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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 “The Prestamp Period of El Salvador” with a twelve-frame display covering the colonial period through until the end of the pre-stamp Republican period. Much of […]

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 commentary on “how many visitors really attended?”, “how did it compare to last time?” and “what do we need to do better to encourage greater […]

2nd November 2017Categories EventsLeave a Comment0

Brian Moorhouse RIP

Brian Moorhouse

Brian Moorhouse, the renowned Latin America expert and dealer, died on 15th July. I last saw him at his September auction, seemingly as fit as a fiddle and with no indication that this was on the cards. This will come as a sizable shock to the philatelic community, not least to the thousands of collectors […]

20th July 2017Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment2

South American stamps continue to appreciate in value

Argentina 20 Peso High Value

“While stamp prices of Europe and North American countries have shown significant weakness over the last five years, South American countries are showing continued appreciation with little or no price erosion during that time”. So says Richard Lehmann in this month’s ‘American Stamp Dealer and Collector’ magazine. Lehmann is the founder of StampFinder (www.stampfinder.com) and […]

30th June 2017Categories AnalysisLeave a Comment0

And the second most expensive Latin American country to collect is…Honduras. And the least expensive? Guatemala. Debate!

Latin American stamp values ranked

Back in 2000, a Canadian Gentleman by the name of Michel Bégin compiled a database entitled “The Most Affordable Classic Stamps to Collect” and published his findings on the web. Clearly a man with time on his hands, he manually ploughed through the entire Scott 1840 – 1940 Specialized Catalogue and sorted each country’s listings […]

19th March 2017Categories AnalysisLeave a Comment0

Book Review – Introducing Venezuela’s Escuelas Stamps by Williams Castillo

Introducing Venezuela's Escuelas

Before we get to the content, I should point out that the beauty of this book is the author’s skill for taking a complicated subject and making it very simple to understand. There are countless philatelic books and articles that undertake to enlighten the reader on less complex issues but end up making things far […]

20th December 2016Categories PublicationsLeave a Comment0

Scott Specialized adds another 67 listings to Venezuela

Venezuela AR39 stamp

It’s taken a while but Scott is now recognizing Venezuela’s postal fiscals (or postage and revenue stamps) in the 2017 edition of its Classic Specialized Catalogue. This bumps up the number of stamps listed during the classic period to a further 67 items, all of them now prefixed under an “AR” code. AR1 through to […]

20th November 2016Categories PublicationsLeave a Comment0

Latin American Auctions – first event for eighteen months

Seebeck Mosquito Coast

Brian Moorhouse’s auctions tend to be somewhat infrequent affairs, the last being held in February last year. Peterborough is a rather incongruous location but for a single day it becomes the epicenter of Latin American philately. Brian had curated over 750 lots and attendance was good with a number of international collectors who had made […]

10th September 2016Categories AuctionsLeave 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, but nonetheless interesting”. Either way, it was a treat. With so much to cover I can only give a flavour. For want of a theme, […]

29th July 2016Categories EventsLeave a Comment0

Extensive Venezuela – Peter Brack collection goes to auction

Venezuela 1 Bolivar black

It isn’t often we see an auction catalogue focused on Venezuela. Strictly speaking, this Cavendish auction was billed as a ‘Collection of Central and South America’ but this was very much dominated by Brack’s superb holdings of Venezuela. Brack lived in Venezuela for a time and was an occasional contributor to The Mainsheet, back in […]

15th June 2016Categories AuctionsLeave 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 philatelic event. The cavernous Javits Centre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan provided ample space for collectors and dealers to spend seven days meeting, buying, selling, exhibiting […]

10th June 2016Categories EventsLeave a Comment0

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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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  • Venezuela AR39 stampScott Specialized adds another 67 listings to Venezuela
  • Brazil catalogue cross reference bookCollect Brazil? You probably need this…
  • Lazy PostmanWhich country has the world’s worst postal service?
  • ELASCA websiteIntroducing ELASCA – The European Latin American Stamp Collector Association
  • Buenos Aires stamp forgeriesFakes, forgeries…and buying online
  • Neal West NicaraguaThe Collector | Neal West | Nicaragua
  • The 1864 Stern essays showing the Paraguay coat of armsThe Collector | Robert Shaw | Paraguay
  • Introducing Venezuela's EscuelasBook Review – Introducing Venezuela’s Escuelas Stamps by Williams Castillo
  • John Shaw RPSLThe Collector | John Shaw | Paraguay
  • Stanley Gibbons Part 20 South AmericaPart 20, Part 20, wherefore art thou Part 20…?
  • Stamp Market IndexeBay disrupts catalogue publishing with Stamp Market Index
  • Argentina 20 Peso High ValueSouth American stamps continue to appreciate in value
  • SOFICH Chile catalogueSOFICH, so good
  • Central American NewsletterBookshelf Essentials Part II – The Central American Newsletter
  • Old Central Post Office Buenos AiresStamp Dealers in Argentina and Uruguay
  • GJ Specialized Argentina CatalogueNew specialized Argentina catalogue published
  • Mi Oficina logoLatin American Philately Zooms Forward
  • Brazil Bulls Eye ForgeryThe Numerals Issues of Brazil – Fakes, Forgeries and Counterfeits
  • The MainsheetThe Mainsheet goes digital
  • Haiti 1898 President Sam, 50c Rose Brown Sunken Die ProofABNC proofs – understanding the different types
  • The 10 pesos top value of Mexico's Mail Transportation issueThe Collector | Eric Stovner | Mexico
  • The Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue: a review
  • A visit to the Edificio Correos in San José
  • Mexico National Express CoThe Collector | Peter Bamert | Mexico
  • Stockholmia 2019Exhibiting Latin America…from Denver to Stockholm (Part 2)
  • FIAF logoPhilatelic Societies – a review
  • The MainsheetBookshelf Essentials – The Mainsheet
  • ABNC Steel PlateOriginal ABNC steel plates come to market
  • Rocky Mountain Stamp Show 2019Exhibiting Latin America…from Denver to Stockholm (Part 1)
  • Black HondurasAnd the second most expensive Latin American country to collect is…Honduras. And the least expensive? Guatemala. Debate!

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