Upcoming Stamp Shows in Manhattan

Manhattan has been a magnet for stamp dealers and collectors, still is, what with at least two stamp clubs - the International Stamp Club and the more upscale Collectors Club in their listed townhouse just off of Madison Avenue. But with the high rents and lack of parking, due to bad city planning, it has become very hard to stage a large event here. True, the largest in the world was at the Javits in 2016. And that had dealers flocking like pilgrims to Mecca, shelling out at least $5,500 to have a booth. The shows at the former Holiday Inn on West 57th and at the Hilton on West 53rd are gone now. You can thank the city council, which spends more time welcoming terrorists who have killed and maimed American citizens than it does stamp collectors who spend money with American citizens. Don't ask the former speaker to work on behalf of Americans. And don't ask any of the council members to support a stamp show. That has to come about from other sources, and it just might. A spot has been found, a very pleasant spot - one block from Central Park at 77th Street, where there is a market each Sunday and where the patrons are known to buy stamps, postcards, coins and covers. There is an outdoor section and more appropriately for stamps an inside section as well. Thousands of people pass by each day, making this a visible location. And being a bit uptown, but very accessible by major trains buses, it will be more affordable than the previous shows for the dealers. The Grand Bazaar it's called, and it looks like there may be a show there if not this summer, then by September. So we will keep you posted on the progress here and interested parties may email us at nycphilatelic@gmail.com

Bill Gross collection on the block in New York

A large part of bond investor Bill Gross' $42 million stamps collection - which he began building after a collection his mom gave him as a high school graduation present turned out to be worth less than its face value - will be on the block in October at Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York City. Charles Shreve, Gross' philately adviser and director of the auction house, noted that his client collected stamps to prove that his mother was right - that buying stamps can be fun and make money. She just bought the wrong ones. Gross is a co-founder of of PIMCO, one of the world's largest bond managers, and is worth $2.5 billion according to Forbes. He quit the Newport Beach, California based firm in 2014 and joined Janus Henderson Investors, where he runs a $2.1 billion bond fund. On the block will be a block of six mint US #2s. While I'm not a bidder, not even an under bidder on this, I can at least be a viewer. And here's where I can catch a glimpse of these rarities before they get snatched up: Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. 60 East 56th Street, 4th Floor New York, New York 10022 Phone: (212) 753-6421 Fax: (212) 753-6429

