It was obvious to choose a framework theme adapted to the host country for the presentation of the current Yearbook of the European Academy of Philately (AEP) at the FIP World Exhibition HELVETIA in Lugano from 18-22 May 2022: Switzerland. Most of the 22 contributions...
If you take a look at the website of next year’s World Philatelic Exhibition in Essen, you will certainly notice that a lot is happening at the moment. The names of the study groups that will be present with a table stand from 25 to 28 May 2023 are already...
Werner Salzmann promised a sequel to his volume “Your identity card, please!” A survey of a special field of French fiscal philately, which deals exclusively with the special field of identity cards. Now the follow-up is available: two volumes with almost...
The first quarterly issue of this worldwide unique digital magazine for friends of literature and philatelic history is now available for free download on www.philahistorica.de. With a handling of about 360 pages, the publisher, Phil*Creativ Verlag in Schwalmtal, and...
The Royal Philatelic Society London received more than thirty nominations for the Crawford Medal for books published during the years 2020 and 2021. The Society is pleased to announce the short list of eight from which the Crawford Medal Committee will select the 2022...
Image Ulm Fair; photo credit: Ulm-Messe GmbH The heart of the stamp scene now beats in Ulm: the International Stamp Fair, for many years the branch’s top annual event at the Sindelfingen Trade Fair Center, will in future present the jagged universe of the...
Photo: Dane Garrod (Feb. 2022) On April 1, 2022, the renowned British philatelist Frank Walton died of the consequences of a stomach cancer that was apparently not recognized in time. Five weeks before, as president of the organizing committee of LONDON 2022, he had...
An important exhibition will be held in our neighbouring country from 18-22 May 2022. This is a specialised world stamp exhibition under the patronage of the FIP and the recognition of the FEPA on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the “Seated Helvetia”, the...
Exhibit applications for IBRA 2023 must be submitted to the respective country commissioner by September 2022. Good stand spaces in prime locations can also only be realised if the trade registers early. The same applies to stands of the working groups. Many things...
In deviation from the text of the printed version of INFO 2 for IBRA, the hall planning has been reconsidered and changed in recent weeks. This was prompted on the one hand by the desire for more flexibility, and on the other hand by Messe Essen’s efforts to obtain...
It is with sadness that we have heard of the loss of Bernard Behr, on 16 January last, aged 97, following 77 years of a passion for Philately that he shared with us all.Everybody knows the renowned Maison Behr, founded in 1920 by his father Georges, which Bernard...
Corona, like many others, had delayed the publication of this book. Now the first volume with 255 pages is available in colour. The subtitle “A History of Fiction and Truth” already indicates that this research work by the well-known philatelic historian...
