(wm-pcp) The catalogue for the upcoming German-Brazilian Rank 1 exhibition is currently in print. It fits – and not just from the cover! – to the occasion, which even the Brazilian ambassador to Germany, Roberto Jaguaribe, eloquently honours in his greeting. Attractive special cancellations and special stamp issues beckon and the reader can look forward to some excellent specialist articles in the catalogue. Dieter Kerkhoff describes German immigration to Brazil, a topic that Dr Thomas Schmidt explores in greater depth with postal traffic from today’s Börde district with German emigrants in Brazil.
In his second contribution, Kerkhoff reviews 50 years of ArGe Brazil, while Reinhard Küchler looks back on 50 years of Portuguese-Brazilian “Lubrapex” exhibitions, which also represent bilateral advertising for philately. BPP expertiser and expert Bernd Juchert recalls 180 years of “bull’s eyes”, while Wolfgang Maassen remembers the first early stamp dealers and philatelic publishers, who also came from Germany. Two specialist articles on postal history by Klaus Hirschfeld round off the specialised section. With the list of exhibits and various overviews, the catalogue is 132 pages long and will probably be available in Haldensleben at a price of 10 euros.
Translated with DeepL (www.deepl.com)
