Auction to be held at philately event

Auction to be held at philately event

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Philatelist Association is to
hold a one-day festival on Saturday at its headquarters on Jl.
Pos 2 in Central Jakarta.

Organizers Sri Utami and Riyanto said on Thursday that a wide
range of stamps and other postal items would be auctioned.

"No less than 300 lots of stamps and other philately objects
worth some Rp 100 million (US$13,160) will be put up for
auction," the organizers said in a statement.

The auction, which will be open to the public, will include
stamps issued during the Dutch colonial period, the Japanese
invasion and the revolution period in the early days of the
country's independence.

A short course for philately judging panels will also be held.
The panels' participants hail from several provinces.

The association will also hold its annual meeting on the same
day. (bsr)