Trade Exhibitions - 1851 to 1933: An Australian Perspective
Monday, September 8th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, Exhibitions, Trade FairsJohn Lancaster Of all the means used to convince people that they should have one product or another, exhibiting is the most powerful and persuasive method, because it combines all the marketing functions and appeals to all human senses.
WIPA: Opening the Vienna Exhibition (1933)
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008: Articles, Austria, Europe, Exhibitions, WIPAThe following has been extracted from The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain (June, 1933). The "WIPA" is open. For two years the philatelic world has staggered under an avalanche of "Wipa" literature. One prospectus has followed another - Werbeschrift they call ...
The First Hawaiian Philatelic Exhibition: A £14,000 Display in Honolulu (1913)
Saturday, June 28th, 2008: "The Postage Stamp", Exhibitions, United StatesThe following account was first published in The Postage Stamp (June 1913). As we have noted on several occasions there is an active philatelic life in the Territory of Hawaii. The latest development in the activities of the Hawaiian Philatelic ...
The New York Stamp Exhibition (1913)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008: Exhibitions, New York, Printers, Printing Processes, United StatesThe following account of the first New York Stamp Exhibition was written by Fred J Melville and originally published in The Postage Stamp (1913). Today has proved a great day for American philately. The International Philatelic Exhibition opening in New ...
World Philatelic Exhibition, Washington 2006
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008: "Philately from Australia", Articles, Exhibitions, Philatelic Publications, United StatesJeremy A. Lifsey. There is one word to describe this World Philatelic Exhibition – SPACIOUS. There was room to walk, room to talk, and plenty of space to see the displays at each dealers booth. Inside some booths there were easy ...
Australian Airmail Exhibition - October 1937
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008: "Philately from Australia", Airmails, Articles, Australia & Dependencies, Exhibitions, Philatelic PublicationsRonald M. Lee. In September 1931 The Airmail Society of Australia was formed to “foster and stimulate the hobby of aerophilately”. By 1934 it had members in England, Nyasaland, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, Iraq, U.S.A. and all states of the ...
WIPA 1933
Saturday, December 29th, 2007: "Philately from Australia", Austria, Designers, Exhibitions, Philatelic Publications, Top Ten Articles, WIPA, ZeppelinsWilliam Cochrane. This piece of research began as a small article on the WIPA labels of 1933. But like ‘Topsy’, it grew! I was pleased to discover that the RSPV Library is fortunate in owning two of the very detailed WIPA ...
