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Rare collector’s piece from Titanic will be exhibited for the first time at the Sberatel Fair

The largest gathering of collectors in Central and Eastern Europe will take place again this year on September 6-7 at the PVA Expo Letňany fairground. More than 230 exhibitors from all over the world will offer stamps, coins, medals, banknotes, postcards, but also old stocks or autographs. Many of them are coming to Prague for the first time. Visitors can also look forward to an interesting accompanying programme.

During the year you can also visit the Spring Sberatel Fair or the Christmas Sberatel Fair and follow what’s happening in the world of collecting on collectornews.info.

There was a letter sorting room on board the Titanic. This famous liner served not only as a means of transport for passengers, but also as a mail ship. Its full name was R.M.S. Titanic (Royal Mail Ship Titanic).

Before sailing from Southampton, more than six million letters and postcards were embarked, bound from Europe via England to North America.

Amongst these letters was an address label that belonged directly to the ship’s post office. Among collectors, it is referred to as the “Titanic Facing slip”, the address slip that the ship’s mail went through. This particular one was postmarked on sailing from Southampton just four days before the tragedy, and was stamped with the personal stamp of the clerk of the shipboard post office “O.S. WOODY” (on the picture) and with the line stamp “TITANIC”. It is thus a unique testimony to a historic disaster.

The address label with the Titanic postmark of April 1912 is small in size but large in value. There are only thirty such labels in the world, of which only ten are available on the open market. The other tickets are held by prestigious museums and institutions. It’s something of a holy grail for collectors of various specialties, not just philatelists.

There are several theories that attempt to explain their origin. We know for certain that they were all found on O.S. Woddy’s body a few days after the sinking of the Titanic. The first theory is that Clerk Woddy was caught in an accident at work. He had the postal tickets in his pocket, which is why he left the Titanic with them. The second is bolder, suggesting that Woddy wanted to save part of his job and put the tickets directly into his life jacket, from which he pulled one of the cork fillings.

The Titanic artifact will be on display at the Sberatel Fair in a generous display with a range of engaging information. You will find it next to the Czech Post stand.

The Czech Post will be offering a commemorative postcard depicting the famous “Titanic Facing slip” from the Titanic at the fair.

A stamp sheet with coupons issued directly by the Czech Post in its own production, will be on sale at the Czech Post stand. 

0 euro souvenir with a picture of the famous ship will also be on sale. The banknote is also interesting because it is the first 0 euro souvenir completely created by artificial intelligence!

“Bear with me a little longer, I will soon be master of the world!” The legendary phrase and the sinister laugh are inseparable from the villain Fantomas.

The charismatic villain first appeared on cinema screens in 1964, along with the neurotic Commissaire Juve, played by Louis de Funès, and the intrepid journalist Fandor, played by Jean Marais. Directed by French director André Hunebelle, it was followed by Fantomas is Angry (1965) and Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967).

Alongside the mask, the Citroën DS, surely the most famous flying car in the world today, is inseparable from Fantomas. 

To mark the 60th anniversary of the first Fantomas film’s release, the Sberatel Fair is issuing a 0 euro souvenir banknote, a pressed nine-block and a collector’s novelty – a gift blister with a medal.

The Citroën DS / Fantomas “60 years” 0 Euro Souvenir Note is being issued in an edition of 3,000 of which the notes 2701 – 3000 are on sale as part of the gift folder.

Nine postage stamps with coupons of the Czech Post with the motif of the flying Citroën DS. Postcards, a commemorative print and a tin sign are also on sale at the sberatelshop.cz stand.

 A collector’s novelty – a gift blister with a nickel-plated medal premiered at the autumn Sberatel fair. Stamped in a limited edition of 200 for the Sberatel Fair, which prepares a collector’s gift blister with an interesting motif for each fair.

Take a photo at the Sberatel Fair directly with Fantomas!!!

