(Rainer von Scharpen/pcp) Just one year ago, Dr Hans-Joachim Soll published a highly acclaimed work on social philately in German East Africa. Drawing on previously untapped sources from private collections, he analysed colonial society using evidence from philately...
(Jürgen Witkowski / pcp) The next ArGe Literature Exhibition for working groups is scheduled to take place in 2026. Attractive prize money will be awarded at the exhibition, which is being held in cooperation with the Rauhut & Kruschel auction house. During the...
(wm-pcp) DASV is the well-known abbreviation for the German Old Letter Collectors’ Association (Deutscher Altbriefsammler-Verein e.V.), which publishes several newsletters each year, each well over 100 pages long. This autumn, once again, it features some very...
(jw/wm-pcp) This year, the International Stamp Fair in Ulm provided the perfect setting to award the most prestigious literary prize in German philately to a deserving author for the first time in three years. The prize is awarded by the Foundation for the Promotion...
(wm-pcp) “Would you like to know what one of the ‘100 most influential thinkers in the world’ collects, and how he built up his philatelic collection?” This was the question posed by the Heinrich Köhler auction house on an invitation card for the first presentation of...
(wm-pcp) Hansmichael Krug is considered the leading expert in Germany on the German Reich’s Brustschild issues. He has been an expert for these issues at the Association of Philatelic Experts since 1994, having gained many years of experience as a stamp dealer...