Eagles on stamps: A list of 42 species of eagles with Scott #s

Thematic, or topical collecting, is growing as more nations issue theme stamps, sometimes making up sets that contain scientific rarities and actually serve a purpose to someone making a study of their topic. One favourite topic worldwide is birds, of which there are tens of thousands of stamps, rannging from iconic to paintings to photographs. Eagles are perhaps the most widely depicted of all birds, of the 48 or so species of these raptors some 42 or more are known to be on stamps. A list was made recently of these, done by species and using, when known, Scott numbers. Gypaetus barbatus Austria 1141, Azerbiajan 461 - France [1984]/pf/impf/ DDR 801 - Hungary C233 -Kyrgyszstan 85 - Kazakhstan 133 - Lesotho 105, 512-15 - Macedonia 60 - Mali Romaniax2 - Monaco 1830 - Mongolia 915 - \Romania 1905 - Russia 2911,/pf/impf/,3130 - Spain 2749-50 Spanish Andorra 336, Swazliand 427 a-e 1983 - Uzbekistan 193 Hieraaetus fasciatus Israel H. pennatus Hungary 3349 - Moldovia 158 H. pornsu? Hungary 1962 - Mauritania [2012] H. morphmoides RdCongo 2012 H. spilogaster Tanzania 1105a Haliaeetus vocifer Angola 1142e, 1257 - Gabon 972 - Gambia 220 - Ghana 1348 - Guinea 1943 - Eq Guinea - Hungary 232 - DPR Korea 3058 - Mozambique 713 - Rwanda 830 - Sierra Leone 2195 - South Arica 1074 Tjadikistan - - Tanzania [1994] - Zaire 1535c - Zimbabawe 481 H. vociferoides? Malagasay 630 <b>H. leucocephalus >- Azerbaijan C1 (or albicilla?) - Benin 2003 Gabon 2006 - Grenada 3489b - Guyana 2861 - Haiti - unofficial Audubon set - Hungary 1962-Gabon 2006 - Lesotho 1402f - Maldive Is. 2208 a-f, 2209, 2210, 2262 - Manama - Nevis 1067 - Philippines 241-302/326-53, (selvage) Romania 3782 - -Tanzania 1361b - USA 116, 303 905, 1387, 1396, 1831, 2122 ($10.75), 2394 ($8.75)2540-42 ($2.90/9.95/14.00), C48, C50, C67, F1,UC25, - Virgin Is. 800a - Yugoslavia 2293 (or albicilla?) H. albicilla Austria 2166 - Azerbaijan 458 - Chechnya - Georgia 416 - Germany DDR 2266 - Great Britain 2498 - Greece 1318 - Greenland 183,364-375 - Hong Kong 1229 - Hungary 2799,B168 - Iceland 378 - Israel C37 - Japan 2983i - Kazakhstan 131 - Korea DPR 818 - Mauritania 202 - Mongolia 186 - Poland 940 - Serbia 399 - Singapore 69 - Sweden 1020, 2611 x3? Tajikistan 316, 317f Ukraine 1997 - USA 1909 etc. 2012- Vietnam 2826 H. leucogaster Hong Kong - Malaysia 584 H. pelagicus DPR Korea 3059 - Maldive Is. 2204 - Russia 1982 - Tanzania 1911a H. sanfordi - Solomon Islands 465-70 Spilornis cheela Burma 183 - Japan 1539, 1544b - Malaysia 583 - Maldive Is. 2207 S. holospilus Benin 2003 Terathropius ecaudatus Angola 335, 955b,1258 - Benin - 2003 - Bostwana 556 - Gambia 833, 1374,1829 - Ghana 1224d,1343k - Haute Volta - IT. East AFrica C5,C9 Benin - Lesotho 1295 -2003 - Maldive Is. 2256 - Rwanda 835 - South Africa 1071 Tanzania 466c, 1363d, 2316d - Uganda 348 -1994 Zimbabawe 483 Polemaetus belicosus Angola 1143e, 1256 - Bostwana 213 - Gambia 1369,2591 - Lesotho 1296- Liberia 1214i - Sierra Leone 1736 - SWA 375 Zimbabawe 485 Aquila verreauxi Angola 1144a, 1259 - Gambia 1376 - Guinea 1948 - Swaziland - Tadjikistan - SWA 1975/374 Zimbabwe 484 A. chrysaetos Angola 1145b, 1149 - Austria C60 - Azerbaijan 462 - Belarus 1997, 1994 - Bulgaria 4454 (selvage) Buriatia Chad 2012 Chechnya - Finland cancel - Finland 1970 - Berlin 9NB100 - French Andorra 212, Gabon 2006 - Gambia 2308d (eagle with Ganymede) - Georgia 419 - Germany C46-C54 - Germany DDR 805- Greece 267,269,271,274,276A, = Haiti Unofficial Audubon - Ifni 131,133RA14,RA15, N151,N153,N157,N159,N161,N163,N165,N151a,N153a,N157a,N159a,N161a,N163a - Haiti Unofficial Audubon - Hungary C234 - Iran C34-C67 - It. East Africa 2,9,25,29,C12,C13 - Italy 653 - Japan 1077- Kazakhstan 136 - DPR Korea 3060 - Kyrgyzstan 2, 86, 114 - Lesotho 1401 - Lichtenstein 225 - Lithuania 773a - Macao 700 - Maldive Is. 2255 - Mexico - 2100, 2263? - Monaco 1328 - Mongolia 137, 138, 851, 919 - Montenegro 160a - Norway 1253 - Poland 941 - Portugal 2436 - Romania 2051,4126 - Russia 2422,3129 ,5668 1990 - Sharja - Slovakia 184 - Spanish Sahara 87 -Sweden 802 2012 - Thrace 31-33 - Tajikistsan 311, 317a - Tanzania 1994 - Turkey C45 Turkish Rep. of N. Cyprus 438 Uzbekistan 191 US [2012] - Zaire 1132 (aigle ravisseur) A. heliaca Azerbiajan 459 -PRC China 2014 - Rd Congo 2012 - Ghana 1990 - Hungary 1891,2797 - Italy 2018 - Macedonia 206a-d - Mauritania 2002 - Maldive Is. 2205 - Portugal 1976 - Spain - Ghana 1990 A. pomeriana Rde Congo 2012 - Hungary 2798 A. nipalensis Russia [1965] A. rapax Angola 1255 - Azerbaijan 460 - Chechnya Rd Congo - Georgia 415 - Germany DDR 2267 - Kyrgyzstan 81 - Chechnya - Russia 3126 A. audax Russia [2012] A. pennata Hungary 3349, C231 A. fasciata R d Congo [2012] - Israel 987 A. clanga Georgia 412-15 A. spilogaster Maldive Is. 2202 - Tanzania 1105a - Zimbabwe 486 Harpyopsis novaguineae Chad [2012] Harpia harpyja > Angola 1138 - Brazil 1084 - Guyana 45,269,443,1354,2241,2246,2381a - Maldive Is. 2206 - Mexico - 1995a, 2263a?, Panama 867,C470 Harpyhaliaetus (Buteogallus) coronatus Maldive Is. 2201 Spizaetus ornatus Jordan C26 - Mexico - Paraguay 1164 Tanzania 1994 - Vietnam 2822 S. cirrhatus Malaysia 585 S. alboniger Malaysia 586 Clanga pomarina Maldive Is. 2203 Lophaetus occipitalis Bostwana 554 -Rwanda 828, Zimbabwe 482 Stephanoaetus coronatus Zaire 1453b < i> Pithocephaga jefferyi Angola 1145c - Philippines 1857?, 1982?, 2094-97,2506-08,2575A,3132,B34 Circaetus spp. Bostwana 555 - Rwanda 829 C. gallicus Poland 942 C. spectabilis Zaire 1453b Haliastur indus Malaysia 582 <b> Harpogornis moorei NZ 1397