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...
