New Contest, Fair Recap, Culture: the First Stamp,... Newsletter 06/06/2013
Thu, 6 Jun 2013
Dear members,
This week, we give you some information about the payments that were recently blocked by PayPal.
We also invite you to participate in our new contest that will allow you to win a Penny Black from 1840, the first stamp in the world!
We also propose to you a brief return to the Briefmarken Messe Fairthat took place last May in Essen (Germany).
Finally, make a leap into the past with our cultural section and discover the history of an item that has revolutionized the world of communications.
See you very soon in our next newsletter... or on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe Team
PAYPAL /
At the beginning of May, PayPal froze payments for items including the name of the countries subject to U.S. embargo(Cuba, Iran, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Zimbabwe). PayPal being a U.S. company, they had to apply restrictions.
We were not notified of these by the company. But the numerous testimonies of members allowed us to be quickly aware of the situation. We immediately contacted the PayPal company in order to learn more about this.
They told us that this was the application of a new measure. The overall principle is that the sale of goods cannot bring money to countries under embargo, because in this case they are automatically blocked. This blocking is but only temporary when the names of countries in question are only included in the title of the item and the sale does not bring any money to countries under embargo. This is the case for the vast majority of collectibles sold on our site.
Delcampe being a company based in Europe, we do not apply these restrictions. But the sellers accepting and using PayPal are required to comply with this new measure.
If you need help, we kindly invite you to contact PayPal support.
NEW DELCAMPE CONTEST/ Try your luck
Participate in the Contest and win a Penny Black from 1840.
The Penny Black is considered the very first stamp in the history of philately. Try your luck and win a celebrity in the universe of world philately!
In order to win this stamp whose value is estimated at more than 150 GBP, you simply have to answer two questions.
Participation in the contest is free for all Delcampe members.
Want to know more about the history of the Penny Black? Plunge yourself in our Culture section below!
From 2 to 4 May 2013 took place the Briefmarken Messe Fair in Essen, Germany. We thank you for coming to visit us.
We had the pleasure to meet many passionate philatelists.We have also had the confirmation that Delcampe is recognized and highly appreciated in the world of German Philately.We hope to see you again next year... in an even greater number!
The stamp is at the same time a necessary object for our postal communications, and a very coveted collectible as well. Did you know that it will soon be celebrating its 175th anniversary?
The first appearance of the postage stamp dates back to 1840 and it is English! It is the Penny Black which revolutionized the world of communications.
Before 1840, it was up to the addressee to pay for the cost of transportation of the mail addressed to him/ her. The price was often very high. The latter being adapted in function of the weight and the distance traveled. Often the recipient could not afford the expense and thus rejected the fold.
The Briton Rowland Hillbecame aware of the negative effects of this system for both the public and the incomes of the postal services. In 1837, he suggested to create labels to stick on the envelopes, so that the postal charge is paid at the outset and not on arrival. He proposed a base price of 1 penny, about 50 times less than the current rates!
It took 3 years for this postal reform to take place due to the opposition of the postal administration, who only saw the shortfall.
The reform finally came into force on 6 May 1840. The first stamp was issued by the British Royal Mail the same year as a portrait of HM Queen Victoria at age 15.
Worth 1 penny and of black color, it is called Penny Black. The success is immediate in the UK and then spread around the world.
The first countries to have issued postage stamps after this were the Swiss cantons and Brazil in 1843, then the United States and Mauritius in 1847. Followed France, Belgium and Germany in 1849 and Canada in 1851. .
Do you know the Delcampe Prestige website?This site contains the catalogues of the most prestigious auction houses. Click here to discover how it works. We will close our newsletter by useful information for our bidder members! The Prestige auction houses now have the possibility to choose to accept or not the modifications of offers by the bidders as well as the offer withdrawals. Consequently, for certain catalogues, bidders will not be able to modify or withdraw their offer. They will then have to get in contact directly with the auction house.
European Fair for Old Postcard, Contest Winner, Culture, Pricewatch Newsletter 23/05/2013
Thu, 23 May 2013
Dear members,
This week, we have the pleasure to announce you our presence at two fairs,which will take place inBrussels and Soignies (Belgium).
We will reveal to you who is the lucky winnerof our "Wiener Werkstätte Postcard" Contest.
Then discover a passion that will make you travel in our culture section...
Finally we will end this newsletter by our traditional Price watch.
See you very soon in our next newsletter... and on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe Team
FAIRS DIARY/
European Fair for Old Postcard in Brussels (Belgium)
It is with great pleasure that we announce you our participation in the Fair for Old Postcardin Brussels, on June 9, 2013. It is the biggest fair for old postcard in Belgium. We will be happy to meet you there! You will have the opportunity to meet Philippe and Steve of our team. More information in our diary!
International Collector's Fair in Soignies (Belgium)
We are happy to announce our participation in the 12th Collector's Fair in Soignies (Belgium). This fair will be held on June 2, 2013. Come and join us, you will also have the opportunity to meet Philippe and Steve there. More information in our diary!
THE DELCAMPE CONTEST WINNER/ We are very pleased to reveal the name of the winner of our Wiener Werkstätte Contest launched in last March.
The lucky winner has won a very nice postcard created by theWiener Werkstätte.
We also remind you that the catalogue "Wiener Werkstätte - The Illustrated Catalogue of Postcards" dedicated to the postcards of this current is available on our website.
CULTURE/ The passion for trains... Trains have always been admired by both young and old either in toys shop storefront as well as at natural size on the platform of a train station...
We find the passion for trains within several fields: photography, the restoration of old trains and especially steam locomotives, railroad scale modeling, collections of postcards, of stamps or of models. Some don't stop at the train itself... They also collect everything related to railway heritage in general such as license plates or mechanical parts.
Did you know that the first train or rather the first steam engine dated back to 1804?
It is in England in February 1804, that occurred the very first entry into use on rails of a steam locomotive. Built by Englishman Richard Trevithick, it could pull 20 tons of freight cars and reached the speed of 8 km/h (4.97 mph).
In 1825, the English engineer Georges Stephenson created the first railway line opened to the public. The use of it is commercial and connects Stockton to Darlington. England is then the first country to develop lines of railroad.
The first regular rail line is opened in 1830. It connects Liverpool to Manchester. This is the beginning of the development of the railways for the transport of persons. In 1900, the first electric motors appeared. They are powerful and compact enough allowing for the introduction of electric traction, still in use today.
Throughout the course of history, several trains providing liaison between peoples have become mythical, such as the Orient-Express, the Trans-Siberian or the Indian Pacific.
800 000 members on Delcampe.net ! Newsletter 21/05/2013
Tue, 21 May 2013
Dear members,
It is with great joy and pleasure that we announce to you that Delcampe.net has reached the milestone of... 800 000 members!
We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Thanks to your support and your loyalty, Delcampe.net has become a genuine international community, a place of essential meeting for all passionate collectors!
Thanks to everybody for your presence and confidence... and let's go, all together, on our way to the… 900 000 members!
Transactions Follow-up, Online Help Survey, Old Trade: Bear Tamer Newsletter 09/05/2013
Thu, 9 May 2013
Dear members,
This week, we explain to you how to follow your transactions very easily in our section "Did you know it?".
Then we invite you to express yourself in our new poll about the Delcampe online help.
Finally, we will conclude our newsletter with our culture section where we talk about a trade very often depicted on postcards: the bear tamer.
See you very soon in our next newsletter... and on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe Team
SURVEY / Online help
We need you!
In order to continuously improve our services on Delcampe, we propose you to participate in our survey concerning the online helpof the Delcampe website.
When a sale ends, you can easily do the follow-up of the "after-sale".
To do this, go to "My Delcampe" in "Sell: Closed sales (with buyer)" or "Buy: Won bids"
For each transaction, you will find the name of the buyer or the seller as well as all the information as regards the sale. You can follow the status of the transaction and the status of the sending of the item thanks to the box "Follow-up":
When the icons are grayed, it means that the status is not active. The stage of this transaction has not been reached yet. Conversely, when they are colored, it is active. To activate them, the seller or the buyer simply has to click on these according to the status of the transaction.
As regards the payment icons, their activation is automated when the payment is made via Paypal and Skrill used in the frame of the Delcampe e-wallet. Discover in the following lines a precise description of every icon.
Icon "Payment requested"
Indicates that the payment has been requested to the buyer. By leaving the mouse on the icon, it is possible to see when exactly payment was requested.
Icon "Payment sent"
It informs you about the sending of the payment by the buyer. It is also possible to see when the payment was made by leaving the cursor on the icon.
Icon "Payment received"
It specifies whether the seller has received the payment, and if yes, when.
Icon "Item sent"
This fourth icon indicates if the item has been sent to the buyer. It indicates as well when this was done.
Icon "Item received"
It allows to know if the item was received by the buyer. Again, by leaving the cursor of the mouse on the icon, you can see when the item was received.
We greatly advise you to use these icons in order to facilitate the communication with your buyers or sellers. This way, at any time, each one knows at what stage the transaction is!
CULTURE / Bear tamers Whether you are a collector of postcards or not, you have certainly noticed that a lot of old postcards depict bears and their tamer.
This is in fact a very old trade: the bear tamer.
Dating back to the Middle Ages, the trade has particularly developed itself in Europe in the 19th century from the mountainous areas likeAbruzzo,Ariège or certain regions of the Balkans. This job then allowed to meet the needs of the poorest families.
The bear tamers fall into the category of small trades. They travel cities and villages with one or more bears, muzzled and chained to the "pleasure" of the public at the time.
The cubs are first captured, castrated, bred and trained, then taken onto the markets where they serve as attractions. At the time, they were even attributed with all sorts of healing powers for who dares to approach and caress them...
Bear taming is a popular trade at the time. It is a way to entertain oneself and the coming of a bear tamer is always an event. This explains the high number of postcards depicting this job. Some collectors even specialize only in this highly sought theme. It is the notion of lost "small trade" which awakens the nostalgia among collectors of these unusual postcards...
The Delcampe website has been created more than 10 years ago ... and it has always been important for us to meet your expectations and to take into account your suggestions.
This is why, even though our community keeps growing, we conduct an annual poll to collect your impressions and opinion about the website. This is poll is important for us as it enables us to ensure that the site evolves while taking into account our members' experiences, both from our new and more experienced members.
We have noticed that many took part in our previous poll, providing ideas, comments and remarks. We have already been able to take this information into account last year...
For 2013, we are counting on you...
... and we hope that even more members will participate!
We have prepared an online form for you. It enables you to tell us:
what you like (5 positive points);
what you don't like (5 negative points);
what you would like as new features (5 ideas);
what our site means to you;
feel free to voice your opinion (suggestions, encouraging messages,...)
- Your answers will remain confidential. We will not communicate them to a third party -
- Thank you to those of you who took part in the survey last year. We are counting on you! -
Place a Bid on Delcampe, Contest Winner, Pricewatch,... Newsletter 24/04/2013
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
Dear members,
This week, we will give you some useful tips in our "Did you know it?" section. These advices will greatly help you before placing a bid on Delcampe.
We also inform you that the technical difficulties that some of our sellers had met at the beggining with the use of the new html editor have been resolved.
Then, we will have the pleasure to announce the lucky winner of our contest "1849 5 Belgian francs silver coin, with the effigy of Leopold I "crowned head".
For fans of wine, discover a collectionthat looks like grands crus...
Finally, we will close our newsletter by our traditional Price watch, the highest prices achieved on Delcampe.
See you very soon in our next newsletter... or on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe Team
TECHNICAL /
We have recently introduced a technical innovation allowing for an improvement of your sales by enhancing their description.
This is the new html editor available in the section "Put on sale" on the page "Selling form". Several sellers using specific code have been faced with a few difficulties when using the editor. At present, any technical problems should be resolved. Nevertheless, if you still have difficulties, don't hesitate to contact our support at info@delcampe.com.
DID YOU KNOW IT? /
4 quick and easy verifications to do before placing your bid
Here is a little reminder if you just found out the rare item on Delcampe.net and you wish to place a bid. Before you start, it is always useful to check some points.
1. What are the sales conditions of this seller?
In order to know the sales conditions, go to the page of the desired item. At the bottom of the page, click on the tab "Sales conditions".
There you will find information on the shipment, the payment methods or the warranty.
Don't hesitate to check the tab "Message from the seller". It is important to read it because you can find contractual information as well as additional or more precise sales conditions.
2. What are the payment methods that the seller accepts?
Different payment methods (bank transfer, check, PayPal, Skrill,...) can be proposed by the seller and are indicated in the tab"Sales conditions", under the title "Payment".
3. What are the feedbacks of the seller?
It is very important to verify the feedbacks of a seller before placing your bid.
For this, when you are on the page of the sale, go to the box "Information on the seller".
To the right, click on the link "View the feedbacks of seller's nickname". Then, you can quickly take a glance at the summary table of feedbacks or you can check in details the feedbacks given/ received.
You can select these of a member as a seller or as a buyer. Finally, you can even set up the display of feedbacks according to their percentage. You can also verify that a seller has chosen to get his/ her address verified thanks to the little icon next to his/ her nickname!
4. What is the language of the seller?
The language spoken by the seller is displayed in the box "Information on a seller" under the denomination "Spoken languages". The flag(s) displayed correspond(s) to the language(s).
THE WINNER OF THE DELCAMPE CONTEST/
It is with great pleasure that we give you the name of the winner of the contest launched in early February. The happy winner has won a very nice 5 francs silver coin issued in Belgium in 1849, with the effigy of King Leopold 1 "crowned head".
It is our memberRocinante3839. Congratulations!
Our member wins for the second time one of our contests!
CULTURE / For many of us, the lovely season is finally coming back! Which means sun, terrasse and apéritif. Many will bring out the bottle of rosé, some a white wine and others delicious juice fruits. But did you know that for some wine enthusiasts, pleasure is not within the bottle but on the bottle...
Indeed, many fans collect wine labels. The label is a bit like the identity card of the wine. You can find useful information such as the origin of the wine or the producer.
The classification of these collections of labels is done by designation and domain as well as by region. It can also be done by thematic. The labels are then classified according to whether they depict works of art, animals, buildings, vehicles, traditional costumes,…
Historical digression… Did you know that labeled bottles only appeared during the 18th century? The first labels were simple papers which sometimes were written by hand and looking like little business cards. With the invention of lithography, it became possible to print out more complex labels with graphs and colours.
How can the desire to collect wine labels appear? In vino veritas…
Launch of the Australia website, Contest, Essen Fair, World Stamp Expo Newsletter 23/04/2013
Tue, 9 Apr 2013
Dear members,
Since our beginnings, Delcampe.net has continued to evolve and grow... That is why we are pleased to announce that on this April 3, Delcampe has indeed opened its doors to Australia! Discover now the new site: www.delcampe.com.au.
Remember... 4 years ago, we had launched the Canadian site www.delcampe.ca
On the occasion of the launch of the Australian site, we invite you to participate in our special contest "Australia". You will have the opportunity to win an exceptional prize!
Come and discover also our new auction house: the"London Ancient Coins Ltd".
