Content of Michel Catalog Pfadfinder Ganze Welt 2017/2018:

Stamp issues from all over the world that feature the topic “boy scouts”.

Description:

Over 15'000 Stamp issues from around the world on the topic of Scouts based on the data of the MICHEL Online Catalog Database.

• First edition
• Stamp issues are again and again dedicated to this institution, which is probably the best-known youth organization worldwide
• The educational concept developed by the British Officer Robert Baden-Powell still thrills new fans even 100 years later!
• Philately with a focus on scouts has been growing steadily since the first issue that featured a scout motif in 1925 (Hungary)
• A book for philatelists and scouts as well as anyone around the world who loves nature and the outdoors!
• About 3000 colour illustrations and approx. 18 000 price quotations
• Cataloguing of novelties up to MICHEL Rundschau 10/2017

A sense of responsibility and personal commitment for the community are two of the central principles any scout should adhere to. The new Michel Catalog Pfadfinder Ganze Welt 2017/2018 features not only stamps with motifs that depict these very principles but also postal-historical evidence of these maxims.

The skaut or scout stamps were used in Czechoslovakia when scouts took over the local postal service in 1918. The letters were sent out with MiNo. I, and the scouts were paid the postage due in the printed amount by the recipient of the postal matter.

The “semi-official“ issue of November 7^th, 1918, which is evidence of the scouts‘ commitment to the community, is therefore clearly one stamp of this exciting collection topic this MICHEL volume is dedicated to.

Image: MiNo. I

Target Group:

Stamp thematic/topical collectors, scout lovers, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

1^st Edition, in colour
272 pages
Format: 152 x 203 mm, paperback
First day of sale: January 5, 2018
Publisher: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Language: German
ISBN: 9783954021970

Press Release

In 1907, i.e. 110 years ago, the first boy-scout camp was held on Brownsea Island in the English port of Poole, which housed 22 boys under Robert Baden-Powell’s supervision. A whopping number of 11 000 scouts attended the first major scout meeting in London in 1909, including several girls, which led to the establishment of the Association of Girl Scouts in 1910. Today there are scout groups all over the world and they make up one of the largest youth organizations.

This international commitment is also reflected in the stamps that honour girl and boy scouts or the founders of the movement, Lord (as of 1929) and Lady Baden-Powell. These stamps come from more than 260 different countries, including the Czech skaut or scout stamps, which stand out as special issues. These were used when scouts temporarily took over the local postal service while Czechoslovakia was established. This is a good example of the objective of scouts, namely to personally accept responsibility for the community.

Despite coming from all over the world, scout stamps are a distinct collection area. The Michel Catalog Pfadfinder Ganze Welt 2017/2018 contains nearly 1400 pertinent, i.e. individual issues, short and long sets as well as miniature sheets. The German Study Group Pfadfinder e.V. has helped us put together the selection of these stamp sets, and we want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for their support. Please let us know if we have overlooked anything despite our efforts.

The future is guaranteed to bring us even more scout stamps. In 2019, for instance, there will be a World Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, West Virginia, USA, scouts from approximately 150 countries are expected to attend. We can count on a number of stamps issued on that occasion. You can find additional information about that and other new stamps in our monthly magazine, MICHEL Rundschau, or on MICHEL Online, which are worthwhile publications to subscribe to at any given time.

One scout maxim is “learning by doing“. Even if you have not collected scout stamps before, just do as the scouts do. Practice will make you an expert, and this new MICHEL volume will help you to become that expert.

The Editorial Team
Schwaneberger Publishing House

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Michel Catalog Pfadfinder Ganze Welt 2017/2018

Inhalt:

Briefmarkenausgaben weltweit zum Thema Pfadfinder/Scouts.

