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<title><![CDATA[European Fair for Old Postcard, Contest Winner, Culture, Pricewatch]]></title>
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<dc:date>2013-05-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dear members,
 
 
This week, we have the pleasure to announce you our presence at two fairs, which will take place in Brussels and Soignies (Belgium).
             
We will reveal to you who is the lucky winner of 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 Postcard in 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 the Wiener Werkstätte.
 

It is our member 58gg85. Congratulations!  



                                                      
  
Discover or rediscover this artistic current born at the beginning of the 20th century in our newsletter dedicated to the subject. 

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.



    
        
            
            Browse our categories dedicated to:
             
            
                                                              Postcards in the topic "Railway"
            
            Stamps in the topic "Trains" 
            
            Scale modeling in the topic "Model Railways"
            
        
    




    
        
             
        
    









    
    
        
            
            We present to you some of the most beautiful and interesting items sold recently on the Delcampe website!
            
            
            
        
        
        
            
            
            
            
            
            
             
        
        
            
            Belgium: 10c "Medallion" obliteration April 24, 1858 "Exchange-England Office by West 1"
            
            Sold for 1360.00 EUR
            
            
            
            Great-Britain: 1£ Service 1885 overloaded SPECIMEN *
            
            
            Sold for 1550.00 EUR
            
            
            Italy: Complete series Parcels 1884 **
            
            
            Sold for 800.00 EUR
            
            
        
        
             
             
            
        
        
            
            Egypt: 1 Egyptian pound 1928
            
            
            
            Sold for 450.00 EUR
            
            
            
            France: 40 GOLD francs Bonaparte Year 12 A Paris
            
            
            Sold for 1540.00 EUR
            
            
            
            Switzerland: 1919 Lausanne-Blécherette Airshow signed by aviators
            
            Sold for 380.00 EUR
            
            
        
        
            
            
            
                
                    
                        
                        Find, you too, the missing item in your collection 
                        by browsing our categories                          
                        
                    
                
            
            
            
             
        
    
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<title><![CDATA[800 000 members on Delcampe.net !]]></title>
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<dc:date>2013-05-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[

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&hellip; 900 000 members! 
 


See you soon... on http://www.delcampe.net ! 


... and his Team
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<title><![CDATA[Transactions Follow-up, Online Help Survey, Old Trade: Bear Tamer]]></title>
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<dc:date>2013-05-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[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 help of the Delcampe website.              
            
            
        
        
             Click here to participate in our survey!             
        
    





    
        
            DID YOU KNOW IT?/ Transactions Follow-up
            
            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 like Abruzzo, 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...
            
                                     
             
            
            
            
            
            Discover or rediscover our Postcards section where you will have the opportunity to find and learn more about bear taming!
                                                                                       
                                     
            
            
                                     
                                     
                                                                                        
        
    
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<title><![CDATA[It's your turn to speak up! The Great Delcampe annual Poll is waiting for you....]]></title>
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<dc:date>2013-05-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[

GREAT ANNUAL POLL, Click here to participate!
 

Dear members,


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,...)
    
    



Click here to voice your opinion ... and contribute to the future of the website! 

http://www.delcampe.net/page/annualpoll/language,E.html



  We thank you in advance for participating. It counts for us.
 
... to your keyboards everyone!  


... and his team




- 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! -

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<title><![CDATA[Place a Bid on Delcampe, Contest Winner, Pricewatch,...]]></title>
<link>http://www.delcampe.net/page/announcements/language,E,id,2521.html#2521</link>
<dc:date>2013-05-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[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 collection that 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".
            
            
            
            
                
                    
                         
                        
                        Coin: 1849 Belgium 5 francs silver coin Leopold 1 Crowned head
                        (February 1, 2013 &ndash; March 31, 2013)                                                                          
                         
                                                             
                        
                    
                
            
            
                                           It is our member Rocinante3839. 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,&hellip;
            
                                                                                         
            Historical digression&hellip; 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&hellip; 
                                                                           
             
            
            
            
            
            Discover or rediscover our section dedicated to wine or champagne labels by clicking here!
                                                                                                    
                                     
                                     
                                                                                        
        
    







    
    
        
            
            We present to you some of the most beautiful and interesting items recently sold on the Delcampe website!
            
            
            
        
        
        
            
            
             
        
        
            France: Merson 2 francs stamp 1900 **
            
            
            Sold for 720.00 EUR
            
            
            USA: 10c current series 1879 **
            
            
            Sold for 499.99 EUR
            
            
            Norway: Postcard from Spitsbergen (North Cape) to Leipzig 1895
            
            Sold for 701.50 EUR
            
            
        
        
             
             
            
        
        
            Colombia: 5 pesos banknote 1947 VF
            
            
            Sold for 500.00 EUR
            
            
            Germany: 2 franken Jerome Napoleon silver 1808
            
            Sold for 1431.00 EUR
            
            
            France: Ambulant tinsmith with harnessing, Biarritz circa 1910
            
            Sold for 750.00 EUR
            
            
        
        
            
            
            
                
                    
                        
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