twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 17th November from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city for "Cup & Show Week" or locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

I'm looking forward to the Christchurch Fair and catching up with the locals after so may went down to the Dunedin Exhibition last weekend. No doubt we will all have something to talk about and discuss!

kiwisteven - 2018-11-17 07:34:00

Dunedin Armistice Stamp Exhibition went well.

The stand holder dealers at the recent Dunedin stamp show reported some very good sales which surprised many but the venue was good and the stock being offered interesting. Lighting was good as were the other facilities. free admission and easy free car parking for all. Well done Dunedin.

kiwisteven - 2018-11-17 21:31:00

kiwisteven wrote:

Dunedin Armistice Stamp Exhibition went well.

The stand holder dealers at the recent Dunedin stamp show reported some very good sales which surprised many but the venue was good and the stock being offered interesting. Lighting was good as were the other facilities. free admission and easy free car parking for all. Well done Dunedin.

Thanks Steve. It turned out to be a fantastic show. Many visitors from out-of-town, and from overseas, taking advantage of the opportunity to visit the show, and to see "The South". Many dealers were stunned by the sales, with some very big ticket items sold. I only decided to take a stand at the last minute, yet still had one of my best National shows - despite being a "local". Thanks to all those who came and supported it, particularly the Christchurch contingent.

dunedinstamps - 2018-11-17 22:01:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 1st December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Second to last Fair for 2018.
Come get some Christmas presents.
Visitors to the city or locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2018-11-29 08:26:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 1st December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Second to last Fair for 2018.
Come get some Christmas presents.
Visitors to the city or locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

I'm planning to be there nice and early. No doubt there will be some great bargains to be had. The first fair of each month is always well attended so no doubt we will have a good turnout.

kiwisteven - 2018-11-29 21:56:00

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warm3 - 2018-12-12 01:32:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 15th December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Last Fair for 2018.
Come get some Christmas presents.
Visitors to the city or locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

Edited by twg1935 at 1:03 pm, Thu 13 Dec

twg1935 - 2018-12-13 13:02:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 15th December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Last Fair for 2018.
Come get some Christmas presents.
Visitors to the city or locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

I'll be there for sure. I have a great collection of Pitcairn Island FDC's to break up including many of recent issues of the last few years which aren't often available. some great themes included. Also the 2019 Len Jury stamp catalogues! will be on sale!.
Xmas wishes to all. Steven

kiwisteven - 2018-12-13 23:21:00

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teddybearlover - 2018-12-30 14:26:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 5th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
First Fair for 2019.
Visitors to the city or locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2019-01-03 10:29:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 5th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
First Fair for 2019.
Visitors to the city or locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

Thank goodnesss the fair is in the morning 9am until 12 noon so keen folk can get home before it gets too hot and then sit watching the cricket on TV while having a cold drink and sorting stamps. What a great afternoon in store for all!

kiwisteven - 2019-01-05 01:40:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 19th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-01-17 09:06:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 19th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

It is scheduled to be a hot day so nice to be inside the cool stamp club rooms. I'M sure we will have a good turn out. Gary has organised some nice signadge these days so we certainly get a few new different people coming through.

kiwisteven - 2019-01-18 22:49:00

Hi all,

So my mother (used to work for NZ post) has left me a large collection of first day covers (including a few doubles and triples*) from 2000 onwards

I've been looking at the value of some of them but I'm unsure what I could realistically get for them.

For example I have a First day cover and Block of ten of the 2002 Children's Book Festival Stamps according to https://stampsnz.com/2002_childrens_book_festival.html

They are worth $18 each according to that site, but realistically would should I expect? $18 for both?

Another Example
Architectural heritage - Miniature Sheet Booklet
https://stampsnz.com/2002_architectural_heritage.html
Which says $31 but what should I realistically expect?

Thanks for any help

P.S I am mainly looking at selling the doubles but if it doesn't come to much might as well leave it.

*My guess is she was buying whatever didn't sell in the post office.

