FEPA Medal for Exceptional Study and Research 2025
Călin Gheorghe Marinescu (Romania)
for “40 Years of the Romanian Postal History 1830–1869”
The author, Romania’s leading philatelic researcher, has published over 400 articles and 16 volumes since 1984, becoming a central figure in Romanian postal history. His latest two-volume work is a valuable piece of fundamental research, serving both as a primary source and as a reference book. Its bilingual format enables it to reach a global audience. A tremendous amount of effort has gone into locating and studying historical documents, not to mention translating them into English. The book addresses all the essential aspects of its subject. It provides an excellent basis for further research, enabling the original texts to be interpreted and made more accessible to a wider readership.