Category: Divers

No, not Easter, but the results of the public vote for the most beautiful German special issue stamp of the year 2021 I want to present here. All 52 special stamps newly issued last year were up for selection. 32,000 people cast their votes in the Deutsche Post survey. Interestingly, the first four places are Read More …

The International Stamp Fair, for many years the annual top event of the industry at the Sindelfingen Fair, has moved. From October 27 to 29, 2022, to the great delight of us all, the event will make its grand comeback in the Danube city of Ulm after the Corona break. The supporting program will be Read More …

For the eighth time in a row, the Nexofil International Award was presented in November 2021. It is a collaboration between the traditinal spanish specialist magazine “EL ECO Filatélico” and the “NEXO Group”. This award honours the most beautiful stamps in 11 different categories of the previous year. The jury of this award is composed Read More …

A nice article in the last issue of the magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung can be found here: at least if you want to learn something more about Austrians, or if you are one of those Austrians who can also laugh about themselves. It is about the “stamp self-made” – speak personalized stamps at the Read More …

174 years ago exactly on September 21, 1847, Lady Gomm, wife of the Governor of Mauritius, wrote invitations to a masquerade ball on September 30, 1847. Among others, she also sent an invitation to Mr. Adam Esq. Junr.. She franked these letters with the new 1 penny stamps for local and intra-local mail traffic of Read More …

Today I stumbled upon this contribution on the radio, produced by Bayern 2 and broadcasted on June 12. Perhaps you also want to listen in, you can go via this link.  I haven’t listened to it myself yet, the best husband in the world, however, said it also addresses the fact that only a few Read More …

Probably many – including us – were looking forward to the stamp fair in Sindelfingen this year after so many events had to be cancelled. But we have to continue to exercise patience before we can climb the pass where the open events can be found. Unfortunately, these passes are mostly still blocked for us, Read More …