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ABPS NEWS Winter 2017: Outstanding displays at the Royal
The winter edition of ABPS NEWS informs, amongst other interesting articles, of the latest outstanding displays at the Royal
The members of The Royal Philatelic Society London have enjoyed the privilege of seeing much outstanding material at recent meetings. At the start of the season Michael Sefi LVO RDP FRPSL, Keeper of the Collection, and his two assistants, Ian Greig FRPSL and Rod Vousden FRPSL, showed extracts from the albums of West Indies from the royal collection. It included examples on cover of the authorised bisects of the first Jamaica issue of 1860 and the only known plate block of the 2’/d on 4d of 1908 of the Cayman Islands.
On 28 ‘ September Jean Voruz FRPSL of Switzerland presented Geneva from the Cantonal to the Federal Post, covering the period from 1839 to 1862. The display embraced three periods, from the time when the Swiss cantons enjoyed full postal sovereignty, until 1S’ October 1849 when the canton of Geneva had to comply with the new federal rates even though the currencies werenot the same. Then from 1st January 1852 the whole Switzerland aligned with the currency of Geneva.
The material on 12 October was shown by no fewer than 31 members of Deutscher Altbriefsamler-Verein (DASV). The appreciation of the Society was expressed by Robin Pizer FRPSL, who congratulated those who had shown for their ‘superb displays spanning a period of nearly 300 years’. Patrick Maselis RDP FRPSL offered his own thanks to all those who had come to London, and for being such an ‘enthusiastic group’.
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Richard West
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PRAGA PICCOLA 2017: First Czech-German Stamp Exhibition
The First Czech –German Stamp Exhibition PRAGA PICCOLA 2017 was organized in parallel with the Collector Fair as the last qualification event for the PRAGA 2018 Specialized World Stamp Exhibition. Many of the displayed exhibits reached the top awards and we shall congratulate to the exhibitors to the success created by their hard work. The Palmares of the stamp exhibition is shown at palmare-praga-piccola-2017.html
The Prague events were accompanied by a session organized by the PRAGA 2018 Organization Committee. The Committee members discussed the further steps in the PRAGA preparation. The gathering was documented by a joint-photo made together with Mr. Walter Müller, Chairman of the Union of Czech Philatelists.
The important German stamp firm Auktionashaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG being the only official auctioneer of the PRAGA 2018 Exhibition took part in the Collector Fair in Prague. Representatives of PRAGA Organizing Committee used this excellent opportunity to meet with the representatives of Christoph Gärtner Auction House to discuss the coming World Stamp Exhibition.
The Czech Postal Administration celebrated the Collector Fair and PRAGA 2018 Specialized World Stamp Exhibition by the issuance of a new postage stamp showing the Mauritius “Post Office” stamp as reported in a previous notice displayed at our website: https://www.praga2018.cz/en
The stamp was designed by Jaromír and Kamil Knotek.The red and the blue Mauritius Post Office are clearly the best known stamps to the general public in the world. Only 12 copies of the blue version (2 pence) and 14 copies of the red version (1 penny) of the stamp exist in the world. They were issued on the Mauritius Island on 20 September 1847, each in the volume of 500. You will be able to see the original Blue Mauritius stamp within the PRAGA 2018 exhibition.