STAMPS AND COLLECTABLES

HELP US STAMP OUT LEPROSY Find out how you can help us collect, trim and send us stamps to help people affected by leprosy. Download the stamps leaflet here

STAMP NEWS Annual newsletter from The Leprosy Mission's Stamps & Collectables team Download the 2010 issue here

DIARY DATES 2010

Admission to the stamp fairs is free, but the organisers of the postcard events may make a charge.

APRIL
10	YORK	International Postcard Expo                                           (postcards only) York Race Course Centre   YO23 1EX	10am-5pm
MAY
15	CLANFIELD	The Leprosy Mission Stamps and Collectables Fair Drift Rd Evangelical Church, Waterlooville, Hampshire   PO8 0NH (next to Co-op/Surgery)	10am-1pm
29	BURY ST EDMUNDS	Postcard Fair                                                                      (postcards only) County Upper School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6RF	10am-4.30pm
JUNE
26	PETERBOROUGH	The Leprosy Mission Stamps and Collectables Fair Park Road Baptist Church   PE1 2TF	10am-1pm
SEPTEMBER
2-4	LONDON	PICTURE POSTCARD SHOW (BIPEX)                         (postcards only) Royal Horticultural Hall Greycoat & Elverton Streets SW1
18	CLANFIELD	The Leprosy Mission Stamps and Collectables Fair Drift Rd Evangelical Church, Waterlooville, Hampshire   PO8 0NH (next to Co-op/Surgery)	10am-1pm
OCTOBER
2	MAIDSTONE (to be confirmed)	The Leprosy Mission Stamps and Collectables Fair Allington Baptist Church, Leafy Lane, Allington, Kent   ME16 0QQ	10am-1pm
9	NORWICH	Norfolk Postcard Club                                                     (postcards only) St Andrews Hall, Norwich	10am-4.30pm
30	MALDON	The Leprosy Mission Stamps and Collectables Fair United Reformed Church Hall, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex   CM9 4PZ	10am-1pm
NOVEMBER
13	CLANFIELD	The Leprosy Mission Stamps and Collectables Fair Drift Rd Evangelical Church, Waterlooville, Hampshire   PO8 0NH (next to Co-op/Surgery)	10am-1pm
20	PETERBOROUGH	The Leprosy Mission Stamps and Collectables Fair Park Road Baptist Church PE1 2TF	10am-1pm
DECEMBER
5	BIRMINGHAM	Postcard Fair  Motor Cycle Museum                            (postcards only) Coventry Rd, Bickenhill, Solihull   B92 0EJ	10am-5pm

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP

All items we receive are sold to aid the work of The Leprosy Mission. To ensure the most is made of your gift, it is sometimes necessary to divide it up, combine it with others or sell it in various other ways. It is therefore impossible for us to say what an individual gift realises. Whenever possible, we will sell direct to collectors but failing this, items will be sold at auction or to the trade. We also have beginners packets of stamps and coins which can be sold in schools or at church events etc.

Instructions on preparing and sending stamps.

WANTED

By nature many of us are hoarders and have that drawer of odds and ends that never gets turned out. Often lurking in these places are items that could be used to help TLM, so please put those items to good use:

Stamps, covers, whole collections, used and unused postcards, old notes and coins, cigarette cards, medals, old matchbox collections to name a few.

If you are not sure if we collect anything, please contact Phil who can advise.

The work amongst leprosy sufferers is far from over and they still need today practical, social and spiritual support. So to use our familiar catch phrase, please KEEP ON STAMPING.