"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 6th July from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, 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 - 2019-07-04 07:54:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 6th July from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, 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.

its going to be a great day in Christchurch on Saturday. Morning at the Stamp Fair. I've got some Early Olympic stamps to offer including full sets of the first two Athens Greek sets mint which are super scarce and then later watching the Crusaders attempt to do the Rugby three-peat nearby!

kiwisteven - 2019-07-05 19:09:00

RANGIORA STAMP CLUB GET TOGETHER THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The NZ Stamp Collectors Club of Christchurch holds an evening meeting on the fourth Wednesday of each month as well as a day meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. Due to popular demand, the Club has decided to also hold another day meeting every month in Rangiora. These meetings will be held at Five Stags Rangiora (3/29 Huntingdon Drive, Arlington, Rangiora) from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on the third Friday of every month, with the first meeting being Friday 19th July. We would encourage any stamp collectors to come along to this first or any subsequent get togethers in Rangiora and enjoy the hobby.

kiwisteven - 2019-07-16 21:17:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 20th July from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, 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 - 2019-07-18 11:17:00

Looks like a real wet weekend coming up so great for stamp collecting. Come along to the Christchurch Stamp Fair (Its nice and warm there) and see what mysteries you can find!

kiwisteven - 2019-07-19 21:09:00

kiwisteven wrote:

RANGIORA STAMP CLUB GET TOGETHER THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The NZ Stamp Collectors Club of Christchurch holds an evening meeting on the fourth Wednesday of each month as well as a day meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. Due to popular demand, the Club has decided to also hold another day meeting every month in Rangiora. These meetings will be held at Five Stags Rangiora (3/29 Huntingdon Drive, Arlington, Rangiora) from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on the third Friday of every month, with the first meeting being Friday 19th July. We would encourage any stamp collectors to come along to this first or any subsequent get togethers in Rangiora and enjoy the hobby.

For those interested, there were 15 keen stamp collectors who attended this first Rangiora Meeting and all are keen for future meetings which will happen each month on the 3rd Friday of the month from 1pm to 3pm. If you turn up at 12 noon and have a gold card you can even get a great meal for just $12 there! Folk from Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Oxford and even one or two who came out from Christchurch were involved.

kiwisteven - 2019-07-20 23:58:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 3rd August from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Five standholders, 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 - 2019-08-01 11:44:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 3rd August from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Five standholders, 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.

I'll be bringing heaps of new stock along as I've purchased several new collections including some albums from deceased estates. Lots of old stamp albums to browse thru!

kiwisteven - 2019-08-02 19:00:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 17th August from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, including one visiting 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.
Nice and warm venue.
Great coffee shop handy.

twg1935 - 2019-08-15 07:15:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 17th August from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, including one visiting 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.
Nice and warm venue.
Great coffee shop handy.

The fair this Saturday is sure to be popular with a lot of extra people expected in. I'll be bringing along a heap of interesting new acquisitions plus some cartons of unearthed treasures from long ago. A box of old English Seaside humour comic and greetings picture postcards will also be great fun to go through.
See you all on Saturday morning at Manderville Street!

kiwisteven - 2019-08-16 18:59:00

Ahhhhhh, have emerged from the bowels of a closet that has needed clearing for years and came across a folder of old stamps in mint conditions, in sheets, a few cancelled, and "first day of issue" stamps from 1958 to 1988. I know nothing of their value nor how to get rid of them but what intrigued me and I felt I would like to know is at the bottom of a corner set of four unused stamps commemorating the 4c U.S.A. Project Mercury, on the white edging piece are the number 27064. What do they mean? Is that how many were printed or the number printed up to the page they were a part of - or just to stupefy those of us who do not collect stamps? Thanks.

scottea - 2019-08-21 11:57:00

scottea wrote:

Ahhhhhh, have emerged from the bowels of a closet that has needed clearing for years and came across a folder of old stamps in mint conditions, in sheets, a few cancelled, and "first day of issue" stamps from 1958 to 1988. I know nothing of their value nor how to get rid of them but what intrigued me and I felt I would like to know is at the bottom of a corner set of four unused stamps commemorating the 4c U.S.A. Project Mercury, on the white edging piece are the number 27064. What do they mean? Is that how many were printed or the number printed up to the page they were a part of - or just to stupefy those of us who do not collect stamps? Thanks.

That number will be the sheet number. Most sheets are 10 x 10 stamps these days but back then could have been 20 x 10 as its a horizontal stamp so this is sheet number 27064. that means that it is a common stamp as were all USA stamps of that period and worth about 10 - 20 cents each.