Extravagant drop and typical Czech food at the Czech Post stand

A postage stamp with the motif of the first Czechoslovak aerodynamic car Wikov 35 Kapka will have its premiere at the Sberatel fair. The four-seater two-door sedan was introduced to the public in 1931 at the Prague Motor Show.

Only a few original cars with streamlined bodywork were produced. The drawing is the work of artist Petr Ptáček, whom you can meet in person at the Sberatel Fair at a big autograph session scheduled for Friday, September 6.

You can buy the new Gastronomy stamp sheet by artist Jiří Slíva, which consists of two motifs of ‘typical Czech dishes’, at the Czech Post stand. A separate coupon depicts the beer, which must not be missed with Czech food.

The premiere of an incuse strike at the Sberatel Fair! On Friday at 13:00, the Czech Mint’s stand will be visited by medallist Asamat Baltaev and will sign autographs. He will sign your collector’s card or the unique Czech Lion mintage. On classic medals or coins, you will find a relief that protrudes from the mint surface. So-called incuse strike differ from these at first glance because their motif is recessed on at least one side. In the 21st century, incuse strike is rare – it gives coins and medals a novel look and is thus considered a technological and artistic rarity. The silver medal in an incuse design will be available for purchase directly at the Czech Mint’s stand, exclusively. The mintage is only 1000 pieces.

At the fair, the Czech Post will present a new stamp sheet ‘Animals in our nature with their young’. The artwork was designed by Libuše and Jaromír Knotek and the final engraving was done by Martin Srb. You can meet all three artists in person at the fair at a big autograph session scheduled for Friday, 6 September.

The double issue of 0 euro souvenir banknotes with the motif of the 75th anniversary of the production of the iconic PRIM watches will have its premiere at this year’s Sberatel Fair. In 1949, the foundation stone of the wristwatch manufacturing tradition was laid in Nové Město nad Metují, Czechoslovakia. With this feat, our country put itself on the world watchmaking map. It was one of only 8 countries in the world that were able to produce wristwatches including their own movements. We still belong to this, now larger but still elite group. In the same place and in the same city, the production of PRIM watches is continued by ELTON hodinářská, a.s. The 0 euro banknotes will be issued in an edition of 3000 + 3000 pieces and will be on sale in the foyer of the exhibition centre.

A limited edition 0 euro souvenir “Peter Pan” will be on sale at the fair – the print run is only 1,000 pieces! The new euro banknote is the result of a collaboration between the Sberatel Fair and REMYSAID.COM (stand no. 614), which is the official licensee of the euro banknote and will be bringing dozens of different euro souvenirs from all over Europe to Prague. 

The motif of the banknote is a tribute to the famous Walt Disney cartoon, where the front side depicts Peter Pan surrounded by the iconic character of Tinker Bell. What makes the new 0 euro souvenir a rarity is not only the well-known character from the Disney film, but also the limited number of pieces issued. 0 euro souvenirs are normally issued in quantities of 3,000, 5,000 or 10,000 notes. A thousand is an extremely low number, so it is expected that there will be a huge demand among collectors for the new issue.

A new booklet of stamps dedicated to the 225th anniversary of the birth of geologist and paleontologist Joachim Barrande will also make its premiere in the autumn Sberatel Fair. All the stamps in the booklet are designed by artist Jan Sovák. They will be on sale at the Faunaphila stand.

A commemorative envelope will be available for collectors at the UN Postal Administration booth.

The Skoda Rapid 1500 is the motif of a new collector’s note issued by the Sberatel Fair. The Skoda Rapid 1500 was launched in 1954 and a significant number of cars were exported to countries such as the UK, Germany and others.

Antonín Panenka, the 1976 European champion from Belgrade will personally present his collector’s commemorative gift banknote on the first day of the fair. An autograph session will follow.

The commemorative gift note was issued last year on the occasion of his 75th birthday and the 30th anniversary of the Football Internationals Foundation. The commemorative certificate will be available for purchase at the company’s “Osobnosti století” stand.