We also inform you that we will be present at the Briefmarken Messe Fair in Essen next May.
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the opening of Delcampe Australia!
Like the other national Delcampe websites, this one will give its collectors the opportunity to meet at the heart of a friendly and pleasant community. The sale prices are in Australian Dollars and the website is available in English.
The sales started on the Australian site will also be present on the international site Delcampe.net. The Australian site includes the same features and benefits as the other countries:
No insertion fee,
Reasonable commission rates on sales,
A community of serious collectors,
etc.
The diversity of the Delcampe website has rendered it an international marketplace in trading. Everyone can acquire the item of their dreams from the hands of a Delcampe member at the other end of the world. In order for that launch to be a success, we need our community: collectors and passionate ones, buyers and sellers. You have a lot of friends and acquaintances in the world of collection in Australia? Invite them on http://www.delcampe.com.au.
The categories of the site are currently not much filled; we hope that very soon new items will enrich them thanks to your actions and your participation!
INVOICE CURRENCY / If you wish to change your invoice currency to Australian Dollars, you will not be charged. Indeed, until April 30, 2013, the members who wish to do this modification will be able to do it for free.
To do this, go to "My Delcampe", in "Account" then in "Parameters" in the section "My Delcampe Fees". At the bottom of the page, you will find the option "Invoice currency". To modify it, select the desired currency on the right. Do not forget to confirm by clicking the "Confirm" button!
Upon validation of the change, it will be indicated that this action is free.
NEW DELCAMPE CONTEST/
On the occasion of the launch of the Australian website, we give you the opportunity to win a superb stamp of Australia.
It is one of the symbols of the Australian philately, the 10 shilling pink and black stamp from the 1931-36 series.
In order to win this stamp the value of which is estimated at more than 300 EUR, you simply have to answer to two questions. Try your luck!
The London Ancient Coins Ltd (LAC) auction house specialized in ancient, medieval and modern coins and numismatic books. All they sell is guaranteed authentic.
They devote themselves with passion not only to commerce, but also to progression and diffusion of numismatic culture. They always attend the main international numismatic events. Their business includes sales to the net and public auctions.
It is with pleasure that we announce you our participation in the Briefmarken Messe Fair in Essen. This show will be held from May 2 to 4, 2013. We will be pleased to meet you there as well as new collectors eager to discover our website.
You will even have the opportunity to receive for free theDelcampe Postcardcreated especially for the occasion. Come and visit us, you will meet Sébastien and Miren at Hall 1A Booth 71A.
We are pleased to announce our participation to the 2013 World Stamp Expo (Australia 2013) in Melbourne. This fair will be held from May 10 to 15, 2013. It is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP).
We will meet there our Australian members as well as new collectors eager to discover our website. They will even have the opportunity to receive for freeDelcampe postcard created for the occasion.
Come and visit us, you will be able to meet Sébastien and Miranda at booth #117. We will be happy to talk to you about the launch of the new Australian website.
Technical Innovation, Wiener Werkstätte, Membership to the Australian Associations, ... Newsletter 26/03/2013
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
Dear members,
This week, we dive into the world of the Wiener Werkstätte by introducing you to the 3 different catalogs published by the "Krepostnov Publishing House".
Then, we present to you a technical innovation that will allow you to enhance your sales by improving your descriptions.
We are also pleased to announce our membership to the Australian association ANDA (Australasian Numismatic Dealer’s Association) in anticipation of the upcoming opening of Delcampe Australia!
On the occasion of April 1st, discover our category of postcards dedicated to the theme.
Discover a stamp like no other in our cultural article...
Finally, we will close our newsletter by our traditional Price watch, the highest prices achieved on Delcampe.
See you very soon in our next newsletter... or on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe Team
DISCOVERY / The "Wiener Werkstätte" catalogues
As the sale of the Wiener Werkstätte - The Illustrated Catalogue of Postcards has been a great success, we present you three versions of this book, from the "Krepostnov Publishing House" store :
Discover a technical novelty that will allow you to enhance your sales by improving their description.
When you go in the space "Put on sale" on the page "Selling form", of course you already had the possibility to add a description of your item put for sale. From now on, you can use tools such as bold typing, italics and underlining. A way to render your description yet more attractive and put forward the important points.
ASSOCIATION /
We are very pleased to announce that Delcampe.net has been welcomed by the prestigious Australian Association ANDA.
The ANDA or Australasian Association of the Sellers in Numismatics is a professional organization representing individuals and companies selling rare coins and banknotes in Australasia (generally including Australia and New Zealand).
The association is ruled by a voluntary code of conduct, it is committed to maintain a high level of business ethics and promotes numismatics in Australasia via commercial fairs and the propagation of information.
CATEGORY /
Notice to postcards collectors! On the occasion of April 1st, discover our category of stamp dedicated to this calendar event. And no, this is not a joke. Colorful and flowery, these postcards illustrate the traditional theme of "April Fool's Day".
Within original stamps, there are all types of colors, all types of themes and declined to infinity. You thought you had seen everything as regards stamps? And yet! Notice to chocolate lovers, this article might whet your appetite...
The Belgian post has recently launched a chocolate flavoured stamp. Yes, you read correctly! And this is not the first time that a chocolate scents flavoured stamp has been created. Already in 2001, the Swiss post had published a stamp with that smell. This was on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Chocosuisse, the Union of Swiss chocolate manufacturers. The Belgian version is released in March. The adhesive layer on the back is flavoured with cocoa and the stamp has a chocolate fragrance. The taste was incorporated in the form of essential oils of cocoa, so that it is released when licking the stamp.
These stamps present chocolate in various forms: granules, pralines, spread, morsels or even sticks. The sheet of five stamps, dedicated to international shipments, will cost 6.20 euros. Printed at 107.600 copies, they are available from March 25 on, including on the internet site of bpost.
Discover the world of Wiener Werkstätte... Newsletter 15/03/2013
Fri, 15 Mar 2013
Dear members,
We are pleased and have the privilege to present the catalogue"Wiener Werkstätte - The Illustrated Catalogue of Postcards".A superb book written and edited by Valery Kreposnov, a great collector of postcards. This work is published by the "Krepostnov Publishing House".
This book is inspired by the Wiener Werkstätte or Vienna Workshop, an artistic movement born in the early twentieth century. Culture and art are given a place of honor in our Newsletter!
On this occasion, you can browse our Postcards category dedicated to the Wiener Werkstätte.
Also participate in our special contest on this theme. Come and try your luck!
Finally, what do you think of this newsletter dedicated to art? Let us know in our new poll!
See you soon in our next newsletter... or on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe Team
DECOUVERTE "Wiener Werkstätte - The Illustrated catalogue of postcards"/
Discover the illustrated catalogue of the Wiener Werkstätte postcards. The catalogue has been edited by the "Krepostnov Publishing House". This is the first edition in both English and Russian.
The catalogue is devoted to the work of European artists and masters working together in the early twentieth century and united under the name "Vienna Workshop" (Wiener Werkstätte).
One of the strengths of this catalogue is to provide all the images of the Wiener Werkstätte's postcards, as well as the price of each card. The catalogue includes biographies of all the artists of the Wiener Werkstätte and their monogram as well as a detailed list of postcards, an index and various other sections.
Specialists such as Detlef Hilmer, Alexei Ladyzhensky, Marc Lefebvre, Marcus Weissenböck and many more have participated in the creation of this book.
Curious about this exhaustive work? The catalogue is available and sold in the Krepostnov Publishing House store on Delcampe. Do not hesitate to make a detour to contemplate all products from the Wiener Werkstätte.
The Wiener Werkstätte, or Vienna Workshop, was founded in 1903. Originated in the 'Sezessionsstil' (1897 Vienna Secession), this workshop consisted of artists such as painters and draughtsmen (Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Franz Bernhard Kuhn, Josef Karl Schwetz, ...) as well as architects and designers (Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, ...).
Unlike the Art Nouveau which was based on the aesthetics of curved lines, the Vienna Secession affirmed its difference through an aesthetic based on a geometric ideal. The purpose was to realize creations available for every one by reconciling crafts and major arts. Their work was part of the context of the turn of the century and the advent of modern art. The Wiener Werkstätte was devoted to the creation of high-quality products in order to enhance the simple items of everyday environment: architecture, furniture, ceramics, jewelry, fashion, goldsmith's work, woodwork, pottery, fine arts. Vienna workshops are easily recognizable by their double "W" logo.
One of the most emblematic works of the Wiener Werkstätte is the 'Stoclet Palace' in Brussels, considered as a "total work". This particular hotel commissioned by the Belgian banker Adolphe Stoclet has given the opportunity to the founders of the 'Wiener Werkstätte' to carry their idea from start to finish: everything, even the smallest detail, has been designed and built by them.
As soon as 1907, the Wiener Werkstätte began publishing a numbered series of postcards. This collection represents a total of nearly 1000 cards. Most of these cards were created to celebrate the traditional holidays like Christmas and Easter. The cards' topics have become more popular with humorous themes or the representation of tourists' popular attractions.
Find the whole world of the Wiener Werkstätte's postcards on Delcampe. Beautifully illustrated and coloured cards await you on our website..
For this exceptional contest, we offer you the opportunity to win the very beautiful postcard "Eingang in das untere Belvedere" illustrated by Franz B. Kuhn et Josef K. Schwetz in the spirit of the Wiener Werkstätte.
As always, your opinion is very important for us. It helps us to improve ourselves so as to always satisfy you. That is why we invite you to participate in our poll based on this specific newsletter. We would be happy to repeat the experiment with a new theme.
This week, discover an unusual collection by checking out our cultural section...
We invite you to express yourself in our new poll about the Delcampe Bonus Card.
We will also do a short technical recap about the management of password. In a few seconds, you will be able to modify your Delcampe password very easily.
POLL/ Delcampe Bonus CardIn order to always improve our services on Delcampe, we invite you to participate in our poll. If you know the Delcampe Bonus Card, it is important for us to have your opinion.
Here is a little reminder of the procedure to change your password. In order to modify it, you simply have to go to "My Delcampe" on "Account" and select "Contact details".
On the contact details page which contains all your information, you have 2 fields "Password". Erase the ****** and replace them by the password that you want. Repeat the operation in the field below to confirm. Don't forget to validate your change by clicking on the button "modify" at the bottom of the page.
You will then receive an email with a link that you have to click on. It will redirect you towards a Delcampe page where you will be invited to confirm your change.
CULTURE / When we speak of collection, we directly think about stamps, postcards or badges. But there exist however less traditional collections... Did you know that cameras are also very popular items among certain collectors?
Collections are always a pretext for small historical anecdotes...
Maybe you did not know it but on March 7, it was the birth anniversary of the father of photography, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Considered as a pioneer in this field, he made the very first picture of the history in 1826. The exposure reportedly lasted for more than 8 hours. Fortunately, the subjects on this picture were no physical persons patiently posing but well a wing of his property located in France.
The material used for this very first picture was composed of a tin plate covered with some sort of bitumen solidifying when exposed to light. Niépce used to call his process not photography, but heliography. His invention was to be perfected by Jacques Daguerre, whose first daguerreotypes (pictures at the time) were realized in 1837, a step ahead towards our current pictures.
The Delcampe website... faster! The Delcampe website... faster!
Tue, 5 Mar 2013
Dear members,
You cannot imagine to what extent your testimonies and enthusiasm make us happy!
As you were recently announced, we are currently working to improve our infrastructure to ensure the site a greater speed and high stability.
Last week, a crucial step was the intervention on our main database server, rendering it 2 to 3 times stronger. This is a very important progress.
With this improvement and the constant efforts to optimize the site, the difference, in terms of speed and stability of the site, is already quite visible in recent days. Many of you testify of this by email at info@delcampe.com and on theForum.
We do however not cry victory too soon. One or other server's "sickness of youth" is still possible, and we remain very vigilant.
The next important step will be the addition, improvement or replacement of other machines for the most used features of the site.
All these improvements will have a very positive impact in your purchases and sales of collectibles. We keep on working for you... and thank you for your patience and understanding!
In addition, we continue to expand the site's features that you request on the suggestions form.
See you very soon... on Delcampe.net !
... and his Team
Numismata Show, Pricewatch, Members Article,... Newsletter 27/02/2013
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
Dear members,
This week, we invite you to read about the improvements of the Delcampe website.
We will make a leap into the past through the "Members Article" which will take you to Antarctica at the end of the 19th century.
On the occasion of the New Year of the Chinese calendar, we will also make a small detour to Asia.
Discover as well ournew categories in philately and the new AIX-PHILA Shop Premium store.
Before closing the newsletter with ourPrice Watch, we are pleased to announce our presence at the Numismata Fair in Munich.
IMPROVEMENTS AND NOVELTIES ON THE WEBSITE /
In order to always offer you the best service, our team has been working on certain improvements and technical novelties expected by many of you:
How many people are "watching" your items?
To manage your sales, you could already see at any time the number of visits on each of your items. You now have the possibility to know as well the number of potential buyers who have added your items in their "watch list".
Export your sales and purchases
As a member of the Club+ Gold or Silver, you have the possibility to export the information on your bids or your sales in CSV format. This information includes all the data (price, date,...) on your sales and purchases. From now on, this export will also contain the contact details of your buyers or your sellers.
Feedbacks and new response time
As you know it, the maximum assessment to assign a feedback to another member is 2 months. Unfortunately, certain "ingenious" members sometimes wait the last minute to give their feedback, leaving their vis-à-vis no chance to reply. In order to allow all members to express themselves, we are extending the deadline of three days to respond to a feedback. Thus, you will automatically have at least three days to respond to a feedback, even beyond the two-month limit!
General parameters and ...settings of your store
To change your parameters concerning your account, your purchases and your sales, you had to go to "My Delcampe". For more clarity, we have split the general parameters of your accountand the settings of your storein two different pages.
MEMBERS ARTICLE / A little more than 115 years ago, was held a Belgian expedition that marked the history of polar exploration: it was the first wintering in Antarctica.
ADVERTISING /Aix-Phila-Shop is located in Kaarst, Germany. This company specializes in philately but also presents collector coins. They offer services such as estimation of collection or unique item as well as purchase and auction services.
CHANGES IN CATEGORIES / Some new subcategories have been developed in the category: "Stamps > America > Cuba" and "Stamps > Asia > Israel".
To enhance the visibility of their items, we advise sellers to move their lots to the most appropriate category.
EVENT-FAIR / We are pleased to announce our participation to the Numismata Show in Munich. This fair will be held from March 2 to 3, 2013.
It is with great pleasure that we will meet our members as well as new collectors eager to explore our website. Come and visit us, you can meet Sébastien and Miren at booth BOX E.
CULTURE /The New Year of the Chinese calendar. This year, we are entering the year of the snake! On February 10, the Asian world celebrated the Chinese New Year, in so doing bidding farewell to the year of the dragon. This animal cycle is based on Chinese astrology which associates each year to one of the 12 animals of the zodiac.
The New Year is a time of celebration beginning on the 1st day of the 1st month of the Chinese lunar year and ending with the Lanterns Festival, the 15th day of the month. This event is also called Spring Festival. As the calendar is lunisolar, the date of the Chinese New Year always falls between January 21 and February 20 in our Gregorian calendar.