Beschreibung:

• Erstauflage
• Immer wieder werden Markenausgaben dieser weltweit wohl bekanntesten Jugendorganisation gewidmet
• Das vom britischen Offizier Robert Baden-Powell entwickelte Erziehungskonzept findet auch nach über 100 Jahren noch neue Anhänger!
• Seit der ersten Ausgabe mit Pfadfindermotiv 1925 (Ungarn) wächst auch die Pfadfinder-Philatelie stetig
• Ein Werk für Philatelisten und Pfadfinder ebenso wie für alle Naturbegeisterten weltweit!
• Rund 3000 farbige Abbildungen und etwa 18 000 Preisnotierungen
• Neuheiten-Katalogisierung bis MICHEL-Rundschau 10/2017

Produktinformation:

1. Auflage, in Farbe
272 Seiten
Format: 152 x 203 mm, kartoniert
Erstverkaufstag: 22. Dezember 2017
Verlag: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum: 5 Januar 2017
ISBN: 9-783-95402-197-0Verantwortungsbewusstsein und persönlicher Einsatz für die Gemeinschaft sind zwei der zentralen Grundsätze, denen ein Pfadfinder folgen sollte. Im neuen MICHEL finden sich neben Briefmarken, die dies durch ihre Motive darstellen, auch unmittelbare postgeschichtliche Belege dieser Maximen.

Die Skauten- oder Pfadfinder-Briefmarken wurden in der Tschechoslowakei verwendet, als Pfadfinder dort 1918 zeitweise den lokalen Postdienst übernahmen. Die Briefe wurden mit der MiNr. I versehen und das Beförderungsentgelt in Höhe des aufgedruckten Betrags erhielten die Pfadfinder vom Empfänger der Sendung.

Die „halbamtliche“ Ausgabe vom 7. November 1918 gehört als Zeugnis des Einsatzes der Pfadfinder für die Gemeinschaft also eindeutig zum spannenden Themengebiet, dem dieser MICHEL-Band gewidmet ist.

Abbildung: MiNr. I

Presse Information

1907, also vor 110 Jahren, fand auf Brownsea Island im englischen Hafen Poole mit 22 Jungen unter Leitung von Robert Baden-Powell das erste Pfadfinderlager statt. Am ersten großen Pfadfindertreffen 1909 in London nahmen bereits 11 000 Pfadfinder teil, darunter auch einige Mädchen, was im Jahr 1910 zur Gründung des Pfadfinderinnenverbandes führte. Heute ist die Pfadfinderbewegung weltweit verbreitet und eine der größten Jugendorganisationen überhaupt.

Diese internationale Verbreitung spiegelt sich auch in den Briefmarken wieder, die die Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen würdigen oder die Gründer der Bewegung, Lord (seit 1929) und Lady Baden-Powell, ehren. Diese Briefmarken stammen aus über 260 Ländern. Als Besonderheit gehören dazu auch die tschechischen Skauten- oder Pfadfinder-Briefmarken. Sie wurden verwendet, als in der Zeit der Gründung der Tschechoslowakei Pfadfinder zeitweise den lokalen Postdienst übernahmen. Dies ist ein gutes Beispiel für das Ziel der Pfadfinder, sich durch die Übernahme persönlicher Verantwortung für die Gemeinschaft einzusetzen.

Pfadfinder-Briefmarken sind trotz ihrer weltweiten Herkunft ein überschaubares Sammelgebiet. Der MICHEL-Band Pfadfinder enthält knapp 1400 einschlägige Ausgaben, also Einzelmarken, kurze und lange Sätze und Blocks. Bei der Auswahl dieser Briefmarkensätze hat uns auch die deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pfadfinder e.V. geholfen, denen wir an dieser Stelle ganz besonders danken. Wenn doch noch etwas übersehen wurde, bitten wir um Mitteilung.

Mit Sicherheit wird uns auch die Zukunft weitere Pfadfinder-Briefmarken bringen so steht zum Beispiel im Jahr 2019 in Glen Jean, West Virginia, USA ein World Scout Jamboree (Welt-Pfadfinder-Treffen) bevor, an dem voraussichtlich Pfadfinder aus rund 150 Ländern teilnehmen werden. Wir erwarten aus diesem Anlass eine Anzahl von Briefmarkenausgaben. Informationen darüber und über weitere neue Briefmarken finden Sie in der monatlich erscheinenden MICHEL-Rundschau oder im MICHEL-Online, deren Abonnement sich lohnt. Es kann jederzeit begonnen werden.

Eine Maxime der Pfadfindermethode ist „Learning by Doing“, also „Lernen durch Tun“. Auch wenn Sie bisher noch keine Pfadfinder-Briefmarken gesammelt haben, packen sie es doch einfach an wie ein Pfadfinder. In der Praxis werden Sie sich bewähren. Dieser neue MICHEL-Band wird Ihnen dabei helfen.

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