Content of Michel Catalog Südlicher Balkan 2023 (E7):

Aegean Islands, Albania, Bulgaria, Epirus, Greece, Ikaria, Ionian Islands, Crete, Eastern Rumelia, Samos, Thrace.

Description:

• While reviewing / revising and updating appraisals, we found price increases, some of which were considerable, particularly regarding the whole of Greece as well as Bulgarian and Albanian issues from the first half of the 20th Century.
• Several individual issues, such as a Greek Hermes postage stamp or the Albanian “Adria Aero-Lloyd“ issue, show striking price increases as well as decreases.
• Newly discovered Bulgarian type variations, additional hinge prices of the Greek overprint issue from 1923, new photos and details about the withdrawing of Bulgarian stamps from circulation complement the information about popular Southeastern European collection areas.
• More than 10,300 high-resolution colour pictures and approx. 41,300 price quotations
• Features all novelties introduced in MICHEL Rundschau up to and including No. 5/2023

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.

Bulgaria is an exciting collection area with a versatile (postal) history. It has therefore attracted many interested collectors, who discover special stamps and variations all the time. In 2023, the latest MICHEL edition presents even two new type variations of one and the same issue. Variation F without the colour carmine and Variation Uu with the perforation missing on the bottom margin of MiNo. 2747, which was issued for the 1979 PHILASERDICA on the occasion of 100 years of Bulgarian postal history, could now be documented. This shows once again that the philately of Southeastern Europe always has a surprise in store! Photo: Bulgaria MiNo. 2747

Target Group:

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

Additional Information:

108th Edition, in colour
840 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, hardcover
On sale: 2 June 2023
Language: German
ISBN: 978-3-95402-457-5

Press Release

The Michel Catalog Südlicher Balkan 2023 (E7) features the popular collection areas of Albania, Bulgaria with East Rumelia as well as Greece with its numerous formerly autonomous regions and the small states of the Aegean Islands, Athos, Epirus, Ikaria, Ionian Islands, Crete, Samos, and Thrace.

Our MICHEL Europe catalogues are reference works no committed philatelists can do without. Here you will find versatile and clearly arranged information about classic stamps as well as con-temporary curiosities. The occasions for issues mirror current events. Philately can thus provide a valuable contribution to international understanding, specially in these difficult times.

Editorial improvements are found throughout the whole catalogue. Regarding Bulgaria, the sheet formats of the 1940s were meticulously reviewed. We furthermore uncovered five new type variations, such as missing colours or partial perforations. Collectors of issues from Greece will now find hinge prices for the overprint issue from 1923. We were also able to expand East Rumelia by three new photos and replace forged overprints with originals. We indicate the issues that are subject to the current withdrawal of Bulgarian stamps from circulation effective on March 1st, 2023.

Another focal point was the revision and updating of price quotations. The whole collection area of Greece has seen fluctuations, mainly in the form of price increases. A Hermes postage stamp from 1911 shows a particularly striking change in value. Concerning Bulgaria and Albany, the higher appraisals apply to the first half of the 20th Century. On the other hand, the imperforated type variations of the Albanian ”Adria Aero-Lloyd“ issue have shown losses in value.

This edition contains all novelties introduced in MICHEL Rundschau up to and including No. 5/2023. We recommend the subscription to our journal, starting with No. 6/2023, or to MICHEL Online so as to stay on track and not miss any future issues.

The Editorial Team greatly appreciates the valuable support of numerous helpers from the community of collectors, examiners and dealers.

We wish our readers an enjoyable pastime with their magnificent hobby and the new Michel Catalog Südlicher Balkan 2023 (E7).

Schwaneberger Verlag
Editors

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