What a find!

On Wednesday we prepared the store for an Exhibition. It was originally planned to have 18 panels for Exhibition. 18 were chosen because we have 6 display tables each of which is divided into 3 sections each of which in turn hold 4 regular size (8.5” x 11”) sheets of paper. We were able to feature some spectacularly rare items. The 18 are the subject of a separate broadcast email, which will be prepared independently of this blog.

While we were preparing the store one of the things we started to do in the reading room is put some of the philatelic literature into magazine holders and then on the front of that holder we use the computers to print a label detailing the contents.

About a year ago – perhaps longer – I purchased at public auction many cartons of philatelic literature. These were mostly added to the stock in the old store. Included were several runs of several BNAPS Study Groups and most of these runs were in shallow boxes. The boxes were not in good shape and so Kate transferred the runs of literature from the old box into a file folder and then placed several file folders in each magazine holder. While doing this a glassine envelope fell out of one of the ten dollar lots. In the envelope was a valuable stamp shown in the picture. In the Unitrade Catalogue CLP1 has a suggested retail price of $1200. This example has lovely deep colour and full original gum.

We have not yet checked the other runs of BNAPS Study Journals but by the time you read this and hurry down to the store we will have checked them.

Ian