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NEWSLETTER #53 - DECEMBER 2005 THE CARDS ARE OUT THERE EVENTS
Significant in this list are changes of venues for two old established shows. Manchester Airport has closed its conference facility so the Manchester show is moving to a hotel in nearby Altrincham. This follows the East Midlands show relocating to Hucknall Airfield - this was on June 23 – notice was received too late for the March issue. Similarly the Heathrow-Feltham show has outgrown its Feltham School site and the next show on November 10th will be at Kempton Park Racecourse.
Known aviation shows are:
2006
INTERNET REPORT
For any members who sell on Ebay it is more of a problem. You have to choose which site to list on based on your expectation of where the demand is – so either co.uk or .com. You potentially lose competition between Uk and overseas buyers. The only action available is to insert text to advise buyers to modify their search method as above, or direct them to the other site that you may have listings on. Of course this dilution of international competition can work in favour of members buying. This may have helped the Mexican item overpage come to the UK, although a certain ambiguity as to its condition may also have deterred the “usual suspects” who bid big money for Latin American photographic cards.
The card in question is of a Boeing 247 XA-DIZ of Servicios Aereos Balnecanios(?) at Ixtapan. It may be an airline or airport issue. The airline does not appear in “Airlines of Latin America” and is not listed as an owner of XA-DIZ in the B247 history. It was ex NC13307 Varney Airlines, Boeing Air Transport and United Airlines – then to Wyoming Air Service and Inland Airlines, taken over by the USAAF and disposed of to LAMSA Mexico and 4 subsequent Mexican owners, excluding the one shown, returning to the US as a sprayer in 1956.
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