The latest issue of Wolfgang Maassen’s quarterly magazine Phila Historica has just been released. This 240 page issue contains a number of interesting articles. The page contents is attached. The issue can be downloaded for free from the Phila Historica...
Part 1 of the “Paris” Library of Tomas Bjäringer was auctioned by Heinrich Köhler at Wiesbaden on 15 November 2025. The sale consisted of 1277 (!) lots; a report on it appeared on this website earlier. Part 2 containing Swedish literature was sold by Göta...
A new book, “Blindensendungen in Österreich” (=Postal Deliveries for the Blind in Austria) by Franz-Karl Lindner, investigating the development of blind shipments in Austria has been published. This publication traces the historical development from the...
We now know the composition of the jury of ITALIA 2026, the international exhibition of philatelic literature taking place in Rome from 15 to 18 October 2026. The members of the jury are of an exceptionally high standard and includes six other prominent European...
A post on Frajola’s Board for Philatelists informs us that the winner of the Crawford medal for 2026 is the book ‘New York City Foreign Mail 1845 – 1878’ (2 Volumes) by Nick M. Kirke. It won with 39 points vs. 35 points for the runners-up. The book...
This book is an account of how the United States of America and the United Kingdom co-operated during World War II to run a censorship and intelligence-gathering operation on mail travelling between the Axis countries in Europe and countries in Latin America with...
Bangkok-based British philatelic dealer, Michael Hamilton, has been in the trade for almost 50 years, and specialises in British West Indies. Over that period, he has handled tens of thousands of items. So, he started compiling various WIP (work-in-progress) files...
Robert Paul Odenweller, the renowned philatelist and philatelic author, has passed away. Odenweller is perhaps best known for his two seminal works: The Stamps and Postal History of 19th Century Samoa (2004) and The Postage Stamps of New Zealand 1855–1873, the Chalon...
A few weeks back, we reported on the release of a new book by the Barreiros brothers – Dr Luis Barreiros and Dr Eduardo Barreiros – from Portugal. We have now received some more information directly from the authors, which we append below: The Spanish...
A couple of months back we had reported on the first publication of the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) in a new series of Study Paper – “Letter Mail from Portugal to USA, 1853–75” by Luís Rocha The society has now released its second...
A number of Indian princely states (semi-autonomous kingdoms and principalities in the Indian subcontinent, ruled by local rulers under the indirect control of the British administration of India) issued their own stamps in the late 19th and the first half of the 20th...
The biggest and most hyped philatelic stamp show of the year – Boston 2026 – concludes today. The award winners have been announced. The list of literature winners are appended here. Class 15A- Philatelic Literature – Philatelic books and...