The origin of this festival remains unclear. However, a popular legend tells of a monster called Nian, who attacked the Chinese villages devouring and destroying everything in its way. During one spring, the villagers hung red paper on their door and threw in a bamboo fire on his arrival. Surprised by the bright colours and the crackle of bamboo, the monster got frightened, fled and never returned. Since then, this day is celebrated every year. The word"Nian" has also become the Chinese word for "year".
Did you know it? The Chinese New Year is also a godsend for collectors. This event is the subject of stamps emissions and creations by several postal administrations. What constitutes a collection of thematic philately among fans. Why not take the opportunity to immerse yourself in the Asian theme?
Website shut down this friday 22/02 at 2PM (GMT+1) Website shut down this friday 22/02 at 2PM (GMT+1)
Fri, 22 Feb 2013
Dear members,
Following a significant issue on one of our servers, we have to shut down the website in order for our IT team to be able to quickly intervene. The website will be unavailable this afternoon from 2PM for a period of one hour. We apologize for any inconvenience encountered.
Kind regards,
The Delcampe Team
Website maintenance on this Wednesday 20/02 at 00:00 (GMT +1) Website maintenance on this Wednesday 20/02 at 00:00 (GMT +1)
Wed, 20 Feb 2013
Dear members,
We need toperform maintenanceon our serverson this Wednesday at 00:00 (Paris time).The site will beinaccessible forup to 2 hours maximum.
Ongoing saleswithofferswill be postponed.
Sincerely,
TheDelcampe team
Retrospective: Shows and Statistics, Maintenance,... Newsletter 13/02/2013
Wed, 13 Feb 2013
Dear members,
This week, we invite you to dive into the last and final part of our retrospective of the year 2012. Prepare your passport, you will be travelling thanks to our retrospective of the shows where we have come to meet you.
What would be a retrospective without figures? Discover the records of items sold and website statistics over the past year.
We are also pleased to announce our presence at the Stampex show in London.
See you very soon in our next newsletter... or on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe Team
MAINTENANCE / We inform you that maintenance of the website will be held during the night from February 20 to 21. The website will thus be inaccessible between 0:00 and 1:00AM (Paris Time, UTC/GMT +1:00).
Ongoing sales with bids will be postponed.
SHOWS 2012 / We have been bearing the Delcampe colors in all corners of the world! From France to Italy via Philadelphia, Delcampe was present.
There are hundreds of you that we have been able to meet. We have genuinely shared with one another our passions for philately, postcards, numismatics and others.
All over the world, we have seen the same enthusiasm, the same passionate faces of the members of the Delcampe Community.
We had also presented you with our Michel Catalogues contest. The lucky winner has won 4 new Michel Catalogues. Congratulations too! (Dec 19, 2012 to Jan 31, 2013)
EVENT-SHOW / We are pleased to announce our participation in the Spring Stampex 2013 show. This fair will be held from February 20 to 23 in London and is organized by the PTS (The Philatelic Traders Society).
There we are very pleased to meet our members as well as new collectors eager to discover our site. They will even have the opportunity to receive for free the new Delcampe postcard created especially for the occasion. There you will meet Sébastien, Miranda et Nick at stand 109. More information in our diary!
Miranda
Sébastien
Nick
See you soon in London!
Contests Retrospective 2012, King Leopold 1 Coin Contest, improvment of the speed Newsletter 01/02/2013
Fri, 1 Feb 2013
Dear members,
Delcampe continues to always favour its members. Also, in 2012, Delcampe has pleased you throughout the year! The contests that we have proposed have given you the opportunity to win magnificent items, either in philately or postcards, as well as in numismatics. Discover them in our . Congratulations to the winners!
Whether you are superstitious or not, 2013 will give you the opportunity to win new prizes. Quickly discover our contests. Good luck!
If you too wish to be part of the winners, we invite you to participate in our brand new contest :
NEW DELCAMPE CONTEST / As we begin this new year, we launch a new contest dedicated to numismatics, and Belgium is in the spotlight! You will have the opportunity to win a very beautiful 5 francs silver coin issued in Belgium in 1849, with the effigy of King Leopold 1 "laureate head".
IMPROVMENT OF THE SPEED / Some of our members have reported us, particularly via the forum, that they sometimes face slowness on the website, especially between 6pm and 8pm (Paris Time, UTC/GMT +1:00). Our team continues to work on it to ensure that the website remains enjoyable for all members.
Technical Retrospective 2012, New Auction Houses on Prestige, Survey Newsletter 17/01/2013
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
Dear members,
How to get off to a good start in 2013? Let us begin this new year with a technical retrospective! Discover or re-discover the site novelties and improvements that have marked the past year. A little reminder of what will certainly be helpful for you.
We are also pleased to present the catalogue of a new auction house which has joined us.
Want to express yourself? Your opinion matters to us, discover our new survey!
And finally, we conclude with a reminder of the rates for sellers and always help you with pleasure in case of loss of your password or if it does not work anymore.
See you very soon in our next newsletter... or on www.delcampe.net
Your Delcampe.net Team
RETROSPECTIVE /Click on the following links to re-discover the novelties on the website in 2012:
PRESTIGE/The family of Prestige auction houses continues to grow ... We are pleased to announce the arrival of German auction house VEUSKENS on Delcampe Prestige.
Active for 25 years, the Veuskens house is specialized in numismatics and philately. Its founder, Klaus Veuskens, comes from a family of merchants whose vocation goes back to more than 200 years of tradition. We invite you to discover the 80th catalogue which includes more than 77,000 lots from the world of Numismatics and Philately. Their latest catalogue is now available on Delcampe Prestige. Click here to submit your bids via Delcampe Prestige until February 2 (7PM - Paris Time)
SURVEY/ Remember, a few weeks ago we have improved the lower bids system. What do you think of it? Your opinion is important!
"SANE LISTINGS" PROJECT/ A few months ago, we had introduced you to the project. After a transition period, the first step is completely effective since January 1, 2013. Just a reminder, it consists in a 0.15EUR fee (or 0.10EUR for Club+ Gold members) for each item sold.
PASSWORD/Since early December, our emails containing passwords have been blocked by certain email account providers. A great deal of our members thus could not receive them. Good news! We have improved the system to circumvent the problem. So you can try again to retrieve your password.
December is here and with it the cold and the desire to keep warm and stay in front of our website which has dressed in its winter colours.
Take the opportunity to learn about our novelties as regards the lower bids system! Many of you have been asking us for these.
This week, discover our winner to the United States Postcard contest, and participate in the new contest launched in partnership with Michel catalogues.
We also announce with great joy that we have joined the APHV association (Association of the Philately Professionals in Germany).
Finally, in this holiday season we honour our "Christmas and New Year" categories, we invite you to send your wishes with virtual Delcampe cards, and we give you some tips to put on sale in our "Did you know it?" section.
We are very pleased to introduce the novelties as regards the lower bids system:
Propose a counter-offer for lower group bids
Until now, a seller who received a lower group bid could either accept it, or reject it.
From now on, the seller can propose a counter-offer on a group bid, of an intermediary amount between the current price and the price proposed by the buyer.
Define a percentage of acceptance of the lower bids
Formerly, a seller could ask to receive or not the messages concerning the lower bids received.
From now on, the seller can also define parameters of acceptance of the offers.
The seller will have the choice between:
- Not receiving lower bids proposals
- Accepting to receive them with a defined percentage and from a defined number of weeks
- Automatically accepting the lower bids with a percentage defined under the current price. This automatic acceptance will not be immediate, in order for the buyer not to know that this is an automatic mechanism (which he could then repeat on each proposal!).
Before, a refused lower bid could be accepted later, as long as the buyer had not withdrawn his/ her lower bid or as long as the sale had not been closed. This could sometimes lead to complaints from buyers who no longer wished to purchase the item given the time elapsed.
From now on, a refused lower bid can no longer be accepted.
A lower bid is only valid for 30 days
Before, a lower bid was valid for as long as the sale was pending.
From now on, a lower bid is valid for 30 days. After this period, the bid is deleted and the seller is notified by email.
The advantages for buyers
The advantages for sellers
In case of automatic acceptance, you will no longer have to wait for the seller's response
Lower bids management is facilitated and automated
A refused lower bid can no longer be accepted, even after a considerable period
Re-galvanizes the sales and allows for a wider rotation of the items put on sale
Possibility to respond to an offer by another offer
Possibility to configure the lower bids acceptance parameters
Lower bids management is facilitated and automated
THE DELCAMPE GREETINGS CARDS/
Once again this year, we offer you this gift for the holidays... And we have created a new set of cards!
For Christmas and the New Year, you can send your greetings to your friends, whether you are a member of the site or not, via Delcampe!
By simply checking a box, you can even send your greetings to all the sellers or buyers that you have positively rated in 2012, without having to establish a list of their email addresses! We will do it for you.
If you use the automated way, the wishes will be put in the Delcampe messaging service and not sent by email, in order to avoid obstruction in the emails boxes. However, if you send individually specifying the nicknames or email addresses, your wishes will be well sent by email, a way to stand out!
To send your cards now, click here and let us guide you... It is simple, fast, and you will please your surroundings!
It is with great pleasure that we reveal to you the lucky winner of our contest launched in October. He won a beautiful postcard of the United States on the topic "Railway".
For more than 100 years, MICHEL catalogues have been known as "The Bible of the collector" in Germany. They provide information on all the important data concerning stamps, postal stationeries and coins. The program of the MICHEL catalogues includes over 75 simple and specialized catalogues printed for the regions of Germany, Europe and overseas.
Participate in our special issue contest and win 4 new splendid Michel Catalogues: "Valuable Stamps of the World" (Vol. 2), "Gulf States 2013", "Germany Specialized 2007 (Vol.1)" and "Germany Specialized 2009 (Vol. 2)" worth more than 250 EUR!
ASSOCIATION: APHV/ Bundesverband des Deutschen Briefmarkenhandels
We are very pleased to announce that Delcampe.net has been welcomed since 12/01/2012 within the prestigious APHV association, the Association of the Philately Professionals, in Germany.
The "Bundesverband des Deutschen Briefmarkenhandels" is a professional organization serving philately since 1949. It dedicates itself to promoting integrity, honesty and reliability in philately.
We are already members of several other prestigious associations, and our integration to this organization is an honor for us. This shows the good reputation of our website and the quality of its service.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CATEGORIES/
The holiday season is coming and with it begins the search for gifts for our loved ones or people who are dear to us.
Discover our "Christmas and new Year" categories that we highlight this week.
This topic is sought for both within stamps and postcards.
We invite you to discover this exciting collection which contains thousands of items all as much surprising as they are touching:
DID YOU KNOW IT? ... Give maximum visibility to your sales
We regularly receive requests from members who want to sell items in order to then complete their own collections.
It seems important to give you some tips and tricks to give maximum visibility to your lots.
Title: give relevant information on your item; for a stamp, for instance, the country, the number(s) in the catalogue, its condition and one or two keywords directly related to the item (example : France - 377/77A ** Charcot explorer). Many buyers do their research by keywords to find what they are looking for. Providing accurate pieces of information allows for precise researches.
Description: it may be useful to provide additional information that will induce the buyer to bid: the year of issue, the quoted value, the drawing, or any other useful detail concerning the item.
Picture: very important and contractual, it must be as much precise as possible in order to give a good overview of the item for sale. A blurred image on which the item does not appear in its entirety does not attract anyone and can give a false indication of the quality.
(Paying) options of notice of sale proposed by the site: they can also provide excellent visibility to your sale; be it the "list header" option, the "red frame", the "colored back",... These options can catch the eye of members who are wandering through the categories. (To be used with moderation for your budget )
We now invite you to try these few tips which, we have no doubt about it, will enhance the visibility of your items and bring a greater comfort to your buyers.
Website maintenance on this Monday 10/12 at 11PM (GMT +1) Website maintenance on this Monday 10/12 at 11PM (GMT +1)
Mon, 10 Dec 2012
Dear members,
We need toperform maintenanceon our serverson this Monday at 11 pm (Paris time).The site will beinaccessible forup to 3 hours maximum.
This week,we open our new suggestions box and organize a new contestfor the holiday season.
We continue to help our members who are experiencing difficulties to get their new password.
We also present to you three new Auction Houses on Delcampe Prestige.
For our History buffs, we take you tothe heart ofEgypttoward an encounter with Tutankhamen's tomband itssecrets.
Finally, weconclude withthe announcement of theNumiphil fair inAustria and with our monthly Pricewatch selection.
TheNew Year celebrationsare approaching andon this occasion,we invite you toparticipate in our contest.Participateand win amagnificent varietyofChristmas stampsissued by GreatBritainin 1967,worthmore than 200Euro!
It has been 90 years sinceBritish archaeologist HowardCarter, financially supported by LordCarnarvon, madethe historic and official discovery ofPharaohTutankhamen's funeral chamberand the treasures that itconcealed.It took themmore than 5years of excavationsto discover the firststone of the young pharaoh's tomb. This eventremains as one of themost spectacularin the whole historyof archeology.Morethan 5000 itemsof rare beautywere brought to the surface. Althoughhe was almost unknownaspharaohafterhis short reign(of about ten years), the young Tutankhamen,sonof Akhenaten andNefertiti,reallyentered in the history books only after thediscovery ofhis tomb onNovember 29, 1922. Indeed,outsideof this place, very fewitemsbearing his namewere to be foundto attesthis presenceas a pharaoh. Hehardlydistinguished himselfas a greatmonarchand it is likely dueto this lack of celebrity that his tombremaineduntouchedby looters.
Just like thefamous archaeologistof the time, we invite you to plunge yourself intothe memories andtreasuresof Egyptthroughour categoriesdedicated to thissubject!
In twoweeks, the Association of Austrian Stamps and Coins (ÖBMHV)will be pleasedto welcome you attheNumiphil Fair2012 in Vienna(Austria).
The Numiphil Fair 2012, which will take place from December 7th to 8th, will bring together more than 70 national and international stamps and coins dealers.
We sometimes readon theforumor in theemailsthe testimony ofmemberswho are concerned aboutthe website and itstechnical situation.
We understand them because it is truethat at certain times, the site may becomeslower andepisodicallyoneor another ofits functions arehardly accessible.
These temporary difficultiesare mainly due totwo important factors:
Compared tothe same period in2011, thetraffic on the websitehasincreased by more than75% (in viewed pages).
Our programmers areconstantly improvingsoftwares necessary for the properoperation of the site. In addition to addingnew features, their taskisto updateold programsorimprove them.This work, conductedbackstage of thesite,sometimes induces atemporary unwanted consequence.
In order torender the websitemoreand more pleasantforall of you, we continue todedicate ourselves toits stability,speed,security and its functionalities.
SinceSeptember,two programmersalreadyhave strengthenedour team,and threemore are expectedin the coming months. In addition,we have invested innew serversthat willfurther enhanceour reception capacityand make the sitefaster.Mostof these machines arestill to be installed,but there will bevisible changes inthe coming weeks.Of course, wewill take careto inform you ofanymaintenance periodsthat will be neededtoput them into service*.
