Content of Michel Catalog Mitteleuropa 2020 (E2):

Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, West Hungary..

Description:

• Like the first volume of the former series, this second volume of the new Europe series is also titled “Central Europe“ yet it focuses on the collection areas southeast of Germany that are frequently collected in combinations.
• You can find the Alpine countries in the first volume of the new series, which has the same title
• Price revisions and adjustments throughout the book
• New cross-references concerning Czechoslovakia and Hungary make it easier to find the original stamps regarding overprints
• Editorial supplements and improvements, such as additional numbers of issue listed
• More than 8600 high-resolution colour photos and approx. 40,800 price quotations
• Novelties up to MICHEL Rundschau 3/2020 recorded

The catalog is organized according to collection areas. Cataloging within these sections is chronological, based on issue date. Special stamp types, like official stamps, are located at the end of a collection area section. In order to assist collectors organize their stamps, numerous illustrations are provided, as well as information on similar stamps to help avoid possible mix-ups.Many Czech and Slovak issues are not only very attractive but also depict art and current events in a special way. In 2018 Slovakia issued a block that shows the most famous photographs of the Prague Spring: While documenting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August of 1968, the photo journalist Ladislav Bielik captures the very moment one single Slovakian confronts a tank with his bare chest.
The Slovakian block intaglio print received the award “Best Hand-engraved Stamp of the Year of 2018”.

Illustration: Slovakia Block 53

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in issues of European Alpine countries, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

105th Edition, in colour
768 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, hardcover
On sale: 6 March 2020
Language: German
ISBN: 9-783-95402-332-5

Press Release

For MICHEL, the new decade has started with a small revolution. For 14 years we catalogued the issues of the European states in 7 volumes. Yet the growing number of pages and the price increases for the volumes have made it necessary to re-structure them. By splitting the series into 16 individual volumes, we can now provide our readers with reference books that better suit their interests as collectors for a considerably lower price.

The MICHEL 2020 Central Europe continues the new Europe series with the popular collection areas of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. State-of-the-art layout technology transfers the information contained in our philatelic data base (PDB) into a layout that is easy to read.

The Czech and Slovak stamps, often produced in the sought-after intaglio printing, are justifiably considered to be some of the most attractive little philatelic gems of today. For that reason the Bielik block (Slovakia Sheet 53) received the award “Best Hand-engraved Stamp of the Year of 2018”. The editorial revision covers the whole book. One focal point was the revision and updating of the price quotations. Generally the recordings of the issues were adapted to the latest state of research and updated in many places. Numerous new MICHEL numbers as well as many editorial modifications and improvements have been included.

Concerning Czechoslovakia and Hungary, we have added a range of cross-references that now link the respective original stamps with the overprints of postage stamps or other subchapters, such as the plebiscite areas of eastern Silesia or West Hungary. In regards to the Czech Republic, several numbers of issue could be added.

This volume contains all novelties recorded in MICHEL Rundschau up to and including No. 2/2020. A subscription to MICHEL Rundschau as of No. 3/2020 is recommended if you want to stay updated and not miss any of the subsequent magazine issues.

The Editorial Team wants to say thank you to all collectors, examiners and dealers for contributing their expert knowledge and help with the successful preparation of this reference work.

We wish our readers lots of fun with philately and the new MICHEL 2020 Central Europe.

Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team

ABOUT MICHEL

Michel Catalog Mitteleuropa 2020 (E2)

Inhalt:

Slowakei, Tschechische Republik, Tschechoslowakei, Ungarn, Westungarn.

Beschreibung:

• Der zweite Band der neuen Europa-Reihe heißt wie der erste Band der alten Reihe auch „Mitteleuropa“, enthält aber zielgenau die häufig in Kombination gesammelten Gebiete südöstlich Deutschlands
• Die Alpenländer finden sich im gleichnamigen ersten Band der neuen Reihe
• Preisüberprüfungen und -Anpassungen im ganzen Werk
• Neue Querverweise bei Tschechoslowakei und Ungarn erleichtern das Auffinden der ursprünglichen Marken bei Aufdrucken
• Redaktionelle Ergänzungen und Verbesserungen wie zusätzliche Auflagezahlen
• Über 8600 hochauflösende Farbabbildungen und ca. 40.800 Preisbewertungen
• Neuheiten bis MICHEL-Rundschau 3/2020

Produktinformation:

Edition: 105. Aufl., in Farbe
Seiten: 768
Format: 155 mm x 230 mm, Hardcover
Verlag: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum: 6 März 2020

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