(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,...
(wm-pcp) Everything seems to be ‘big’ at the Zurich auction house. This includes the number of special catalogues published for each of the two auction weeks held each year, which has now reached double digits. The same goes for the in-house magazine, the...
(Germering/pcp) The Southeast Asian stamp issues listed in this MICHEL catalogue are among the most popular overseas collecting areas in Germany. This may be due not only to the ties forged through tourism, but also to the consistently serious issuing policy of all...
(wm/pcp) In the Nordic countries, exhibits with a local or regional focus are very popular, and this book, immortalised in this new volume of the documentation series, is considered a ‘textbook example’ in terms of treatment and presentation for this genre. However,...
