Content of Michel Catalog Baltikum und Finnland 2020/2021 (E11):

Estonia, Finland, Karelia, Latvia, Lithuania, Central Lithuania, North Ingria

Description:

• Price adjustments in numerous collection areas throughout the whole edition
• Especially Estonian stamps increased in value.
• News about a young collection area: The first perforation variety was added for Åland.
• Editorial improvements and additions such as additional numbers of issue for Latvia, revised sheet configurations for Lithuania and additional price quotations for se-tenant prints from Finnish and Åland stamp booklets offer collectors even more information.
• New hyperlinks to issues with identical images provide a better overview for Finnish and Lithuanian stamps.
• Over 4800 colour illustrations and approx. 26,000 price quotations
• Novelties up to the MICHEL-Rundschau 8/2020

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.

Photo: Estonia MiNo. 31

The Baltic States are very popular as collection areas and offer specialized collectors numerous special features that are also financially worthwhile. In the past year, especially prices for stamps from Estonia increased in value. In addition to only slight but numerous price increases for younger stamps from the 2000s, it was mainly expensive versions from the early years that benefited. MiNo. 31 shows Reval, today's Tallinn. Anyone who owns the rare tête-bêche  with intermediate web 31 K has already been able to look forward to a four-digit rating. In the new volume this has increased again to € 1,600.

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in issues of Baltic States and Finland, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

105th edition, in colour
512 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, Hardcover
On sale: 4 September 2020
ISBN: 978-3-95402-341-7

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 Catalog Baltikum und Finnland 2020/2021 (E11) continues the new Europe series with the popular Baltic collection areas Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as Finland. To complete the collection area Finland, the issues of the Åland Islands are also included. Using the latest typesetting technology, the information from our philatelic database (PDB) is transferred into a reader-friendly layout.

The editorial work is spread across the entire work. One focus was on checking and updating the price quotations. In general, the registrations of the stamps have been brought into line with the latest research and updated in many places. Numerous new MICHEL numbers have been added and many editorial changes and improvements have been made.

Varieties of Estonia from the first few years can boast significant increases in value. The first perforation variety of the young Åland collection area was discovered in a stamp booklet. The issue numbers of several years were registered in Latvia and for Lithuania the bow configurations were revised throughout the area. A colour variety could also be included.

New hyperlinks to stamps with the same image create a clear view of Finnish and Lithuanian stamps. Imprint marks are also consistently referenced with their original stamps. Units from Finnish and Åland stamp booklets, such as blocks of four or strips of five, have now been given their own price quotation.

This volume contains all the novelties recorded up to and including issue 8/2020 of the MICHEL-Rundschau. In order not to miss any of the following issues and to stay up to date, we recommend a subscription to the MICHEL-Rundschau from issue 9/2020.

The editorial team would like to thank all collectors, auditors and dealers who have contributed to the success of this reference work with advice and action.

We wish our readers a lot of pleasure while dealing with philately and the new Michel Catalog Baltikum und Finnland 2020/2021 (E11).

Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team

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