(fw/pcp) The Chairman of the Organising Committee of LONDON 2020, Frank Walton, announced this on 27.2.2020: “I have been receiving several emails from around the world from people who are understandably concerned about the risk from the CoronaVirus. The London 2020...
(Amstelveen/pcp) From 2 to 4 April 2020, the auction house Corinphila Veilingen invites you to the traditional spring auction in Amstelveen near Amsterdam. Collectors and dealers can once again look forward to a wide range of high-quality philately and postal history...
(fjp/pcp) Nach dem (fjp/pcp) After the “Special Catalogue of the Local Post of Shanghai (1865 to 1897)” as a bilingual version in German and English, the “Special Catalogue of the Contracting Ports of China (1893-1898)” has now been published....
(pcp-wm) The title of this English-language book already sounds promising, for it promises the reader “Gems of Philately of India”. The author, son of the renowned Indian philatelist Pradib Jain, fulfils this promise in a remarkable way. Indeed, Indian...
(pcp-wm) On 7 February 2020, the well-known philatelist, juror and author, Dr. Wolf Hess, celebrated his 75th birthday with his family and some friends. Among the philatelists who had travelled from near and far were: Alfred Schmidt, the President of the Bund...
(pcp-wm) To see an “Erlking” in philately is hardly conceivable. This was made possible by Phil*Creativ Verlag, which has been publishing a book manuscript by Dr. Wolf Hess entitled “Postal History Finland. From the early beginnings to the entry of...
(London/pcp) Every London international stamp exhibition has historically attracted many of the best exhibits from across the world, and this is certainly true of London 2020. Regrettably, the organisers have had to turn down many top class exhibits but hope that the...
(pcp-wm) In April and July 1994 Dr Wolf Hess published a postal history of London in two parts. At that time he stated that this publication was the first in German language on this highly complex subject. It was the result of Hess’s own long years of study of...
(pcp-wm) In 1894 a book by Oskar Kausch was published by the publishing house of Gebr. Senf: “Die Sprachwissenschaft in der Briefmarkenkunde”. This was a highly unusual work, because it was the first attempt to make the different languages of the world...
(pcp-wm) The WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) is concerned for a long time with the protection of species worldwide, which becomes an increasingly urgent concern when you see how many species are on the verge of extinction. Special editions with the WWF logo are...
