Collectors Fair in Portadown Town Hall promises host of interesting items on display
Portadown Collectors Fair – a joint venture between Portadown Philatelic Society and the Northern Ireland Postcard Club – will be held on Saturday, May 23.
The popular fair, being staged in Portadown Town Hall, will feature displays of stamps, covers and postal history from Great Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth and European countries as well as a wide range of postcards.
There will be displays from members’ collections including the life and times of the late Queen Elizabeth II, Northern Ireland postmarks, Irish postal history, portraits on stamps and covers, postcards depicting sporting events, local villages and towns as well as stamps and covers from Commonwealth countries and some of the small ofshore islands of the UK.
Dealers from all over Ireland will be in attendance, selling stamps, postcards, first day covers, postal history items, philatelic accessories, cigarette cards, coins, medals and other collectables.
Those attending the Portadown exhibition and fair are encouraged to bring along any collectables such as stamps, postcards, cigarette cards, medals, badges or anything else of interest they may wish to have identified or valued free of charge by the dealers who will be in attendance.
The organisers are looking forward to another highly successful event and expect to see an even larger number of people than attended last year’s event. They promise an interesting day and say all those who attend should be able to find something interesting to add to their own collections.
Admission to the exhibition and fair – which runs from 10am to 2pm – is free.