Content of Michel Catalog Skandinavien 2020/2021 (E10):

Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.

Description:

• The whole reference book has been revised by the Editorial Team
• Price adjustments in numerous collection areas throughout the whole edition
• Specially older stamps issued by Denmark, Greenland and Iceland have shown increases in value.
• New hyperlinks to issues with identical images provide a clear overview of Swedish postage stamp series and make it easier to track down official stamps from Iceland.
• Anyone interested in the Faroe Islands will find new sheet configurations as well as numerous complemented numbers of issue.
• This latest MICHEL volume provides collectors of Swedish stamps with their own price quotations for se-tenant prints from stamp booklets, such as blocks of four or strips of five issues.
• Many other editorial supplements and improvements, such as new perforation dimensions of the first self-adhesive stamps, and additional explanatory symbols for partially perforated Norwegian issues
• More than 7700 colour photos and approx. 41,000 price quotations
• Contains all novelties featured in MICHEL Rundschau up to and including No. 7/202

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.Scandinavian stamps have been trendy for several years and have therefore been able to maintain stable prices for many MICHEL editions, including this latest edition. The 2020/2021 MICHEL Scandinavia also presents price increases, particularly among several classic stamps.

Yet the Swedish block No. 46, MiNo. 2957 and MiNo. 2958, is one example of modern rarities. Unlike the more widely-spread Block 45, it depicts the Chinese and Swedish flags. Block 46, of which only about 3000 were printed, was exclusively sold at the booth of the Swedish Postal System at the International Stamp Fair in Peking. In this new MICHEL edition, this issue from 2013 already shows an appraised value of € 200.

Illustration: Sweden Block 46

Target Group:

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

Additional Information:

105th Edition, in colour
768 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, hardcover
On sale: 7 August 2020
Language: German
ISBN: 978-3-95402-340-0

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 Skandinavien 2020/2021 (E10) continues the new Europe series by featuring the popular collection areas Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The information was extracted from our Philatelic Data Base (PDB) by means of state-of-the-art layout technology and transferred into a user-friendly layout.

The whole edition was revised by the Editorial Team. One focal point was the revision and updating of price quotations. On the basis of stable price levels, particularly the issues of the first years have shown some changes. A Swedish trade block from 2013 is one striking exception. In general the recordings of the issues have been adapted to the latest state of research and many of them have been updated. Numerous new MICHEL numbers as well as many editorial changes and improvements have been included.

New hyperlinks to stamps with identical images provide a clear overview of Swedish postage stamp series and make it easy to identify official stamps from Iceland. Overprints were consistently linked to their original issues. The Danish territory, the Faroe Islands, have enjoyed a major overhaul; for example, the sheet configurations of the complete collection area were identified. Concerning stamps from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the numbers of several years of issue have been listed. You will now find specific price quotations for se-tenant units taken from Swedish stamp booklets, such as blocks of four or strips of five issues. The perforation dimensions of the first self-adhesive stamps were added, and we also included explanatory symbols for partially perforated Norwegian issues.

This edition contains all novelties presented in MICHEL Rundschau up to and including No. 7/2020. It is recommended to subscribe to MICHEL Rundschau, starting with No. 8/2020, so as to stay updated and not miss any future issue.

The Editorial Team wants to thank all collectors, examiners and dealers who actively contributed to the successful making of this reference book.

We wish our readers a wonderful time with philately and this new Michel Catalog Skandinavien 2020/2021 (E10).

Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team

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Michel Catalog Skandinavien 2020/2021 (E10)

Inhalt:

Dänemark, Island, Norwegen, Schweden.

Beschreibung:

• Redaktionelle Bearbeitung des gesamten Nachschlagewerks
• Preisanpassungen bei vielen Gebieten im ganzen Band
• Bei Dänemark, Grönland und Island konnten vor allem ältere Marken ihre Bewertungen steigern.
• Neue Querverweise auf bildgleiche Marken schaffen Durchblick bei schwedischen Freimarkenserien und erleichtern das Auffinden isländischer Dienstmarken.
• An den Färöer-Inseln Interessierte finden in dieser Neuauflage neue Bogenkonfigurationen sowie zahlreiche ergänzte Auflagezahlen.
• Für Schweden-Sammler hält der neueste MICHEL-Band nun eigene Preisnotierungen für Zusammendruck-Einheiten aus Markenheftchen wie Viererblocks oder Fünferstreifen bereit.
• Zahlreiche weitere redaktionelle Ergänzungen und Verbesserungen wie neue Stanzungsmaße aus der Frühzeit der selbstklebenden Marken und zusätzliche erklärende Symbole bei teilgezähnten norwegischen Marken
• Über 7700 Farbabbildungen und ca. 41.000 Preisbewertungen
• Neuheiten bis MICHEL-Rundschau 7/2020

Produktinformation:

Edition: 105. Aufl., in Farbe
Seiten: 768
Format: 155 mm x 230 mm, Hardcover
Verlag: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum: 7 August 2020

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