Summary of the latest Newsletter from PTS and Stampex International on Virtual Stampex, which is coming up on 2-4 May 2024:
39 Booths to explore. The Booth Hall and Society Hall include dealers, auction houses, magazines, online platforms, and societies. Booths are interactive – you can click on images, links, open documents and videos, browse specially selected items for sale, download resources into your Virtual Briefcase, and chat with Booth Reps using our fully integrated chat feature – via text, audio, and video.
10 Stampex Talks. Each year, we bring you 10 Talks in our Stampex Auditorium and this year, our schedule is as exciting as ever! Each Talk includes a presentation/discussion as well as live Q&A. For the full schedule, visit stampexinternational.com/talks.
22 Roundtable Discussions. Our most popular feature in 2023 is back! Now with up to 40 seats! Get ready to join your friends for these informal discussions, meet & greets and more. For the full schedule, visit stampexinternational.com/roundtables.
12 Fascinating Seminars and Interactive Sessions in the APS Collectors Lounge: The American Philatelic Society have pulled together the most awesome series for their Collectors Lounge Experience. You will also be able to chat with other collectors (and some of the team at the APS and StampEd in the Lounge chatroom!
237 Specially Selected Items in our Show Shop. You will find links to dealer stores on Booths, so make sure you check Company Description, Links below the Booth, links on images, and you ask the Booth Rep in the live chat if you are looking for something in particular.
72 Countries represented (so far…). Why do we run Virtual Stampex 24 hours a day (and put pressure on our Booth Reps to be on the live chat for as many hours as they can stay awake for over the 3 live days?!)… well, this is a truly global event. So far, we have had registrations from collectors, enthusiasts, and enquiring novices from 72 different countries.
£500 Gift Voucher up for grabs. Take part in our Philatelic Mastermind Quiz and be in with the chance of winning a £500 Gift Voucher to use at Stanley Gibbons. There is a runner up prize too – a £100 Stampex Smilers Gift Voucher!
66 Documents and Videos for you to download into your Virtual Briefcase. Another great thing about Virtual Stampex is that you don’t have to break your back carrying catalogues and price lists around with you.
20 Displays. Our Display your Way Hall includes a wide range of displays – from beginner level collections, to experienced collectors seeking feedback, to award winning International Exhibits!
72 Hours of Live Chat. With chat available via text, audio, and video, Q&As, 40 Chatrooms, and thousands of visitors, Virtual Stampex has been built to handle thousands and thousands of messages!
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Slovak Republic, the Union of Slovak Philatelists (ZSF), in cooperation with the Slovak Post, has organised BRATISLAVAFILA 2023, a National philatelic exhibition with international participation, between 1 and 4 June 2023 in the National Museum in Bratislava. The exhibition has been granted FEPA Recognition.
The Royal Philatelic Society London is pleased to announce the short list of six from which the Crawford Medal Committee will select the 2024 winner. The winner will be announced at the end of the Crawford Festival on 26th June.
This is a free two-day event of presentations and discussions on the theme of Philatelic Auction Catalogues, being held at the Royal Philatelic Society London at 15 Abchurch Lane.
The Crawford Festival is open to everyone, both RPSL members and non-members. The event is free to attend but tickets must be booked in advance. To book via Eventbrite, click here, or by telephone at 0207 486 1044 (Option 2).
The shortlisted books are:
Portuguese India: Postal History and the First Issues – From the ‘Natives’ to 1900 by Luis & Eduardo Barreiros.
Tête Bêche: Rarities from the Oval-Issue of Finland by Tomas Bjäringer & Mårten Sundberg.
The Postal Stationery of Nigeria by Peter Hørlyck.
Internal Mail Routes of Nigeria 1900-1960, Volume 1: by Water, Rail and Air by R. F. May.
The Malayan Postal Administration in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese Occupation 1942-1945 by J.R. van Nieuwkerk.
