17/05/2012
Trending Topic China – where will it end?
The answer to the above, interesting question is provided by two experts that have contributed recently to the German stamp magazine ‘philatelie’. On the one hand there is Lars Böttger, who shines ...

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15/05/2012
Iceland Post hosts new website
The postal administration of Iceland was among the first to maintain a website especially aimed at those interested in stamps and philately. Only the USPS (United States) and Canada Post were ...

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13/05/2012
Monety Expo Warsaw
Erich Modes, the well-known organiser of the numismatic NUMISMATA Fairs, has announced that he will, in collaboration with the Polish coin dealer [i]Biuro Numizmatyczne Sp.[/i], organise Warzaw’s ...

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11/05/2012
IPHLA 2012: Book presentations of CPh and Edition d´Or
Presentations of publications by members of the [i]Consilium Philatelicum[/i] (CPh) are always something special. New CPh publications are most of the times presented by well-known philatelists. This ...

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09/05/2012
Special Congress Award for philatelic author
Recently, a rare honour was bestowed on the well-known philatelic author Wolfgang Maassen from Schwalmtal (Germany). The Philatelic Federation of South Africa awarded him the special "Congress ...

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07/05/2012
German ‘Bundesdruckerei’ restricts approval of plate errors
With entrance from early 2012 the German ‘Bundesdruckerei’ (the current official printers of German stamp issues) has the number of approvals of plate errors. It concerns issues that were brought out ...

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05/05/2012
A new book about Alfred Moschkau
One hundred years ago Alfred Moschkau died in Oybin. In memory of this ‘Son of Lusatia’ a new book will be published that will bring previous Moschkau research on new footing. The book is called ...

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03/05/2012
SAMOLUX 13: a cross-border stamp exhibition
The upcoming [i]Samolux 13[/i] is a stamp exhibition that crosses various borders: the philatelic associations of Saarland (Germany), Lorraine (France) and Luxembourg will take part in it. ...

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01/05/2012
IPHLA 2012: seminar for aspiring exhibitors
The International Philatelic Literature Exhibition [i]IPHLA 2012[/i] (2, 3 and 4 November 2012) will provide valuable support for collectors wanting, as a newcomer, to participate in a exhibition. ...

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29/04/2012
Poland wins contest ´Most beautiful issue with a Christian theme´
The readers of [i]Gabriel[/i] (a magazine published in the German-speaking countries, edited by the World Alliance of Organized Philatelists ´St. Gabriel´) have chosen the most beautiful stamp ...

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