Dear Philatelists:

With the stunning rise in the Canadian Dollar from 88¢ in June 2007 to $1.10 in November 2007, Canadians have been on a spending spree. Cross border shopping is rampant. This phenomenon spills over into philately since the Scott 2008 catalog prices are now a bargain. We have seen Canadian collectors exercising their new spending power at stamp auctions where they are winning 20%-30% more lots against American and foreign competition. We will be curious to see if the trend continues and how Scott will handle the 2009 prices, particularly with American and Canadian stamps.

Ron Leith Auctions will once again share the stamp weekend with Steveston Auctions who will conduct their sale on Friday night March 14, 2008 followed by our auction on Saturday evening March 15, 2008. We will both be at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel at 7311 Westminster Highway in Richmond, which is situated just two blocks west of the Richmond Inn where we normally hold our auctions. The event is shaping up to be a fun stamp weekend including a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Bourse. See you there!

Postal History auction highlights: includes part two of the Steinhart Admiral rate cover accumulation, an outstanding collection of Canadian Money & Registered letters, a nice group of rare Alberta, Assiniboia, & Saskatchewan town cancels, the finest group of USA Stampless covers that we have ever offered including an 1837 Pony Express quadruple $3.00 rate cover and many rare USA rates to British North America. There is also a wonderful collection of USA pre-1900 illustrated advertising covers, and the final installment of the Vermont, Pennsylvania, & Rhode Island postal history collection. The Military section is strong with excellent Boer War covers, many WW1 & WW2 Prisoner of War covers, outstanding German Post-WW1 Inflation rates, a scarce group of Auschwitz & Dachau WW2 Concentration Camp letters, and a rare China Boxer Rebellion cover. The cover section concludes with 219 wholesale collections comprising three massive dealer stocks of worldwide covers and postcards, plus the final spectacular offering of 1950-1990's German rate covers addressed to Venezuela, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and Canada. The literature section is noteworthy with an extensive group of seldom offered German & Switzerland Philatelic references.

Stamp auction highlights: includes many superb mint Canadian 1897-1940 issues, the finest collection of Newfoundland Mint stamps that we have ever offered with a huge number of never hinged stamps and most of the rarities noting an incredibly scarce 50¢ Columbia Airmail. There is also an impressive group of United States cancels that includes many New York Foreign Mail rarities, and a stunning group of British stamps with most of the high values present.. The sale concludes with 136 wholesale stamp lots including extensive collections of Canada, Newfoundland, USA, USA Precancels, Iceland, New Zealand, Papua-New-Guinea, and Switzerland, plus "millions" of Topical stamps sorted by Scott in stock books.

Auction Dates & Lot Viewing:

Lot viewing is at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel on Friday March 14^th from 10:00 am to 9:00 PM and on Saturday March 15^th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Please plan accordingly as there are only 18 hours of viewing time available for this huge amount of material. Hors d'oeuvres will be served before the sale and the auction will be conducted in one session starting at 6:00 PM sharp on Saturday March 15^th, 2007. We will provide FREE parking passes to all our customers.

Auction Agent:

Carol Christopher phone . . . 604-597-8148

(Vancouver, BC) email . . . urgent-all@telus.net