Philatelic links:
Very informative biographies of artists and engravers which have recently worked for the French Post Office. Very useful for the collector of Die (Artist's) Proofs. Listing of engravers such as BEQUET, DURRENS, JUMELET etc. This site is bilingual with your choice of language: English or French.
http://www.laposte.fr/philatel/artistes/artistes.htm
For collectors of chess on stamps, a wonderful site with beautiful illustrations of chess stamps:
International shows we will attend:
The French Post Office is already counting down the days until PhilexFrance'99. This show will take place from July 2 to July 12, 1999. We had attended PhilexFrance'82 and Philexfrance '89. We have already reserved a booth and hope to see you there.
http://www.laposte.fr/philatel/philex/site-f.htm
Links of personal interest:
Carrboro is located in the "Triangle", just next to Chapel Hill. The "Triangle" is famous for its 3 major universities: Univeristy of North Carolina (UNC Chapel Hill), Carolina State University and Duke University. We moved here 8 years ago and we love it! To know more about the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), check:
http://www.triangle.citysearch.com
To learn about Carrboro:
http://www.citysearch11.com/E/V/RDUNC/0003/03/08/1.html
Other Useful Links:
Currency converter: Convert instantaniously estimate or catalogue value in the currency of your choice. OANDA currency converter is amazing. It not only converts any amount from a choice of 164 currencies, but you can choose any date of conversion since 1990. We for example learn that One US $ was worth 138.31 yen on July 27, 1991 and 141.64 Yen on July 23, 1998. You can even all the rates for the last 30 days or over a period of your choice:
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
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