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With less than two weeks to go before the opening of PRAGA
98, it is time to make our last addition to the information
we have on this site regarding the show.
The mounting of exhibits will start on September 8 and
the first meeting of the International Jury is scheduled
for that evening. The exhibit will open to the public at
1100 on Thursday, September 10 and will remain open until
1800. On Friday and Saturday PRAGA 98 will be open from
0900 to 1800 and on Sunday from 0900 to 1500.
As a reminder, the exhibition will be located in the Trade
Fair Palace (Veletrzni palac), Dukelshych hrdinu
47, Praha 7 and the Postal Museum, Nove mlyny 2, Praha 1.
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A few
changes and additions to the schedule we had in our last update
are:
| September 10 2000. |
Opening Evening Ceremony (reception),
Trade Fair Palace (by invitation only) |
| September 11 1300 - 2000 |
Meetings of various Societies, Park Hotel
(across the street
from the exhibition) |
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| There will also be meetings
with creators of Czech Stamps, time to be scheduled. |
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| September12 |
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| 1000 - 1200 |
Meeting of the Jury with exhibitors |
| 1000 |
Olympic Day - Meeting with Czech athletes,
Gold medal winners, Seminar at Hotel Belvedere (change
from the 11th ). |
| 1700 |
Balloon flight carrying mail, Letna |
| 2000 |
Location of Palmares Banquet has been changed
to Národní D_m, Nám_stí Míru,
Praha 2 |
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Other item on our June schedule remain as they were.
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Other events which will be of interest to PRAGA 98 visitors are:
- A parallel exhibition of "The Oldest Revenue Stamps in
the Czech lands 1686-1854" will be on view at the National
Museum, Lobkovicky Palace.
- A dealers bourse will be held from September 10 to 13 a few
blocks from the exhibition at Bubenská 1, Praha 7. There
will also be a major auction of Czechoslovak and related philatelic
material at the same location at 1330, September 11.
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Na sheldanou in Prague!
Jaroslav J Verner
U. S. Commissioner
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