A few days back we reported that on 5 May 2026, Aix Phila GmBH will hold an auction for the benefit of the Philatelic Library of Hamburg. The latest news is that the auction will start at 1.30 PM CET. There are 160 lots up for sale covering a lot of topics. Online...
Issue No. 1,503 of The American Philatelist (AP), journal of the American Philatelic Society (APS), has just been released. The AP is the oldest continuously published philatelic journal in the world, the first issue having appeared in January 1887. Get 12 issues of...
The “Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V.” reports that the shelves at the Heinrich Köhler Philatelic Library in Frankfurt have been severely damaged. The library needs help securing the collection by purchasing used shelves. If you are able to help the library, please...
AUSVIPEX (Australian Virtual Philatelic Exhibition) 2026 is an online National Philatelic Exhibition organised by the Australian Philatelic Federation (APF). It will be held in November 2026. Entries are open from 30 March to 30 September 2026. There will be 20...
Virtual Stampex, organised by The Philatelic Traders Society, is held once a year. This year it was held from 6 to 8 March. There were 20 talks given by different speakers on various philatelic topics over the three days. These talks, in English, can be currently seen...
The latest issue of Wolfgang Maassen’s quarterly digital journal “Phila Historica” is here. It can be downloaded for free from its website. Articles include an interview with the noted philatelist Chris King, Philately in Hamburg 1862-1900, the...
A note on the website of Académie de Philatélie informs us that Hervé Barbelin (1964-2026) passed away recently. Barbelin’s main philatelic interests were the pneumatic post office of Paris and history of philately in the 19th century. Apart from articles and...
Yesterday, PB Books’ newsletter No. 370 (!) arrived in our email inboxes. It features books on forgeries, World War II, the Spanish-Cuban-American War (1895–98), and other topics. Hartmann is based in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. He has been active in the book...
The American Philatelic Research Library (APRL) in the United States has one of the world’s largest and most accessible collections of philatelic literature. It had nearly four miles of shelving containing more than 23,000 book titles and 5,700 journal titles as...
