PRAGUE – the capital of collectors in 2008

International fair Collector (Sběratel) and World Stamp Exhibition PRAGA held jointly!

The international fair Collector is the biggest collectors’ event in Central Europe. Nobody who engages in that noble hobby should miss it. Last year it was attended by 12,000 collectors, and one out of six came from abroad.
This year’s eleventh annual fair, dedicated not only to philately but also to numismatics, old postcards, telephone cards, minerals and other fields, is being held jointly with the World Stamp Exhibition PRAGA, which is returning to Prague after twenty long years.
Don’t pass up the chance to see the rarest uniques and the best exhibits and to get great buys from the more than two hundred dealers.
Awaiting you is historic Prague, the golden city of a hundred towers.
Come, whether over land or by plane.
From 12 to 14 September, the capital of the Czech Republic will be the capital city of collectors.

Growing interest of postal administrations and dealers

Already now following post offices confirmed their participation in Prague: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, People´s Democratic Republic of Korea, People´s Republic of China, Slovakia, Republic of Srpska (Banja Luka), Switzerland, Taiwan, United Nations Postal Administration and, of course, Czech Post.
In addition to the traditional dealers - see a list of last year at http://new.ppa.cz/?page=sber_sezvyst_en - there will be new exhibitors this year, for example from Great Britain Cover Story, Bill Barell, David Morrison or from USA Gary du Bro, from Germany Hans Reinert, Heiner Zinoni, Thomas von Loeper and Gernot Roidl, from Netherlands Breebaart Filatelie, from Sweden AB Philea etc.

One event, one price of admission* ... and a full day packed with experiences.

Waiting for you at the exhibition covering the area of two football stadiums:
sales stands of 250 exhibitors from 40 countries offering postage stamps, postal stationery, old postcards, coins, medals, orders, awards, bank notes, minerals, precious stones, jewelry made with natural materials, phone cards and other cards and absolutely anything collectible
philatelic exhibits from 63 countries at two thousand exhibit spaces in competition classes for traditional philately, postal history, philatelic literature** and one-frame exhibits
hall of fame with philatelic treasures from the collection of Queen Elizabeth II of England and other famous collectors
the national philatelic exhibition Czech Youth Salon
postal administrations including Czech Post and Slovak Post, postal administrations from Asia, the United Nations Postal Administration, and also mints
12 September: International Federation of Philately (FIP) Day
13 September: Czechoslovak and Czech Stamp Day
14 September: United Nations Day
free expertise and consulting service in the fields of philately, numismatics, mineralogy, phone cards and other collectibles
the virtual internet Exponet world philatelic exhibition
Youth Post with lots of surprises for future collectors
and many other events in all fields of collecting

* single ticket 80 CZK, three-day-ticket 200 CZK, free admission for youth up to age 18 and women
** the philatelic literature class is at the Postal Museum, where you can see unique postal artifacts of the past and present

More information for visitors, exhibitors/dealers:
Progres Partners Advertising, s.r.o., Opletalova 55, CZ-110 00 Praha 1, fax: +420/224 218 312, e-mail: sberatel@ppa.cz
Accommodations and transportation for visitors are arranged by the travel agency Čedok (http://www.cedok.com/praga2008).

Jindrich Jirasek, Collector >>>>> http://new.ppa.cz/?page=sberatel_en