FEPA Medal for Service to Philately 2025
Wolfgang Maassen RDP (Germany)
Wolfgang Maassen RDP FRPSL, born in 1949, has been an author, publisher, and journalist in the fields of philately and postal history for more than 45 years. He has been involved in public relations for the ‘Bund Deutscher Philatelisten’ for 35 years. He served as Head of the Press Office for the IBRA 1999 World Exhibition in Nuremberg, Head of the administration for IBRA 2009 in Essen and IPHLA 2012 in Mainz, and was also Head of the Organising Team for IBRA 2023 in Essen. For many years, he has advised several German professional organisations as a consultant and has served as Editor-in-Chief of well-known national and international journals. Amongst these, he edited the German magazine Philatelie from 1989 to 2016. His work has long focused on two major book series: manuals for stamp collectors and a chronicle of German philately. To date, he has published more than 100 books. From May 2005 to November 2025, he served as President of the Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatélique (AIJP). He is a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and a signatory of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.