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On December 31, 2025, the following BPP association expertizer will end their expertizing activities in accordance with the statutes:

Jürgen Bärsch, expertizing area:

Saar region – service stamps Mi. No. 1 – 32

Volker Mehlmann, expertizing areas:

Old Germany – Hamburg, Lübeck, North German postal district

Walter Zirath, expertizing areas:

German occupation issues, World War II – Russia, Ukraine
German field post, World War II – Mi. No. 14 – 15

We would like to thank all three colleagues for their decades of successful expertizing work at the BPP, wish them all the best for the future, and look forward to their continued involvement as senior members of the BPP.

Christian Geigle will be available for the “Saargebiet – Dienstmarken” (Saargebiet – service stamps) area of expertise, Tobias Huylmans for the ‘Hamburg’ area of expertise, and Claus Heitmann for the “Lübeck” area of expertise. The expertizing areas “NDP” and “German occupation issues 2nd World War – Russia, Ukraine; German field post 2nd World War – Mi. No. 14 – 15” remain vacant for the time being.

His colleague Michael Jäschke-Lantelme will be available for expertising in the same areas.

This year’s Südwest Messe trade fair in Ulm was once again well attended. Satisfaction was evident among visitors, dealers, and the organizer, Dieter Schaile.

The BPP booth was once again very well positioned at one of the two entrances in the foyer and immediately recognizable to visitors. It was very well received:

During the three days of the trade fair, our consulting team (Gruber / Tworek / Goller / Bock / Bauer / Wehner / Ehrig / Pfeiffer) conducted a total of 173 consultations—not counting the additional discussions. A big thank you to our colleagues and Ms. Schabla’s trade fair team for their hard work.

Of course we will be back again in 2026.

The Stamp Festival took place in Hamburg-Hamm on October 3 and 4, 2025, featuring Juniorposta, the DPhJ Foundation Competition, and team championships accompanying Philatelists’ Day.
In addition to the supporting program, there were several dealers and information stands on site, such as the Philatelistic Library Hamburg, and also the BPP e. V. advice stand. On October 3, there was also an “Postal Stamps” experience team with a special postmark.

The BPP stand was set up directly in the entrance area, and as expected, the public showed a high level of interest in advice and general information on auditing.
A large number of consultations were held, some of which were very detailed. Fortunately, there were no submissions of worthless bundles of documents; most of the cases involved qualified issues. There was also a clear sense of general interest in the work of the BPP, as such events provide an opportunity to obtain first-hand information.

The organizer expressed its gratitude to the BPP for participating and to the large team on site:
Matthias Bock, Hans-Ludwig Kramp, Dr. Leif Kramp, Jörg Mathies, Claus Petry, and Heinrich Wasels.

For its part, the BPP thanked the organizer for covering the stand costs and providing for the team during the two days of the trade fair.

Jörg Mathies

The Bund Philatelistischer Prüfer will be represented with an advisory stand at the International Stamp Fair
in Ulm from October 23rd to 25th, 2025.

The examiners listed below will be present at the stand and available for consultation: