(pcp) For eight years Wolfgang Maassen RDP FRPSL headed the German charter ‘Consilium Philatelicum’ and for almost 20 years he organised more than 60 events worth seeing and experiencing for the aforementioned committee of the BDPh. At the turn of the year 2018/19 he...
(wm) Another MonacoPhil exhibition will be held in Monte-Carlo (Monaco) from 28 to 30 November. As before, this will take place at three directly adjacent locations. As always, the stamp fair will take place in the ‘Espace Léo Ferre’ and will present numerous...
(aijp) From June 25-28, 2020, the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin will once again host an International ‘Rank 1’ stamp exhibition. Under the traditional name OSTROPA, collectors from Germany as well as philatelists from various Eastern European...
The Association of Philatelists in Chisinau, capital of the Republic of Moldova, invites you to a literature exhibition that will take place from 3 until 20 September 2019. The aforementioned association has been a member of FEPA since last year and also represents...
(Hysen S. Dizdari AIJP) The postal administration of North Macedonia has issued a postage stamp that commemorates the first visit of Pope Francis to North Macedonia. The stamp was issued op 7 May, inscribed with the text ‘The First Visit of Pope Francis to North...
(wm) The last major National Stamp Exhibition of the German BDPh, known for decades as NAPOSTA, took place in 2009, together with IBRA 2009 in Essen. This time an edition of NAPOSTA will precede the International Stamp Exhibition (IBRA) announced for 2021 by one year....
(wm) It is quite unusual for an association to celebrate its 150th anniversary in the way the Royal Philatelic Society in London did on its founding day, 10 April 1869. The ‘Royal’ did this by inviting its former Presidents to show their own philatelic activities to...
(wm) Last month a new book of the German philatelic historian Wolfgang Maassen (title: “Dr. Paul Singer & the History of Shanahan Auctions”) was presented. Only a few days later the American antiquarian Leonhard Hartman reported the publication...
(wm) For many years, the well-known MICHEL catalogues have been sold wrapped in plastic foil. This has been changed lately, to be exact on 28 February 2019. The publisher of the catalogues, Schwaneberger Verlag in Germany, has committed himself to be as...
For the Dutch National Exhibition ‘Gouda 2019’ (17-20 April) Dutch post (PostNL) has produced special coil boxes with personalised stamps. The stamps will be supplied free of charge, along with the exhibition catalogue. Because a first edition of the stamp this was...
(wm) The publisher of the renowned MICHEL catalogues, Schwaneberger Verlag in Germany, has begun with a major task: the conversion of its database. Unfortunately – says MICHEL – this may lead to “unforeseen delays” announced. These delays could also...
“POST HORN”, a new international magazine about Postal History, is ready to make its global debut. The editorial board includes Thomas Mathà and Giorgio Migliavacca, as well as chief editor and publisher Claudio E. M. Manzati. The trial issue (“zero number”) will be...
