(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(wm-pcp) Along with the latest issues of the London Philatelist published by the Royal Philatelic Society London and the Philatelic Journalist published by the AIJP, the international association of philatelic authors and journalists, an 8-page brochure has been sent...
(wm-pcp) As usual, this new issue offers readers a wealth of interesting topics written by renowned experts. Here are a few examples. Dr Heinrich Conzelmann looks at letters sent via the Post Office for America and the Comtoir der Schiffsbriefe in Hamburg to the USA,...
