Content of Michel Catalog Westeuropa 2020 (E3):

Andorra (French), France, Monaco.

Description:

• The third volume of the new Europe series features the popular French collection areas
• Price evaluations and adjustments throughout the whole volume
• New hyperlinks make it easier for readers to find overprints among the original stamps
• Editorial supplements and improvements, such as additional numbers of issue
• Over 8800 high-resolution colour photos and approx. 40,800 price appraisals
• Novelties up to MICHEL Rundschau No. 3/2020

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.

Due to its artful new issues, “La Poste“ has many fans not only in France – and by now they have a wealth of stamps they can collect. In the latest volume of “Western Europe”, 260 new MICHEL Numbers have been added for France alone!

While the range of themes is very versatile, the traditional French motifs are periodically adapted as well. The longest permanent series that depicts the allegory of Marianne, the national personification of the French Revolution, was launched directly after the end of the Second World War. Between that issue, MiNo. 695, and the currently latest issue of November 2019, MiNo. 7494, this symbolic figurehead of France has changed in appearance many times. The current design by Yseult Digan was selected by President Emmanuel Macron in 2018.

Photo: France MiNo. 695 and MiNo. 7494

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in issues of the Western Europe, France, Monaco, Andorra, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

105th Edition, in colour
832 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, hardcover
On sale: 3 April 2020
Language: German
ISBN: 9-783-95402-333-2

Press Release

When it comes to MICHEL, the new decade starts with a minor revolution. For 14 years we catalogued the issues of the European countries in 7 volumes.
Yet the growing number of pages as well as increases in the sales price have made it necessary to re-structure this series. By splitting this new edition into 16 single volumes, we are able to provide our readers with reference books that reflect their individual interests as collectors more precisely while actually costing less than before.

The Michel Catalog Westeuropa 2020 (E3) edition continues the new Europe series with the popular collection areas France and Monaco. To complement
the focus on France, we have also integrated the issues of the French Postal System for Andorra. By means of state-of-the-art layout technology, the information contained in our Philatelic Database (PDB) is turned into a comfortable layout for readers.

The editorial revision covers the whole edition. One focus was the review and updating of the price quotations. Generally the recording of the issues were adapted to the latest state of research and many of them were updated. Numerous new MICHEL Numbers were added, and many editorial modifications and improvements were included.

Throughout this edition we added hyperlinks to issues with identical or similar images, as well as to self-adhesive and wet-glue issues of one and the same motifs. In addition, you will note consequent references between overprint stamps and their original issues. Readers will, for instance, find pertinent information concerning the overprint stamps of Andorra when researching French stamps. The unification of the naming of longterm series was promoted.

This edition contains all novelties recorded up to and including No. 3/2020 of MICHEL Rundschau. So as to stay updated without missing any future
issues, we recommend a subscription to MICHEL Rundschau, starting with No. 4/2020.

The Editorial Team wants to thank all collectors, examiners and dealers who contributed their expert knowledge and actively supported the successful
preparation of this reference book. And we hope our readers will have lots of fun with philately and this new Michel Catalog Westeuropa 2020 (E3).
Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team

Michel Catalog Westeuropa 2020 (E3)

Inhalt:

Andorra (franz.), Frankreich, Monaco.

Beschreibung:

• Der dritte Band der neuen Europa-Reihe mit den beliebten französischen Sammelgebieten
• Preisüberprüfungen und -anpassungen im ganzen Werk
• Neue Querverweise erleichtern das Auffinden von Aufdrucken bei den Urmarken
• Redaktionelle Ergänzungen und Verbesserungen wie zusätzliche Auflagezahlen
• Über 8800 hochauflösende Farbabbildungen und ca. 40.800 Preisbewertungen
• Neuheiten bis MICHEL-Rundschau 3/2020

Produktinformation:

Edition: 105. Aufl., in Farbe
Seiten: 832
Format: 155 mm x 230 mm, Hardcover
Verlag: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum: 3 April 2020

Presse Information

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MICHEL provides top-quality information for collectors

Thanks to decades of experience and constant revision, the MICHEL catalogs are unmatched in terms of lay-out, comprehensiveness, accuracy and production. MICHEL catalogues provide all key information on stamps, postal stationary and coins. The systematic collection of data on collectable items, a well-organised system and detailed illustrations ensure easy use and a quick way to find required information. Each new edition of a MICHEL catalog is completely revised, updated and expanded so that it always reflects the latest situation on the market.