Good newsalso, transactions on the siteare increasing andthe recent decisionswe havetaken in order to improvethe quality of the salesare already havinga more and more visible positive impact.
We work every day toenhance your enjoymentofthe site.
Sincerely,
... and its Team
* The first occurring thenight from Tuesday toWednesday of thisweek,from 11PM to 3AM (Brussels time),forthe establishmentofnew hard driveson themain database.
Difficulties with the change in your password?
Sat, 24 Nov 2012
Procedure to follow if you encounter difficulties with your Delcampe password.
Dear members,
Some of you are encountering difficulties regarding the reception of their new password.
Those difficulties are often related to the anti-spam filter of your email inbox.
Before contacting our customer service department, please try again this procedure :
1. Go to the page "My Delcampe > Lost password?" (or click here). Enter your nickname and click on the button "Send my password to my email address".
2. Wait 5 minutes and check in your received emails (in the inbox linked to your nickname).
3. If the email is not there, check you Spam folder (junk mail folder) of your inbox. Note that if there is an online version, you should use it instead of your e-mail programme (Outlook, etc).
4. If the email is not there, please try again those different points.
As a last resort, contact our customer service department through "Help & Contact > Contact Delcampe" (or click here). They will help you the best they can, but you might have to wait several hours or day. This unintentional delay is due to the significant number of requests that we receive for the moment. This is the reason why, as far as possible, we ask you to try the procedure explained here above before contacting us. It will be faster, for you, for us and for the other members.
Kind regards
Your Delcampe Team
PS: Once you have received your password, you can change it so it is easier for you to remember it through the page "My Delcampe > Contact Details" (or by click here)
Password Modification
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
Dear members,
We announcedto you earlierthis week thatemail addressesof our membershad been obtainedby malicious people. Theywere then able tosend Delcampe-signed emailstomany of you.(More information)
Itis currentlyimpossible for us to knowhow many of youhave received theseemails.There is no evidenceat this timeeitherthat these stolen pieces of informationcome directly fromour websiteor thatthere wasa security problem. However, we must be proactivefor our membersand ensure your safetywhen apossible risk arises.
So we have decidedto reset all the passwordsof all our members.
In the next fewhours, youwill receive an emailinforming you of the modification of yourpassword. You will then have to follow the following steps in order to be able to log in again:
1. Retrieve your password via the page My Delcampe > Lost Password. There youjust enteryour nickname,click on thebutton, and yournew passwordwill be sent immediatelyto the email addressofyour account.
3. If you are using your Delcampe password on other websites, we recommend as a precautionary measure that you modify it too. In general, it isin any caseadvisable, forthe security of youraccounts, toregularly changeyour passwordson all sitesand to usedifferent passwordsfor each site.
We are sorrythat this proceduremust be imposed, but we need to ensureyour safetywhen apossible riskarises.
If you needany help,youcan contact oursupport teamviathe contact form.
Sincerely,
Your Delcampe Team
E-mails not originating from the Delcampe site
Mon, 19 Nov 2012
Dear members,
Hundredsof peoplehave received an e-mailpretendingto be originating fromDelcampe.
Thise-mail lookslike this:
For safety reasons,pleasedo notfollow the linkthat generally leadsto an online pharmaceutical serviceprobablyillegal.
Contrary to appearances,this e-mail doesnot come fromourservicesand is sentfromvarious placesin the world.
We are currently researchinghow thesepeoplewere able to getthe addresses ofhundreds of ourmembers.
Ourdatabases areof course secure; andfor the momentthere is no indicationoffailureat this level.Nevertheless, we are keeping on with all the verifications.
To the extent possible, we always recommend that youregularly changeyour passwordvia "MyDelcampe>Contact details".
Kind regards
The Delcampe.net Team
PS:Although this is notthe case with thisparticular email - because itdoes not requireyour Delcampe's contact details -, always pay attentiontophishing. More information on Wikipedia.
With the aim of always improving their services on Delcampe, Skrill is holding a survey. If you are a Skrill user, it is important that you give your opinion. Moreover, your participation might give you the chance to win an Amazon WIFI Kindle worth 184.26€. (Participation rules)
Gary Kimovitch Kasparov wrote a new page in the history books in November 1985 after his victory against the former World Chess Champion of the time: Anatoli Karpov.
Born April 13, 1963, in Baku (Soviet Union), he started learning chess with his father at the age of 5.
Keeping on training within the Young Pioneer Palaces chess circle in Baku, he was to reach the rank of third class player. Very hardworking and gifted with an extraordinary memory, he was only aged 13 when he won for the first time the Soviet Junior Championship against opponents older than him, genuinely marking the beginning of his ascent in the chess world.
Kasparov, very active and aggressive in his play, would defeat his opponent Karpov on November 9, 1985. The two legendary opponents in the chess world were nonetheless great friends in their everyday life.
In 2005, Gary Kasparov renounced to recover his World Champion title after losing it to Kramnik in 2000, arguing he had nothing more to prove to the world in the field of chess. He then decided to focus on politics.
CATEGORIES/ In order to facilitate your listings and your researches, we have developed several categories.
We invite you to take a look at them by clicking on the following links!
DELCAMPE CONTEST/We are happy to let you know who won the contest we launched in August. This member has won a very nice Indian Head gold piece from 1908.
And the winner is our member Mivabra. Congratulations to him!
THEMATIC COLLECTION: SPACE/First flight of the Space shuttle (12/08/77)
Until the beginning of the 70s, the launch systems were not reusable: most of the different pieces which made them up would fall towards the Earth or into the ocean waters just after having propelled the payload (satellite, space probe, manned spacecraft) in its orbit. In order to reduce the costs related to the launch of the shuttle, the United Stated planed to use reusable rockets and create the "Space Shuttle".
Do you know the "Enterprise" ?
No, it has nothing to do with the "Star Trek" spaceship! It is actually the first US space shuttle which flew on its own for the first time on August, 12th 1977. The shuttle was mounted on a 747 airplane, went flying for 5 minutes and then landed at Edwards Air Force Base.
Four years later, after numerous tests and developments, the Space Shuttle "Columbia" was launched, followed by 130 space shuttle missions.
Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to discover our space categories!
DID YOU KNOW IT? ... The link "All the items from the subcategories"
When you are in a category, you have the possibility, in just one click, to see all the items that belong to the subcategories. You just need to click on "See all the items from these subcategories".
You can also do this in a seller's store: the same link is also found there.
We introduce you some of the most beautiful and most interesting
items that have been recelty sold on the Delcampe website !
Saxony : 3pf red 1850 used with certificate Sold at 1350 EUR
France : "Ballon Monté" 12 December 1870 hot air ballon mail from Paris
Sold at 760 EUR
Estonia : 5 Marka pair airmail overprinted 20 Marka 1923 MLH
Sold at 510 EUR
France : Postcard with dogcarts in Charleville-Mézières 1906
Sold at 600 EUR
France : France 20 francs 1830 "Louis Philippe" gold coin
This is a long-awaited novelty that we are offering you today!
As part of the project "Sane listings", we promised to take measures and also to bring new things to our system to improve the user experience of our buyers.
This is an important step of this project: the "Black List" for buyers
What is the reality for buyers? When you want to buy on the website, you usually browse through the same categories and most of the time you do the same search. Sometimes, there are some sellers who only sell items which do not interest you. And, let us acknowledge that this can last on several pages. You may be smiling now thinking "yes, this has happened to me already .... It would be great if I could do something about it!"
What is the solution? To have the possibility to choose whether you want to hide the listings of certain sellers or not. It is now possible to do so thanks this novelty! On the listings, use the icon that you see on each item and choose "This seller: hide his/her items from my lists". Or just click on the icon next to this seller's nickname. And that's it!
In the event that you made a mistake, or you want to change your mind, you can manage your "Black List" by going to My Delcampe > Buy > Delcampe Marketplace > My Blacklist. Sellers will be made aware of the number of buyers that do not want to see their items and the reason why (buyers will obviously remain anonymous!).
The National Philatelic Exhibition, which will take place from 19th to 20th October, will gather over 40 dealers of stamps, postal history and postcards. From the 20th October will be held the 94th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain: the opportunity for collectors to meet, discuss and share their passion. We encourage you to discover more information on those events by checking our agenda.
If you are a professional dealer and you want to open a store on Delcampe Premium, click here!
CONTEST/
Take part in the new contest and win this wonderful postcard representing a US locomotive worth over 150 EUR! (Contest available from Mon, 1st Oct 2012 to Fri, 30th Nov 2012)
To improve even more the user-friendliness on our website , we are constantly improving the categories on our website.
This time we have the pleasure to announce you the development of the following categories:
We encourage you to discover them by clicking on the above links!
[D*] Novelty, Delcampe Contest, Global Philatelic Library Website and the Quizz
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
Dear members,
Here is the program of our newsletter with a very usefulnovelty for sellers and also buyers when you are in a list of items.
We will also let you know who is the winner of our contest launched in June and we will share with you a new website to do philatelic research.
And just for the fun of it, we have created a special quizz only for collectors!
And finally, we encourage you to discover our new section "Pricewatch" which displays a very nice selection of items sold on the website.
NOVELTY/ In order to make the site even more user-friendly, some actions on an item are now directly accessible on the list of items. Indeed, by clicking on this small icon , a small box will open and will enable you to :
If you are a buyer:
buy or bid, add an item to your cart, add items to your watching list, add sellers to your favourites, refer to a friend, report this item to our Customer service
If you are a seller:
modify or close, sell a similar item
We are convinced that this new functionality will help you a lot when using the website!
DELCAMPE CONTEST/ We are happy to let you know who won the contest we launched in June. This member has won some remarkable "Orval" souvenir sheets from 1942.
And the winner is .... member Marlborocollector. Congratulations to him!
GLOBAL PHILATELIC LIBRARY WEBSITE/The Royal Philatelic Society London, the National Postal Museum /Smithsonian Libraries (Washington, DC) and the American Philatelic Research Library (Belleftonte, PA) clasped hands and launched the Global Philatelic Library Website.
The website is a joint index of philatelic literature and gives philatelists all over the world the possibility to search listings of books and publications. This website will prove to be an invaluable tool for anyone looking to do philatelic research.
QUIZZ/ Guess which collections are behind those strange names!
On this website, you will only find fixed price items, with a minimum price of 25 EUR (30 USD, 20 GBP, 30 CAD, 30 CHF), listed by professional dealers who haveaccepted the Delcampe PremiumEthics Charter. This Charter offers you strict guarantees regarding the quality of the items and the transactions. Click here to read it
The advantages
for buyers
Delcampe Premium offers you all the advantages of buying on Delcampe Marketplace
This site is reserved for the best professional stores
Only fixed price sales with a minimum price of 25 EUR/20 GBP/30 USD/30 CAD/30 CHF
It offers you a unique visibility for your sales. Your sales are displayed on Delcampe Marketplace and on Delcampe Premium in a store which reflects you.
The management of the items is easy and automated. You put your items on sale on Delcampe Marketplace, and all the items which meet the Premium requirements are automatically available on Premium.
The Premium Stores
Discover the list of stores already available on Delcampe Premium :
Professional associations are also included in Delcampe Premium. Indeed, sellers have the possibility to mention if they belong to any associations. And each association will have its own introduction page on Delcampe Premium.
On a regular base, we establish partnerships with associations. If you are in charge of one of them, feel free to contact us.
For additional information on Delcampe Premium,
feel free to read the Online help, or to contact us.
THE SHOPPING CART / NOVELTY!
Here is a new way of purchasing items at fixed price, this important innovation for buyers is offered to you at the same time as Delcampe Premium !
For your fixed price purchases, you now have a new possibility : « Add to cart ». This allows you to search for your favorite items, to set aside the items that interest you and finally, to validate the entire of your shopping or only part of it!
How does it work?
1°) You have found an item at fixed price which interests you.
2°) Click on the new option "Add to cart" to set it aside.
The icon at the top right of the sales page informs you about the number of items you have added to your shopping cart. At any time, you can click on this icon to see how many items you have set aside. The items are classified per store.
3°) At the end of your searches, click on the cart icon . You'll then be able to validate the entire of your cart or only a part of it.
For more information on the use of the cart, you can read the Online help.
The advantages ?
It is more convenient to select your items
It is a better management of your purchases per store
It is a clear and efficient system to make purchases at fixed price!
CHANGE IN THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS /
Due to the launch of Delcampe Premium, we have updated our Charter especially regarding the withdrawal period for a item bought to a professional dealer. This period has been increased from 7 to 14 days. For more information, check the Delcampe Terms and Conditions.
Novelty, Shows Agenda, Modelling, Prestige and modifications on categories
Tue, 11 Sep 2012
Dear members,
Here's the programme of this newsletter: we invite you to discover a novelty we brought to our project "Sane listings" : the Price Slider !
We then inform you about the setting up of an increased level of security in the contacts made between members on the website.
We also announce you, that this month, we'll have a stand at two shows and we invite you to discover two new stores. The first one offers you the possibility to buy the Delcampe.net"Märklin" trains and the second one is a new numismatics store.
We also invite you to discover the catalogue from the Prestigious Auction House Heinrich Köhler, on Delcampe Prestige.
Finally, we end this introduction with the modifications of some philatelic categories and with our useful "Did you know it?".
Have a good time reading this newsletter and see you soon... on Delcampe.net !
Your Delcampe Team
NOVELTY/ As part of our project "Sane listings", we promise you a whole serie of new things and measures allowing buyers to browse the website more easily than before which will enable sellers to become more successful.
Today, we bring you something new: the "Price Slider". You'll find it in the top right of all listings. What is it aimed at? In one click you could determine the minimum price of the items you want to see.
For example, if you are not interested in items under 5 EUR, put the Price Slider on 5 and all the items under this amount will disappear from your list. It is very handy... and it's that easy!
Note: you can also determine a minimum amount and/or a maximum amount in the section Preferences (left column of the listing). By doing this, you could also, for example, choose to see only the items for which the price is below 10 EUR !
SECURITY/ Lately, we have noticed that the following type of swindle has been increasingly used:
1° A member buys an item at an expensive price from member "john2006".
2° The swindler, spots this purchase in the lists, and from the end of the sale he creates an account "John_2006" which looks a lot like the nickname of the real seller.
3° He then contacts the buyer through our website (since he doesn't have the buyer's email address) and asks for the payment of the item.
4° The buyer, who believes he has received the information from his seller, will thus pay the swindler .... and never will he receive the item he bought!
This type of swindle is obviously really dangerous and some people have already been the victims of it... This is the reason why we have decided to actively fight against this swindle, without delay. For your peace of mind, we have secured the system of contact between members. From now on, you should either be a verified member, or either have had at least one transaction with a member to be able to contact him/her through the messaging system.
For members interested by an item, you still have the possibility to ask a question on the sale, through the form "Ask a question" that you can find at the bottom of the description page.
This can be done whether you have been verified or not.
SHOWS AGENDA/ We are happy to announce you our participation to the philatelic show "Stampex". This show will take place from the 26th until the 29th of September in London.
