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Costa Rica at The Royal

Roland Nordberg Classic Costa Rica

There are a few ways in which an advanced collection can be shared with fellow philatelists, not least in the global competitive arena in the Quest for Gold. Club displays […]

22nd February 2023Categories Events, People, PublicationsLeave a Comment0

London 2022…from a Latin American perspective

London 2022 - The Main Hall

London stages an International once every decade but in the case of London 2022 it was a twelve year wait. In common with so many other shows, the tribulations of […]

28th February 2022Categories Dealers, Events, Philatelic SocietiesLeave a Comment0

Forthcoming auctions and initiatives in the hobby

Granadine Confederation 1859 1 Peso Carmine Block of 15, to be auctioned by Siegel on 30th September (est. $3k-$4k)

There have been a few notable initiatives in the wider stamp world in the past few weeks but let’s start with the auctions. If you are kept up to speed […]

20th September 2020Categories Auctions, EventsLeave a Comment0

Latin American Philately Zooms Forward (Updated February 2023)

Mi Oficina logo

The article below was originally written in the midst of the COVID pandemic during May 2020. Mi Oficina has gone from strength to strength and has since held over five-hundred […]

21st May 2020Categories Events, Philatelic SocietiesLeave a Comment5

Exhibiting Latin America…from Denver to Stockholm (Part 2)

Stockholmia 2019

Back in Europe, the philatelic world was gearing up to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Philatelic Society by hosting Stockholmia 2019 in the Swedish capital. This was a […]

14th June 2019Categories Events, General PhilatelyLeave a Comment0

Exhibiting Latin America…from Denver to Stockholm (Part 1)

Rocky Mountain Stamp Show 2019

A significant proportion of philatelic clubs and societies are inevitably based ‘in country’, supporting the local collector base and promoting the philately of the nation. There are, however, numerous societies […]

7th June 2019Categories Events, Philatelic SocietiesLeave a Comment0

El Salvador finally makes it to London

El Salvador proof

After a mere 148 years, the RPSL finally got to put on a display of El Salvador on 9th November. Guillermo Gallegos had come from over from Mexico to present […]

11th November 2017Categories EventsLeave a Comment0

Brasilia 2017 – is this the future for major stamp exhibitions?

Brasilia 2017 Stamp Exhibition logo

If I’ve read one article on “how do we attract more collectors to the hobby?”, I must have read it a hundred times. And no stamp exhibition escapes the post-event […]

2nd November 2017Categories EventsLeave a Comment0

Royal puts on a Latin American show

RPSL Latin America booklet

Fifty-two frames of some exceptional Latin American material was the feast laid on by the RPSL yesterday. Exhibits were described as covering the canvas between “world class rarities” and “modest, […]

29th July 2016Categories EventsLeave a Comment0

World Stamp Show – NY2016

NY 2016 Stamp Show logo

The US holds an international stamp show every ten years but it was back in 1956 that New York took centre stage as the host of the world’s most important […]

10th June 2016Categories EventsLeave a Comment0

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