(sh/pcp-wm) For 10 years the association “Graine de Vie” has been actively participating in the reforestation of Madagascar. Behind this project is its founder, the notary Frédéric Debouche. This precious initiative for the survival of our planet has...
(pcp-wm) In 2003, philatelic historian Wolfgang Maassen published a more comprehensive biography of the master forger Jean de Sperati, which was published in his book “Echt oder Falsch. Forgeries and Forgers in Philately”. This can now be read in an...
(pcp-wm) What can be observed at the Olympic Committee, Formula 1, international sports federations and clubs, does not leave world philately unscathed. Numerous events have been cancelled or postponed, reports FIP President Bernie Beston from Australia. It is known...
(pcp-wm) You could already read something about the new association founded two years ago in December 2019. See: https://aphv.de/ein-neuer-prestige-philately-club-in-prag/ Now it has become known that this club is preparing a museum philatelic show, the PPCP Biennial,...
(Axel Brockmann/pcp) Applaud or simply say “thank you”: The heroes of Corona pandamas in health care, nursing, research and in all areas that are important for a community are celebrated. In Iran, one of the most severely affected countries, there is now a...
(pcp-wm) It was long overdue, because the FIP’s current rules and regulations still came from the “stone age”. It was adopted in 1985 – 35 years ago! – at the FIP Congress in Rome. Also with a view to the now widespread use of digital...
Please forgive my silence over the last week or two, but trying to find a way of managing the London 2020 exhibition that both is safe and secure, as well as being financially robust, has been a major challenge. In line with UK Government guidelines, it is now...
(pcp) The team of Collecta wrote: “We inform you that because of the Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia no. 470 on the Prohibition of Collection at Public Events in Public Spaces in the Republic of Slovenia, 14th Collecta –...
(pcp-wm) As the DBZ announced on its website on 27 February 2020, this year’s MILANOFIL will not take place in Milan. Although it is not – as the DBZ writes – a “world exhibition”, it is a national exhibition with international...
(MB) Our Belgian AIJP director Dr. Mark Bottu – who was appointed editor-in-chief of ‘De Postzegel’ a few months ago – was elected President of Oost-Phila on 15 February. The Oost-Phila Association brings together the East-Flemish philatelic...
