by pcp | Feb 12, 2026
Rainer von Scharpen presents second, enlarged edition (wm-pcp) In 2010, the author published the first edition of his work under the title ‘Perfins of Bavaria’, and even then the figures were impressive. The 555 pages contained images of around 650 perforations,...
by ari | Dec 17, 2025
A new publication from the RPSL The latest book to be published by The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) details the history and postal history of these two Austrian steamship companies operating in the eastern Mediterranean Sea over a period of fifteen years. It...
by ari | Dec 17, 2025
The International Association of Philatelic Journalists (Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatéliques, AIJP) held its congress in Wiesbaden on November 14, 2025. The event was significant because the association’s long-time chairman, Wolfgang...
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...
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