At the age of almost 81, the Chemnitz-based publisher and cataloguer Eberhard Richter passed away on 29 September 2023. Richter had been publishing his special catalogue “Zusammendrucke und Markenheftchen der DDR” for more than 20 years, which appeared in...
While stamp booklets (MH) in Germany or other European countries have been extensively researched and catalogued, this is not the case for India and its history of stamp booklets, which have existed since 1904. The extent of the gaps in knowledge can also be seen from...
There are publications where one does not know what to admire more: The depth and scope of the research and documentation, the content of the information offered for the first time in such profusion, or else the combined aspects of significant philatelic and literary...
This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on Hungarian postal history, and it also makes a valuable contribution to understanding the social and economic history of Hungary during the last years of peace in the old kingdom of Hungary before the cataclysm....
Just in time for the 117th German Philatelists’ Day in Bautzen, the Consilium Philatelicum of the BDPh presents number 16 of its “Series on the History of Philately in Germany”. This 128-page brochure is dedicated to the IBRA 2023 World Exhibition....
In English, perfectly bound (21.5 x 30.5 cms), 176 pages, colour throughout. SEK 700 (+ SEK 200 postage). Available from nordisk@filateli.se. In today’s world postal history literature has seen some rather remarkable changes. In addition to the traditional treatment...
It was the Portuguese who, in the 15th century, explored areas where no one had ventured before. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope; ten years later, Vasco da Gama completed the pioneering feat and discovered the sea route to...
Here is someone who knows what he is talking about. Lindner worked as a teacher for the blind for over forty years, including more than twenty years as head of the von Vincke School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Soest. For that reason, his book wants to be...
On Thursday of this week, the doors of IBRA 2023 (International Philatelic Exhibition) will open. For four days from Thursday to Sunday, 25 to 28 May, the exhibition will be the meeting place for all philatelists. To kick off this exciting week, we have some...
Every year FEPA, presents awards for special services to philately. This year they are the following: THE FEPA MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO ORGANISED PHILATELY, 2022 PATRICK MASELIS, Belgium Patrick Maselis has given outstanding service to philately in Europe for...
Count Gustaf Douglas presented “Sweden Number One & Subsequent Important Gems” in Newcastle on 28 July 2018. Photo: Claudia Maassen The Financial Newspaper paid tribute to the death of the eminent Swedish entrepreneur and industrialist Gustaf Douglas...
This issue of the philatelic magazine from Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, is entirely dedicated to the world exhibition IBRA 2023, but especially to the appearance and offers of the auction house. For example, a “groundbreaking innovation in philately”, the ProFi...