Edited by trade1gain2 at 5:53 pm, Sun 20 Jan

trade1gain2 - 2019-01-20 17:44:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 2nd February from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-01-31 11:28:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 2nd February from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

One extra standholder coming, eight in total. Should be a good day for it with cooler temperatures.

twg1935 - 2019-01-31 22:19:00

twg1935 wrote:

One extra standholder coming, eight in total. Should be a good day for it with cooler temperatures.

Yes, but some hot bargains to be sure. I'm bringing along 6 cartons of new or different material plus some nice picture postcards.

kiwisteven - 2019-02-01 23:31:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 16th February from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-02-14 10:07:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 16th February from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

Come to the Stamp Fair on Saturday Morning and that way you already have an early car park for the NZ verses Bangladesh cricket for the afternoon at nearby Hagley Park. no doubt we will have a few extra people coming to do both on Saturday!

kiwisteven - 2019-02-15 20:29:00

STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 2nd March from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-02-28 07:57:00

twg1935 wrote:

STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 2nd March from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

I'll be there for sure.

kiwisteven - 2019-03-02 07:55:00

Stamp sales are dying on trade me. Too many sellers now. Unless you start anything At $1 nobody bids.

topsellers - 2019-03-11 21:25:00

topsellers wrote:

Stamp sales are dying on trade me. Too many sellers now. Unless you start anything At $1 nobody bids.

I find that there is too much that is single modern NZPO ones that I do not collect [I do understand these may be popular with many] and most of the older ones where the start price is a very hopeful one. Too many sellers do not understand how to show a good scan. Many bidders have so much time on their hands and continually bidding up by one step at a time - looking for the eternal bargain.

warm3 - 2019-03-13 19:14:00

STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 16th March from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-03-14 09:07:00

topsellers wrote:

Stamp sales are dying on trade me. Too many sellers now. Unless you start anything At $1 nobody bids.

have you considered that it may be in what you're listing, pricing or looking at .. ?

A certain awareness of the market suggests that there are stamp sales happening -- maybe just not in what you're listing. Listings of 70's or 80's NZ issues may not be what the market seeks.. ;-)

tmg - 2019-03-14 15:14:00

twg1935 wrote:

STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 16th March from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

Stamp Fair at Mandeville St in the Morning will go on despite the Tragic happenings in the Christchurch mosques, the main one which is only a few blocks away from our Stamp Club rooms.Lets not let something as bad as this affect our lives. no doubt the tragedy will be a sad topic of conversation to share with one and another. My business in the Christchurch CBD was basically in lockdown today with dozens of Police cars and ambulances speeding past in both directions. A sad day to remember.

kiwisteven - 2019-03-15 22:23:00

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paulmc - 2019-03-15 22:51:00

kiwisteven wrote:

Stamp Fair at Mandeville St in the Morning will go on despite the Tragic happenings in the Christchurch mosques, the main one which is only a few blocks away from our Stamp Club rooms.Lets not let something as bad as this affect our lives. no doubt the tragedy will be a sad topic of conversation to share with one and another. My business in the Christchurch CBD was basically in lockdown today with dozens of Police cars and ambulances speeding past in both directions. A sad day to remember.

Let's hope we can get there! At the moment Riccarton Road and Blenheim Road are closed eastbound from Clarence St to Hagley Park.
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/newsline/show/3452

paulmc - 2019-03-15 22:52:00

The Christchurch Stamp Fair went ahead as usual this Saturday morning despite the nearby hassles. Turnout was perhaps only 60% of our normal turnout. Several people had problems with streets blocked off.

kiwisteven - 2019-03-16 12:02:00

TIMARU STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 23rd March from 9.30 am to 3. pm at the Red Cross Rooms, 18 Bank Street, Timaru.

Free entry and everyone is welcome.

Dealers from around the South Island attending. Lots of bargains to be had. Both selling and buying.

kiwisteven - 2019-03-19 21:12:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 6th April from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-04-04 07:22:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 6th April from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

I'll be there for sure. it looks like a wet morning so what better place to be than inside at the Philatelic Centre in Mandeville st going through stamp albums looking for those elusive treasures!

kiwisteven - 2019-04-06 07:10:00

I am trying to get hold of a colour chart for full face queens, any suggestions please.Cheers

minimoe - 2019-04-15 20:14:00

minimoe wrote:

I am trying to get hold of a colour chart for full face queens, any suggestions please.Cheers

Best of the lot is Bob Odenweller’s marvellous book on the Chalons. That contains very accurate colour reproductions of the shades. This is the main work he put out, rather than the abbreviated guide he also published. Also useful are the very early SG and other guides that used imitation stamps to show the shades.

dunedinstamps - 2019-04-15 20:28:00

Cheers Don, Any idea where I can pick the charts up.

minimoe - 2019-04-16 19:19:00

minimoe wrote:

Cheers Don, Any idea where I can pick the charts up.

