QUEENSLAND CARD COLLECTORS SOCIETY INC.
 

Queensland is one of the six states in Australia, and the northernmost on the eastern coastline. The main population base is in Brisbane, the state's capital city, which is situated in the state's south east corner.  Brisbane is a popular tourist destination and the city hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1982, Expo in 1988 and the Goodwill Games in September 2001. It has been voted as Australia's most liveable city.

All forms of card collecting are popular hobbies throughout Australia.  There are independent card collecting groups in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia.  The New South Wales Postcard Collectors Society and the Western Australian Card Collectors Society are the other clubs with websites.  There are some full time and a number of part time dealers in cards in each state of Australia but not many have retail premises.  Most attend dedicated card fairs which are held regularly in Sydney and Melbourne and/or more general collectibles fairs and swap meets throughout the country.  Postcards and sometimes cigarette and trade cards can usually be found at philatelic and coin fairs. 

Meetings

Our group meets on the last Tuesday of each month  (December excluded) at the Brisbane Sporting Car Club, Unit 1/206 Montague Rd, West End which is centrally located in Brisbane just west of the city centre.  Meetings start at 7:30pm.  The format of each meeting usually involves a discussion of official business, followed by new business and announcements, then a presentation on a card related topic (always interesting and of high standard) followed by refreshments and informal mingling.  Cards are often brought along for trade, sale or just to be shown off and the lots from our bi-monthly postal auction of 200-250+ lots are available for inspection. Unsold lots are available for direct purchase at the reserve price at the next meeting.  Members have access to a large library of reference books and journals. Visitors who wish to attend, see how we operate or bring some cards for assessment or sale are welcome.

Membership

Yearly membership fees are AU$30.00 within Australia; Pacific and New Zealand AU$35.00 and AU$39.00 for rest of world which provides the member with 6 issues of our club Bulletin (each is 8-10 pages long) and five postal auction catalogues as well as entitlement to attend meetings and borrow from our extensive library of card related reference books and journals.  

Executive

At the society's AGM in August 2007 the following club executive personnel were elected:

President: Alan McNaughton
Secretary: Nel Stevens
Treasurer: Ernie Goleby
Editor of Bulletin: David Johnson; Compiler of Bulletin: Roy Pugh
Auctioneers: Reg Stonard & Roy Pugh
Librarian: Judy Sneyd
Webmaster: Marcel Safier

Contact

Our contact address for correspondence and membership is:
The Secretary, QCCSI, P.O. Box 896, Indooroopilly, QLD, 4068, Australia.
E-mail correspondence can be sent to the webmaster Marcel Safier msafier@ozemail.com.au.  Articles and ads for inclusion in the Bulletin can be sent direct to the editor David Johnson.