(Axel Brockmann/pcp) Applaud or simply say “thank you”: The heroes of Corona pandamas in health care, nursing, research and in all areas that are important for a community are celebrated. In Iran, one of the most severely affected countries, there is now a...
(pcp-wm) It was long overdue, because the FIP’s current rules and regulations still came from the “stone age”. It was adopted in 1985 – 35 years ago! – at the FIP Congress in Rome. Also with a view to the now widespread use of digital...
Please forgive my silence over the last week or two, but trying to find a way of managing the London 2020 exhibition that both is safe and secure, as well as being financially robust, has been a major challenge. In line with UK Government guidelines, it is now...
(pcp) The team of Collecta wrote: “We inform you that because of the Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia no. 470 on the Prohibition of Collection at Public Events in Public Spaces in the Republic of Slovenia, 14th Collecta –...
(pcp-wm) As the DBZ announced on its website on 27 February 2020, this year’s MILANOFIL will not take place in Milan. Although it is not – as the DBZ writes – a “world exhibition”, it is a national exhibition with international...
(MB) Our Belgian AIJP director Dr. Mark Bottu – who was appointed editor-in-chief of ‘De Postzegel’ a few months ago – was elected President of Oost-Phila on 15 February. The Oost-Phila Association brings together the East-Flemish philatelic...
(fw/pcp) The Chairman of the Organising Committee of LONDON 2020, Frank Walton, announced this on 27.2.2020: “I have been receiving several emails from around the world from people who are understandably concerned about the risk from the CoronaVirus. The London 2020...
(Amstelveen/pcp) From 2 to 4 April 2020, the auction house Corinphila Veilingen invites you to the traditional spring auction in Amstelveen near Amsterdam. Collectors and dealers can once again look forward to a wide range of high-quality philately and postal history...
(fjp/pcp) Nach dem (fjp/pcp) After the “Special Catalogue of the Local Post of Shanghai (1865 to 1897)” as a bilingual version in German and English, the “Special Catalogue of the Contracting Ports of China (1893-1898)” has now been published....
(pcp-wm) The title of this English-language book already sounds promising, for it promises the reader “Gems of Philately of India”. The author, son of the renowned Indian philatelist Pradib Jain, fulfils this promise in a remarkable way. Indeed, Indian...
(pcp-wm) On 7 February 2020, the well-known philatelist, juror and author, Dr. Wolf Hess, celebrated his 75th birthday with his family and some friends. Among the philatelists who had travelled from near and far were: Alfred Schmidt, the President of the Bund...
(pcp-wm) To see an “Erlking” in philately is hardly conceivable. This was made possible by Phil*Creativ Verlag, which has been publishing a book manuscript by Dr. Wolf Hess entitled “Postal History Finland. From the early beginnings to the entry of...
