Europe's largest collectors' fair will create a high-quality platform for coins, medals and paper money in October 2026 – with professional fair infrastructure and one of the largest collector-oriented audiences on the continent.

The Munich Show, Europe's leading collectors' fair for over 60 years, is taking its next big step: From October 23 to 25, 2026, NUMISMATIK @ Munich Show will be the first dedicated section for coins, medals, and numismatic collectibles at the renowned autumn fair. This is a first for numismatics: a presence within the context of a major event that combines reach, professionalism, and collector culture.

(tb) The Austrian post A proposal aims to get the Unicode Consortium to approve an emoji featuring a postal worker. The Universal Postal Union supports the proposal, which received unanimous backing at the recent Universal Postal Congress in Dubai. If the proposal is approved by the Unicode Consortium, the postal emoji could be installed on computers and smartphones as early as 2026.

(tb) Was the current President of the United States involved in the Declaration of Independence? Well, it's probably not entirely out of the question that he himself believed he was. After all, he also calculated that the Gaza War, which began with the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023, would last 3000 years.

The open youth stamp competition "Stamp it! – Everyone can participate" will take place for the first time in 2026. All young stamp collectors up to the age of 21, as well as youth groups, school classes, and clubs, have the opportunity to participate. Membership in the German Philatelic Youth Association (Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e.V.) is not a requirement for participation.

(tb) Jörg Maier is needed by the readers of the MICHEL-Rundschau not to introduce him. He is rightly considered the most important Chile expert in Germany. Whether the letter addressed to him was philatelic in nature, he kept to himself. He presented the envelope, which clearly demonstrates the reading capabilities of modern sorting machines, to the editorial staff. One could hardly address a letter more neatly by hand than the sender. Nevertheless, the technology couldn't handle it. The yellow sticker with the address in letters and in matrix code proves that the machine needed some human assistance.