Stanley Gibbons has risen 300% this year and 30% in 6 weeks. Several institutions appear interested in building up a stockholdind. GET ON BOARD!

Partridge

Many thanks for your views. I remain a holder currently. This is certainly a niche company, which I like.

The Stamp fund could be a good earner for this company, but I am unsure how this has progressed, as there has been talk about it for a number of years without to my knowledge any real progress.

Prospector - Stamp Fund now should be up and running, shows on their website if you have 20K or more to invest, but curiously cannot see any mention in results RNS early March. SGI recommended in Saturdays Times as Share of the Month by Stella Shamoon. She tends to go for large cap global brands, so SGI only fits the bill on the global brand part of the equation - here's hoping it also becomes large cap!

Check that AGM statement today. This IMO looks a long term winner in what are currently quite frothy market conditions.DYOR

Brilliant statement Partridge. Got no funds, but this is a fantastic company at the right time to be involved. well done hope you have loads of them!

The nearest investment I have is on a p/e of about 6, interims were a record; Ofex:ANG, Angela Flowers Gallery, which owns galleries, has 25 artists and deals in mainly modern art. Trades online ticker ANG with some brokers, incase anyone is interested. www.ofex.com.

Thanks Hawick. I find there are good opportunities without huge risk if you are prepared to be patient.No experience of OFEX - tried to find ANG website, but could only find lots about Angela Flowers herself! How do you do your research on OFEX companies - many years have taught me only to blame myself if anything goes wrong, so I generally stick to decent quality small/mid cos where there is plenty to find if you dig hard enough.Any help appreciated.

Hi partridge www.flowerseast.com is the home site for Angela Flowers and click on artists; when you can then click on individual names and find maybe half a dozen examples of what each artist offers. (Some of it does little for me I have to say, but there seems to be a young and dedicated collector fanbase!).
My links posted here never work for some reason but www.unquoted.co.uk if you go into the general ofex discussion forums (free, seconds to register) has some great articles by private investors on ofex stocks. One with 'Angie where will it lead us' is about ANG.
www.ofex.com is the market website and trading the shares is identical to other markets.
There's a lot of dead wood, but a few storming little companies too, i've shares in about half a dozen stocks. Winterfloods, Peel Hunt and Teathers are the main market makers. Some brokers need a phone call but you can often beat the sometimes wide looking spreads. Liquidity can be tight but a small spread of investments is well worth it.
Happy hunting!

Thanks - very helpful. Sorry we got off topic on this thread.SGi finished the day in fine form!

New article, Click HERE

my broker has this share as foreign trading from Jersey. Any comments?? SD

Registered Address : Pirouet House, Union Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 3WF
Head Office 399 Strand, London, WC2R 0LX

Plenty of reputable companies are registered offshore. Makes no difference, imo, except when you receive a dividend & the tax status may be different.

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The directors of Stanley Gibbons (AIM: SGI), Lo-Q (AIM: LOQ), and Sinclair Pharma plc (AIM: SPH) will be presenting:

Thursday the 25th June 2009
Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel, 35 Charles Street, Mayfair, W1J 5EB

The presentations will start at 6:00pm and finish at approx 7:30pm. After the presentations are complete the directors will also be available to take questions during a free canapand wine reception. Details on the presenting companies can be found below.

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These really are superb evenings set in a wonderful location, in the heart of Mayfair.

The evening is entirely FREE, and you can take the opportunity to chat and network with the presenting CEO's, industry professionals, and fellow private investors in a friendly networking event after the presentations.

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Please note the nearest tube stations are either Green Park (5 minutes walk), or Bond Street, (7 mins).

I would like to have attended this, but next Thursday no good for me. Any feedback appreciated. SGI looks well run, with good prospects - my only nagging doubt about it relates to the guaranteed returns on some of their investment products. History littered with casualties offering such benefits, not least Equitable Life.

Decent trading update today. Growth being managed without recourse to any debt. Pleased to see that they have moved away from marketing products with guaranteed investment returns - plenty of opportunities to capitalise on the brand name, not least through recent investment in enhanced website and effort to unlock the Chinese collectors market, which they reckon to be 30 million people. With the business still below 50M market cap I am likely to be keeping mine locked away for the next few years, but always dyor.

Also a Shares Mag tip this week.

Strong set of numbers today and price has held up well after recent strong run. IMO still not expensive on fundamentals, but always dyor.

I've had my eye on these for a while, but as yet, haven't acted. Nice to see an 8% increase in the final dividend and 9% in total dividend.

Online sales double - must be doing something right. Check out interview http://www.brrmedia.co.uk/event/96755/michael-hall-ceo

Stanley Gibbons confident of growth
Date: Friday 10 Aug 2012


Collectibles dealer Stanley Gibbons reported rising interim profits and has forecast growth for the rest of the year ‘irrespective of economic conditions’ as it continues to lead the way in sourcing rare stamps.

The firm, which has set thousands of youngsters on the path to a life-time of stamp collecting, declared profits before tax for the first half of the year of £1.8m, up 8% on the same period of 2011, although sales were down 2% at £14.7m.

Online sales grew 90%, and this is clearly a growth area for the firm which felt confident enough to declare an interim dividend up 10% on 2011 at 2.75p per share.

Stock levels are valued at £24.5m as the firm prepares for the launch of a rare stamp fund in October.

The Chairman, Martin Bralsford, commented: “As a result of the success in sourcing of key philatelic rarities, the group is in a strong position to deliver growth in the remainder of the current year, irrespective of economic conditions, which is expected to include the launch of a rare stamp fund in October.

“The fund will be regulated and open to sophisticated investors and hold some of the most famous and best quality philatelic items at attractive

SGI performing strongly on the back of solid trading update and recent fundraising/acquisition of bidstart, a US based onile collectibles platform. No debt as at end of 2012, which should see results "in line with market expectations." Bidstart might be a bit of a gamble, although potential rewards look worth the risks imo - but always dyor.

Take a listen to the Stanley Gibbons Group talking about their recent results.

Click here