Rumour has it that a copy of Bob's book might be put up on Trademe within the next week or so. Watch out for it. Occasionally you see the charts on T/me, under "other", but they are not quite as good as the book.

With shades, catalogue listings aren't as definite as one might think. So, the 1d Admiral (for example) comes out, and it gets called "carmine". A deeper variant turns up, so it gets called "deep carmine" because it's darker than the original. BUT it might not be the same as a "deep carmine" in a 1d Dominion. So, the generic colour guides are useful, but not as definite as the actual stamps. Have fun! AND, your eyes often change colour perception as you get older......

dunedinstamps - 2019-04-17 16:40:00

minimoe wrote:

Cheers Don, Any idea where I can pick the charts up.

Here's the listing. Suggest you grab it quick. Fabulous book..
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2029744382&
amp;ed=true

dunedinstamps - 2019-04-18 09:46:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 20th April from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Easter visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-04-18 12:55:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 20th April from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders buying and selling.
Easter visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

A great opportunity to add some treasures to your collection and fill in some of those annoying gaps. I'll take along some nice Pacific Islands and how about some Malta or Gibraltar? I will make sure I have some stockbooks of these along.

kiwisteven - 2019-04-19 16:33:00

Hi Don, I got the Odenweller book on chalons that you suggested. Superb reading, thankyou. Cheers.

minimoe - 2019-04-30 20:27:00

minimoe wrote:

Hi Don, I got the Odenweller book on chalons that you suggested. Superb reading, thankyou. Cheers.

Great, and at a very reasonable price. I refer to my copy often.

dunedinstamps - 2019-05-01 07:55:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 4th May from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Five standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-05-02 09:55:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 4th May from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Five standholders buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

It will be nice and warm inside too. I'll be there for sure. Last months fair was good sit it will be interesting to see how Mays will be!

kiwisteven - 2019-05-04 02:51:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 18th May from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Eight standholders, including one from Blenheim, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-05-16 09:37:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 18th May from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Eight standholders, including one from Blenheim, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Great coffee shop handy.

I hear one of the sellers is bringing along a table full of empty second hand Stamp Stockbooks and stamp albums and will be offering them at cheap prices this Saturday. Some with new pages. No doubt his stand will be very popular as buying such things at second hand rather than new prices can save heaps of dollars. I'll also be there with a great range of stamps including some fascinating German collections.

kiwisteven - 2019-05-17 14:37:00

Reserve price bids are a blight -
Why not just start at the reserve price…
Sellers hate time wasters well bidders hate time wasters.

warm3 - 2019-05-23 18:25:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 1st June from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, including one from Dunedin, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city for Queens Birthday Weekend and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Nice and warm venue.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-05-30 09:47:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 1st June from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, including one from Dunedin, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city for Queens Birthday Weekend and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Nice and warm venue.
Great coffee shop handy.

Looks likely to be a long wet weekend so a great start to it would be to come along to the stamp fair, sit yourself down in the warm room and go through lots of stamp albums for those elusive treasures to spice up your collection. The Philatelic Centre is a great venue.

kiwisteven - 2019-05-31 23:36:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 15th June from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, including one visitor with emphemera, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Nice and warm venue.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-06-13 19:28:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 15th June from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, including one visitor with emphemera, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.
Nice and warm venue.
Great coffee shop handy.

This last week has been a busy one for Christchurch stamp dealers and in particular for myself with heaps of regulars turning up both buying and selling. The cold weather certainly encourages people to get their inside hobbies out and there is nothing better than stamp collecting. I expect we will have a good turn out at Mandeville Street for the Stamp Fair.

kiwisteven - 2019-06-15 01:13:00