Germany - FAQ

[sfj]

amici,

I've just posted the web site addresses of the two german "associazione di periti" to this forum.
And I think, this is an information, which should be an a FAQ section to this sub forum.

So if any of the Admins / Moderators is willing to create a FAQ (which is presented at the beginning of this sub forum) here some sinformation:

*) Catalogues

The leading catalogue for Germany is the MICHEL, editid by the Schwaneberger Verlag. (http://www.briefmarken.de/). There are other catalogues like the DNK (http://www.leuchtturm.com/), which is a lot cheaper.

*) Philatelic Experts

In Germany there are currently two "associations of philatelistic experts" the Bund Philatelistischer Prüfer (http://www.bpp.de/) and the Verband Philatelistischer Prüfer (http://www.vppev.de/). The later one is the newer, smaller one, which was founded by some ex-members of the BPP, which had left the BPP. The BPP has very strict rules, who can be a member - e.g. when you are getting too old - you have to stop expertising.

*) Organized collectors:

Most serious German collectors are member of the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (http://www.bdph.de/). It is possible to be a "direct member", but most common is that someone is a member of a local association, which is member of the BDPh.

There are currently 169 "Arbeitsgemeinschaften" - working groups - recognised by the BDPh
(http://www.bdph.de/index.php?id=1255, which has certain topics of research. Eg there is a working group on each of the "anticchi stati tedesci".

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More to come?
Stephan

[vanPitloo]

Hi! I'm now trying to buy a non-specialized Germany catalogue, mainly for checklist purposes. I have a little, cute 1994 Philex that's almost destroyed for the use
What do you advice me? Michel Junior, Philex, DNK or another? I was searching on the net some photo snippets, but I couldn't find none.
Thanks

[sfj]

http://www.hummel-buch.de/DNK-2014-Deut ... -seit-1849

I would take the DNK - it is still below 10 Euro and smaller then the Michel Junior.

I have not seen any new Philex for some years, but I think there have been some merges in that business. The current DNK looks very much like the older Philex.

Revised by Lucky Boldrini - September 2016