Vorstellung EdwinM

    Gutenabend, Goodevening,

    Let me introduce myself, I am Edwin Muller (yes, that's my real name) and I joined this forum yesterday. I also applied for the DASV, hope to get a reply soon.

    I live in the Netherlands, have two kids and collect stamps since very young. I already entered exhibitions with several collections on the subjects "Local stamps from Ukraine", "The post of unoccupied Belgium in the Great War" and "the postal history of Prague". Right now I am working on an exhibit on the prephilatelic period of Prague. It's a challenge and I already visited the forum several times hunting for knowledge. But joining is more fun, so her I am.

    Looking forward to talk to you.

    Best regards

    Edwin Muller

    Hello Edwin,

    nice to meet you here. The postal history of Prague sounds very interesting for me, as I have a small collection Bavaria-Austria et vice versa and Prague was a very important city (and is still of course), so I am sure to learn from your knowledge about this.

    Cheers lad!

    Liebe Grüsse vom Ralph

    "Der beste Platz für Politiker ist das Wahlplakat. Dort ist er tragbar, geräuschlos und leicht zu entfernen." Vicco von Bülow aka Loriot.


    Hello Edwin,

    like BK already said, most welcome here. A Specialist for Prague, Belgium and Ukraine is for sure an addition to this Forum. Especially the Prague aspect is intriguing as there was lot of correspondence from Southern German states (Bavaria, Wuerttemberg, Baden) to there.

    I would gladly like to see some of the letters explaining the postal history of Prague.

    Kind regards,

    Bruno

    Hello Edwin,

    I have not been in the forum for a long time for personal reasons. I can't contribute much to the postal history of Prague from a pre-philately point of view, but I do have extensive material on waybills and accompanying postal addresses(= parcel cards) , which often include Prague as the place of despatch. I also specialise in Austrian postal stationery, especially private postal stationery, which often has to do with Prague.

    Furthermore, some time ago I started to put together a (so far still quite small) special collection of private postal stationery and used postcards for the 1908 Prague Jubilee Exhibition, but I keep failing due to a lack of suitable covers, in contrast to the 1898 Jubilee Exhibition in Vienna.

    Of course, I occasionally buy from Milan Cernik, who will also be offering interesting covers at the upcoming auction in March, but if there are any other auctioneers or stamp dealers in Prague, I would be very pleased to receive their addresses.

    Best regards

    Ingo

    Hello Ingo,

    I have been looking at the Prague exhibition myself, but more in the sense of the different exhibitions. The 1908 one has a great abundance of postcards, which makes it possible to get a good view on the different exhibits. For the older exhibitions the amount of different cards is much lower.

    I also found two original advertisements from that period. They are nice additions.

    Milan Cernik has great offers, and you can also find nice items on Ebay and Delcampe of course. Another auktion is Profil in Prague:

    Aukce Profil - Úvod (filatelie.cz)

    Best regards

    Edwin

    Zitat von EdwinM

    Let me introduce myself, I am Edwin Muller (yes, that's my real name)

    Hi, my name is Hiro, and I've recently joined the forum.

    As a collector of Austrian letters and stamps, I'm extremely honored to meet you, Herr Edwin Müller:)^^

    "Ing. Edwin Müller was one of the greatest philatelists of all time. His career spanned two eras and two continents. In the 1920s and 1930s he was one of Europe's most distinguished experts, writers and editors. He was forced to leave his native Vienna in 1938 and came to the United States. From 1938 until his death he was a world-famous dealer, auctioneer, expert, writer and editor. (In the U.S., he wrote his name as Edwin Mueller.)" (American Philatelic Soceity, Hall of Fame )

    Edwin Müller - Wikipedia

    American Philatelic Society - Hall of Fame - 1970-1974

    Your book, Handbook of the Pre-stamp Postmarks of Austria always leads me in the prephilatelic world.

    I'm looking forward to talking with you ^^

    Hi Hiro

    My family used the umlaut as well but my great grandfather dropped it. The coincidence is funny, and I do own the books as well as a nice collection of Austrian covers.

    Talking is always possible, I do lack however his unique expertise ;)