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News Bulletin No. 14

Italian Post at trade fair

This year for the first time, the Italian Post will be participating at the International Trade Fair Collector, which will be held in Prague from 16th to 18th September. At its stand, it will offer Czech and foreign philatelists very interesting collecting material. These will be, for example, stamps from the years 2004-2005, postal stationeries, FDC, philatelic cards, postcards, folders, 2003/2004 year books, year copybooks ans stamps models made of thin gold.

Czech Mint with new items

The Czech Mint, which has participated at the trade fair regularly since 2003. In its issue plan this year, which includes 30 stampings, there are, for example, commemorative medals for the 60th anniversary of the UN, the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the 650th anniversary of the coronation of Charles IV as Holy Roman Emperor and also an investment medal on the occasion of the first anniversary of the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union - a gold medal in a run of only 50 with a diameter of 90 mm and weighing exactly one kilogram (see picture).

Loyal exhibitors return

The vast majority of exhibitors who have been participating at the trade fair for many years will naturally be returning this year. These include, for example, the Prague firm Alkado, which represents the firm Safe in the Czech Republic, Michel, Importa, Peak and Hawid, Filatelie Pytlíček from Semily, Filatelie Karlin, Artphila Praha, Trevor Pateman and Peter McBride from Great Britain and many more. And this time we refer only to the field of philately.

Czech Numismatic Society

The Czech Numismatic Society, which has 39 branches throughout the entire Czech Republic, is once again holding the aegis above the department of numismatics. Its experts will be at the Collector trade fair to help everyone with advice and consultations. Visitors will thus have the unique opportunity of utilising this free service for the valuation of their collector’s items. The organisers of Collector are preparing a press conference jointly with the CNS shortly before the start of the trade fair.

Aix-phila with greater participation

Last year the famous philatelic firm from Aachen significantly expanded its participation at Collector. And this year it will be even bigger. Aix-phila, which in addition to an extensive offer of philatelic material is known as an organiser of large philatelic auctions, has participated at the Collector trade fair every year since the first event in 1998.

Philatelic press at trade fair

The largest Czech philatelic magazine, Filatelie, traditionally has a stand at the trade fair. The magazine is published 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. Once again this year, the important German magazine Briefmarken Spiegel, which also traditionally participates in all important philatelic events in Germany, will have a stand at Collector.