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   Dear  Client  …   First up,  Season’s Greeting to ALL my clients,  WHEREVER you are based in the world!  This year I certainly have spread my wings and done a fair amount of travelling -  even much more than usual for me!  Firstly the adventure of seeing in the Millennium in Antarctica on New Year’s Eve/Day at the British Antarctic Base Post Office at Port Lockroy via a Russian Icebreaker.  That trip was via the USA,  Calgary,  Banff,  Lake Louise,  Brazil for Christmas Day at Iguassu Falls,   then Buenos Aires and even remote Tierra Del Fuego.  I still have a few of in stock of the 100 unique numbered December 31/January 1 covers created there,  each signed and numbered by me,  and each bearing Argentina,  Australia,  BAT,  AAT,  Argentina Antarctica and the rare 1890 10˘ T.D.F. “Popper Stamps” (SG #1!) Price $A100 ($US55!)  each (or 5 for $A375)  covered both sides in amazing handstamps and cachets etc.   Colour photos of both sides,  and of the amazing trip and PO are at:   www.GlenStephens.com/penguin.html   

  Then in early 2000  there was the totally bizarre Supreme Court battle where Eric Dixon (owner of ‘Stampfinder’ at Milson’s Point)  decided to seize control of the “Australasian Stamps”  magazine from the other 2 directors.  We had voted him from the board in December 1999 after discovering with some horror his previous Bankruptcy Act history that he had never disclosed to us.  Eric Dixon was it seems,  an ‘insolvent under administration’ at that time.    Such an administration does not seem to affect one's ability to run a large tax agent type business,  which he was most certainly doing,   and that seems curious to me at least.  His Deed Of Arrangement had not been formally discharged by his Trustee when he founded the magazine company,   and yet he fought to gain control -  tooth and nail.   I estimate some $70,000 in legal bills stemmed from this sad action and a VAST amount of wasted time by myself,  as well as the money. The results were that the ‘February’  ASM was the last under my editorship and control. The subsequent erratic publishing history and content of the ASM probably speaks for itself!  As does the clear  absence of leading columnists and many leading advertisers.  There has been one magazine issued in past 5 months.   Despite achieving at massive expense a Supreme Court order in March that he and his wife were the sole directors of the company,  NO director or public officer has shown on ASIC records since then -  presumably as Mr. Dixon has not applied?   It is apparently a rudderless company?   (He did however appoint himself  ‘Director For Life’  in March 1996!)

   Having no Director listed on an ACN (Pty Ltd) Company is apparently illegal I understand it  (Mr. Dixon is a Tax Agent and has been on  100s of boards,  or as a public officer)  but this has not stopped Mr. Dixon employing,  engaging,  and firing staff and agents in the interim,  running up bills and expenses etc,  in that time,  all in the name of the public company.   And initiating debt collection letters to leading dealers like John Mowbray,  Max Stern,  Rodney Perry,  Lighthouse Philatelics,  and A-One Stamps etc.  And sending out some bizarre letters signed as “Eric Dixon,  Managing Director”. (sic)   Every subscriber who pre-paid a subscription has it seems EVERY legal right to write to NSW Consumer Affairs/Fair Trading  Dept (and/or ASIC and ACCC) to demand a refund of the portion pre-paid  “to  the leading MONTHLY  magazine”,   you may feel was not honored.  You also have the clear right to copy in APTA (nee ASDA)  as Mr. Dixon is apparently STILL a fully paid up member,  despite complaints I understand have already been received against him.   APTA claims  to ensure the actions of their members do not hurt collectors!??  Anyway, if you do write to either, makes sense not to mention my name - only do it if you personally have a complaint about lack of delivery/lack of quality or whatever your complaint may be.   The company as YET does not appear to be in receivership,   and as a large shareholder I am sad to think it may soon be thus.  I just do not wish to see any of my clients lose money,  as I surely HAVE done already  a large 5 figure sum to be exact.  And it is very sad to see a superb magazine ruined by what is just apparent incompetence or a misplaced faith in one person's 'ability' in this area.

  This mess with ASM has at least meant I was not chained to my desk editing and proof reading all pages over a couple week period each month,  as well as typing and running my usual 2 pages of ads.  This if nothing else allowed for a lot of impulse travel.  I have flown some 120,000 miles this year alone,  or 200,000 Km.  In March/April a real fun trip to Cambodia,  Thailand & Nepal that involved dodging land mines in Cambodia,  visiting the quite sobering Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge ‘Killing Fields’  to riding atop Elephants and photographing Rhino in the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal.   A few hours driving away,  waking up at Everest Panorama Resort and seeing sunrise over 8 of the 10 tallest mountains on earth from the room’s balcony  (the other  two     tallest are in Pakistan)  was a major memory.

