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News Bulletin No. 26

Harmers of London in Prague

Joining the exhibitors already registered from Great Britain is another noteworthy company. Presenting itself for the first time at this year's Collector trade fair, to be held in Prague from 15 to 17 September, will be Harmers of London. Founded in 1918, it is one of the most respected auction houses in the world that is involved with all aspects connected with philatelic material. Other exhibitors from Great Britain will be Trevor Pateman, Peter McBride, Bill Barrell and David Morrison.

What’s new from Czech Post

For this year’s trade fair, Czech Post is issuing post cards, on which in front of Prague Castle a cat is offering a dog a bone, and in return the dog is offering the cat a mouse. The humorous drawing is accompanied by the text “International Meeting of Collectors” and by information about the fair. The post cards will be for sale at the Czech Post stand. For the trade fair, Czech Post is also issuing a commemorative rubberstamp (the lettering is: Yearly Celebration of Collecting) and a commemorative rubberstamp for United Nations Day, which will be on Sunday, 17 September at the trade fair, as well as a sticker for registered letters (see the illustration).

Zberateľ will be back at Collector

After its premiere last year, the Slovak philatelic and numismatic company Zberateľ will be returning to the Collector trade fair. The company, which has an eleven-year tradition, is also the publisher of Netto catalogs of postage stamps of the Slovak Republic and of Zberateľ, the only monthly collector’s journal printed in Slovakia.

Telephone cards strongly represented

Collectors of telephone cards again have something to look forward to at this year’s trade fair. Among the telephone card dealers registered so far are Luboš Slezák, František Bartůněk, Jiří Bouček, Břetislav Folta and Robert Chaloupka from the Czech Republic, Buphila, George Shalev and Petar Ivanov from Bulgaria, Frank Heuer (Frutti69) from Germany, Mánia Magazin and Gábor Nagy from Hungary, Yevgeniy Nikiforov and Andrey Mikhailov from Russia, Mikhail Pinchuk from Belorussia, Karol Poláček and Jaroslav Müller from Slovakia, Bogdan Popa from Romania, Miroslav Prusac from Croatia, Rober Rozman from Slovenia, Monique Salmon from France, Lordanis Toutountzoglou from Greece and Xu Wei from China. Naturally, some of them will also have other, mainly numismatic and philatelic material available at the trade fair.

Another exhibitor from Argentina

In the field of philately, another exhibitor from Argentina has registered for the trade fair – Mr. Daniel Hugo Mello Teggia from Buenos Aires. The philatelic company Hanyfila from Hungary will be trying out the trade fair for the first time, and returning to Collector will be the biggest philatelic company in Moravia – Filatelie Klim. Naturally, Profilex from Tuszyn, Poland, also will not be missing. That company represents sixteen stamp countries for the Czech Republic starting with Angola and ending with Vanuatu. Returning is also Bosnia and Herzegovina Post.

Mints of Slovakia and Romania in Prague

The Kremnica Mint is preparing a large exhibition for the trade fair. That Slovak mint has been making coins and medals continuously for seven centuries. After its premiere last year, the State Mint of Romania is also returning. A total of at least twelve mints will be represented at the trade fair.