Hope that is what you want to know.

kiwisteven - 2019-08-22 21:31:00

Thanks, kiwisteven - that was interesting. Now to figure what to do with the stamps/stamp box as thy range from as they range from whole sheets of both U.S. and N.Z. commemorative stamps/first day of issue envelopes from the 1960's to about 2000 that I was sent as well as was in a collection of my mother's. While we got rid of the box of stamps that had been clipped off envelopes these sort of interested me more I now feel that others may be more interested in them than I am. Thanks again for letting me know that those numbers meant something.

scottea - 2019-08-23 14:08:00

scottea wrote:

Thanks, kiwisteven - that was interesting. Now to figure what to do with the stamps/stamp box as thy range from as they range from whole sheets of both U.S. and N.Z. commemorative stamps/first day of issue envelopes from the 1960's to about 2000 that I was sent as well as was in a collection of my mother's. While we got rid of the box of stamps that had been clipped off envelopes these sort of interested me more I now feel that others may be more interested in them than I am. Thanks again for letting me know that those numbers meant something.

If you want to sell them, then I see you are in the Wellington district so i could perhaps suggest you contact Mowbrays at Otaki Railway who run big stamp auctions. I'm sure they could handle them for you and will give you a professional service.

kiwisteven - 2019-08-24 00:26:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD SHOW" this Saturday 31st August from 9am to 4pm at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Several standholders, including one visiting from out of town, buying and selling. The main aspect however is over 70 frames of Material which will be on display
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and see what stamp and postcard collecting is all about. A set of 4 stamps have been specially issued for the day and these will be available for purchase from the N.Z. Stamp collectors club stand.

Free admission.
Nice and warm venue.
Great coffee shop handy.

kiwisteven - 2019-08-31 01:38:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 7th September from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, 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 - 2019-09-05 11:30:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 7th September from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, 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.

Despite a busy week I'll be making sure I'm there with bags of interesting items to tempt everyone. Stamp collecting is a great hobby during these cold wet afternoons and nights. The Stamp fair is a great place on Saturday morning as it is warm, with good lighting and lots of interesting collectors.!

kiwisteven - 2019-09-07 00:51:00

"INVERCARGILL STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 14th Septemberr from 10am to 4pm at the Age Concern Centre, corner Nith & Forth Streets, Invercargill. Organised by the Southland Stamp Club and attracting Dealers and collectors from around the South Island for both buying and selling. Free admission to all. A Special Stamp featuring Alex Lithgow, 1870-1929), composer of the famous "INVERCARGILL MARCH" will be released for sale at the fair. Only 1,000 stamps (500 ordinary perforated and 500 self-adhesive have been printed by N.Z. Post and these will be offered for the first time at the Fair. This is the main Invercargill stamp fair this year so don't miss out!

kiwisteven - 2019-09-10 15:04:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 21st September from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Five standholders, 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 - 2019-09-19 07:25:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 21st September from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Five standholders, 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.

Looks like we have a few out of towners in Christchurch for conferences etc and i know some have indicated they will come to the fair on Saturday morning. for myself I went to Invercargill last weekend and picked up some different stock there so it will be all go on Saturday.

kiwisteven - 2019-09-19 22:00:00

I have found at the bottom of a drawer a group of 4 franked [2x2 squared] joined that are 1938-47 King George VI 3p blue.. I know they aren't worth much [checked on stamp world website], but are they worth more together & how do I get rid of them without destroying them.. after all they have lasted this long..

urbanrefugee54 - 2019-09-30 16:19:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 5th October from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, 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 - 2019-10-03 08:52:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 5th October from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, 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.

I hope this Saturday is as busy as the last one with lots of excited collectors and lots of noise from all the philatelic hub-bub going on. We had visitors from all around NZ so lets hope we also have a great Saturday this weekend.

regards to all.
Steven

kiwisteven - 2019-10-05 02:22:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 19th October from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, all buying and selling.
We have Christchurch Philatelic Society selling off an older members large collection.
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 - 2019-10-17 09:17:00

Looks like being a cold and possibly wet Saturday morning but that's great for stamp collecting. I'll be there for sure at the Christchurch stamp fair his Saturday.

kiwisteven - 2019-10-18 23:24:00

An estimate please of the market value of these 6 Kiwiana stamps; all mint. Ta Peter https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1181933222.jpg

funho1 - 2019-10-19 14:17:00

funho1 wrote:

An estimate please of the market value of these 6 Kiwiana stamps; all mint. Ta Peter https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1181933222.jpg[
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Hi Peter. Postage value only I'm afraid. If you try to sell them you might get 70% of face value.

rgbh25703 - 2019-10-20 14:28:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 2nd November from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, all buying and selling.
We have a private collector selling off a large collection of Postal History.
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 - 2019-10-31 09:37:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 16th November from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Five standholders, 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.

twg1935 - 2019-11-14 08:36:00

ALSO AT STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 16th November from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.

Private sale of DVD collection inc BLURAY , TV series HUNDREDS OF TITLES .

MANY SCARCER ITEMS TOO .

stampking - 2019-11-15 23:43:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 7th December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Nine standholders, including one from Dunedin and one from Nelson, all buying and selling.
Time to get those items for Christmas.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2019-12-05 09:55:00

any value in post marks for Pipiriki 1907 Pokeno Valley 1908?

bca - 2019-12-06 19:44:00

bca wrote:

any value in post marks for Pipiriki 1907 Pokeno Valley 1908?