  In May/June I flew 30,000 miles round trip via the USA to see clients,  then to London for the huge once-a-decade “London 2000” International.   A great show.   I have only a few left of the Deluxe PO folders with large sheets of 10 Australia “photo stamps” (of myself!)  plus the backing sheets,  2 x £5 entry tickets,  show program etc -  all this for $A60. There were the FIRST Photo stamps AP has ever offered outside Australia.   Remember that  very few were done,  due to remote location of booth,  and the International demand is VERY high.   I then visited the Scottish Highlands to Loch Ness,  Inverness,  Loch Lomond,  and the Isle Of Skye etc.  Magic part of the world.  I also bought back 50 of the new John Barefoot ’British Commonwealth Revenues’  catalogue  -   big A4 size,  priced and illustrated,  272 pages,  only $A60.

  In September/October I vamoosed from the Sydney Olympic Games pretty much,  and flew to Las Vegas and drove up through the spectacular National parks in Utah   Bryce Canyon and Zion.  Then back to LA,  and a flight right down to Los Cabos in Mexico -  a cute little deep sea fishing village.  The Mexico PESO is about the ONLY world currency crummier than the $Australian!   Got back home just in time to attend some track and field finals at the Olympic Stadium - what a day,   and next evening was on a large cruiser under the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the stunning fireworks finale.

  I estimate there were 1.5 million people in the Sydney downtown area alone at 1am after the fireworks -  wonderful atmosphere.  In my view,  the Olympics were THE most defining moment in Australian history,  since Federation.  It proved we had truly come of age as a major Nation and could do something bigger,  better,  safer,  and far,  far more smoothly than ANY other major country has even done before.  The  ‘instant’  stamp sheetlets 10 Australia Post did for the 16 Gold Medal winners have been a sales sensation.   See my full detailed front page “Linn’s” stories on line at www.GlenStephens.com/column.html  for all detail and photos.  I still have a few sets of ALL 112 different  sheetlets of 10 @ $A650 ($US345)  or the basic set of 16 different sheetlets for $A125.   These are not much above face value and the set 112  “instant”  sheets was done in VERY limited numbers,  and overseas demand is of course phenomenal.

In late October I flew to the South island of New Zealand and rented a car and drove all around that beautiful place.  To  Nelson,  Blenheim,  Greymouth,  Reefton,  etc.  The scenery is magnificent there,  and can change dramatically within a few miles.  In November I made another 31,000 mile round trip,  starting in Adelaide,  then Melbourne,  Los Angeles,  Seattle,   Los Angeles,  Chicago,  Dusseldorf (Germany),  Chicago,  San Francisco,  Sydney,  Adelaide.  The entire trip took only one week,  start to finish.  Had some business in Seattle,  and also in Dusseldorf,  and caught up with some frequent flier friends in Dusseldorf,  and we caught the train to Cologne to visit that superb old cathedral they have there.  There was an “Altbier” festival in Dusseldorf,  so we had the traditional Goose “Gaanzen” dinner.

   Tomorrow I fly out to Los Angeles via Dallas for a meeting in Chicago.  Then to Santiago Chile for a few days,  where I will catch up with an old client who is the US Consul there,  then to Puerto Montt in the beautiful southern alps Chilean Lake district for a visit  Then a long flight to the Falkland Islands  where I’ll spend Christmas Day on a tiny  island populated by 10 people!   There is only ONE commercial air service to the Falklands from anywhere in the world:  this once a week flight from Chile.  In that week I’ll tour the sites around Port Stanley of the British/Argentina conflict and better still,  visit the large Elephant Seal breeding  colonies & the cute penguin rookeries -  especially the very colorful Royal Penguins that I didn’t see in Antarctica.  There are 420 Islands in the Falklands group,  but only a 2,200 population  -  all the Military included!

  Fly back to Santiago,  then a Varig flight to Rio De Janeiro for New Year’s Eve.  I spent a NYE once in northern Brazil in Bahia/Salvador,  and man do these guys  PARTY!   Rio hoteliers set prices for N.Y.E. (‘Reveillon’)  and Carnival (February) at literally about FIVE times the usual tariff,  for ALL hotels in the Copacabana/Ipanema area.  A four day stay at a moderate to better grade hotel,  basic room is about $US1500 ($A3000)  for 4 days : payment in advance.  No refunds.  No bargaining :  ‘take it or leave it’.  And they are 100% full.  About  TWO MILLION people gather on the Copacabana Beach sands right on midnight I am told.  Flying out after a few days in Rio then  to the city Sao Paulo which  has a larger population alone than ALL of Australia,   then to JFK airport in New York for some sleep,  then straight back home.

  During this year my father in Adelaide has been ill so have also visited there several times.  All this travel means my servicing of customer orders has been disrupted fairly often and my  apologies for that.  My email system “crashing” latter year did not help either!  As a strictly ‘one man’ business it is a juggling act at times,  but it DOES all get done in the end.  The weakness of the $A has seen me inundated with overseas orders,  especially from the UK and USA,  and especially for the Olympic Gold Medal sets at $A650. (1,120 stamps!)   $A100 has been costing my clients about $US50 or £35 in recent months -  the lowest rates in history.   All my website and printed pricelist prices are nett export prices,  as the great bulk of my trade is overseas these days and are free of the nasty GST that arrived July 1^st,   to further chew into the limited time a small businessman has available to him.   A stamp item shipped to another dealer,  or  to an Australian client,  or to an overseas client all need different  invoice types and paperwork accounting.   NUTS.

