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Expertise
I can answer questions about `music on stamps` which covers composers, instruments and singers as well as musical notes, dance, opera and all other music related topics shown on stamps, postmarks and postal stationaries.
Experience in the area
I am collecting 'music on stamps' since more than 30 years. Since 1994 I'm the editor of the magazine 'Der Musikus' which is published quarterly in German with English and French abstracts.
Please ask for a free copy at motivgruppe .musik@gmx.de
Since 1995 I'm president of 'Motivgruppe Musik', a musical stamp club with appr. 300 members from 28 countries. Besides of several musical stamp collections I've a special library with more than 100 books about music and more than 600 books, booklets and articles about music on stamps
Publications
More than 500 articles about 'music on stamps' mainly published in our quarterly magaine "Der Musikus" (German / English / French).
Several articles published in "The Baton" (magazine of PMC).
Several articles published in topical stamp magazines in Germany, France, Japan, The Netherlands ......
Please also visit "http://www.geocities.com/musical-stamps"
Education/Credentials
There isn't a special education on stamp collecting but I've got the certificate from the Bavarian stamp society to act as a judge for topical stamp collections at competitive stamp exhibitions. In my 'civil job' I'm a graduated engineer for computer science.
Awards and Honors
Winner of the international "Augusto Massari Price" 1997 which is told to be the "Oscar in Music Philately".
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Music on stamps is an interresting and fascinating combination of two hobbies. Come on and discover the fascination http://www.geocities.com/motivgruppe/indexe
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Recent Answers from Peter Lang
2009-11-24 german stamp:
Hello Sweezy, I think you are talking about a stamp from the series of official service stamps used during the Third Reich in Germany. Current value in my stamp catalog is about 1.50 US$. But please
2009-10-21 German stamps?:
Hello Andrew, thank you for your question. The stamps are from the old Germany state Saxony. They are listed in the German Michel catalog under number 8 - 11, issued 1855 / 1856. According the Michel
2009-10-20 used stamps:
Hello Patricia, I'm not an expert for used US stamps. To find out if they are of any value would need a stamp collector having a respective catalog. Although you have mentioned some stamps from the
2009-10-15 German stamps:
Hello, I assume you have some of the Polish stamps with overprint "Generalgouvernement". They belong to districts occupied by Germany during WW II. There are several with different prices. To help
2009-09-20 Elvis stamp:
Hello Jake, thanks for your question. From a philatelic point of view, the "I was there" note on the Elvis FDC doesn't increase the value of the cover. You should know, that the Elvis stamp is the
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