MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
2005
Dear
Customer
As the
end of year 2005 approaches so very rapidly, I am taking this opportunity to
wish ALL MY CLIENTS, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006.
This is a
generic newsletter to all my clients who I supply on a regular Standing Order
or casual basis. Obviously some comments below will only be relevant to certain
clients, however this opportunity does give me the chance to update my
customers, old and new, with general information.
Personally
the past 12 Months or so have not been very good to me! Following my encounter with the scorpion
late last year, I was feeling much better until I suffered a minor stroke in
early May this year resulting in a few weeks of hospital and re-habilitation –
thankfully there were no apparent long term effects however I have taken on
board what is a real health warning for the future. Most clients would be totally unaware what I have gone through as
all Standing Orders were attended to in due course – clients who order on a
casual basis will have noticed a delay in the supply of some orders, thought I
thought I did fairly well under the circumstances.
For the
future what it does mean is that my lifestyle has changed considerably – I now
take a daily walk at some stage, and no longer do I work the 6/7 days a week
that I used to, and until late at night. My health is important to me and these
changes were necessary. It does mean
that I CANNOT work the long hours that I used to, however it should not cause
any problems to Standing Order clients at all – it may mean a small delay in
the sending of all orders – please understand that when I do a full Mail Out it
can involve several hundred orders – all have to be invoiced and packed up.
I will
make every effort to supply casual orders as quickly as possible, but there may
be delays from time to time depending on backlog of work. AT ALL TIMES,
priority is given to firstly the ordering of New Issue material, then the
completion of Standing Order matters, and then casual orders. Somewhere in
between all of this I have to fit in all the letters, emails etc etc – I always
do my best but sometimes after a New Issue a sizable backlog occurs.
Most
clients would not be aware that my Mother has assisted me for some 25 years in
the business, however she has been unwell for some time and it is now 12 months
since she was able to help with mail outs etc. Her spirits are good but
regrettably she cannot do physically what the mind would want to.
MATTERS
SPECIFIC TO CRICKET, RUGBY and GOLF CLIENTS are indicated below-
CRICKET:
On the
back of this Newsletter, I have provided a complete Update of CRICKET New
Issues received during the last 12 months.
Please do check that you have everything you require for your collection
– I have reasonable stock of most material available when the Listing was
produced, but obviously demand can vary from item to item.
I have
started work on a new Updated Complete Catalogue of Cricket Stamps, however
this is a very time consuming project – I am hoping to have it finished by mid
2006, but no promises. Please continue
to use the 2002 Catalogue in the meantime if you wish to place an order for the
older material.
RUGBY:
At long
last I have completely updated my Rugby Catalogue and all Rugby clients should
now have their 2006 Catalogue. Any
clients still requiring a copy of this, then please let me know. It was a quiet year for Rugby New Issues and
I was therefore able to get the long promised Catalogue completed. My apologies for the delay – I hope the wait
is worthwhile.
GOLF:
I regret
I do not have much joy for my Golf clients.
The very long promised Golf Catalogue is still just that. While I have started to put it all together,
the final completion is a long way off.
If you want copy of the Listing so far, then let me know and I can at
least send you something – at least it will prove to you that it has been
started!
FINALLY,
in closing this Newsletter, I must make mention about the fantastic series of
Cricket Test Matches that took place in England over recent months! Congratulations to England on winning back
the Ashes – at long last, most of you will say! We look forward to the 2006/07 Ashes Series here in Australia,
which will of course be followed soon after by the 2007 Cricket World Cup in
the West Indies – it will be a busy time, as I am sure there will be several
West Indian Countries commemorating the event with a Stamp issue. More details
on this in 12 months time.
THIS
NEWSLETTER will be included in your next sending. If it does not arrive until after Christmas, then I trust that
you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
Regards,
email: hatrick@alphalink.com.au
websites: http://sportsworld.alphalink.com.au and www.cricketstamp.net