All this flying is FUN to me.  I have picked up some superb contacts and deals.  I can obtain for any reader,  or their family members etc,  a Business Class/First Class return ticket to New York,  Washington,  Miami,  Boston etc  (or even to South or Central America) for about $A4,000 if you ever want one.   Indeed almost the same price gets you from anywhere in Australia to Europe via stops of your choice in the USA in the “pointy end” all the way,   AND on any of these flights you earn a free  around Australia trip to use at a future time with all the Flyer points you accrue.   If this deal interests you or your fiends give me a call.   It is about HALF what your usual travel agent will quote,  for same routing, and all credit cards are accepted,  and all months of the year are possible.

  So please note I will be back home about Tuesday January 9^th.   Any queries please email me with,  and I’ll attend to them after my return.   My newest price list is being worked on NOW  (List J-2)  and will be mailed or up on website soon.   I attach my current list,  list number  ‘A-7’ for my EXISTING bargains  -   www.GlenStephens.com/A-7.html  and remember the folks staying at my house know NOTHING about stamps,  so phoning them wil be a waste of  BOTH your time!   Any order that appears to you to have been overlooked in recent weeks (especially since darn email crash)  please jog my memory on that.   I will be here for another 12 hours,  so if you are quick,  I may be able to assist BEFORE I fly out!   And finally at this busy time of year,   I wish all clients and their families,  wherever you are in the world,  a happy,  restful,  peaceful and safe Christmas Break,  and a Happy New Year for  this “real” Millennium!   And thanks once again for your tremendous support during Year  2000.   

GLEN STEPHENS  …….     Castlecrag,  NSW.                                                                          December 17,  2000.

Millennium special!!!   I just obtained a little more stock of  my BEST seller line for 2000.   I have never seen them on offer ANYWHERE else!   These are proving a GOLDMINE for some sellers as approvals broken down per set,  or on eBay on-line auctions etc.   Very nice lot,  and the price has for ONE MONTH only been dropped even further.   YOU MUST mention these as Promo Code C46 when ordering however, or normal price will apply (normal price is shown in typed ad below - the C46 promo code is two lines down below this sentence .   Remember that Catalogue value of these things as genuine is $US6,686 or  about $A12,500 - PER album! 

ONE album of them is now $A85 ($US 45!)   5 for  $A380 ($US200 ) 10 for  $700 ($US370) or  25 for $A1500 (=$US790)! ( #C46)

NOTE --- postage and Registration fee is IDENTICAL to send one album as it is to send Five, whether to Australia or overseas.

CHINA ... Mao Tse Tung - Entire Cultural Revolution Way Under 1% Cat!

91. From April 20th 1967 to August 1970. Scott 938-1046 complete, (less the cheap #1019/37) 81 stamps. Full colour perforated FORGERIES in an 8 page colour folder/stockbook, all neatly arranged in hawid mounts. Includes all 4 of the se-tenant strips 5 and the rare 1968 8f "Entire Nation Is Red" stamps, Scott #999a. That one alone should surely sell for AT LEAST for what I sell the entire package for! Scott is around $US6,686.65 for used stamps. My price is way under 1% of Scott for the genuine stamps i.e. $US 66.86 per album of 81 stamps complete. This I will charge on credit card as $A100. EVERY collector of China with a printed album, pretty well has all the pages empty for this scarce era.  Most will consider spacefiller attractive forgeries than live with blank spaces for eternity in this era in their album. Even if you sell these at 2% of Scott catalogue you double your money.  Profit margin considerably higher if you buy in bulk.  Would make VERY interesting auction lots!  5 albums for A$450 10 albums for A$800 25 album (Cat Scott $US167,141) for A$1,750

(See Special Promo code C-46 offer above on these, making them even CHEAPER for orders received by Janaury 17th)


And finally to clear stock of Super Dooper SG Catalogue buy, the price has been reduced to $A170 for all FOUR massive volumes.  Not $A200 but  $A170.   ( 5 sets $A350)  You must quote offer Promo Code F- 59. 

GIBBONS CATALOGUES BULK BUY ! 102. The importer boobed and double ordered. I snapped up their mistake! YOU get all the savings! So buy up NOW!! (1) The 1998 "Red Books" Brit.Cwth. Two massive hard cover books the size of Sydney phone books. True! Brit.Cwth A-Z, with plate flaws, sideways and inv. wmks, all booklets all reigns, prices on cover etc. If you haven’t bought for a few years you are MILES out of date. 1998 Edition, Retail A$210. Only A$95. (5 sets A$400). (2) The Current 1999 "Stamps Of The World" TWO massive books, with EVERY world stamp A-Z (except the B/Cwth (see #1) priced mint & used. Retail $190. A$120. (5 sets $450). Be quick!!   BOTH for A$200

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