They are reasonably common for Pipiriki and Pokeno Valley which are both rated 5 (out of 10) for scarcity so a complete strike on just a stamp would be worth $10 or so but more on an envelope if full and nice looking.

kiwisteven - 2019-12-07 00:47:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 7th December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Nine standholders, including one from Dunedin and one from Nelson, all buying and selling.
Time to get those items for Christmas.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

I had both of these dealers visit me on Friday and they are looking forward to the fair which should be popular. I'll be there for sure.

kiwisteven - 2019-12-07 00:49:00

I don't have a CP catalogue, and wonder if someone can please tell me what a 1d vermillion perf 12.5 unwm is. I also have a perf 13 unwmk, but can find that one in Scott, but not the p 12.5. thanks.

carzx - 2019-12-14 17:50:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 21st December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, all buying and selling.
Last Fair to get those items for Christmas.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2019-12-19 06:56:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 21st December from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, all buying and selling.
Last Fair to get those items for Christmas.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

Sure to be a busy location on Saturday. The last fair was really busy from before opening time until after closing time with lots of noisy chatter and great bargains being found by all. Luckily I have a heap of new stock to offer everybody so i'm looking forward to a busy time. I'd also like to wish everybody all the best for Xmas!

kiwisteven - 2019-12-21 00:21:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 4th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, all buying and selling.
First Fair for the new decade.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2020-01-02 08:57:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 4th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, all buying and selling.
First Fair for the new decade.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

Nice to see everyone for twenty twenty. I'll be there with a car load of goodies to try and fascinate all the regulars plus a few newbies too.

See you there!

kiwisteven - 2020-01-04 07:40:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 18th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
New 2020 Stamp Catalogues available.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2020-01-16 09:18:00

twg1935 wrote:

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 18th January from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Seven standholders, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
New 2020 Stamp Catalogues available.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

What a busy last week it has been for the stamp trade here in Christchurch. Lots of activity so i'd guess the Saturday stamp fair will be the same too. I look dforward to all the stamp fun at the fair.

kiwisteven - 2020-01-18 01:47:00

The next Timaru Stamp Fair is planned for February 29th (Leap Year day) which is the 5th Saturday in February which normally never has a 5th Saturday so it won't clash with any other event.

The fair organised by the Timaru Philatelic Society will be held in the usual venue, The Timaru Red Cross Rooms, 18 Bank Street, Timaru from 9.30 am to 3.pm.

Free entry and everyone is welcome.

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

kiwisteven - 2020-01-19 00:00:00

What's the best glue for plastic stamp mounts?

carzx - 2020-01-29 10:21:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 1st February from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
New 2020 Stamp Catalogues available.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2020-01-30 20:05:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR" this Saturday 15th February from 9am to noon at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Six standholders, all buying and selling.
Visitors to the city and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
New 2020 Stamp Catalogues available.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2020-02-13 09:13:00

SUMNER POSTCARDS ON DISPLAY.
The February meeting of the Stamp Collectors Club which is held at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, Riccarton, starting at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 26th February will concentrate on the Histyory of Sumner through old postcards. The main speaker will be Florence Jenner, who will talk and display her fabulous collection of old picture postcards of Sumner. Laurence Eagle will also bring along some other Christchurch postcards.
All members of the public are invited to attend especially those interested in the history of Sumner.

kiwisteven - 2020-02-25 13:14:00

I have a shoebox full of Auck postmarks from 1950.
Sell as a 'lot'?

juli55 - 2020-02-27 14:45:00

kiwisteven wrote:

The next Timaru Stamp Fair is planned for February 29th (Leap Year day) which is the 5th Saturday in February which normally never has a 5th Saturday so it won't clash with any other event.

The fair organised by the Timaru Philatelic Society will be held in the usual venue, The Timaru Red Cross Rooms, 18 Bank Street, Timaru from 9.30 am to 3.pm.

Free entry and everyone is welcome.

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

Don't forget This Saturday is the great TIMARU STAMP FAIR.

I'll be there for sure with lots of bargains and yes, I can accept Credit cards, eftpos and will even take Cheques!

kiwisteven - 2020-02-28 22:14:00

"STAMP & POSTCARD FAIR CHRISTCHURCH" this Saturday 7th March 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 and locals, come along and put a face to your favourite Trade Me sellers.
New 2020 Stamp Catalogues available.
Eftpos available.
Free admission.

twg1935 - 2020-03-05 08:54:00

I'm after some advice please
I am sorting thru my late Aunts papers - she has saved envelopes with stamps from all over the world over the last 50 or so years. Also lots ripped off envelopes. And some aerogrammes, too with their pre printed stamps as well as stick on ones
How do I go about finding out if they have any value?
thanks
Kate

kateley - 2020-03-06 08:11:00