The Royal Philatelic Society London received more than thirty nominations for the Crawford Medal for books published during the years 2020 and 2021. The Society is pleased to announce the short list of eight from which the Crawford Medal Committee will select the 2022...
Image Ulm Fair; photo credit: Ulm-Messe GmbH The heart of the stamp scene now beats in Ulm: the International Stamp Fair, for many years the branch’s top annual event at the Sindelfingen Trade Fair Center, will in future present the jagged universe of the...
Photo: Dane Garrod (Feb. 2022) On April 1, 2022, the renowned British philatelist Frank Walton died of the consequences of a stomach cancer that was apparently not recognized in time. Five weeks before, as president of the organizing committee of LONDON 2022, he had...
An important exhibition will be held in our neighbouring country from 18-22 May 2022. This is a specialised world stamp exhibition under the patronage of the FIP and the recognition of the FEPA on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the “Seated Helvetia”, the...
Exhibit applications for IBRA 2023 must be submitted to the respective country commissioner by September 2022. Good stand spaces in prime locations can also only be realised if the trade registers early. The same applies to stands of the working groups. Many things...
In deviation from the text of the printed version of INFO 2 for IBRA, the hall planning has been reconsidered and changed in recent weeks. This was prompted on the one hand by the desire for more flexibility, and on the other hand by Messe Essen’s efforts to obtain...
It is with sadness that we have heard of the loss of Bernard Behr, on 16 January last, aged 97, following 77 years of a passion for Philately that he shared with us all.Everybody knows the renowned Maison Behr, founded in 1920 by his father Georges, which Bernard...
Corona, like many others, had delayed the publication of this book. Now the first volume with 255 pages is available in colour. The subtitle “A History of Fiction and Truth” already indicates that this research work by the well-known philatelic historian...
First, a very clear statement of intent: the Organising Committee of London 2022 has absolutely no intention of cancelling or postponing London 2022. The exhibition will go ahead from 19 to 26 February 2022. We have been looking very closely at the current UK...
New Signatories for 2022 and details of the signing ceremony An open invitation to all, in person or by Zoom. At the meeting of the Board of Election of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists on 2nd January 2022 it was unanimously agreed that the following...
Understandably, we are receiving numerous questions from all over the world asking whether or not the London 2022 exhibition will go ahead in light of the escalating Omicron variant of COVID 19. I can make a very clear statement: the Organising Committee of London...
Wolfgang Maassen (left) and BDPh President Alfred Schmidt pose for photographer Dr Bernhard Jankowsky. At the anniversary celebration of the BDPh in Bonn on 7 November, BDPh President Alfred Schmidt awarded Wolfgang Maassen the Association’s Medal of Honour, the...
