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.