UNPA
will have its day at the trade fair
The
traditional exhibitor at Collector – the United Nations Postal
Administration – will once again celebrate United Nations Day on Sunday
12th September along with the visitors to the trade fair. On
this occasion, a special rubber stamp
will be available to collectors at the Czech Post Office stand, and
the UNPA will once again have a cachet prepared. According to Mrs Leone
Caola-Madzia from the Vienna headquarters of the UN, the Collector trade
fair in Prague is wholly comparable with similar events in Western Europe.
Mr. Pateman returns
Last year Mr
Pateman from Brighton in England participated at the trade fair for the
first time. And he was highly
satisfied with his stand, where he sold philatelic material for a flat
price of five euros. As he told us when he handed over the application for
this year’s event, he was also highly satisfied with the organisation of
the trade fair. For both of these reasons he has significantly expanded
his participation this year.
Australian and Irish Post Office for
seventh time
The Polish philatelic
firm and agency Profilex from Tuszyn has been participating at the
trade fair every year from the very beginning. And naturally it will not
be absent this year either. It officially represents the postal
administrations of Australia and Ireland at the trade fair. It not only
offers their postage stamps at face value, but also maxicards and stamp
yearbooks. On its stand,
Profilex also traditionally offers the latest material from
Angola, Fiji, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, the Isle of Mann,
New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Tonga, Tuvalu and
Vanuatu.
Kannebäckerland at the trade fair for
the first time
The
German philatelic shop Kannenbäckerland from Ransbach-Baumbach in
the Federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz will have its premiere at the
Collector trade fair this year. On its large stand it will offer postage
and revenue stamps not only from Germany, but also from other countries.
Entire collections at advantageous prices will also be included in the
offer.
Philatelic press at trade fair
The
largest Czech philatelic magazine, Filatelie,
will have a stand at the trade fair as it traditionally does. The magazine
is issued monthly with a print run of six thousand and it is an
indispensable and useful aid for all philatelists in the Czech Republic
and Slovakia. This year the German magazine Briefmarken
Spiegel, which traditionally participates in all the important
philatelic events in Germany, will also have a stand at Collector.
Telephone cards from South Africa
This
year another exhibitor in the field of telephone cards will be joining the
Association of Collectors of Japanese Telephone Cards from Tokyo, about
whose premiere we gave information in the last bulletin. This is the firm
South African Phonecards of Mr Hennie Botha from Pretoria, which will
offer telephone cards of most African states.
The proportion of postcards increases
The
proportion of exhibitors offering historical postcards at the trade fair
increases every year. In addition to traditional exhibitors, such as
Michal Matura from Ostrava, Richard Burda from Střelice u Brna, Evžen
Majoroš and Filatelie FOS from Prague, this year there will be many
others. Just some of those who have already
applied are Jan Bartošík from Adamov, Filatelie a bazar U Mamuta
from Pardubice and Sběratelský kabinet a Filatelie Podskalský
from Prague.
Aurea Numismatika once again
After
last year’s first appearance, the Prague numismatic firm and auction
house Aurea Numismatika is returning to the trade fair once again this
year. The firm gained fame last year with an auction of unique Russian
mintings from the collection of the trader Antonín Prokop. At this
auction, for example, a test minting of a Tsarina Anne rouble from 1730
minted in a run of only 36
was sold for the incredible amount of five million Czech crowns. This
rouble thus became the most expensive Russian coin ever sold in the world.
Closing date at the end of May
The
closing date for applications to this year’s international trade fair
Collector is 31st May. Exhibitors who apply by that date are
guaranteed that they will be located in the relevant fields where they
belong, i.e., philatelists in the philately section, numismatists in
numismatics etc. Naturally, exhibitors can also apply after this date, but
unfortunately we cannot guarantee them the appropriate location. The
exhibition hall, with an area of almost 5000 m2 and eleven
thousand visitors await you.
Jindrich Jirasek

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