The Rhodesias and Nyasaland – Colonial Rule to Majority Rule – Evolution of the Mails by Brian Trotter, Pat Flanagan & Keith Harrop.
1,050 Reasons to Attend Virtual Stampex 2024
Summary of the latest Newsletter from PTS and Stampex International on Virtual Stampex, which is coming up on 2-4 May 2024:
39 Booths to explore. The Booth Hall and Society Hall include dealers, auction houses, magazines, online platforms, and societies. Booths are interactive – you can click on images, links, open documents and videos, browse specially selected items for sale, download resources into your Virtual Briefcase, and chat with Booth Reps using our fully integrated chat feature – via text, audio, and video.
10 Stampex Talks. Each year, we bring you 10 Talks in our Stampex Auditorium and this year, our schedule is as exciting as ever! Each Talk includes a presentation/discussion as well as live Q&A. For the full schedule, visit stampexinternational.com/talks.
22 Roundtable Discussions. Our most popular feature in 2023 is back! Now with up to 40 seats! Get ready to join your friends for these informal discussions, meet & greets and more. For the full schedule, visit stampexinternational.com/roundtables.
12 Fascinating Seminars and Interactive Sessions in the APS Collectors Lounge: The American Philatelic Society have pulled together the most awesome series for their Collectors Lounge Experience. You will also be able to chat with other collectors (and some of the team at the APS and StampEd in the Lounge chatroom!
237 Specially Selected Items in our Show Shop. You will find links to dealer stores on Booths, so make sure you check Company Description, Links below the Booth, links on images, and you ask the Booth Rep in the live chat if you are looking for something in particular.
72 Countries represented (so far…). Why do we run Virtual Stampex 24 hours a day (and put pressure on our Booth Reps to be on the live chat for as many hours as they can stay awake for over the 3 live days?!)… well, this is a truly global event. So far, we have had registrations from collectors, enthusiasts, and enquiring novices from 72 different countries.
£500 Gift Voucher up for grabs. Take part in our Philatelic Mastermind Quiz and be in with the chance of winning a £500 Gift Voucher to use at Stanley Gibbons. There is a runner up prize too – a £100 Stampex Smilers Gift Voucher!
66 Documents and Videos for you to download into your Virtual Briefcase. Another great thing about Virtual Stampex is that you don’t have to break your back carrying catalogues and price lists around with you.
20 Displays. Our Display your Way Hall includes a wide range of displays – from beginner level collections, to experienced collectors seeking feedback, to award winning International Exhibits!
72 Hours of Live Chat. With chat available via text, audio, and video, Q&As, 40 Chatrooms, and thousands of visitors, Virtual Stampex has been built to handle thousands and thousands of messages!
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BRATISLAVAFILA 2023 Palmares booklet
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Slovak Republic, the Union of Slovak Philatelists (ZSF), in cooperation with the Slovak Post, has organised BRATISLAVAFILA 2023, a National philatelic exhibition with international participation, between 1 and 4 June 2023 in the National Museum in Bratislava. The exhibition has been granted FEPA Recognition.
Better late than never, we publish here the exhibition’s Palmares booklet:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BRATISLAVAFILA-Results-.pdf
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Crawford Festival 2024
We’ve picked this up from the website of the Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS):
The Royal Philatelic Society London is pleased to announce the short list of six from which the Crawford Medal Committee will select the 2024 winner. The winner will be announced at the end of the Crawford Festival on 26th June.
This is a free two-day event of presentations and discussions on the theme of Philatelic Auction Catalogues, being held at the Royal Philatelic Society London at 15 Abchurch Lane.
The Crawford Festival is open to everyone, both RPSL members and non-members. The event is free to attend but tickets must be booked in advance. To book via Eventbrite, click here, or by telephone at 0207 486 1044 (Option 2).
The shortlisted books are:
The programme: https://www.abps.org.uk/10660-2
[photo credit: ABPS]
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