In the early days of philately, postal stationery was usually collected as cut-outs and stuck into albums like stamps, probably in view of the fact that postal stationery is in fact nothing other than postage stamps in a special form. In terms of use, however, postal...
This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on Hungarian postal history, and it also makes a valuable contribution to understanding the social and economic history of Hungary during the last years of peace in the old kingdom of Hungary before the cataclysm....
It was the Portuguese who, in the 15th century, explored areas where no one had ventured before. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope; ten years later, Vasco da Gama completed the pioneering feat and discovered the sea route to...
Here is someone who knows what he is talking about. Lindner worked as a teacher for the blind for over forty years, including more than twenty years as head of the von Vincke School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Soest. For that reason, his book wants to be...
The three-part first volume of the 5th edition of the Frech catalogue of private postcards for the area of the German Reichpost 1873-1945 was published in May 2022. Only a few months later, the two-part second volume for the other German postal areas before 1945 is...
Anyone dealing with the postal stationery of the French Zone (FZ) should have a plenty of time, patience and dedication. Because the provisional cards with the many black squares do not seem very attractive at first glance, perhaps even monotonous, and on top of that...
It was obvious to choose a framework theme adapted to the host country for the presentation of the current Yearbook of the European Academy of Philately (AEP) at the FIP World Exhibition HELVETIA in Lugano from 18-22 May 2022: Switzerland. Most of the 22 contributions...
Werner Salzmann promised a sequel to his volume “Your identity card, please!” A survey of a special field of French fiscal philately, which deals exclusively with the special field of identity cards. Now the follow-up is available: two volumes with almost...
For over four hundred years, the history of Ireland has been marked by the striving for national self-assertion of the Irish on the one hand and the defending of British supremacy on the other. After countless wars and rebellions (1594-1603, 1641, 1798) which are...
Hans-Werner Salzmann is a philatelic all-round man: collector since his earliest youth, exhibitor, juror for thematic as well as postal history collections, club and association official, organiser of exhibitions, head of the “Brandenburg Gate” study group...
