Exhibit Grader is a web-based artificial intelligence application developed by philatelist and author Will Castillo. The tool allows stamp collectors to layout, evaluate, and pre-grade their philatelic exhibits before bringing them to real-world competitive stamp...
The Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) is a non-profit and non-political federation of philatelic societies in Asia and Australasia, founded in Singapore on 14 September 1974. Five philatelists signed the FIAP Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (FDP) for 2026...
The recent trade war between the two neighbours but now erstwhile friends, Canada and USA, has been all over the news. While philately should not be effected by politics, sometimes it is inevitable. A recent letter released by the Canadian Stamp Dealers’...
The latest edition of this catalogue is expected to be available in the next 10 days. New this year: Fully rewritten and professionally translated French-Language Introduction: For the first time in 25 years, the Catalogue features a bilingual introduction. This new...
The first issue of AIJP Newsletter dated 27 August 2026 has been published and sent to members. You can read this newsletter either in your email inbox or on aijp62.substack.com. If it goes into your spam folder, do one or all of the following: Mark as Not Spam: Open...
Earlier this year, we reported on four short videos on Crawford Medal winners made by the philatelic literature dealer Casper Pottle of HH Sales in Bradford, UK. These are produced by and available on the Philatelic Traders’ Society’s YouTube channel....
The Siegburger Briefmarkenfreunde e.V. (SBF) or Siegburg Stamp Collectors Association of Germany will celebrate its 80th anniversary on September 12-13, 2026, at the Siegburg City Museum. They will celebrate together with the Consilium Philatelicum (CPh), which is...
Brussels based Lindekens Philatelic Auctions is conducting three different sales on 19 September 2026. One of them is a ‘general sale’ in which there are more than 300 lots of philatelic literature (lot no. 6000 to 6388). The sale is strong in the...
James Bendon (1937-2026) was a renowned philatelist, full-time stamp dealer, and author. He started trading in London in 1971 before moving to Cyprus in 1987. He returned to London in 2014 and retired in 2023. He is known to be the pioneer in the study of UPU Specimen...
In 1865, the Brazilian Government issued a Decree authorizing post offices to cancel postage stamps with “Mute cancellations,” the design and use of which was at the discretion of each post office. These cancellations, which were typically carved into...
Linn’s Stamp News, the weekly newspaper that has been the leading news voice in stamp collecting since 1928, is returning to print. Weekly delivery will resume with the issued dated 5 October 2026. Two years back, Linn’s published its issue no. 5,000...
A new book ‘La fabrication des timbres-poste et du chiffre-taxe à la Monnaie de Bordeaux’ (=The Production of Postage Stamps and Revenue Stamps at the Bordeaux Mint) has been published by the French dealer, expertiser, and publisher – JFB Philatelie....