We will be really happy to not only meet our members but also numerous collectors eager to discover our website. They will also have the possibility to receive for free the new Delcampe postcard that we have specially created for this event. Sebastian and Miranda will be happy to meet you at Stand #36.
More information on this show in our agenda!
Our numerous notaphilists will also have the opportunity to meet us at the numismatic show "Paper Money Fair - Maastricht", which will be held during the same week-end, from Saturday, 29th until Sunday 30th in Valkenburg in the Netherlands.
This show is the most important event for notaphilistsin Europe. Evelyne and Dimitri will be happy to meet you there at stand J4-5, near the cafeteria.
More information in our agenda!
MODELLING/ We have the pleasure to present you the first "Märklin" train with the Delcampe colours. You can buy it exclusively in the "Jocadis" store on the Delcampe website. The Jocadis company was founded in 1978 and is situated in Enghien, a small village 35 km from Brussels, Belgium.
The company sells all brands of trains and accessories. As of today they are also the only ones selling this train with the website colours.
There are 398 copies available of this train. 100 only are being sold through this action... so wait no longer and buy yours!
PUBLICITY / "Comptoir des Monnaies" is a French company created in 1977. With 35 years of experience, 5 Numismatics offices and an experienced and passionate team this company belongs to the top of the French Numismatics scene. On the Delcampe website, "Comptoir des Monnaies" offers a selection of more than 12,000 coins and banknotes, from Ancient history to today and from all countries.
PRESTIGE/ We are happy to announce you the coming of the Prestigious German Auction House Heinrich Köhler on Delcampe Prestige. Active since 1913, their prestigious sales are an internationally recognized philatelic reference.
It is thus with a tremendous pleasure that we invite you to discover on Delcampe Prestige their 350th catalogue which gathers more than 4,000 items..
CHANGE IN THE CATEGORIES/New sub-categories have been added to the category "Stamps> Oceania > New Zealand".
In order to provide a better visibility to their items, we encourage sellers to move their items to the most appropriate category.
DID YOU KNOW IT? ... How to find back your password?
You forgot your Delcampe account password and you have no longer access to the website?
In order to get your password back, you just need to go to "My Delcampe > Lost password ?" and add your Delcampe nickname.
You'll then receive an email with your nickname and password.
Next to each "Password" field on the website, you'll find the link "Lost?" which will redirect you to the page "Lost password ?".
PS : If you have forgotten your username, in this case, you would only need to add the email address linked to your account.
Improvements on the website, Delcampe Contest, Categories Newsletter 29/08/2012
Wed, 29 Aug 2012
Dear members,
In order to always improve the features offered on our website, we encourage you to discover two improvements : the change in the time period for the feedbacks and the mediation center and also the automatic refresh of the list of current bids on an auction.
We also have a brand new Delcampe Contest for you to take part in. Through this contest you can win a superb 5 dollar gold coin, with an estimated value of more than 700$ !
We end our newsletter with some information on category changes and our tip of the day about the setting of your parameters in the list of items!
Happy reading!
Your Delcampe Team
FROM SEPTEMBER, 4th!
CHANGE IN THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE FEEDBACKS AND THE MEDIATION CENTER / When you have a difficulty with a transaction, we encourage you to use our mediation center (My Delcampe > Account > open a dispute) in order to find a solution to this issue.
We have made a long-awaited improvement on the following two systems: the mediation center and the feedback system.
Previously, the time period to open a dispute was within 60 days after the sale has ended. But, the feedbacks could be left for a period of 90 days.
As a consequence, a feedback left after 60 days could not be disputed in the mediation center.
From September 4th, the time period to open a dispute will be extended to 90 days and the one to give a feedback will be reduced to 60 days.
Accordingly, the declarations of unpaid items will now have to be introduced by the sellers within 60 days.
We are aware that other improvements should be made to the mediation center, this is only the beginning.
A NICE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BUYERS / Previously, when a bid was made on an auction within the last minutes before its closure; members, watching it, had to manually refresh the page in order to update the list of running bids.
If members forgot about the refresh they could miss a sale because they would not notice that new bids had been made. Since we are aware of this, we have improved this system.
From now on, in the last minute of sale, the list of bids get updated regularly and automatically.
DELCAMPE CONTEST/ Participate in our new contest and win a superb "Indian Head" gold piece, one of the most popular coins in the United Sates' history.
CATEGORIES CHANGES / The subcategory "Stamps > Europe > Great Britain" was reorganised and now includes decades and the subdivisions "Used stamps", "Unused stamps", "Covers and Documents" , "Unclassified". This should improve the user-friendliness of these categories.
Buyers... Do you know how you can only see new sales in a list of items?
You can set the parameters of your list of items in the categories to only see new sales.
In order to do this, you should go to a category (or you should do a search), in the table "Preferences" (on the top right of the list), choose « New since x day(s) ».
Then, click on "Register my choices".
Please pay attention to this : if you tick the box "Check this box to use these parameters for all lists", those parameters will be saved and applied during your next visits, until you save other parameters.
Softening of the new fee changes
Thu, 23 Aug 2012
Softening of the fee changes
Dear Delcampe Seller,
You have received or you will receive in the hours that follow an e-mail announcing our fee changes, as a part of our project "Sane Listings".
The decisions we took are important both for you and for us. They aim to improve the global quality of the items put up for sale on the website and to give us the financial means to continue to provide you with a quality service.
These new measures need to be applied as of September1st.
However, as a result of your messages by e-mail and in our poll, we understand that 10 days is not enough time for a lot of our sellers who sometimes possess thousands of items. These are mainly sellers of items of modest financial value. Listening to you and respecting your opinion and remarks is a value we hold dear. This is why we have decided to soften the measures we recently announced.
Here are thus the changes in 3 points:
1) The measure will be applied as of September 1st 2012,
but it will only apply to items put up for sale starting from this date.
(We are talking about putting up for sale, not renewing already existing sales)
2) All of the items which are currently on the website and the items which are put on the website
before September 1st will not be subject to the fixed price charge per item sold.
3) Starting from January 1st 2013 all of the items present on the website
will be subject to the fixed price charge.
This thus gives sellers a 4 months window in which they can change their selling strategy in view of the new measures.
This way we think we answer your demands for extending the deadline and softening the measures, all the while maintaining an essential financial income, which is needed for the functioning of the website.
For 12 years the Delcampe website has been created for collectors. The « small » items deserve the same place on our website as the « big » ones. However, we need to face more and more volume of these small items which costs us a lot of money and server capacity.
Furthermore, our member's demands increasingly go in the direction of such measures. We took these measures today because it is a necessity and we want them to be favorable to all, no matter what you collect.
Our website remains cheaper and more profitable than other websites. Moreover, we are not introducing listing fees and the advantages for which you need to pay on these other websites remain free on ours. As long as you do not sell anything, you do not need to pay us anything. We are keeping true to this philosophy.
The additional financial means will be invested in our services: the essential purchase of faster servers, improvement of website features, more advertizing on and off the internet, a higher quality help section, etc. We all have to gain here; a better website and more buyers.
Should you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at info@delcampe.com.
Thank you for the trust you place in us.
Best regards,
... and his Team
Our project "Sane listings" - Fee changes
Tue, 21 Aug 2012
Dear Members,
Every day in between 100.000 and 150.000 new collectibles are offered onDelcampe.
In this diversity we can find modest items as well as rare and invaluable objects. The other side of the coin: items for which there is a great interest find themselves hidden in the middle of all the less rare and attractive items. As a consequence of this, increasingly more members are asking us to improve the global quality of the items proposed on the website.
We understand this legitimate request. We find it very important that our members appreciate our website and that they feel well on it. It is for this reason that we try to improve the website every day.
To meet this justified need, we have decided to undertake a big project with you on the whole of the website: “Sane Listings”. This project aims to improve the global quality of available items and will happen in several phases spread over a total of two years.
Presentation of the Project: "Sane listings"
First stage: Fixed fee charged to the seller for each item sold
Today, we announce the first stage to you which will start September 1st.
Its objective is to limit the sale of items of too little value or for which there is too little interest. We are aware that these items can bring happiness to many collectors, but there are too many of them in the categories. This burdens our servers, makes searches slower and makes browsing of the website tiresome at times for buyers.
As a first step we will charge sellers a fixed fee of 0,15 EUR (0,18 USD/ 0,12 GBP/ 0,18 CHF/ 0,18 CAD) for each sold item.
These are of course not insertion fees. Putting up for sale will remain free of charge for members, a fee will only be charged for sold items.
This fixed rate will be calculated once a month, like our commission fee (which remains unchanged). Our last change of rates dates back to more than 4 years ago.These additional means will be used to improve the quality of the whole of the website (new features, more advertizing for the website, better services, etc.)
Of course, items of lesser value still have a place on our website, since we are a website for collectors and we are aware that these items bring hapiness to some of them. However, we advise sellers of these items to group them into batches. Our team remains at your disposal for advice or help (especially concerning your low value items).
Club+ Goldadvantages
Our Club+ Gold members will only need to pay a fixed fee of 0,10 EUR (0,12 USD/ 0,08 GBP/ 0,12 CHF/ 0,12 CAD).
Thanks to this reduction Club+ Gold members will start to break-even at little less than one hundred sold items per month
In principle, this first stage will be the only stage of the project which has an obligatory financial aspect.
In time, when several stages will have been put in work, it will be much more pleasant for buyers to browse through the website in search of news items for their collection. In turn, the sellers will appreciate the fact that their sales are better respresented and thus more attractive.
We are also aware that this change will have an impact on our statistics related to the number of items (on sale, sold monthly, etc.). However, we know that this will improve your daily experience on our website and this is what matters most to us.
Future stages... Express your opinion! This first stage will of course not be sufficient to improve the quality of the listings. This is why we have other ideas in store for the future. Some ideas which are under consideration for future stages of this project are the following:
the possibility for a buyer to exclude the sales of a certain seller in a listing,
automatic closure of sales which have not received any visits for a certain period of time,
an automatic price reduction for items fulfilling certain conditions,
the insertion of at least one picture,
changing unsold auctions to fixed price sales,
etc.
As you can see, there are many ideas for the future of this project. However, we find it very important to have input from our members. This is why we started a new poll. In it you can express your ideas for improving the quality of items offered on the website. We'd like to hear everyone's opinion: both sellers and buyers. Help us by commenting our ideas or by proposing your own.
The World's Money Fair, The Delcampe Contest and the Scout Movement Newsletter 25/07/2012
Wed, 25 Jul 2012
Dear members,
In this week's newsletter we highlight our American coins and banknotes categories.
Our contest, with as a prize a magnificent « 50 francs Merson banknote », has come to its end and you will finally know who the lucky winner is !
This month we also celebrate the anniversary of the Scout Movement, so we'd like to share some of its history with you.
We end this week's newsletter with our trusty « Did you know it? » section. We'll explain you how you can promote a collectioning event through our website.
NUMISMATICS CATEGORIES / In honour of our participation in the « World’s Fair of Money », which is being held in Philadelphia (USA) from the 7th of August till the 11th of August we would like to bring forward our « American coins » and « American banknotes » categories.
SCOUTING COLLECTION /« ...the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. »
This was one of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's beliefs (22 février 1857 - 8 janvier 1941), the man who created the first scouting camp on the 29th of July 1907 on the island Brownsea.
Robert Baden-Powell, a former lieutenant-general in the British army, devoted himself entirely to the scout movement, which in the course of time has spread throughout the world. Through it he wished to teach solidarity, mutual help and respect. Each young person can use the movement to build a personality and develop themselves physically, mentally and spiritually, so they can become an active citizen in their society.
Today the various scouting associations around the world have a total of more than 38 million members and this spread over 217 countries and territories.
Numerous items related to scouting are/were produced (stamps, badges, magazines, books, novels, scarfs, uniforms, postcards, posters, drawings, photos, medals, etc...) and these are collected by people all over the world. Some of these items can be found on the website.
Are you organizing a fair, show or another event related to collections? Do you wish to advertise this event on the Delcampe website?
We offer you the possibility to announce your event as a sponsored event in the Delcampe Events Diary to the whole of the Delcampe Community and this completly free of charge.
World's Money Fair, the Tour de France and our Flea-markets agendas Newsletter from 11/07/2012
Wed, 11 Jul 2012
Dear members,
This week, we are happy to announce you our presence to the numismatic show "World’s Fair of Money".
This month we couldn't miss the mythic Tour de France !
We encourage you then to have a look at our diary and see if there are any flea markets next to you.
Finally, our section « Did you know it ? » will give you some good tips on how to update your browser in order to enjoy the website in the most optimal way.
SHOWS / We are happy to announce you our first participation in the numismatic show « World’s Fair of Money ».
This show, organized by the American Numismatic Association (ANA) will take place from August 7th until August 11th. It is one of the biggest numismatic shows in the USA since visitors will be welcomed on a show floor of 225,000 square feet (21.000 m²) !
It is a fantastic opportunity to not only meet our members but also numerous collectors eager to discover a website made for them. You can meet Miranda, Evelyne, Fred and Sebastien at booth 1428.
SPORTING EVENT /In July of each year, we have an appointment with the Tour de France, the most well-known bicycle race in the world.
Created in 1903 by Henri Desgrange and the French magazine "l’Auto", the race covered around 2428 km (1,619 mi) and was divided into 6 stages.
In the 80's and the 90's, the race became an International event (it went out of the French borders) and it started to be longer (in 1987, the race covered 4231 km (2,820 mi) and was divided into 25 stages).
Cyclists such as Nicolas Frantz, Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Greg Lemond and Miguel Indurain, among others, formed a part of the History of the Tour when, more than once, they won the mythic "yellow jersey" and broke speed records (with an average of 40km/h - 26 mi/h).
The Tour de France is a sporting and cultural event which gives us a chance to discover unusual places which have now become mythic stages of the race such as the Col de Tourmalet, the col du Galibier or the Alpes d’Huez.
This year's appointement with the Tour takes place from June, 30th until July, 22nd. We encourage you to have a look at our categories dedicated to cycling:
You could go through the hundreds of events that have been added to our agenda and use the search engine to select your state ....Don’t wait any longer !
If you are a flea market organizer or just a bargain hunter and if you think some events are missing in our Agenda, do not hesitate to add them and share this information with all Delcampe users. It is free to do so!
DID YOU KNOW IT ? ... Update your browser !
To browse the Delcampe website in the most optimal way, we advise you to update quite often your web browser.
Updating your Internet browser is totally free and it allows you to get an additional security while browsing on the Internet.
If the web browser you use is different that the ones mentioned above, you can find how to update it directly through a search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc…).
New Contest, End of Lister v2, Introductions of sellers and categories Newsletters from 28/06/2012
Fri, 29 Jun 2012
Dear members,
This week will be launched our new contest thanks to which you'll have a chance to win some remarkable "Orval" souvenire sheets from1942. We also remind you that the Delcampe Lister V2 will soon be replaced by a new version.
We encourage you then to discover 2 new sellers and their stores in Philately.
Then, we inform you that some categories in the "books" section have been renamed and finally some words on Paul McCartney, International singer, who has just turned 70.
