(FEPA/AIJP) The DUBAI 2026 Specialised World Stamp Exhibition will be held at the Sheikh Maktoum Hall, World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 4 to 8 February 2026. The exhibition will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Emirates Philatelic...
(Gemering/pcp) This year sees the 29th edition of MICHEL Coins Germany. Thanks to its annual publication, it provides collectors with the latest information on the field of ‘German coins since 1871’. It also covers related areas and the euro coins of the...
(Gemering/pcp) MICHEL Central Europe 2025 covers the popular regions of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Editorial improvements have been made throughout the work. With the help of new research, we have been able to supplement or correct issue...
(Gemering/pcp) The MICHEL Alpine Countries 2025 catalogue covers the popular regions of Liechtenstein, Austria and Switzerland, as well as Geneva and Vienna, home of the United Nations. Editorial improvements: The editorial team discovered a number of new varieties in...
(Active Intermedia/wm-pcp) Rüdiger Soecknick is a renowned stamp expert and authenticator. As such, he works for both the Austrian Stamp Experts Association (VÖB) and the German Philatelic Experts Association (BPP). After almost 40 years, this type of postal...
(Jon Aitchison / AIJP) At the meeting of the Board of Election of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists on 6 February 2025, it was unanimously agreed that the following philatelists be invited to be the new signatories to the Roll: Adriano Bergamini, RDP, Switzerland...
(Günther Korn/pcp) With the approval of the Administrative Board, the BDPh’s Executive Committee has appointed new members to the Consilium Philatelicum (CPh). Günther Korn, Chairman of this body, informed the members of this decision on 16 February 2025,...
The journal “(The) Indian Philatelist” is one of the rarest and most important specialised journals of the 19th century, which reported on philately worldwide. It was published from 1894, although only 50 copies were printed in 1894/95. Hardly any of these have...
(p*c/pcp) The 12th annual volume of this free digital journal for philately and literary history has been available in print since March 2025. As in the previous year, it is available in two separate hardcover volumes, as the four issues of this journal, which were...
(p*c/pcp) In 2022, the first volume of this special book series was published, dedicated to the Spiro family – a family from Hamburg (the 255-page book appeared in both German and English). In this work, the well-known author and philatelic historian Wolfgang Maaßen...
(p*c/pcp) In 2017, a book by Wolfgang Maassen was published that uncovered the countless legends and myths surrounding the most famous stamp collector of all time: ‘The Mysterious Philipp von Ferrari. Philatelist, Philanthropist and Cosmopolitan’ (special edition 12...
(p*c/pcp) This topic was long overdue, as the author had already described the history of the Association of Philatelic Experts, the Federal Association of German Stamp Auctioneers and, most recently, the Association of German Philatelists years ago. What was missing...