Users of the MICHEL catalogs value the comprehensive and detailed listings of collectable items. The MICHEL catalogs are among the best in the world when it comes to details, comprehensiveness and illustration. MICHEL products have been awarded well over 600 medals (including 31 gold), diplomas and honorary prizes in the course of the company’s history. The expertise of the Schwaneberger publishing house’s staff is outstandingly represented in the MICHEL catalogs.

The colourful, varied range of products includes standard and special-edition catalogues for Germany, Europe and overseas. There is also philatelic literature, the MICHEL-Exklusiv album, the MICHEL Colour Guide, the MICHEL-Lux examination lamp and the MICHEL-Rundschau monthly magazine. More than 85 different products in total.

MICHEL also enjoys a good reputation in electronic publishing thanks to various software programs, websites and e-catalogs. It is no wonder that the MICHEL catalogs have been known for years as the “philatelists’ bible”. However, bearing this accolade brings with it the responsibility of always remaining at the top with regard to quality.

The 669,000th MICHEL catalog number was issued recently. A look at the most important of the 85 different MICHEL catalogs reveals that the catalogues for Europe and overseas alone make up some 25,000 catalog pages. They contain 314,000 pictures and 1,800,000 price quotations. Most of this information is stored in powerful picture and text databases and is consulted, revised and corrected for each new edition of a MICHEL catalog. And of course that also applies to each individual page, irrespective of which MICHEL catalog it comes from. MICHEL goes to great lengths on its customers’ behalf. MICHEL’s editorial team spends an average of 45 minutes on research for each new set of stamps. Around 18,000 new stamps appear each year, which are then catalogued and published in the MICHEL-Rundschau, as well as in the relevant MICHEL catalog and online catalogue.

100 years of the MICHEL catalogue

It is more than 100 years since the stamp dealer Hugo MICHEL from Apolda in Thüringen published the first MICHEL stamp catalogue in 1909. He thereby created a product that would be continually be improved, but never surpassed. In the same year, publisher and philatelic editor Hugo Schwaneberger founded a publishing company that bore his name. The philatelist, who was well known in his field, created the Schwaneberger Album, the first album to adopt a scientific approach.
Owing to the great demand for MICHEL catalog, Hugo MICHEL was no longer able to dedicate himself to his career as a stamp dealer. He therefore sold the rights to the publisher Schwaneberger. The catalogue, which had only covered Europe until that point, was expanded by the new publishing house to include overseas countries.

Hugo MICHEL continued to edit the catalogue supplement, which is today known as the MICHEL-Rundschau. The company was then bought by the publisher Eugen Berlin. He moved it to Munich in 1950 where he came across a company, the Carl Geber printing works (now the Gerber Satz und Gerber publishing house) that was able to draw up the complicated catalogue typesetting. The publishing rights went to the Hohenester/Gerber families who assigned them to the publishing house, now trading as the “Schwaneberger Verlag”.

At the turn of the century other stamp catalogues had already appeared, but the remarkable success of the MICHEL catalog was attributed to its sophisticated and comprehensive cataloguing system. The stamps were numbered successively from the first number for each country, yet at the same time organised according to various sub-categories and genres, and described as fully as possible. This system was refined over the years and adapted where necessary - but never had to be changed! In fact, the MICHEL numbering system has become standard in Germany. This is underscored by the numerous licence contracts that the Schwaneberger Verlag has concluded with other publishers. All stock lists of German dealers are organised according to the MICHEL numbering system. Collectors exchange, buy and sell using MICHEL numbers.

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