Ever since 1929, Oslo Filatelistklubb (OFK) has published Norgeskatalogen, the premier stamp catalogue of Norwegian Postal Stamps. Published annually until 2013, and for the past decade bi-annually, this is the 71st edition. As a collector of Norwegian stamps and postal history, I will make the, perhaps biased, claim that Norgeskatalogen is without comparison the best […]
After getting back into philately a few years ago, it didn’t take long for me to discover the Scandinavian Collectors Club (SCC), the premier stamp club for those of us who collect stamps from Nordic countries. Established originally as the Finnish Collectors Club, SCC has existed since the 1940s with numerous chapters. To my surprise, […]
Cheryl Ganz is without a doubt one of the biggest names in American philately today. Her philatelic resume is long enough to fill an entire article in itself. Cheryl is the current president of the American Philatelic Society (APS) an organization she joined in 1976. She is the former Chief Curator of the Smithsonian National […]
This April is the 125th anniversary of Dr. Per Gellein’s birth. Dr. Gellein was a major Norwegian philatelist in the last century. When his collection was sold in 1982, it supposedly created a new Norwegian philatelic sales record. Dr. Gellein was distinguished with most philatelic awards that can be given in Norway. He held many […]