Spanish Philately Discussion Forum

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SPS News and Events

SPS Auction #40 Closing Date September 15, 2010

Sep 03, 2010
Hal Shelton <h.shelton@verizon.net

SPS Auction #40 closes for bids on September 15th. For those who have not bid yet, now is the time to look through the catalogue which you can see by clicking on link at top of this page. There are many items on offer in a wide range of Spanish philatelia. You can mail or email your bids to me.

Sep 01, 2010
Jerry Wells <jb.wells@verizon.net

Alan and others: Why do we have posted below non-philatelic comments. Whoever is our administrator, please try to cull this unwanted information from our website.

Aug 22, 2010
Jerry A Wells <jb.wells@verizon.net

Alan: This message is for all to see, that's why I posted it here and not to your email. Your leadership as President of SPS, as the Arana publisher, your innovative re-vamping of the Arana, making it colorful, slick and chock full of interesting articles, has done much to advance SPS in status and membership. Know that I, and am sure all involved, appreciate your tenure and your much deserved rest. Best, Jerry

Aug 20, 2010
Alan D Leveritt <alan@arktimes.com

Folks--I will not be able to continue doing ARANA but Brian and the rest of the leadership are reorganizing so that we will be able to continue receiving the magazine. I know that Erica will continue to design ARANA and we will continue to print and mail the magazine from our offices. With the economic situation I have had to devote much more of my energy to our newspaper but also, in all honesty, I'm a little burned out. So I am passing the torch, will continue to be active in SPS and hopefully, will be able to write an article or two. Thank-you all who have been so good to contribute your talents to ARANA over the past several years. You have created a very rich experience for all of us.

Aug 16, 2010
Brian Knight

I went to the AmeriStamp show in Richmond this weekend. Nice show, lots of dealers from the west coast were there, several of which had a good selection of Spanish colonies. It was a good show for me just to find the stamps from the colonies.

They also had some good exhibits, but there was nothing related to Spanish philately that I came across. Just out of curiosity, is there anyone in the USA who exhibits Spanish philately? I recall that at Washington 2006 there were several exhibits on Spanish philately, but as I recall, they were all produced by Spanish philatelists. Was there anything at NAPEX Spain-related? I am just curious.

Aug 16, 2010
Brian Knight

Jean-Marc & all - The expected publication date for Arana will be in a few weeks.

Aug 16, 2010
Ralf Reinhold <buzones@gmail.com
http://www.historiapostal.eu
Hi folks! Although I'm not longer a member of the SPS (too much SCW for me!) I enjoy visiting y(our) forum from time to time. Keep on running and ¡hasta luego!

Aug 13, 2010
Jean-Marc Bonnard (JMB) <jbonnard@laposte.net

Summer auction is arrived in France, this morning. But no Arana, as explained by Brian :-(

Aug 10, 2010
Jerry Wells <jb.wells@verizon.net

I have come across Edifil #1661 1 pta part of the 1965 set of 10 - but the original issued was in Brown, and I have it absolutely in green. No such error is listed. Anyone got a clue as to value or where to find any recent sales of this item?

Aug 10, 2010
Jean-Marc Bonnard (JMB) <jbonnard@laposte.net

Hi Brian - any idea about the publication date of the new issue of Arana ?

The summer auction was mailed out on Friday, but you will notice, when it arrives, that there is not an issue of Arana. The Arana will follow, to be mailed separately.

Aug 08, 2010
Hal Shelton <h.shelton@verizon.net

Jerry, in the SPS Auctions over the past few years, ordinary/common SCW censored covers usually sell in the $12-15 range.

Aug 07, 2010
Jerry Wells <jb.wells@verizon.net

Just wanted to know if Inverstamps and/or nf-stamps ever sell their civil war covers for the prices listed on ebay. It is very difficult to find decent civil war covers at what used to be a reasonable price. Selling somewhat ordinary covers for $99 seems unconscionable - unless, of course, the lots are in fact selling. In that case, count me in as a seller!! What about it from you readers - are you finding decent material at reasonable prices??

Jul 28, 2010
Brian Knight

Will anyone here be at AmeriStamp in Richmond during the second weekend of August?

Jul 18, 2010
stelfsags <gynexgen@aol.com

Hey, I need your opinion. I want to sell my silver online. Does somebody has any experience with this transaction? I found this site: cash for gold scams

Jul 15, 2010
Bidbargains <bidbargains@gmail.com
http://www.bidbargains.com.au
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Jun 30, 2010
Richard E. Ascaso <rascaso@comcast.net

Stumbled on to this nice looking PDF on the Tafalla (1937) issues of the SCW by

Jun 10, 2010
Peter Litzinger <hp.litzinger@t-online.de

Jerry and Denny : Thanks for your compliment to my catalogue - nobody is immune to congratulations (smile) . Denny , concerning the prices : they are coming from Spanish dealer listings or starting prices of Spanish auction catalogues during 2004 - 2007, they can only give a rough guidance to the market - and I think, they are not so important.

(If you look for example at the Chimeneas/Granada , my nr. 425/426 or Galvez 216/217 , in the Sofima they are listed each with 10.000 pesetas (surely a printing error!), another dealer lists them for 30 Euros , but in an auction catalog from 2010 the 425 is listed with a starting price of 100 Euro (based on the price of the Sofima, I suppose)... no more comments (smile)

I think, it is more important, to show the locals , to give as much information as possible - and to enjoy the philatelic studies .

Jun 03, 2010
Jerry Wells <jb.wells@verizon.net

Denny and others: I just received my bound copy of Peter's extremely broad and detailed work on the Nationalist issues during the Spanish Civil War - and am much impressed. A very fine production recommended for any serious student of the issues of the Spanish Civil War. Congratulations Peter!!!

Jun 02, 2010
Denny Florence <dennis.florence@comcast.net

My flower gardening has kept me away from stamps but I remembered that I should have reported on a new book by one of our contributors, Peter Litzinger. The book is in German but language is not a problem. It is a new catalog of Span CivilwarNationalist issues in full color. Herr Litzinger obtained the collection of F. Denters of Holland who was one of the founding members of Ron Shelley's original Spanish Philatelic Society in the early 1960's. As far as I am concerned this is the new standard catalog for the Nationalist issues and the best work available on this subject. Based to some degree on the full sheets of stamps in the Denters collection and others obtained by Litzinger, supplemented by information from several articles that appeared in the 20 year run of the SPS magazine, the appendix shows and describes all of the standard varieties listed in the 1960 Galvez. While I may not agree with all the prices shown, Litzinger has done a yeoman's job in including these based on auctions etc. The book is absolutely magnificent and I highly recommended it for all those who collect Nationalist Civil War locals. We can now after 50 years get rid of our 1960 Galvez catalogs which served many of us well in the interim. Congratulation Peter, this book is certainly worthy of a major award in some philatelic literature competition. Email Peter on how to obtain a copy. You won't be sorry. Denny

May 30, 2010
Eduardo <eduarmartin@terra.es
http://www.agoradefilatelia.org
A new book from our society, the Estudio de AFINET nº 5,: “”El baile de los matasellos, 1850-1899””, (-""The Dance of the Postmarks""-), by Julio Peñas Artero, member of AFINET and of the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately. Price: 15 euros + p&p., about 150 pages, DIN A4 format, full colour. Orders: afinet@afinet.org

A review of the Spanish postmarks from 1850 to 1899, with a new system of numeration based in the "year of issue". Definitively, an authentic work of investigation, summary and diversity of information that was spread or indexed more succinctly in other works.