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News Bulletin No. 25

The World stamp exhibition PRAGA is back after ten years

After ten years, the World Stamp Exhibition will be held again in the capital of the Czech Republic on 12 - 14 September 2008. The exhibition PRAGA 2008 will take place at the Prague Fairgrounds at the same time as our Collector international trade fair. Both events will be closely integrated, not only with respect to the venue, but also because one ticket will provide admission to both events. Our company, which has also been put in charge of organizing the Collector international trade fair, has been entrusted with organization of the exhibition PRAGA 2008 by the Czech Post and by the Union of Czech Philatelists. Just from the field of philately, in its history the Collector trade fair has had over 250 exhibitors from 45 countries - dealers, auction houses, manufacturers of philatelic accessories, and postal authorities. Many of them may be expected to return to Prague in 2008. Of course, those that have already established good contacts in the Czech Republic thanks to the Collector trade fair will have an advantage.

Slovak Post is coming to establish and expand its contacts

Among the participants this year for the first time at the Collector international trade fair to be held in Prague on 15 – 17 September will be the Slovak Post with its own stand. Slovak Post employs the finest Slovak designers, so it is no surprise that Slovak stamps, FDCs and other philatelic materials are very popular, and not only with Czech philatelists. For example, a stamp issued last year from the art series Dinner at Emmaus by Rembrandt van Rijn (see the picture) was chosen as the most beautiful Slovak stamp.

Exhibitor from Argentina

Mr. Juan N. Simona of Buenos Aires will be coming to the Prague fair for the second time. He is among the most famous philatelic merchants in Argentina, and he has been a postage stamp dealer for over thirty years. In Prague, he will be selling not only Argentinean stamps including the latest issues, but also contemporary stamps from around the world, letters, envelopes, postcards and other material.

AIJP at the trade fair

This year’s trade fair will pay special attention to the World Association of the Authors and Journalists in Philately (AIJP). That organization brings together many outstanding journalists involved with philately both from a specialist’s perspective and with the aim of its popularization. Among its Czech members is for example Mr. Miroslav Langhammer. Late last year, the publisher Pofis released his beautifully illustrated work Filatelie je víc než známky (Philately is More than Stamps) for young and beginner philatelists.

H. D. Rauch plans to return to Prague

Among the regular exhibitors at the fair is the Austrian auction house H. D. Rauch from Vienna. Rauch regularly holds philatelic and numismatic auctions. Collectors can also buy many items over the internet, including postage stamps, coins, honorary decorations or medals. Dukát, a coin shop in Brno, will again be at the Collector fair. Among other activities, Dukát also organizes auctions of numismatic materials.

Promotional materials on the fair

For this year’s Collector international trade fair, the organizer has issued a size A2 poster (see the picture), a brochure in Czech, and a foreign language brochure (English, German, French, Russian and Polish). If you are interested in receiving promotional materials, just send us an e-mail to sberatel@ppa.cz

Are you looking for accommodations?

If you are planning to come to Prague for the Collector trade fair and if you are seeking accommodations, just click on our website at http://new.ppa.cz/?page=sber_ubytovani_en
There, you will find offers from our partner hotels.