The British auction house, Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, is offering more than 250 lots of philatelic literature at its forthcoming sale on 12 August 2026. The items are drawn from the libraries of the Royal Philatelic Society London, Janet Bygate, and Roy Erskine....
The Académie de Philatélie was founded in 1928. It is the first to have been created in the world. Since the start its principal object has been to contribute to the development of philately by all means possible. In 1968, the academy published the first volume (in...
A new work on the postage and revenue stamps & postal stationery of Imperial India under King George V is being published by the Royal Philatelic Society London. Indian philately was something the King-Emperor George V took a keen personal interest in. The...
On February 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Pequet (1888-1974) carried the first official mail flown by airplane. He carried a sack with about 6,000 cards and letters on his Humber biplane. The plane flew a distance of five miles, from an Allahabad polo field, over the...
The Forschungsgemeinschaft Indien und Südasien e. V. (FGI) (=German Study Circle for the postal history and philately of the Indian Subcontinent / Southern Asia) is a registered society associated to the Bund deutscher Philatelisten e.V. (BDPh). The FGI studies the...
Our member, Hysen S. Dizdari of Tirana, Albania, informs us that in 2017 he authored the book ‘Flora dhe fauna detare në pullën shqiptare’ (=Marine Flora and Fauna on the Albanian Stamp). The book documents Albania’s rich marine biodiversity (over...
A quick reminder that the 8th edition of „Berlin Philatelic Exhibition” (BEPHILA) is being held from 17 to 19 July in Bernau near Berlin. It is a combined national and regional competition exhibition. A 130-page commemorative publication and catalogue is also being...
The Zurich-based auctioneer, Corinphila, traces its antecedents to E. Luder & Co., the firm founded by Eduard Luder, together with his father Ulrich Luder in 1919. Its first auction was held in 1925. In 1935, the company started operating under the name...
A press release by the RPSL yesterday (10 July) announces the society’s awards for 2026. It reads in full: The Royal’s Awards for 2026 Each year awards are made by the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL): for 2026 a new medal was awarded for the first...
The International Philatelic Literature Exhibition – ITALIA 2026 – will be held at Rome from 15 to 18 October 2026. It enjoys both FEPA and AIJP Patronage. The organisers have now announced a very special Grand Prix, courtesy of The Global Philatelic...
