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is suspending his expertising activity from 01.10.2013 until at least October 2014. Mr Claus Heitmann is available for the expertising area of Bremen.

In the recent special issue “People of Philately” you will find among the nineteen portraits those of the Honorary Presidents Günter Bechtold and Dr Hans-Karl Penning as well as the current President Christian Geigle. Four more personalities are there with Wolfgang Jakubek, Karl Louis, Roland Meiners and Andreas Schlegel who are members of the BPP. The large presence and importance of the BPP in German philately is again evident here. Below are the “president portraits” as a download.

The DBZ featured a three-part series of articles, “How to become a BPP expertiser” in detail regarding joining the Federation in several stages, as well as the status of the Federation. You can download the full series of articles here.

Gunnar Gruber: Die Oppelner Notausgabe, Volume 5 in the BPP book series, Radolfzell 2013, hardbound, coloured title, 150 gsm art paper, 170 pages, many coloured and partly black and white illustrations, price 56 euros plus 4 euros shipping costs (domestic; overseas according to delivery method) (more information)

The BPP expertisers’ federation can report a very successful attendance at the stamp fair at Sindelfingen, which took place from 25 to 27 October 2012. The experts had their advice stand immediately next to the entrance to the exhibition hall and most visitors, as in previous years, had in mind the question “genuine or forged”.

The crowd was accordingly large: the BPP fair organiser, Rolf Tworek, spoke of “several hundred consultations”, conducted in three days by the nine experts present. A highlight was certainly the presence of Hans-Dieter Schlegel of Berlin on the Friday and Saturday; he was constantly busy giving information to the visitors and examining their treasures.

BPP President Geigle is quite sure that the new “old” location in the midst of the business activity is ideal for visitors, but also for the dealers present. Only happy faces were to be seen at the end of the event. A development with a future!

Messrs. Fleiner, Geigle, Gruber, Dr Oechsner, Dr Penning, Pfeiffer, Sem, Hans-Dieter Schlegel and Tworek acted for the BPP. A big ‘thank you’ to all!