by pcp | Nov 27, 2025
(Thomas M. Fortunato / pcp) The Boston 2026 web site has a new webpage dealing exclusively with the tariff issues around stamps and philatelic material, including a copy of the new ruling letter covering HTSUS 9704 that such items are again tariff free. See the...
by vs | Nov 18, 2025
From 13 to 15 November 2025, around 80 literature enthusiasts gathered for a symposium at the Heinrich Köhler auction house in Wiesbaden to listen to two days of presentations by 20 speakers on numerous aspects of philatelic literature, its history, but also its...
by ari | Nov 6, 2025
(Rainer von Scharpen/pcp) Just one year ago, Dr Hans-Joachim Soll published a highly acclaimed work on social philately in German East Africa. Drawing on previously untapped sources from private collections, he analysed colonial society using evidence from philately...
by pcp | Nov 6, 2025
(Jürgen Witkowski / pcp) The next ArGe Literature Exhibition for working groups is scheduled to take place in 2026. Attractive prize money will be awarded at the exhibition, which is being held in cooperation with the Rauhut & Kruschel auction house. During the...
by pcp | Nov 4, 2025
(wm-pcp) DASV is the well-known abbreviation for the German Old Letter Collectors’ Association (Deutscher Altbriefsammler-Verein e.V.), which publishes several newsletters each year, each well over 100 pages long. This autumn, once again, it features some very...
by pcp | Nov 4, 2025
(jw/wm-pcp) This year, the International Stamp Fair in Ulm provided the perfect setting to award the most prestigious literary prize in German philately to a deserving author for the first time in three years. The prize is awarded by the Foundation for the Promotion...
by ari | Nov 3, 2025
(wm-pcp) “Would you like to know what one of the ‘100 most influential thinkers in the world’ collects, and how he built up his philatelic collection?” This was the question posed by the Heinrich Köhler auction house on an invitation card for the first presentation of...
by pcp | Nov 3, 2025
(wm-pcp) Hansmichael Krug is considered the leading expert in Germany on the German Reich’s Brustschild issues. He has been an expert for these issues at the Association of Philatelic Experts since 1994, having gained many years of experience as a stamp dealer...
by pcp | Oct 16, 2025
(rk-bdph/wm-pcp) At the 118th German Philatelists’ Day on October 5, 2025, in Hamburg, Reiner von Scharpen, BDPh Federal Director for Research and Literature and a well-known specialist author, was awarded this year’s Kalckhoff Medal. The Kalckhoff Medal...
by ari | Oct 14, 2025
The latest issue of “The Philatelic Journalist” is out and has been sent to the members of the AIJP. The contents of the issue can be found...
by pcp | Aug 13, 2025
(B-B/pcp) On 5 September 2025 at 1 p.m., Philasearch will hold its first live online auction. Interested parties will find a colourful selection of postal history from around the world – ideal for browsing and bidding for collectors of all specialities. The focus of...
by pcp | Aug 13, 2025
(Wiesbaden/pcp) From 18 to 27 September 2025, Germany’s oldest stamp auction house, Heinrich Köhler, will open its doors for its traditional autumn auction in Wiesbaden. With seven special catalogues, an impressive main catalogue and an additional catalogue for...
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