Welcome to the website for the international fair for postage stamps, coins,
phone cards, minerals, and the hobby and art of collecting – the largest
gathering of collectors of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe.

Sběratel.info

News Bulletin No. 13

UNPA at every annual event of Collector

The Postal Administration of the UN has not been absent from a single annual event of the trade fair Collector. And even this year - a year of great importance for the UN and all mankind - it will offer interesting stamps, souvenir sheets and postcards. On Sunday 18th September, UN Day will be declared at Collector, and a special postmark will be available at the Czech Post Office stand. A mere one month later - on 24th October - the whole world will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations and sixty years of world peace. On this day in 1945, the UN was founded in San Francisco by fifty-one states.

Filatelie Podskalský returns

Mr Petr Podskalský has an unassuming philately shop on Plzeňská Street, far from the centre of Prague. But inside he has nothing but interesting philatelic material. Neither does he suffer from a lack of customers. He resisted for six years and refused to participate in the trade fair. Only last year did he first join the ranks of exhibitors, and this year he was one of the first to submit an application. And what’s more, he has got a larger stand. “I underestimated the trade fair during the first year,” says Mr Podskalský, “but when I participated for the first time last year I gained many new clients and contacts. This year I also know what I should prepare for the trade fair, and so I also ordered a larger area.“

Russian stamps back at the trade fair

The publishing and trading centre Marka, which is entrusted by the Ministry of Communications and Information with the issue of and trading in postage stamps of the Russian Federation, is returning to the trade fair Collector following its first participation last year. Last year, Russian stamps enjoyed great success with visitors, and this year is expected to be no different. As evidence of this, one need only look at the pictures of souvenir sheets that Marka will be offering, amongst other things, at the trade fair.

Mint of Norway for the first time

The Mint of Norway will have its premiere at this year’s trade fair. For the very first time, visitors will be able to buy beautiful coins and medals struck in Kongsberg. The mint was founded in 1686, when it struck only silver coins. The first medals were struck in 1704 upon the occasion of the visit of King Frederik IV. Up until last July, the mint was called the Royal Norwegian Mint.

Schaubek with larger stand

Schaubek Verlag from the Saxon capital of Leipzig considers the Prague trade fair to be a suitable gateway to the markets of Central and Eastern Europe. And for this reason, this year it has significantly expanded its stand and range at the Collector trade fair in comparison with last year. Many collectors know this firm as a manufacturer of high-quality stamp albums and philatelic accessories. Naturally, Schaubek also takes numismatics and other collectors into account.

Telephone card collectors are already looking forward

This year, Frank Heuer from Braunschweig, who operates the Internet portal frutti69.de., will once again take his place amongst exhibitors in the field of telephone cards. But at the trade fair he will not only be offering cards from the entire world, but also banknotes, military badges and lids from tubs of coffee whitener.