Albany News April 2013

Welcome to the April 2013 edition of the Albany Stamps collector e-newsletter.

In the past month new products added to our website www.albanystamps.co.uk and in the coming weeks we will be including a further large selection of folded and bar coded stamp booklets, Post Office Yearbooks, PHQ cards and Postage Dues.

The next GB commemorative stamp issue

‘Great Britons’ will be issued on the 16^th April 2013 continuing the series of stamps issues depicting famous personalities. The Royal Mail honours another selection of distinguished individuals from the realms of sport, journalism, architecture, politics and the arts. With Norman Parkinson, Vivien Leigh Peter Cushing Elizabeth David, Benjamin Britten Bill Shankly, Mary Leakey, Richard Dimbley and the politicians David Lloyd George and John Archer. The stamps will be issued in two sheets of 25&50 with se-tenant designs per sheet, enabling customers to buy a vertical strip of five of any individual.  

This months Society Stamps Fairs & Auctions:

Wantstead & District Philatelic Society fair at the Pastoral Centre, Wanstead, E11 2PR on 13^th April. 

Camberley & District Stamp Club auction at the Morgan Centre, Crowthorne, Berkshire on 13^th April.

Norfolk & Norwich Philatelic Society fair at the Hewett school, Norwich, NR1 2PL on 20^th April.

Basildon Stamp Society fair & exhibition at the James Hornsby High school, Laindon, Essex, SS15 5NX on 27^th April.

Enfield Philatelic Society fair at St Luke’s Hall, Morley Hill on 27^th April.