Germany Philatelic Society
CHICAGOLAND CHAPTER 5

GPS NATIONAL PRESS RELEASE - Mar 23, 2009

The Germany Philatelic Society is pleased to announce the German Colonies Collectors’ ‘Colonial Salon’, which takes place every five-ten years at the Sindelfingen Stamp Fair at Sindelfingen (near Stuttgart), Germany, hosted by the German Colonial Study Group, between October 23-25, 2009. All members of the Germany Philatelic Society, or the Germany & Colonies Collectors Group, may participate in exhibiting, at no frame or entry cost, with one or more exhibits of their specialty areas. This is a non-competitive and non-jury exhibition with the purpose of showing the public and other collectors the best of German colonial material. Overseas exhibitors will be furnished Customs certificates to enable problem-free entry into Germany. Overseas interested visitors to the no-entry-fee show are welcome. The Sindelfingen Fair is a renowned European show and bourse with this year over 250 frames of colonial material plus hundreds of frames of open-competition exhibits as well as a bourse of 100+ worldwide dealers, as well as 50+ booths of philatelic agencies, study groups, auction houses, etc. Special hotel rates are available at the Mercure Bristol Hotel, adjacent to the show (email: www.H2938@accor.com), at Euro 121.00/single, Euro 149.00/double, including breakfast, or Hotel Erikson, Sindelfingen, about 2.5 miles from show, email: info@erikson.de) at Euro 76.00/single, Euro 106.00/double, including breakfast. Booking code words: “Colonial Philately”. U.S. Coordinator, and for additional information, is Gernot H. Reiners, 42 Stannard Avenue, Branford, Connecticut 06405, Phone (203) 483-4212, Fax: (203) 483-4213, email: bluechipstamps@comcast.net.