download catalogue.

Mar 5: Prestige Philately (AU) - Auction #162 “The World at War”. Postal services during wartime in four discrete sections: 1. Russell Stern’s Australian Military Mail. The World War II conflicts in North Africa, Mediterranean, Palestine & Borneo, 2. Accumulation of civil censorship mail of the British Empire formed by John Little from England, 3. Australian material, from WWI POWs in New South Wales, and the balance of John Little’s censor mail, from the Great War and 4. G. Darge’s Gold Medal exhibit of “New Zealand Forces in WWI”. Visit auction’s site. Download catalogue.

Mar 7-12: Philatelie Christoph Gärtner (DE) ~ Auction #17 is composed by seven catalogues. 1. India & Indian States, 2. Asia, 3. Overseas and thematics, 4. Europe, 5. Germany, 6. Collections and 7. Rarities. So you will find a very special selection of fantastic stamps and covers as an extract of the more than 24.000 lots. Visit auction’s site.

Mar 9-10: Cavendish Philatelic Auctions (UK) ~ The Bentwaters’ Collection of Mulreadies with over 100 covers, plus over 100 1d Black and 1d Red covers. The Dr. James Kyle CBE, FRCS, FRPSL Collections of the British Empire, with Australia, New Zealand, West Africa, and more. The Admiral Collection of Canada formed by the late Sandy Mackie, with foreign destination covers (Java, Mexico, Seychelles etc.), WWI censors, advertising mail. The John Bodman Collection of Papua (with Cocos Is.), an astonishing new discovery: an original find of 1870s stamped covers to Thailand (3 surface printed frankings from GB earlier than any item in the ‘Wheat’ Collection).

Mar 14: Soler y Llach (ES) ~ Worldwide stamps and postal history. Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Danish WI, Ecuador, Egypt, France & French colonies, Germany & states, GB & British commonwealth, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, Levant, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, USA & Venezuela and much more. Download catalogue. Visit auction’s site.

Mar 17: Grosvenor (UK) ~ British Empire. The Lord Cornwallis Collection of Australia with Gambia, Gibraltar and Malta. An outstanding auction of 553 lots, including exceptional rarities of the Kangaroo and King George V Head issues of Australia. Download catalogue.

Mar 17: Apex Philatelic Auctions (UK) ~ Sale #106 is a 6500 lot general world sale. It includes extensive sections of Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria and Switzerland, the majority from the purchase in November of the entire stock of Leo Baresch Ltd., one of the world’s foremost dealers in the stamps of those countries (and who will be familiar to most serious collectors thereof). For single items, we draw your attention to lot 495 GB 1902 Board of Education 1/- green and carmine fine used, with 2007 BPA Cert. Cat £4500, lot 491 GB 1882 IR Official £1 green ‘TA’ with framebreak fine used. Cat £4500, Lot 1721 Bermuda 1938 line perf 10/- yellow green and carmine u/m [very slight gum toning as always found on this printing) and with variety “Lower right scroll with broken tail.” Cat £4000 1938 line perf 10/- yellow green and carmine u/m, with variety “Lower right scroll with broken tail.” Cat £4000, (plus several other varieties of this issue), lot 1858 British Virgin Isles 1857 (GB) 1d rose red ‘star’ used with fine strike of ‘A13’ cancel, a lovely example, very scarce. Cat £3750. Visit auction’s site.

Mar 19: Ron Leith Auctions (CA) ~ Sale #43 Stamps and postal history of Canada and United States.
Postal History auction highlights: includes the entire Tripo Costello Postcard Stock along with his famous Santa Clause Collection, the Wally Gutzman Canada Fancy Cork Cancel Collection, the “Calgary Collection” of Postal Artifacts comprising over 200 Canada postal hammers, part one of the Lila Walcer lifetime collection of British Royalty Memorabilia noting signed photos of King George-V and Queen Mary, a scarce group of USA General McClellan Civil War Patriotic Covers, a rare Amelia Earhart autographed cover (lot #782), and part one of the Donald Rogan Railroad Collection of RPO cancels, maps, books, and ephemera.
Stamp auction highlights: the Canada section includes the “Vernon Collection” of Superb Mint and Used Canada Classic Stamps, an extremely rare Newfoundland 5 Pence Favour “CANCELLED” Stamp that resulted in a British political scandal (lot #2476), the finest collection of Canada Coil Start and End Strips that we have ever offered, a fully operational USA Schermack Experimental Coil Vending Machine, the massive stock of recently retired packet dealer Hank Vander Veen, the Bill Anderson Precancel Collection listed as one of the top 10 collections in the Precancel Survey, and an outstanding collection of Canada Christmas Seals that includes many of the rare proofs. Visit auction’s site.

Mar 23: Stanley Gibbons (UK) ~ Worldwide Postal Bid Auction #220. Noteworthy sections in this auction include: Good selection of Bermuda, China, Ascension, Bahamas, Barbados, St. Helena, Malaya, Hong Kong, and Great Britain surface printed. Visit auction’s site.

Mar 25-26: Postiljonen (SE) ~ The “Leif Ericsson” Large Gold Collection of classic Iceland. Classic Sweden, Iceland, Norway and Portugal. Exhibition collection classic Denmark. Download catalogue.

Mar 28: Lugdunum Philatélie (FR) ~ France, French Colonies and Worldwide. Visit auction’s site.

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February 17th 2011

Sheffield 2011 ~ National Philatelic Exhibition: 6th to 7th May @ Sheffield

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The Sheffield Philatelic Society is delighted to host the 2011 ABPS National Philatelic and Picture Postcard Exhibition. The event will be held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.

Frames of both competitive philately and non-competitive material will be on display hosting: Traditional (Great Britain, Rest of the World); Postal History (Great Britain, Rest of the World); Literature (Handbooks, Catalogues, Periodicals, Articles); One-Frame; Aerophilately; Postal Stationery; Revenues; Thematic. Non-FIP Classes: Special Studies; Cinderellas; Picture Postcards.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has graciously permitted the display of some of her private collection, on the theme George V -Great Britain and Commonwealth, to mark the 100th anniversary of the King’s coronation. The event will also show the award winning collection History of the Olympic Games from John Crowther.

David Beech, Head of Philatelic Collections will present the Rarities of the British Library Philatelic Collection www.bl.uk/collections/philatelic .

A wide range of dealers -sellers and auctioneers-, and a number of specialist societies will be meeting during the day.

Venue
Pond’s Forge International
Sports Centre, Sheffield S1 2BP.

Contact
Donald Radley
Tel: 0114 230 2020
publicity@sheffield2011.org.uk
www.sheffield2011.org.uk

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