Editorial improvements are spread throughout the entire work. In Poland, the editorial team discovered a new variety of the 1966 Football World Cup issue in which the colour orange is missing. The Polish local issues are at great risk of forgery as overprinted stamps, which is why corresponding notes have been added in all cases known to date.
The editorial team also found a new variety of a football stamp in Ukraine. An imperforate version of the 2004 UEFA stamp exists. The reprint of the ‘Coats of Arms’ postage stamp series was added with the year 2024. In addition, the editorial team is switching to the correct Ukrainian and Belarusian proper names in this edition of the catalogue, as previously the transcription of Belarusian and Ukrainian place names followed Russian conventions.
Another focus was on checking and updating the price quotations. In Poland, most stamps between 1945 and 1950 were only valid for postage for a few months. Accordingly, cancelled specimens with a contemporary date are rare. Increasing valuations are the logical consequence here. The local issues from 1918/1919 are also continuing to rise. The current war issues in Ukraine are also in high demand, and valuations are also increasing in Belarus. Here, it is mainly the stamps from the 1990s that often double in price.
Short info: 720 pages, 7,300 colour images, 32,400 price evaluations, hardcover, VP: 74 euros. ISBN 978-3-95402-485-8. Available in specialist and book stores.
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