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News Bulletin No. 22

Studio Filatelico at the fair

Participating for the first time at this year's COLLECTOR International Trade Fair, to be held in Prague from 15 to 17 September, is the Italian philatelic auction house Studio Filatelico in Moncalieri. Mr. Paolo Gazzera holds philatelic auctions regularly in Milan. In 2005 he attended the fair for the first time as a visitor, and decided on the spot to participate in this year's event as an exhibitor.

German Post and Belarus Post return

After a two-year absence, Deutsche Post is returning to this year’s fair. The postal service of the Federal Republic of Germany is known for supporting collectors by issuing a special magazine for them and, above all, by making beautiful stamps and postcards with pre-printed stamps. After a year’s absence, the Belarus Post is returning to COLLECTOR. It is also known for publishing beautiful stamps and for its active approach towards collectors.

Faithful exhibitors from Great Britain and Austria

Among philatelists, regular exhibitors at the fair are Peter McBride from Great Britain and the Austrian auction house Vojta & Peters Briefmarken. They already filled out their application forms for this year’s fair on the last day of last year’s COLLECTOR fair. Trevor Pateman from Great Britain also already registered last year, and he has greatly expanded his exhibition.

Biggest dealer from China

Last year, the collector Xu Wei from the People’s Republic of China made an appearance. He is apparently the biggest collector and dealer of telephone cards in China. He has even seen through the issuing in China of a telephone card for the fair. He is registered again this year, and is planning the issue of a whole series of telephone cards by China Telecom for the fair in Prague. In the field of telephone cards, Bengt Novén from Sweden is also returning to the fair.

Newcomer from Austria

Among the newcomers at this year’s fair will be the Austria company Der Heimatsammler, which will offer postcards with pre-printed stamps and historical picture postcards.

Czech Mint with a larger stand

The Czech Mint has traditionally been one of the fair’s exhibitors. This year, the mint expects to display a much larger stand than in past years. Management of the mint has assured the organizers of COLLECTOR that it considers this fair, right after the World Money Fair in Berlin, to be of pivotal importance for its business activities.

Are you interested in exhibiting?

At this time, we are sending registration forms for this year’s COLLECTOR fair to all of the world’s mints and postal services, as well as to all past exhibitors. If you are interested in exhibiting and selling at our fair, which is the biggest collector’s event in Central and Eastern Europe, please send us an e-mail with your address to sberatel@ppa.cz.