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MonacoPhil 2019 – AIJP Academy – 29 November 2019, Hôtel Hermitage, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

by wm | Nov 11, 2019

From 28 to 30 November the international exhibition MonacoPhil will take place again in Monte-Carlo. In addition to the rarities show at the Musee des Timbres et de Monnaies, an exhibition on Egypt and Maritime Postal History at the Top Car Museum of the Monegasque Prince and the trade fair in the neighbouring Espace Léo Ferré, there will also be numerous congresses and presentations, which can be viewed on the website https://www.monacophil.eu/en/ .

BArGe Portugal publishes special issue on stamps and miniature sheets of Stamperija agency

by pcp | Nov 10, 2019

(rk/pcp) Since the end of 2019, the production of stamps and miniature sheets for Angola has been overtaking the philately market. It is hard to believe that the Stamperija agency has seized the new products and is producing them in a number that is completely above...

News from the BPP

by pcp | Nov 10, 2019

(gg/pcp) Helena Obermüller Wilén, Huddinge, has a new address: Observationsvägen 20, SE-141 38 Huddinge, Sweden. Henk Vleeming ends expertise activity at BPP. Henk Vleeming from Enschede (expertise areas: Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Dutch...

Annual General Meeting of the AIEP: NEW MEMBERS 2019

by pcp | Nov 6, 2019

(aiep-tm/pcp) During the last Annual General Meeting of the AIEP in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (October 18, 2019) the following new experts have been elected as new members of the association (with specialization): Lars Jørgensen, Belgium: Denmark, Danish West Indies,...

Catalogue for the 157th Dr. Derichs Auction on November 28/29, 2019 with a

by wm | Oct 28, 2019

(pcp-wm) Roland Meiners, owner of the Cologne auction house Dr. Wilhelm Derichs, is well known for his unusual forewords, as well as for his unusual “accompanying actions”, which often provide topics of conversation even in insider circles. This time the...

Briefmarken-Auktionshaus Rauhut & Krusche: Auction catalogue with a circulation of 44,000 copies!

by wm | Oct 27, 2019

(pcp-wm) , One might not believe one’s eyes and think that a scribbler might have made a mistake for a position, that it might have to be 4,400 or only 4,000 copies. Far from it, because this number was announced by Harald Rauhut in Sindelfingen, who had a...

Schwaneberger Verlag awarded the German Publishers Prize 2019

by pcp | Oct 20, 2019

In a ceremony during the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Schwaneberger Verlag was presented with the German Publishers Award 2019.

AIJP Director Dr. Mark Bottu becomes editor-in-chief of ‘De Postzegel’

by mb | Oct 18, 2019

During a difficult period, ‘De Postzegel’, the leading Belgian (Dutch-language) philately magazine, was led by Guido LEFEVER, who is also the secretary of the ‘Vlaamse Bond van Postzegelverzamelaars’ (Flemish Association of Stamp Collectors).

IBRA-Homepage online!

by pcp | Oct 17, 2019

The IBRA homepage, which went online during the Federal and Philatelic Day in Bensheim, provides a foretaste of the first World Stamp Exhibition in Germany after 1999.

CAPE TOWN 2021 reduces fees for literature exhibitors

by wm | Oct 16, 2019

(pcp-wm) From 17 to 20 March 2021 a World Exhibition of Philately under FIP Patronage will take place in Cape Town, the capital of South Africa. It is the first ever to be held on the African continent. On the website https://capetown2021.org/ you can already...

A captain at sea finds his final resting place on the sea: Ingo Maahz 13.9.2019

by wm | Oct 9, 2019

(pcp-wm) Ingo Maahz, born on March 30, 1936 in Rostock, Germany, had written history with his NAVICULA Ships and Shipping Company and at the same time closely linked his profession and hobby. In 1956 he moved from the DDR to Hamburg in the west and was trained as a...

A great philatelist has passed away: Hermann Walter Sieger

by wm | Oct 8, 2019

(pcp-wm) On September 30, 2019, the renowned philatelist and philatelic patron Consul Hermann Walter Sieger from Lorch was relieved of his many years of suffering. Sieger, born on 6 April 1928 in Schwäbisch-Gmünd, He had been known worldwide for over seven decades...

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