The Autumn Stampex 2001 exhibition is now nearly with us. The organisers have announced that by kind permission of Her Majesty the Queen, the Kirkcudbright cover franked with a block of ten Penny Black stamps and posted on 6 May 1840, recently acquired for the Queens Collection, will be on display. The card will be a limited edition, and will not be on sale either during the show or afterwards. Stampex is again to be held at the Business Design Centre,20 Islington, London. It will be open from 19 to 23 September 2001.
Admission is free.
Royal Mail Stamps and Collectibles have joined forces with other key elements of the hobby in two new forums. The Dealer Forum is a link up between Royal Mail and members of the Philatelic Traders Society Limited to help the Royal Mail take into account the views of the trade in formulating their products, policies and promotions, and thus stimulate the hobby. Both forums will meet three times a year. Researching the Obscure. With the first International exhibition of the new millennium well launched, and with generally acceptable weather prevailing, the Society held its reception in the luxurious Royal Windsor Hotel in central Brussels.