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Hugo Michel’s first stamp catalogue was published in Apolda, a town some 10 miles north-east of Weimar, in 1910. By today’s standards it was a slim volume – its 112 pages listed the stamps of European countries and their post offices abroad. The MICHEL catalogue rapidly became a standard work of reference, used by dealers to identify their stock, by philatelists to check their collections and as a reference for buying and exchanging stamps. Hugo Michel subsequently sold the rights to his catalogue to the stamp album publishers Schwaneberger Verlag, who still retain them. |
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MICHEL catalogue numbers are used by most collectors in German-speaking countries and in eastern Europe, and they are the standard reference numbers for stamps of |
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| these countries. Because of the clear and authoritative listings which they provide, MICHEL catalogues are gaining in popularity in many other countries too. New editions appear regularly, and each one includes detailed editorial changes, embracing new philatelic research, newly listed errors and varieties, revised catalogue prices and new issues.
For every collector, the MICHEL Online Catalogue is an ideal supplement to the usual printed catalogues. It offers a high search comfort as you have the possibility to search for year of issue, MICHEL number, collecting area and theme. You also can run a full text search. For every data record found, you can call up nearly all the information from the printed MICHEL catalogues: collecting area, MICHEL number, date of issue, occasion for issue, printing process, sheet size, perforation variants and other special information like airmail and surtax stamps, etc. The stamp illustrations, which are in colour for European stamps, are shown together with illustration code letters and illustration legends. You also get the face value, the currency, colour designations and, of course, the stamp prices for hinged, mint, cancelled, and other items. The following areas are available online: Germany |
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At the moment, the database contains about 626,000 stamps, more than 1,600,000 price quotations and approximately 296,000 illustrations.
The monthly subscription to use the Michel online catalogue is €5.90 and if you are a member of a stamp club, you pay only €4.90 a month. Click on the banner to the left to go to their registration page. |
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The basic catalogue now occupies 13 volumes covering the stamps of all countries – despite its vast increase in size its basic structure has never been altered. Over the years it has won more than 200 medals at national and international stamp exhibitions, including 20 gold medals. More than 400,000 MICHEL catalogues are printed every year, and they find their way to collectors all over the world.| Home - Info - Auction - Sales - Appraisal |
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