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Expert Profile: Peter Lang

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

Organizations belong to
President of Motivgruppe Musik (musical stamp club with appr. 300 members from 28 countries).
Member of Philatelic Music Circle (PMC / musical stamp club with appr. 300 members).

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".

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 1280
Knowledge	9.87 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.92 Best of the best
Timeliness	10.0 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		222

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/11/08
10	10	10	10	08/18/08
10	10	10	10	08/13/08
10	10	10	10	07/21/08
10	10	10	10	07/14/08

User Comments

Excellent, quick and helpful response.
(John on 08/18/08)

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Recent Answers from Peter Lang

2008-11-10 current value: Hello Vayani, thank you for your question. There are 2 Schumann stamps with wrong music in the background, both issued on 20.7.1956. The green stamp (face value 10) is currently listed for 2,50 Euro...

2008-11-09 schuman errored stamp (value): Hello Vayani, thank you for your question. There are 2 Schumann stamps with wrong music in the background, both issued on 20.7.1956. The green stamp (face value 10) is currently listed for 2,50 Euro...

2008-10-03 freddie mercury stamp: Hello Tony, thank you for your question which I discussed with an expert in GB. The answer is: The stamps were not recalled, they were not reprinted,..... but used as printed. The only 'error' was...

2008-08-22 UK Freddie Mercury Stamps face value 1999: Hi Demi, thank you for your question. Unfortunately I can't tell you that you have kept a great treasue ;-) According to the German Michel catalogue the value of a single stamp is about 0.48 Pound....

2008-08-17 Musical Instruments on stamps: Hello John, thank you for your question. I can send you images for Tuba and Bassoon but I also do not know stamps with Double Bassoon and Cor Anglais. Please send me an email to my address motivgruppe...