Have a good time reading !
Your Delcampe
DELCAMPE CONTEST / Our new contest will delight philatelists who are passionate about the "Religions" or "Architecture" thematics.
We give you a chance to win some very nice Belgian souvenir sheets dedicated to the Orval Abbey from 1942, a rare serie which is well quoted in catalogues.
DELCAMPE LISTER : VERSION 2 SOON OVER ! /In March, we announced you that the version 2 of the Delcampe Lister would stop working as of June. We extend its use until July, 31st. After this deadline, the version will no longer be usable.
The version 3 was launched more than a year ago. This version is very stable, complete and practical than the previous one.
We encourage all Version 2 users to switch to the new one as soon as possible! You can, obviously, transfer the items prepared in the previous version to the new system (infos).
ADVERTISING/ Ian Kimmerly Stamps is located in a heritage former bank on Sparks Street in downtown Ottawa, Canada.
Five full-time staff add quality stock every week
Right now, they offer in their Delcampe Store, almost 15.000 items on sale.
They are specialized in Canada & British Commonweatlh & the World.
ADVERTISING/Oquiststamps is owned and operated by Nik & Lisa Oquist. They are specialized in Latin America; from the classics to modern material.
Currently, they propose in their Delcampe Store (nickname: Docnik) fixed price items. In a very short time, they will offer auctions with very low starting bids and no reserve price!
CATEGORIES / In order to make the searchs even easier, we have renamed the categories "Books, Magazines, Comics > Comics" according to the language of the different Delcampe communities.
In other words, to find comics in Spanish, you should go to "Books, Magazines, Comics > Spanish > Comic Books (in Spanish)", the ones in German in "Books, Magazines, Comics > German > Comic Books (in German)", ...
COLLECTIONS : MUSIC /"Yesterday", "Let it be", ... everyone knows those songs!
Those famous songs were composed more than fourty years ago by one of the "Fab four", Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney has made his mark on the history of music for decades and is still doing so by making some concerts.
With the Beatles in the 60's, with the Wings in the 70's, then with his single career in the 80's, Paul McCartney has delighted millions of fans with his songs sometimes « rock », sometimes « ballads », ...
On June 18 2012, Paul, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997, has turned 70!
Happy Birthday, Sir Paul !
We take advantage of this event to invite you to discover our categories dedicated to music :
New Search engine, Poll on payment charges, Philatelic exhibition and categories Newsletter 18/06/2012
Mon, 18 Jun 2012
Dear members,
Here is the program of this week's newsletter, the presentation of the brand-new search engine that allows you to look for your items a more precise way.
Then, we want to know what are your feelings regarding the fact that sellers pass on their payment charges to buyers.
We are also happy to announce you the Exhibition of the Philatelic Collection from Prince Albert II from Monaco organized in Bruges, in Belgium.
We'll then talk about the first successful ascent of Everest and finally we'll give you a new tip in our section "Did you know it ?".
POLL/On Delcampe, we let our sellers decide if they want to pass or not on payment charges to their buyers. We encourage our sellers to pass on as less fees as possible, or even, not say any, but without obliging them. Furthermore, only the fees which are clearly mentioned in the sales's conditions can be passed on. Nowadays, we'd like to hear what you think of this.
EVENT/Don't miss it ! A very exceptional philatelic exhibition which will take place from June, 23rd until August, 15th. The collection of Prince Albert II from Monaco will be presented in Bruges in the "Havenhuis De Caese". A temporary post office will be open only on the first day of the exhibition, the 23rd of June for the common issue Belgium – Monaco.
A COLLECTION: MOUNT EVEREST/1953 : After several attempts to climb Mount Everst, the New Zealand mountaineer and explorer Edmund Hillary and the Nepali sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached its summit at a peak of 8848 meters.
The earth's highest mountain, located in the Himalaya Mountains, was first observed by the Europeans in 1847. And several years later the first published height of Everest was established. Since the 20's, several expedition teams have tried to climb this mountain.
Everest has been climbed on 29 May 1953. Since then, more than 5000 mountaineers have achieved to reach the summit of the World's highest mountain.
This performance is obviously commemorated in stamps, books and documents. We invite you to discover them in our different categories :
DID YOU KNOW IT ? ... Let the members know that you are away !
You are going on holidays ? You cannot, for professional or personal reasons, do the follow-up of your transactions on Delcampe? Let the other members know about this in order to avoid misunderstanding.
To inform about your absence go to "My Delcampe" > "Account: Parameters". There, tick the box "Yes" in front of " I'm temporarily absent ..." this information will appear next to your nickname thanks to the small logo which will be added.
If you want to be even more precise about the length of your absence (or your absence itself), you can add a text in "My Delcampe" > "Account: Parameters" in the "Message" section. This message will thus appear in all of your sales and also on your member's page. Please don't forget, to click on "Modify"at the bottom of the page to save your change.
If you are going to be away for more than one week, don't forget to conclude all your ongoing transactions (purchases as well as sales).
If you are a seller, it is possible to close all your sales in order to avoid getting bids you won't be able to accept during your absence.
To do this, you should go to "My Delcampe" > "Sell: Ongoing sales". At the bottom of the page, you should click on "All": all your sales will be selected. Click on "Close" (at the bottom next to "Selected items"). All your sales will be closed in a single action. You should repeat this operation for each page of your sale's list.
Note that if you are membre of the Club+ Gold, you have the possibility to do this operation through the multiple changes. To do this, you should go to "My Delcampe" > "Sell" > "My sales: Multiple changes" and choose the option "Close and restart all my sales". Follow the instructions then.
Please pay close attention to the fact that after 3 months, your sales are automatically archived by the server and cannot be found any longer!
The Olympic Games and our section "Did you know it?" Newsletter 30/05/2012
Wed, 30 May 2012
Dear members,
This week, we'll write some words on the Olympic Games. You'll discover their history, their origins and especially the categories which have been dedicated to them on Delcampe. Since the 2012 Summer Olympic Games will soon take place, this is a very good opportunity to have a look at them.
Then finally, we'll give you some good tips in our section "Did you know it?". Don't forget this section which is usually helpful.
Have a good time reading this !
Your Delcampe Team
SPORTING EVENT / The Olympic Games have been created, as their name implies, in Olympia, Greece, in the 8th century BC. They were celebrated in honor of the Greek gods, such as Zeus - the biggest god in Ancient Greece.
However in the 4th century AD, they were abolished by the Roman emperor Theodosius I who put an end to a series of pagan practices.
In 1896, Pierre de Coubertin, French educationalist and historian, took the initiative to revive the Games. They took place, symbolically, in Athens and since then are celebrated every 4 years.
This year will be organized the Summer Olympic Games in London from 27th July until 12th August. It is in the heart of the British capital that 26 olympic sports will be represented among which: athletics, badminton, cycling, tennis, ...
It is thus the opportunity to discover or rediscover our categories dedicated to the Olympic Games !
Another bidder seems to be as interested as you in buying an item and you want to increase your bid? You made a mistake when typing your bid and you don't know how to correct it? You want to cancel an automatic bid (with maximum bid) ?
Here's what you should do!
To increase your maximum bid, you just need to make another bid higher to the current price but which is different to your previous bid. Your maximum bid will automatically be modified.
In case there's a typing error in your bid (the bid is too high), you just need to make another bid which should be higher to the current sale price increased by the increment. This new offer will replace the previous one.
To cancel an automatic bid, just make a bid which is lower than the current price of the item.
50 Million items on Delcampe.net!
Wed, 23 May 2012
Dear members,
It is a great joy and pleasure to announce you that: since today more than 50 million collectibles are on sale on Delcampe.net !
We want to thank the hundreds of thousands of collectors worldwide for making this happen. Those for whom discovering those items can bring a little happiness or even a huge moment of joy.
Thanks to all of you for your support and presence ... and let's go for 100 millions !
Delcampe at the 118th Veronafil, Corinphila Veilingen, the Chats and Delcampe polls Newsletter 18/05/2012
Fri, 18 May 2012
Dear members,
Here is the program of this week newsletter: Delcampe is attending the Veronafil show and our poll on the favourite bar.
We are happy to introduce you the 213th sale from the auction house Corinphila Veilingen which has recently joined Delcampe Prestige.
For those who couldn't take part in the Live chat with Sébastien Delcampe, we haven't let you down... you'll get the possibility to read it.
Finally, don't forget to have a look at our section "Did you know it?" which could be beneficial for a lot of you!
Have a good time reading this newsletter !
Your Delcampe Team
SHOWS / It is again with a great pleasure to announce you that we are attenting the 118th edition of "Veronafil" Show which will take place in Verona (Italy) from May 25th until May 27th. Over 400 exhibitors will be present at this important show which gathers several types of collections such as philately, numismatics, deltiology and telecards ...
Our friends from the Associazione Filatelica Numismatica Scaligera has booked us a nice both at the beginning of the numismatic and philatelic sections.
Marco and Sébastien will be really happy to meet our Italian members and to meet the new collectors.
And, especially for this event, we'll have the pleasure to offer the new official postcard, that will be offered to the first 1000 visitors !
PRESTIGE /Some time ago, we announced you the coming on Delcampe Prestige of the Prestigious Auction House Corinphila. It is thus with a tremendous pleasure that we invite you to discover the sale of the sister company of Corinphila : Corinphila Veilingen. Since, 1974, this auction house, based in the Netherlands, has organized more than 200 auctions.
Their 213th auction gathers more than 3.500 lots and is now available on Delcampe Prestige.
(go to the "Completed Events" column on the right)
POLLS /Some weeks ago we asked about your opinion on the Favourite bar. And we were right about it. because we noticed that more than 30% of the people that voted have let us know that they were not fully satisfied about it. In order to satisfy our users, it is important for us to know how we can improve it.
DID YOU KNOW IT ? ... THE I'M LOOKING FOR SECTION !
You've been looking for an item for a long time but you still haven't found it ?
Don't wait any longer ! Announce for free your search to thousands of sellers on Delcampe, in our "I'm looking for" section.
It is easy to find it, just click on "Search" in the main menu bar. Then select : "I'm looking for". Then, click on , cliquez sur "I'm looking for".
Fill in the form …and your announcement will immediately published !
Sellers will then be able to go over your wanted list through the search engine and add the items you've sought out for so long on the website. On top of that, you'll be informed when it is done!.
Website Maintenance this Tuesday 15/05 at 5.00 AM (CEST Time) Website Maintenance this Tuesday 15/05 at 5.00 AM (CEST Time)
Mon, 14 May 2012
Dear members,
Our servers will be undergoing maintenance this Tuesday at 5.00 AM (CEST Time). The website will be unavailable for a maximum of 2 hours.
The ongoing sales with bids will be postponed.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Kind regards,
The Delcampe Team
Delcampe Chats, HA Harmers Auctions on Prestige, New contests, Survey on the Lister Newsletter 2/05/2012
Wed, 2 May 2012
Dear members,
Here's the program of our newsletter, we will hold three Video Chats during which you can directly ask questions to Sébastien Delcampe. We are also happy to introduce you the Auction #15 of HA Harmer Auctions. We have also launched the brand-new contest allowing you to win a wonderful "Banknote of 50 francs Merson".
Once again we ask you to participate in our survey on the Lister, the handy listing tool.
And finally, we advise you to take a look at our small tip on the setting of your sales conditions.
Have a good reading !
Your Delcampe Team
DELCAMPE CHATS / It is with a great pleasure that we invite you to take part in the Delcampe video Chats.Three sessions are previewed next week (on 7th, 8th and 9th of May) during which you'll be able to directly ask your questions to Sébastien Delcampe !
They are 3 sessions ...
You are an advanced seller?
Join the chat on May, 7th from 05.00pm to 6.30pm (CEST Time).
You are a new seller? Join the chat on May, 8th from 05.00pm to 6.30pm(CEST Time).
You are a buyer ? Join the chat on May, 9th from 05.00pm to 6.30pm (CEST Time).
Don't miss the direct appointments with Sébastien !
DELCAMPE PRESTIGE / Founded in 2002, HA Harmers Auctions SA, holds International auctions since October 2003. Andrew G. Holtz has joined the prestigious Swiss Company and brings with him 45 years of international philatelic experience.
The new auction #15 will take place in Lugano on May 17-19 and will gather more than 1800 lots. They will offer worldwide rarities as well as stamps, postal history items, national and thematic collections. You can discover items from the USA, Canada, West and East Europe, China, Middle Asia, Africa and Turkey.
DID YOU KNOW IT? ... Sales conditions and shipping locations
Some sellers contact us because they are surprised to see that it is impossible for some members to buy or bid in their store.
This is due to the fact that, since February, when a seller ticks a particular geographic region, in his/her sales conditions, it automatically prevents members living outside the authorized regions to buy in their store.
For instance, if a seller only chooses "Seller's country" as authorized location, his/her sales will only be available for buyers living in his/her country.
By doing this, the seller misses potential buyers... sometimes withouth knowing it !
We encourage sellers to check if they haven't been too restrictive when fixing their shipping locations.
The Delcampe website has been created more than 10 years ago ... and it has always been important for us to meet your expectations and to take into account your suggestions.
This is why, even though our community keeps growing, we conduct an annual poll to collect your impressions and opinion about the website. This is poll is important for us as it enables us to ensure that the site evolves while taking into account our members' experiences, both from our new and more experienced members.
We have noticed that many took part in our previous poll, providing ideas, comments and remarks. We have already been able to take this information into account last year...
For 2012, we are counting on you...
... and we hope that even more members will participate!
We have prepared an online form for you. It enables you to tell us:
what you like (5 positive points);
what you don't like (5 negative points);
what you would like as new features (5 ideas);
what our site means to you;
feel free to voice your opinion (suggestions, encouraging messages,...)
- Your answers will remain confidential. We will not communicate them to a third party -
- Thank you to those of you who took part in the survey last year. We are counting on you! -
The new "My Delcampe", IPDA chat with new sellers and the Televie ...
Wed, 18 Apr 2012
Dear members,
This week we introduce you the brand new "My Delcampe", more organized, more functional and ergonomic !
In addition, we have taken part in an international chat aimed to new sellers, in collaboration with the IPDA association.
And finally, our team is really happy to have supported the Televie, a Belgian charity, by participating in a spinning session (indoor cycling) that lasted 25 hours! You can see how much we have sweat for this charity in our photo gallery!
Have a good time reading!
Your Delcampe Team
MY DELCAMPE: MORE ORGANISED !
Our website keeps on evolving and adding new features. This is the reason why, your control panel "My Delcampe" has come to the point where there have been more and more links and menus ... which makes it sometimes hard to use.
We have decided to divide it into 4 tabs clear enough to make them easy to use...
Buy To manage your searches, bids and purchases...
LIVE CHAT WITH SEBASTIEN DELCAMPE ! The IPDA association (Internet Philatelic Dealers Association) has recently contacted us. Since eBay™ is becoming more and more expensive for the collectible sellers, they see in Delcampe an international alternative: serious, reliable and effective.
