(Thomas M. Fortunato / pcp) The Boston 2026 web site has a new webpage dealing exclusively with the tariff issues around stamps and philatelic material, including a copy of the new ruling letter covering HTSUS 9704 that such items are again tariff free. See the...
From 13 to 15 November 2025, around 80 literature enthusiasts gathered for a symposium at the Heinrich Köhler auction house in Wiesbaden to listen to two days of presentations by 20 speakers on numerous aspects of philatelic literature, its history, but also its...
(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...
