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Desperately Seeking........?

Would you like to meet other ASSS members in your area? Inspired by making a number of new connections at well established and new members at STAMPEX both the Editor and the Chairman are keen for more members to get to meet and an index of British members in rough geographical areas has been prepared. If you would like to meet others in the ASSS please write and we shall publish your name in Orbit so that others can get in touch with you. Eric Simmonds of Reading has already set he ball rolling with a couple of letters to nearby members.

The Editor is hoping to attract a group of Scottish members to Elgin on Wednesday 24th April when Margaret Morris presents "Astronomy" in Elgin at a meeting of the Moray P.S. of which (Jeff) the Editor is currently President.

London Apollo Place Handstamp

Godfrey Winston has picked up notice in the Postmark Bulletin that the illustrated cancel is available for any space occasion you wish to commemorate from now until the end of September. If you would like this cancel, say, for a John Glen cover you wish to post from Britain write to the London SHC, Royal Mail, Mount Pleasant, Farringdon Road, London EC1A 1BB enclosing the cover you wish to be sent complete with proper postage and address and "Apollo Place" and the date you want pencilled on the cover and/or made clear in an accompanying letter.

Motiv-Philatelie

Irmgard Schwarz of the above named German philatelic firm specialising in thematics has contacted Orbit to say that for 15 years they have been supplying philatelic material like Special Cancellations, Meters, Postal Stationery, FDCs, Maxim Cards and Telegrams to collectors worldwide. If you would like to find out more about their services please write to the firm at P.O. Box 2158, D-63623 Bad Soden, Germany or email schwarzthematic@t-online.de

Bert on a Stamp!

Increasingly popular at philatelic events is the not too expensive facility to have one's photo printed on a label next to an official stamp from the home country as with G.B. "Smilers" as author Bert van Eijck demonstrates on this postcard to our Orbit editor Jeff. From Belgica, organised by A.S.S.S. member Jurgen P. Esders.

Bert on a stamp

The Michael P Wright Space Collection

Our Aberdeen member Mike Wright has now put some of his best material —autographed photos, and covers— on Internet for others to enjoy. Within his collection he is fortunate to have the autographs of everyone that has ever ventured into space. As the collection is extensive, the website showcases some of his rarer items, and some of my personal favourites - the ethos of the site being quality opposed to quantity. Do enjoy your visit, which begins with a specially recorded introduction by Apollo 16 Moon Walker Charlie Duke.
http://www.mpwright.com

Autograph Service Offer

Our Belgian member Jurgen P. Esders is now offering an improved service to all his astronaut/cosmonaut and space memorabilia contacts by email via a dedicated newsgroup. Jurgen had previously produced an updated list once a year but people often come to him asking for update and now he is setting out to regularise this service. If you are interested in learning more about how you can set about obtaining such autographs etc and meeting (on line) others who do this sort of thing then please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies to learn how to do it. You will have to register and apply for membership but it’s free.

Covent Garden Stamp Shop

Proprietor, Rowan Baker has contacted us to say he has every space stamp issued by the USA - most in complete sheets and can produce a space price list of US material on request. Members interested should phone him on 020 7379 1448 or write to 28 Bedfordbury, London WC2N 4RB

European & Foreign Stamps

Also contacted by Orbit is this thematic firm based in Pontypridd, Wales whose owner Edward Foley will also happily supply space lists on request. Again if interested phone 01443 407421 or write to P.O. Box No I Pontypridd South Wales CFS7 5RA.

Vanuatu Spectacular

For an illustrated brochure of recent space issues by Space designer from New Zealand, David Gunson from Vanuatu Post write to Port Vila, Vanuatu. See website www.nzstamps.co.nz as a starting point.

Special Motive

This is a database with around 30 000 stamps, sets and FDC´s from nearly all countries in the world. It is actually 20% of all printed stamps ever! It is easy to query the database for any topic or country - and there are many topics to be found. Thousands of keywords can be used in English or Swedish. The result is a list with stamps, depending of the query. Description in English, with country, year, set description, no of stamps in set and price in US$. The catalogue numbers used are by Michel, but you do not actually need catalogue numbers with all other information given.

Specialised space sale

Charles G Firby’s 12 May auction will feature a special sales catalogue of US mint sheets bearing NASA autographs which includes virtually all the astronauts.
This large holding is attracting interest from space stamp collectors all over the world. A full- colour catalogue is available from Charles G Firby Auctions, 6695 Highland Road, 101, Waterford, MI 48327-1967, USA at US$10.

2001: A STAMP ODYSSEY

This was staged by the Southland Philatelic Society (Inc). This was the second national philatelic exhibition held in Southland in five years; it may well qualify as the most southerly stamp exhibition in the world.

ASTROPHILATELY is the theme for the exhibition. Some world-class thematic exhibits dealing with space and space travel. Two miniature sheets were produced for it - one from NZ and another from the Norfolk Islands.

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