The commemorative postcard of the German Post for this year’s Sberatel fair can be bought at the sberatelshop.cz stand.

On Friday afternoon, the Czech Post will hold its traditional “mega-autograph show” of artists with whom it cooperates. Among the confirmed names, besides the Libuše and Jaromír Knoteks and Petr Ptáček, are Otakar Karlas, Markéta Prachatická, Eva Hašková, Jan Maget, Kamil Knotek, Jan Kavan, Pavel Sivko, Karel Zeman, Adolf Absolon, Michal Novák and engravers Martin Srb, Jaroslav Tvrdoň, Lucie Bandiková and Václav Fajt.

At the stand of the Kyrgyz Post, visitors could buy a stamp which, with its 184 mm width, is officially the longest postage stamp in the world. It represents the Chaar-Tash Mountains, the Toguz-Toro Tract and the village of Kazarman.

A commemorative postcard with a dinosaur motif issued especially for this year’s Sberatel fair will be brought to Prague by the Kyrgyz Express Post. On both days, it will be possible to get the signature of the artist Daria Maier, who has been creating postage stamps for Kyrgyz Express Post for a long time, at its exhibition.

At the Slovak Post stand you will find a sheet of stamps with a personalised coupon for this year’s Sberatel fair.

The Sberatel Fair attracted a lot of media interest this year. Czech Television and Czech Radio provide live coverage of the event, and news about the Sberatel appeared on the main news on CNN TV Prima, and TV Nova.

The Prague Gem and Mineral Show, which accompanies the Sberatel Fair every year, has grown into a separate hall this year. Visitors were able to buy precious stones, minerals, jewellery or just get inspiration for home creations.

Traditionally, the Vinyl & Stereo Expo and the Rock & Metal Market is also held alongside the Sberatel Fair on Saturday. Collectors could find rare records from nearly forty dealers from all over Europe, CDs, cassettes and music memorabilia.

Want to know more about the Sberatel Fair? Check out the informative Czech-English publication that traces the history of the event, which is now one of the largest gatherings of collectors in Europe.

You can browse it online here, maybe you will find yourself or your friends and acquaintances there!

A special ticket will let you in already on Thursday

Both traders and impatient collectors can visit the fair already a day earlier, i.e. on Thursday, September 6, from 4PM to 7PM, and also on Friday, September 8, from 9AM, if they buy a special ticket for CZK 1000 (aprox. 45 EUR). The event opens for general public on Friday from 10AM to 6PM and on Saturday from 10AM to 5PM.

Accompanying program

The Sberatel / Collector is not only the largest sales fair of collector’s items in Central and Eastern Europe, but also offers an extensive and unique accompanying program every year. Visiting the event is therefore an interesting experience not only for collectors, but also for people who have a collector in their families and look for a gift for him or her, or for families with children.

Sberatel / Collector Fair is the largest meeting of collectors of stamps, coins, medals, banknotes, postcards, minerals and other collectibles in Central and Eastern Europe.

Every year, 230 exhibitors from 35 countries, mints, postal administrations, auction houses and leading dealers from all over the world come to Prague.

The fair is attended by 10,000 visitors, a third of them from abroad. Women and children are admitted free of charge.

A special and useful service for visitors only at the Sberatel / Collector Fair! Free valuation of stamps, coins, medals, banknotes, securities, minerals and telephone cards by independent valuers from professional organisations.

The Sberatel / Collector Fair is an opportunity to compare the offer of dozens of companies in one place.

As part of the accompanying programme, the fair hosts christenings and autograph sessions by celebrities and well-known artists, coin, medal and stamp makers.

On Saturday, you can visit the Vinyl & Stereo Expo – the biggest autumn event for vinyl record collectors – for one ticket.

In the same hall as the Sberatel / Collector Fair, the Minerals & Gemstones Fair runs both days, featuring dozens of vendors selling minerals, gemstones, designer jewelry, and things to make your own.