This is the reason why they have asked us to take part in a live Chat with Sebastien Delcampe called "Sellers, migrate to Delcampe.net!" that took part last Sunday. They were so many questions that the chat lasted for more than an hour !
SUPPORT THE TELEVIE
The Delcampe team was full of energy and endurance to participate on March, 23rd and 24th to the third edition of the 25 hours Indoor Cycling that took part in the Nautisport Club in Enghien (Belgium) ! This event gathered hundreds of volunteers that managed, in a joint effort, to collect 30.125 euros that were then donated to theTélévie.
Delcampe Contests, Corinphila on Prestige, ... Newsletter 12/04/2012
Thu, 12 Apr 2012
Dear members,
This week, we would like for you to discover the catalogues of the Prestigious Auction House Corinphila, which will henceforth present its catalogues on Delcampe Prestige.
Lastly, as we know that you have been waiting impatiently for them; we will be announcing the results of the contests launched in December.
Happy reading !
Your Delcampe Team
CORINPHILA ON DELCAMPE PRESTIGE !
Active since 1925, Corinphila is the oldest auction house of Switzerland. Their prestigious sales are an internationally recognized philatelic reference.
Henceforth, Corinphila entrusts the responsibility to present its catalogues on internet to Delcampe Prestige.
here are the four catalogues for the sales from 24 till 28 april:
During the course of December we launched three exceptional contests in which you could win a letter by "balloon mail", an original Alfons Mucha postcard and a magnificent 10 euro gold coin with the effigy of His Most Serene Highness Prince Rainier III.
This contests have now come to an end and we would like to announce the winners to you :
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When all the green “V”s will appear, you can close your browser and open it again before going to Delcampe and log in again.
It can take up to one minute to see all the green “V”s .
If after this delay, you are missing some green “V”s, you can reload the page.
You can then test all the functionalities for which you encountered some difficulties Click here to let us know if it worked or not.
We thank you in advance.
Your Delcampe Team
Vaccari, Surveys, Previous Lister and New API Newsletter 22/03/2012
Thu, 22 Mar 2012
Dear members,
In this Newsletter, we are happy to introduce you the Public Auction n°80of Vaccari and we encourage you to take part in our quick survey on the favourite bar. We will give you some information over our previous Lister and our new API system.
Everything you need to know is just below.
Enjoy the newsletter... and see you again on Delcampe.net !
Your Delcampe Team
VACCARI ON DELCAMPE PRESTIGE !
We have the pleasure to announce to you the arrival on Delcampe Prestige of the Auction House Vaccari. This prestigious auction house has been founded 35 years ago and is located in Vignola, in the province of Modena (Italy). They present their Public Auction no.80 which gathers 2130 lots.
There is no buyers' premium on this auction and the lots signed by Paolo Vaccari are guaranteed to match their description.
In Philately, the lots from Italy, the Old Italian States and the Colonies and occupations are really interesting. You can also discover the "Incoming Mail", Military mail, Air mail, Zeppelin and also mails from several Apollo missions (from mission XI to mission XVI).
Among the Postcards, you can discover the postcards on the Italian regions and also the ones dedicated to the aviation as well as the famous "Bucquoy Collection".
On top of that; 1,800 postcards will be dedicated to military uniforms.
Finally, in the Literature part, a wonderful choice of books and magazines..
Thanks to the Delcampe Lister, you can work offline and easily prepare your sales from your computer.
The version 3 has been launched more than a year ago. This version is more stable, complete and more practical than the previous version.
In June of this year, the version 2 will stop working and from there, the insertion of items will become slower and slower.
Thus, we encourage our users to start using the new version as soon as possible ! Don't forget that you can obviously transfer all your pepared items from the ancient to the new system (infos).
The API is a system allowing sellers who have their own website (outside of Delcampe), to sell simultaneously on their website and on Delcampe. This tool allows you to synchronize the data base. For instance, if an item is sold on one side, it is automatically removed on the other side.
The new API version, based on the REST system, is now available. It is easier to use than the previous system (based on SOAP), the integration is quicker and the management of the items is more flexible ... this will make you save time and money. In addition, the use of this system is totally free !
If you are a professional dealer and if this tool interests you, contact us at support_api@delcampe.com.
Seller in the spotlight : Monda02 Collecting is a passion that harms noone and which you can get a lot out of on a personal level
Thu, 15 Mar 2012
Dear members,
The Delcampe team is proud to give you the possibility to discover its best sellers thanks to :
Seller in the spotlight !
You can discover with us how the seller lives and works thanks to an article.
Feel free to print it out for your ease of reading. The interview is filled with useful information from which you may benefit yourself!
This time, you have an appointment withDaniel Monin, our seller Monda02 !
Active in: Stamps, Postcards, Books, magazines and comics , Other Collections and Old Paper
“Collecting is a passion that harms noone and which you can get a lot out of on a personal level”
Presentation and activities of Monda02...
Could you present yourself to our members? Who are you?
From the 80's onwards, I evolved in Belgian shows by selling postcards. As the consequence of a hearing impairment, I had to give up my primary profession as a teacher and I reoriented towards Internet sales.
What is your working method? Do you work alone or with a team?
I work together with my wife. She takes care of the fantasy postcards, religious souvenirs and the administration.
Buying and selling is my domain.
Why did you choose the nickname"Monda02" ?
My name is Monin Daniel, that is why.
The passion for collecting...
How did you enter the world of collecting ?
In 1982, during a get-together at my house, a friend proposed me to go to a Postcardcard Show at Charlerloi. I went there, I saw things, I bought some items and I left. At that time, a seller, who was ceasing his activaities as a seller, offered me his stock. I did not hesitate very long.
Monda02 on Delcampe...
When did you start selling on Delcampe and why did you choose Delcampe ?
I settled myself on the Delcampe website in February 2008. The situation at the time was already very clear : it is the website most visited by a majority of collectors, and it has the most advantageous commission fees and insertion fees. Passion is still the most important factor to me, but one has to take into account profitability.
What type of items do you sell on the website?
Mostly postcards but also documents.
Which strategy do you have to sell as efficiently as possible?
The key is to present quality items and rare items. Getting hold of family albums or old collections automatically makes for important sales.
Another important part is to respect your clients: I send all my items the day I receive the payment.
How do you think your Delcampe store wil evolve during the next years ?
I hope I will be able to continue to diversify the items I offer in my store, in order to satisfy my customers as much as possible.
Which is the favourite item in your collection? What's the best experience on Delcampe ?
I have a weak spot for photo postcards. Compared to edited postcards, they are exceptionally rare items.
My best experiences are the touching messages I receive from buyers who are so happy that they were able to find the item they desired.
I have also held onto the messages I received from a Japanese buyer, whose country was, at the time, struck by the tragedy we all know of.
Could you give members who want to start selling on Delcampe three guidelines?
Offer rare items.
Respect your customers and take care of your relationship with them.
Do not hesitate to admit your mistakes. Collecting is a passion that harms noone and which you can get alot out of on a personal level.
A message for our members?
Collecting is a passion that harms noone and which you can get a lot out of on a personal level.
The 3 keys to success from Monda02
Offer rare items.
Respect your customers and take care of your relationship with them.
Do not hesitate to admit your mistakes. Collecting is a passion that harms noone and which you can get a lot out of on a personal level.
Seller in the spotlight, Prestige Survey and Monnaies Royales 2012 on sale by Gadoury Newsletter 15/03/2012
Thu, 15 Mar 2012
Dear members,
By the end of this week, it is a good time to enjoy our newsletter.
Let's discover our new seller in the spotlight, the member "Monda02".It is really important for us to to hear your comments and reactions on our website Prestige in order to improve our service.
In addition, we are pleased to announce you the new sale of la Maison Gadoury from Monaco.
And finally, we will end by a small tip in our section “Did you know it ?”.
Enjoy your reading!
Your Delcampe Team
SELLER IN THE SPOTLIGHT /The Delcampe team is proud to give you the possibility to discover its best sellers thanks to: The Seller in the spotlight!
You can disover how this seller lives and works thanks to an article.
The interview is filled with useful information and small tips you may benefit yourself!
This time we give you an appointment with Daniel Monin, our seller Monda02 !
PRESTIGE SURVEY / We are eager to provide a high quality service, we kindly ask you to take part in our survey regarding our Prestige website. You only need a few minutes to answer it. We thank you in advance for participating.
MARKETPLACE /The Fourth Edition of “Monnaies Royales Françaises" (1610-1792) will be published on March, 19th. The Editions Gadoury are putting this catalogue on sale on Delcampe Marketplace at the price of 49 €.
In order to provide a handier book, the presentation of the royal coins has been changed and is now based on tables. Each chapter contains tables of three different colours, burgundy for bronze and billon, blue for silver and golden for gold which makes it easier when it comes to searching. The numbers of struck coins have been deleted and replaced by rarity indications of 6 degrees ranging from C (common) to R5. The coins are classified according to reigns, from the smallest value to the largest one, in bronze, billon, silver and gold. At the beginning of each reign you can find a list giving the letters or workshops.
Another novelty, all the coins are in colour with numerous varieties that have been explained and illustrated along with the most recent discoreries.
Everything is contained in a more pratical format of 508 pages.
This is an essential work in the tradition of la Maison Gadoury which makes the French numismatic affordable to every one at a reduced price.
DID YOU KNOW IT ? : Categories "Other" or "Unclassified" ?
Since the category "Others & Unclassified" has been divided into "Other" and "Unclassified", a lot of people have asked questions about this change.
Here is the main difference between the categories "Other" and "Unclassified" :
The category "Other" only contains the items for which there's no better defined category.
The category "Unclassified" contains the items that the seller did not want to put in a better defined category, even though this category may exist. This is clearly a category where you can find anything and everything.
Examples :
A postcard from Gosport, a small city in Hampshire, UK. There is no category for this city. The seller can thus put it in the below categories (from the best choice to the less good one):
- Postcards > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Hampshire > Other,
- Postcards > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Hampshire > Unclassified, - Postcards > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Unclassified, - Postcards > Unclassified.
A postcard from Los Angeles.There is a category for this city. The seller cannot obviously put it in the category "Other". But he can put this postcard in the below categories (from the best choice to the less good one):
- Postcards > America > United States > CA - California > Los Angeles,
- Postcards > America > United States > CA - California >Unclassified, - Postcards > America > United States > Unclassified, - Postcards > Unclassified.
Even though the moderators have been asked to move the items from a category "Other" to a more appropriate category, each seller can however put whatever item in the category "Unclassified". This is thus an alternative to save time when listing but which is not an advantage when it comes to selling.
Retrospective (continuation and ending): shows and statistics, Press Review
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
Dear members,
This week, we start of by diving into the final part of our retrospective of 2011. Visit the four corners of the world by having a look at all the shows we have attended this past year.
In the second part of the newsletter you will find the record sales and the statistics for this year as well as a new article in our press corner.
Your Delcampe Team
PS: Do not hesitate to react to this Newsletter and to participate in the Delcampe Community on the Forum !
Erratum /Following the numerous reactions we received (which generally speaking were very positive) as a result of the adaptation of the Delcampe Terms and Conditions concerning fantasy labels, we would like to specify that we do not consider revenue stamps to be labels, fantasy labels or illegal issues. Moreover, most of the categorised countries on the websites have a seperate subcategory consecrated to revenue stamps (e.g. for the USA).
Our goal is to eliminate illegal stamps on the Delcampe website ( also known as "Bogus stamps").
We offer our sincere apologies to the collectors of revenue stamps, for this error in the wording.
Shows 2011 / This year we visited 15 shows all over the world ! Travelling from France to the United Kingdom via Germany, Italy, Monaco, the Czech Republic, the United States, Canada and China.
This gave us the possibility to meet hundreds of members who all have one thing in common: a true passion for collecting, be it in the domain of philately, numismatics, deltiology, or others.
Adaptation of the Delcampe Terms and Conditions concerning fantasy labels (Cinderellas)
Mon, 13 Feb 2012
Dear members, dear philatelists,
We have taken an important ethical decision concerning the sale of certain labels without any postage value, printed by companies without any ties to postal administrations.
Currently, the sale of these fantasy labels (also known as "cinderellas" or "bogus stamps") is tolerated on our website Delcampe.net, as long as their nature is clearly mentioned in the title.
However, we would like to clear things up since many different types of labels exist, ranging from illegal issues to very collected, private, legal issues.
Fantasy labels are in fact labels which were not issued by postal authorities, contrary to postage stamps ! We have divided these labels into two categories :
1. The classic labels ( Exhibitions, promotion of tourism, charities, …),
2. Modern fantasy printings aimed at philatelists (especially topical stamp collectors).
It's the second category which we are interested in...This category is divided in the following subcategories:
2.1. Labels bearing the name of a place (country, region) which never existed.
2.2. Labels bearing the name of a place (country, region) which exists or has existed, but has never issued postage stamps.
2.3. Labels bearing the name of a place (country, region) which exists or has existed and issues or has issued postage stamps.
The most annoying thing about these labels is that :
They can be sold without the buyer knowing that they are in fact not postage stamps ;
They can go against the rights of people, countries, companies or organisations (illegal use of logos, country name, photographs, illustrations, …)
Adaptation of the Terms and Conditions
Here are the changes we foresee for the sale of these modern fantasy labels :
Labels infringing the rights of third parties are obviously prohibited on Delcampe.net. We are preparing a rights protection program for the website, which will take off in the future.
Other labels will be tolerated insofar as the seller clearly indicates the word "LABEL", in capital letters at the beginning of the title. The seller will also exclusively need to place his sale in the following category: "Stamps > Topics > Fantasy labels".
The Delcampe Terms and Conditions have been adapted and from now on they specify clearly what is forbidden, for example:
Labels bearing logos, illustrations, photographs belonging to third parties who have not given their approval ;
Labels which seem to have been issued, illegally, by an existing place (country or region), whether or not this place issues postage stamps.
We would like to make an appeal to our members who find this project important. We are looking for member-moderators who might feel concerned by the presence of these labels on the website and who, thanks to their competence, moderation and good judgement would like to manage these fantasy labels by putting them into the appropriate category and removing any illegal labels from the website. Candidatures can be sent to info@delcampe.com.
We think that these changes will contribute to a healthier website for all of our members, whether they be in favour of fantasy labels or not (legal issues only !).
We thank you in advance and we wish you excellent sales and purchases (of stamps or labels) on Delcampe.net.
We continue our retrospective of 2011 with an overview of all of the contests we have proposed to you during this past year. By participating in these contests members were able to win beautiful prizes related to the domain of philatelics, postcards or numismatics. You will find the lucky winners of this year's contests after the introduction. Congratulations again !
After our contest overview, we will also present you two new features we introduced on the website: one for the sellers and one for the buyers.
Lastly, we would like to thank all of our members who participated in our newsletter poll. We were very touched by some of your comments and we are sure that they will be of great help !
Happy reading and see you soon for our next newsletter...or on www.delcampe.net
RETROSPECTIVE /The Delcampe Contests and the winners of 2011 :
Up until now, when a seller checked a box under "Places" (e.g. Europe), a buyer, not belonging to this geographical zone, was not blocked by the system and could still submit an offer. Only the option "Seller's country", stopped a buyer from submitting an offer if he did not live in the same country as the seller.
