Stefanie Fackelmann, representing the auction house Gärtner, and Rainer von Scharpen present the symbolic cheque and the stele to Leonard Hartmann (right) from the USA. Photo: Wolfgang Maassen After a three-year break, the so-called C.G. Awards of the auction house...
Good news for visitors, bad news for exhibitors who have been hesitating to register: The 33rd International Stamp Fair in Essen, the commercial part of the World Stamp Exhibition IBRA from 25 to 28 May 2023, is already almost fully booked. There are only a very few...
(Photo credit: Detlev Moratz) Long queues at the entrance and at the stands: The new start of the International Stamp Fair from 27 to 29 October 2022 in the beautiful Danube city of Ulm was a complete success! Thousands of stamp collectors from Germany and...
The originally planned number of competition exhibits in frames was 2,800 and the organisers calculated only 2,200 frames internally – due to Corona. But when the registration deadline came, at the end of September 2022, all fears were swept aside: so many exhibits...
The Philatelic Federation of Finland has announced the award of the Pro Philatelia Gold Medal for 2022 to Ari Muhonen FRPSL. The award citations noted: “Ari Muhonen’s achievements in the field of organized philately are immense. A member of the Board of the...
114 literature registrations are currently available for the upcoming World Exhibition. This means that the minimum number estimated and requested months ago has been reached. After consultation with Commissioner General Walter Bernatek, it was decided to extend the...
