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The 7th Fisher's Ghost Stamp Fair will be held this Sunday,
7th November from 10am at Campbelltown Council Civic Hall
adjacent to the railway station at Campbelltown.

Unlimited free car parking all around (being a Sunday).

[*] There will be dealers offering a range of philatelic items -
stamps, stock books, hinges, tweesers, catalogues, etc.
[*] Two sale-by-tender (auctions) will be held.
[*] Light refreshments available in the dining room.
[*] An overprinted minisheet * an overprinted booklet will
be available until sold out.




[*] Free entry

All welcome to this family friendly day.

Sounds good. Thanks for the update, Stampmogul- Glen and I will be there as will KevinHedley and Lakatoi4 and families.

Nice to meet up with some other Stampboarders if there are any attending.

Cheers
Margoz

Any time frame for these? Found quite a few handy goodies at the one we attended last.

Just a reminder Cambelltown Stamp Show tomorrow- opens at 10:00am.
I believe there is an auction at 11:30am so no sleeping in

The auction times are set down for 11.30am & around 2.30pm.

We have had a rash of last minute withdrawal of helpers for tomorrow, so will be running the show a bit short handed - a few activities may commence a little late. Plenty of people advise they will be bringing auction lots tomorrow, so any who arrive late may find their lots confined only to the second auction (circa 2.30pm).

With a little help from above the weather will be much better than the last few days.
We will do our utmost to make STAMPBOARD members welcome
so look forward to meeting with you.

I'm up nice an early and ready to go! I look forward to my first stamp fair.

TimD

TimD,

We open at 10am to the public.

Fortunately, if you get hungry, you can purchase a light meal in our
dining area, and have a tea, coffee or soft drink.

Here are a few pix from the show.

A few of us got together for a bite of lunch.

I got conned to buy a box of 'Sale By Tender' unsolds at a big discount, which benefited the club coffers very nicely!

Offering many of them up tonight below on Forum below, so please help me move them - and assist the Campbelltown Philatelic Society!

http://www.stampboards.com/viewforum.php?f=27



Volunteers clearing up at very end of the show




L to R: Lakatoi4, MargoZ, and Stampmogul - with red organiser T Shirt!




L to R: kevinhedley, Glen, Margoz, Lakatoi4, Julie (Mrs. Lakatoi4) and Possum[/centre]

More "happy snaps" of the action yesterday.


Meals were prepared by club members for attendees.



Perusing auction lots

Reception area assisting the attendees.


Well known STAMPBOARDERS checking their auction purchases.

Usually when someone is "well known" and you see them in the post office all the time, its the Wanted posters.

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Collecting Mongolia; Thailand; Indo-China; Mourning Covers; OHMS.
My online 'store': http://stampsfromaethelwulf.blogspot.com/

I remember that photo, that's just after I said "I can't believe I just bought a sheet of £2 roo's for $20".

I definitely will attend that stamp fair again

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Tony

The 8th Fisher's Ghost Stamp Fair will be held at Campbelltown (NSW) on Sunday 6th November,2011 .

. ........ .Free Entry

The venue is again at the Civic Centre , Queen St - opposite the railway station - part of the Campbelltown Council administration centre. Open to the public at 10am till 3.30pm.

Items for the first auction will be accepted till 11am provided the vendor's sheet lists : item number, description, reserve price & has provision for the price realised. After 11am the items will only be accepted for inclusion in the second auction. Only 10% vendor commission on items sold.

Light lunches may be purchased from the kitchen, with tea, coffee or soft drinks available throughout the day.

Stamps & accessories will be sold from dealers, and from the club table, together with circuit book stamps & covers.

Nearby club, Sutherland Philatelic Society, is holding their Spring Stamp Fair at Sutherland the preceeding weekend on Saturday, 29th October.
All these details are on the Philas web site
http://www.philas.org.au/stampclubs.html

Should be able to make this again - enjoyed it last time

Darn, only yesterday I booked non cancellable return tickets to Mackay Qld, to do an insurance valuation on that weekend.

Had I known about this weekend, could have made Qld the next weekend.

They are well run and great fun .. hope a lot of members can get along - and please take pix!

Glen

Just finalising the list of helpers this comming Sunday.
We have so many auction lots pouring in (only 10% commission charged on lots sold) that the tables area might be insufficient to display them - still we can overlap if necessary.

An unusual group are 8 lots of Iceland FDCs with between 18 & 23 covers in each pack. Also one lot of 8 booklets with a $5 reserve,
with another lot of 3 miniature sheets from 1991 of old maps reserved at $8, Two 1999 Faroe Islands booklets reserved at $5,
and a Greenland 1995 "america overprint sheetlet series for $7.

The Community centre (Queen St, Campbelltown) will open at 10am.

Some booklets from Iceland which, on further examination, are all incomplete - stamp (or stamps) having been removed.

Have amended the description so the lot will be correctly described.

An interesting set of three (3) overprinted minisheets from Greenland, in a multi-language folder. The stamps within the sheets are reprints of the 1945 issues, known as "The American Series".



The reserve auction price is $7.00.

Half a dozen of the Iceland 22 FDC from year 2000 which are being auctioned with a reserve of A$20.00 this Sunday.
Stamps from that country are so clear, & of such a high quality -
makes a fellow want to start yet another country collection to add to the many already assembled.

Nice items

See you there.

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Tony

The 8th Fishers Ghost Stamp Fair has just concluded, with more attendees than in past years.
The dealers reported increased sales & appeared satisfied with their financial returns for the day.
There were too many auction lots, as forecast, but all were crowded onto extra tables. At the conclusion of the second auction some unsold items were offered at as little as half the reserve.
Whilst many items went to new homes at estimate reserves, some were the subject of spirited bidding. One with a $25 ticket was finally knocked down at $130.

As the local club gains 10% on sales, there should be a healthy bank balance shortly, however the totals have not yet been calculated. Our thanks goes to Campbelltown Council who provide the venue & much local publicity. The entire Fisher's Ghost festival has activities which go for more than a week.



The reception area for attendees.



A section of the non-competitive display.


Mike Hill of Bexley Stamps takes an order.


Some bidders checking the auction lots. Lakatoi4 is seated, wearing the green shirt. Tony left early as he had plenty of purchases to sort through.

It was a very well organised stamp fair and a credit to the organisers.

I did get some very nice items (some superb) which will appear in various posts here on Stampboards

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Tony

More happy snaps from the fair.


The Campbelltown Civic Centre is fortunately air conditioned as it was 33 degrees outside.


Camden Coins took up a table, but we failed to advertise their presence. Luckily there were many inquiries, some sales & a request to purchase a lifelong hoard of coins on inspection later this week.


The club sales table was well patronised.

Final photos taken at 8th Fisher's Ghost Stamp Fair in Nov 2011.


Laying out the lots for the auction.


Examining some of the displays.
For the younger visitors there were Disney Stamps from many countries.


Phil & Win Morehouse are members of a number of Sydney stamp clubs & also operate as part time dealers.


A comprehensive display of the Sydney Olympics sheetlets.
Includes every one issued in every different state, which resulted in a great income for Australia Post.

stampmogul - great report and pix!

Regrettably we were in the highlands of N.QLD, but hopefully can again attend next one .. if we hear about it with a little notice.