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Latin American Philately Zooms Forward

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The COVID crisis is challenging the status quo in so many aspects of our lives: some for better, some for worse, many unknown. Stamp collecting, though, has received an unprecedented boost and has been firmly propelled into the digital age (apologies, it now appears compulsory to use the word ‘unprecedented’ at least once in every […]

21st May 2020Categories Events, Philatelic SocietiesLeave a Comment2

Introducing ELASCA – The European Latin American Stamp Collector Association

ELASCA website

Most Latin American countries have their own specialized society but what if your tastes are broader and you want to encompass the region as a whole? Regional societies and journals have thrived in the past, notably The Mainsheet from the UK-based Spanish Main Society. In the US, the Latin America Philatelic Society was active from […]

26th December 2019Categories People, Philatelic Societies, The CollectorLeave a Comment0

The Collector | Neal West | Nicaragua

Neal West Nicaragua

For more than twenty years, Neal West was the President of The Nicaragua Study Group (N.S.G). His most recent exhibit is Nicaragua’s Revenue Based Postal Provisional Stamps and Uses 1908-1911. CLA How did you first begin to collect stamps? NW My father was a life-long stamp collector and not surprisingly (for the period of the late 1940’s […]

1st November 2019Categories People, Philatelic Societies, The CollectorLeave 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 around the world that are based thousands of miles away from the focus country, many with members who have never reached the shores of the […]

7th June 2019Categories Events, Philatelic SocietiesLeave a Comment0

Philatelic Societies – a review

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I’ve recently updated the Resources pages. Part of this exercise was to revisit links to philatelic societies and investigate others that I wasn’t so familiar with. In reviewing so many sites in a relatively short space of time, you quickly get a feel for what seems to separate the well-organised societies from those that ‘could […]

14th October 2018Categories General Philately, Philatelic SocietiesLeave a Comment6

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Key Auctions & Shows (double check before attending in case of any COVID related postponements)

  1. Taipei | Taipei 2021 International Stamp Exhibition

    June 4 - June 8
  2. Chicago | Great American Stamp Show 2021

    August 12 - August 15
  3. Yokohama | Philanippon 2021 International Stamp Exhibition

    August 25 - August 30
  4. Capetown | IPEX 2021 International Stamp Exhibition

    November 9 - November 13
  5. Athens | Notos 2021 International Stamp Exhibition

    November 19 - November 22

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Featured Posts

  • Old Central Post Office Buenos AiresStamp Dealers in Argentina and Uruguay
  • The Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue: a review
  • Central American NewsletterBookshelf Essentials Part II – The Central American Newsletter
  • Stanley Gibbons Part 20 South AmericaPart 20, Part 20, wherefore art thou Part 20…?
  • Rocky Mountain Stamp Show 2019Exhibiting Latin America…from Denver to Stockholm (Part 1)
  • Lazy PostmanWhich country has the world’s worst postal service?
  • Haiti 1898 President Sam, 50c Rose Brown Sunken Die ProofABNC proofs – understanding the different types
  • GJ Specialized Argentina CatalogueNew specialized Argentina catalogue published
  • Black HondurasAnd the second most expensive Latin American country to collect is…Honduras. And the least expensive? Guatemala. Debate!
  • Mi Oficina logoLatin American Philately Zooms Forward
  • Mexico National Express CoThe Collector | Peter Bamert | Mexico
  • SOFICH Chile catalogueSOFICH, so good
  • Introducing Venezuela's EscuelasBook Review – Introducing Venezuela’s Escuelas Stamps by Williams Castillo
  • ELASCA websiteIntroducing ELASCA – The European Latin American Stamp Collector Association
  • Stockholmia 2019Exhibiting Latin America…from Denver to Stockholm (Part 2)
  • Argentina 20 Peso High ValueSouth American stamps continue to appreciate in value
  • The MainsheetBookshelf Essentials – The Mainsheet
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  • Venezuela AR39 stampScott Specialized adds another 67 listings to Venezuela
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  • Brazil Bulls Eye ForgeryThe Numerals Issues of Brazil – Fakes, Forgeries and Counterfeits
  • A visit to the Edificio Correos in San José
  • The 10 pesos top value of Mexico's Mail Transportation issueThe Collector | Eric Stovner | Mexico
  • Neal West NicaraguaThe Collector | Neal West | Nicaragua
  • Stamp Market IndexeBay disrupts catalogue publishing with Stamp Market Index
  • John Shaw RPSLThe Collector | John Shaw | Paraguay
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