Following the creation of this blog providing on-line access to the updated Catalogue 2022+, the original web pages http://www.philarz.net became obsolete. Over time, this old web site which is not supported/updated anymore is bound to disappear. For collectors interested in understanding the origin of the information dispatched in the catalogue, a special page displaying the blog pages and the document produced over the 25 years prior to the availability of the 2022+ catalogue was created. This new section called Archives (original site) is divided in five parts:
- The Catalogue Quarterly Reports, complement to the 1998 Catalogue of Joint Stamp Issues (Volume 1 to 15) published on a quarterly basis between 1999 and 2001, (these leaflets were never available on line before and are reproduced here in color, whenever possible)
- The Quarterly Reports (Volume 16 to 39), only in English, improvement of the Complement, published between 2002 and 2006
- The 2006 Catalogue of Joint issues (English) – 500 samples were printed (a few remain available if interested)
- The Catalogue Supplements published on a yearly basis between 2007 and 2022 (English) until the 2022 Catalogue became available on line
- The pages of information from the first web site (http://www.philarz.net) that were filed in the News Archives. These pages were updated regularly between 2010 and 2020 (English) and archived in Quarterly pages.
From 2022 on, the new catalogue became available, associated to this new web pages and blog. In total, this new section provides access to additional 3,300+ archive pages. The interest is mainly to get access to the history of the creation of some joint issues, to some monographs, to some specific articles and to some images in particular first day cancellations or non-approved joint issues. Of course, this is also the first time that the 2006 catalogue is on line.
Have a nice time exploring these older pages.
In parallel, another chapter was opened providing access to a maximum of dedicated articles that were published over the past 30 years. The list is obviously not complete, but additions are welcome. The articles are provided as pdf copies and in their original language (no translation is provided at this stage). So far, 22 articles have been posted representing 83 published pages to read. The list does not include the stamp description leaflets (notices, leaflets, press releases, …) issued by individual postal administrations.
Have a nice time exploring these Publication pages.