Content of Michel Catalog Westeuropa 2021 (E3):

Andorra (French), France, Monaco.

Description:

• Completely revised and updated with 340 additional catalogued novelties from France plus much more
• Additional colour photos featuring classic stamps and items from the collection area of French mail abroad
• New French type variations have been complemented!
• Prices revised throughout the whole edition; particularly the postage due stamps from Andorra show increased values.
• New category: supplemental stamps for packages issued in 1999
• All novelties presented in MICHEL Rundschau up to and including 3/2021 have been catalogued
• More than 9000 colour pictures and approx. 41,900 price appraisals

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

You can find fans of French stamps all over the world. Despite the – at least for European standards – extraordinary number of issues, which makes a subscription unaffordable for many collectors, specially new issues are extremely popular. The reason is simple and obvious: French issues have extraordinarily attractive motifs.

The Valentine stamp, issued in 1985, may also be love at second – if not first – sight: If the postage value printed in purple-ultramarine as depicted here is invisible, it is most likely a specimen of the newly registered MiNo. 2483 F, which has a current appraised value of € 10,000. Whether love at first or second sight: collectors of Western European collection areas are sure to find new favourite issues in this new MICHEL edition.

Target Group:

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

Additional Information:

106th Edition, in colour
896 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, hardcover
On sale: 16 April 2021
Language: German
ISBN: 9-783-95402-353-0

Press Release

Last year presented the human race with enormous challenges. Philatelists, who have been able to pursue their hobby in the safe environment of their homes, can consider themselves to be lucky. The selected stamps on the title / cover documents the perspective of various postal administrations on the Corona pandemic.

The Michel Catalog Westeuropa 2021 (E3) is Volume 3 of the Europe series, which consists of a total of sixteen volumes. It contains the popular collection areas of France and Monaco as well as the issues of the French postal system in Andorra.

This new edition is even more voluminous and precise than its predecessor. France alone boasts 340 new MICHEL numbers – a stunning record for a year of European novelties. Moreover we have added plenty of editorial changes and improvements. 56 new colour photos featuring issues in the collection areas of classic stamps and French mail abroad make it easier for collectors to identify their specific issues. At the same time, the cataloguing of these issues was adapted to the latest MICHEL standards. The category of supplemental postage stamps for packages from 1999 is a new addition.

While revising the contents, one focal point was the verification and updating of price quotations. This has shown increased values of stamps from Andorra. We have now included two interesting type variations from France for the first time: one Valentine stamp with an absence of colour as well as an airmail issue with inverted overprint, both of which have a value in the five-digit range.

This edition contains all novelties introduced in MICHEL Rundschau up to and including No. 3/2021. We recommend a subscription starting with No. 4/2021 in order to keep informed about all new issues. Apart from cataloguing all novelties, MICHEL Rundschau provides information about all important aspects of philately.

The Editorial Team greatly appreciates the support of all those collectors, examiners and dealers out there who contributed a lot of information, many photos and documents on prices to this edition of our reference book.

We hope our readers will have a wonderful time with this new Michel Catalog Westeuropa 2021 (E3) and their collections.

Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team

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