From now on, if the seller has indicated a particular geographical zone to which he wishes to deliver his items and a seller not belonging to that particular geographical zone tries to submit an offer, he will be blocked by the system.
Attention : not indicating any geographical zone means you accept to deliver items all over the world.
Therefore we advise our sellers to verify their Conditions of Sale in My Delcampe > My information > Conditions of sale.
IMPROVEMENT/ For the buyers, we improved the e-mail alert feature for items in the watching list.
From now on, the alert e-mailsyou receive for items in your watching list, will also contain theremarks you wrote underneath each item. Just as a reminder: the "remark" field can be found underneath each item in your watching list, which you can find in your favourites bar or in My Delcampe > My buying > Watching list.
SHOWS AGENDA /We would like to remind you that on February 22nd the new edition of Stampex will begin in London.
This show, held in the heart of London, takes place two times a year and is meeting place for philatelists.
For more information on this event, check the diary of events on our website.
Your Delcampe.net Team
Overview 2011, Delcampe Bonus Card and Poll Newsletter 24/01/2012
Tue, 24 Jan 2012
Dear members,
2012 has started, a year packed with projects for Delcampe. Before we inform you of the projects we have in store, we would like to give you an overview of our achievements of the past year. This overview will contain different parts and will be spread out over the next few weeks.
Let us begin with the Overview about the "Novelties on the website".
1. OVERVIEW /Click on the following links to discover the novelties of 2011 :
2. DELCAMPE BONUS CARD /We noticed that a lot of buyers were not using their Delcampe Bonus Card credits. That is why, we created a new automatic e-mail. This automatic e-mail will be sent to buyers when theirBonus credits have almost expired. This e-mail will contain the list of sellers with whom the buyer still has Bonus credits left. Next to the name of the seller, the buyers will also see the number of credits at their disposal.
More information on the Delcampe Bonus Card
3. POLL / We attach great importance to our newsletters. It is our way of keeping our members informed of the world of collections. In order to improve our newsletters, we ask you for a few moments of your time to complete our poll concerning our newsletters. Thank you for participating. Click here in order to participate in our poll
It's the day before Christmas Eve ! The website took on its wintery colours, the Christmas trees are decorated and everyone is in the mood for the upoming festivities. Wait no longer and discover our first newsletter of this new season !
DELCAMPE CONTEST /Our third big contest for the end of this year is dedicated to Numismatics. We offer you the possibility to win a magnificent 10 Euro GOLD coin from Monaco (2005) with the effigy of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III.
This superb item is offered to you by Auction House Gadoury of Monaco who has chosen Delcampe to present his new edition of "Rouge". This reference work contains all the French and Monegasque coins from 1789 till 2011. Another great gift for the upcoming festivities perhaps ?
In total you have the possibility to particpate in three Delcampe contests in honour of the festive season !
TECHNICAL CORNER /The last few weeks, our Technical Team has worked hard to resolve the technical difficulties and to improve the overall stability of the website. Furthermore, new equipment was put in place in order to offer you a quicker and more pleasureable experience. Seeing as the situation is very complex, the necessary (but not always visible) changes made, may have caused other unexpected difficulties, such as the considerable slowdown of the website. These difficulties are always fixed as soon as possible.
Our Technical Team is working relentlessly in order to offer you a faster, more performant and easier to use website, by the end of this year. To have a better experience using the website, we advise our members to to use fast web browsers such as Firefox and Chrome : Click here in order to download Mozilla Firefox Click here in order to download Google Chrome
MARKETPLACE NOVELTIES /In order to facilitate the management of transactions, we have added a new feature to the website. This new feature will let sellers choose whether or not they accept payments from buyers without first having sent the invoice.
We have noticed that there were difficulties with transactions both for sellers and buyers: payment was being sent without adding the shipping costs. This difficulty was causing alot more administrative work for all.
If you are a seller, click here in order to go to "My Delcampe > Parameters" and to activate this new feature
CATEGORIES /The "Christmas" theme is a very popular one for stamps and postcards. This exciting collection contains thousands of surprising and tenderizing items, discover them now on Delcampe :
We also remind you of our first contest, which started on December 2nd and in which you can win a prestigious "balloon mail" letter offered by Auction House David Feldman.
Each contest will be available for three months and you can participate once a day.
So try your luck 90 times !
Good luck to everyone !
... and his team
David Feldman on Delcampe Prestige and partner of the Delcampe Contest Content Newsletter 04/12/2011
Sun, 4 Dec 2011
Dear members,
Are you crazy for contests or an admirer of rare and prestigious items? Then make yourself comfortable and enjoy this week's newsletter !
DELCAMPE PRESTIGE /An event in the world of Philately ! During the traditionalAutumn Sale of the Auction House David Feldman which will be held in Genève from the 6th of December until the 11th of December, the magnificent Belgium collection of Anatoly Karpov will be highlighted ! This auction will also feature rare items from Switzerland (Schaefer Collection), Persia, the British Empire (Indicus Collection), as well as The Olympic Games from the Loaring Collection. All of these items will be presented to you in catalogues published on Delcampe Prestige. Click here in order to see the catalogues and place your bids
DELCAMPE CONTEST / You can now participate in the first of three exceptional contests that will be held during the month of December and wina magnificent letter that was sent by “balloon mail”, a true gem of philately, that is being offered to you by our partner, David Feldman. Click here in order to discover the first of three contests held in December.
Our previous Delcampe contest, which ended on the 31st of October 2011 and in which it was possible to win a superb Byzantine coin “Justin II Tremissis - 565-578” was won by our member “Zabe”. Click here in order to see the picture of the winner.
X-MAS GIFT /Seduced by the creative idea of a passionate artist, we would like for you to discover Lolilune who makes creative jewelry. Her goal is to give stamps a new life by recycling them. Let yourself be tempted by her creations, which would make a perfect gift for the upcoming holidays. In addition to having an unique gift, you would also be supporting a charity. 20% of the gains made by the sales will de donated to the charity "Coeur de Haïti".
Visit the online store of Loliluneand help support people (non-collectors) who have lost everything only a few months ago, by making a purchase.
DID YOU KNOW ?
On Delcampe Prestige, you can find the catalogues of the most prestigious auction houses. In order to make an offer on one of their items :
Look for an item by entering keywords in the search engine or by browsing the online catalogues.
Click on the title of the item you are interested in.
Place the maximum amount you wish to offer for the item in question.
Confirm the amount by clicking on the “Place your offer” button.
Your offer will then be taken into account when the Auction House has its public sale or auction. (See conditions of sale of the auction house in question)
At the end of the sale, the Auction House will contact you if your offer was the winning offer.
We would also like to remind you that, if you would like to share your passion and collection with other members on the website, you have the possibility to do so. Simply send us an article and a few pictures concerning your collection at the following e-mailaddress: info@delcampe.com ! If you are selected, we will present your collection in one of the following newsletters !
Your Delcampe Team
Special "Monacophil" auction by Auction House Boule
Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Dear members,
More and more renowned auction houses are presenting their catalogues on Delcampe Prestige.
In ocassion of the show held in Monaco, Auction House Boulepresents to you its "Monacophil" Auction ("Ventes aux enchères Monacophil"), which will take place in " l’Hôtel Hermitage " on the 3rd of December, starting at 6pm.
This public sale will contain various prestigious items from former French colonies (Indochina, Oceania, New Caledonia), but also very interesting items from "Philately and postal history" from Europe and the rest of the World.
In order to collect the offers made on the sales, Auction House Boule - Philatélie trusts in our website Delcampe Prestige.
Bolaffi on Prestige, Gadoury on Marketplace, Upcoming Delcampe contests Content of the newsletter 25/11/2011
Fri, 25 Nov 2011
Dear members,
Here is our last newsletter for the month of November. In this newsletter we announce to you a new record for Delcampe as well as some novelties: Bolaffi on Delcampe Prestige, Gadoury's catalogue on Delcampe Marketplace and three new "surprise" contests for the upcoming festive season. At the end of the newsletter you will also find a useful tip in our “Did you know ?” section.
STATS/Thanks to you, Delcampe has reached a new milestone: 650 000 members,30 million sold items since the creation of the website and 45 millions ongoing sales ! On our way to 50 million !
DELCAMPE PRESTIGE /We have the pleasure to announce to you the arrival on Delcampe Prestige of one of the most well-known and prestigious philatelic societies in the world : Bolaffi, with its catalogues “Aste Bolaffi Ambassador”. Click here in order to browse through two of their important online catalogues: Filatelia (already closed) and Numismatica (available till the 30th of November).
DELCAMPE MARKETPLACE /The 20th edition of “Monnaies Françaises" (1789-2011) was published November 15th 2011.Editions Gadoury offers this catalogue up for sale on Delcampe Marketplace for the price of 29 €. A clear presentation of French currencies dating from the French revolution up until today. This book offers information on the state of conservation and provides ratings for 4 or 5 different states of conservation, depending on the importance of the coin. This catalogue ensures that numismatics becomes easily accessible for all of us. Ranking by value in order to guarantee an easy search, including coins from Saarland, Corsica and, this year, more than 100 color pages dedicated to Monegasque currencies starting from 1640 up until today ! All this for the same price! A very important work after the huge increase of the price of gold which significantly changed the market for French coins. Discover this catalogue in the Editions Gadoury store by clicking here
DELCAMPE CONTEST /In celebration of the upcoming festive season, we are pleased to announce you three big contests which will be spread over the whole month of December. By participating in these contests you will be able to win three prestigious items representing our three popular categories on Delcampe.net : stamps, postcards and coins
You will be able to discover them soon in our upcoming newsletters...
DID YOU KNOW ?
That in order to make a search (using the search engine) more rapid and more precise you have at your disposal aTable summarising the keywords used for an advanced syntax search (click here).
In order to use this feature do not forget to use the “Advanced syntax” research mode by going to “Search Options >> Research mode”, at the bottom of the search engine, which you can find at the top of each page of the Delcampe website.
We're looking forward to seeing you at our stand at Monacophil from the 2nd till the 4th of December.
As you may have noticed, since the beginning of this year, Delcampe has visited shows all over the world. Thanks to this, we had the pleasure to meet our members from Europe, North-America and soon we will be able to add China to that list.
Today, we invite you to join us at Monacophil 2011which will take place from the 2nd of December till the 4th of December 2011, in Monaco. 100 philatelic rarities from all over the world,coming from 100 world-renowned collections. Of these collections, the Philatelic Collection belonging to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and to Her Majesty Quen Elizabeth II of England, will be on display for this event, amongst others.
Evelyne, Sébastien and Mario are delighted to meet our French members as well as all the others, in this remarkable place... they are also happy with this chance to present the website Delcampe Prestige to the numerous new collectioners ! In the occasion of this event, Delcampe has the pleasure to announce to you the creation of a new and official collection postcard, which will be offered to the first 1000 visitors of Monacophil.
Discover this post card in avant-premiere:
For more information on this prestigious event, please refer to our agenda.
Be informed of the rates of silver and gold in real time, on Delcampe!
Fri, 4 Nov 2011
Dear numismatics,
In numismatics, the weight of the metal that is contained in a coin plays an important part in determining its value.
But how do you keep informed of the rates of these precious metals in real time?
In order to help you keep informed, we have the pleasure to announce to you the addition of graphs in the category "Coins & Banknotes" as well as in the item lists in this category. This way, you will be informed of the gold rates (to the left) and of the silver rates (to the right) on the Delcampe website itself : http://coins.delcampe.net/page/category/cat,-3,language,E.html
As a seller, you will be able to adapt your prices according to the rates.
As a buyer, you will also be able to follow the daily rates.
Delcampe will be present in China for the 27th International Exposition of Asian Philatelics ! Delcampe will be in China for the first time!
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
Dear member,
Since the beginning of this year, we have tried to meet our members in the four corners of the world. Thanks to this, we had the pleasure to meet you at several shows in France, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada !
Today, we invite you to join us at the 27th International Exposition of Asian Philately (China 2011) which will take place from the 11th of November till the 15 of November 2011, in Wuxi, China.
Booth n°7 was reserved for us so we can meet our Chinese and other members in a comfortable manner... as well as introduce our website to the numerous new collectioners that will be there ! Evelyne and Sébastien Delcampe will be very happy to meet you there. In occasion of this show, Delcampe has created a new and official postcard for your collection. This postcard will be offered to the 5000 first visitors ofChina 2011!!
PS : Do not hesitate to make your presence at the show known to miranda@delcampe.com !
Delcampe will attend the 117th edition of Veronafil! Be the first to discover the new Delcampe postcard edited for this event!
Tue, 27 Sep 2011
Dear member,
It's a great pleasure to announce you that we will attend the 117th edition of "Veronafil" in Verona from the 21st until the 23rd of October 2011. As you may already know, over 500 dealers will be present at Veronafil from the following categories: stamps, numismatics, postcards, telephone cards, ...
You can find all the info about this show on our diary.
We will be very happy, Evelyne, Mario, Marco and I to meet new collectors and present them the website and obviously to meet again our Italian members and friends. Come on! Each visitor will receive personalized Delcampe gifts, and the first 3.000 visitors will receive the new official collector's postcard, you can already have a look at it below:
We also take the opportuny to invite you to our conference "Buy and Sell on Delcampe.net", planned on Saturday 22th October at 4pm. More info at the booth.
PS: Don't hesitate to contact marco@delcampe.comin case you will attend the event!
Delcampe will be present at two shows in Germany : Numismata and Sindelfingen Discover the new Delcampe postcards designed for these shows !
Wed, 21 Sep 2011
Dear members,
Delcampe will be present at two shows in Berlin and in Sindelfingen :
Numismata - Berlin : Delcampe is pleased to announce you its presence at Numismata, which will take place from October 8th till October 9th 2011.
Internationale Briefmarken-Börse Sindelfingen : Delcampe will then be present at the philatelics show Internationale Briefmarken-Börse Sindelfingen which will be held from the 27th of October till the 29th of October 2011.
Evelyne and Sébastien are very happy to have this opportunity to meet our German speaking members and others .... we will also be happy for this chance to meet numerous new collectors !
In occasion of these two shows, Delcampe has the pleasure to announce to you two new, official postcards, which will be handed out to the first visitors of each of these shows !
Discover the postcard which will be given at Numismata - Berlin !
PS : Do not hesitate to contact us if you will be present at the showsevelyne@delcampe.com
The yearly catalogue of the auction house Editions V. Gadoury was just published on Delcampe Prestige ! New catalogue on Delcampe Prestige
Wed, 21 Sep 2011
Dear members,
We have the pleasure to announce to you the arrival of Gadoury on Delcampe Prestige, where it will be presenting its yearly catalogue !
Situated in Monaco, the Gadoury corporation has as a central activity the buying and selling of antique and modern coins, made out of gold or silver. It also specializes itself in the selling of Monegasque coins in euro or franc. Editions Gadoury also publishes books on numismatics in French, Italian and English, such as "Monnaies françaises".
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1°) You have found an item at fixed price which interests you.
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