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Fil-Italia magazine by the Italy and Colonies Study Circle
The Italy and Colonies Study Circle (ICSC) is dedicated to the study of stamps and postal history of the Italian area. It publishes a highly acclaimed magazine called Fil-Italia. According to the society’s website, the magazine is the only significant source of information on Italian philately written in English.
Fil-Italia was first published in 1974 by Colin Pilkington, who remained Editor until his untimely death in April 2002. The journal is now in its 49th year of uninterrupted publication. A detailed index of articles for all completed volumes (1-48) is available online. The whole archive has been digitised, and article reprints are readily available.
You may download the latest issue from here, courtesy of the ICSC (13.3 MB): https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fil-italia-195.pdf
President of the ICSC and Editor of Fil-Italia is Dr Giorgio Migliavacca.
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Essen International Stamp Fair is discontinued
As reported by the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V. (BDPh) on 27 June:
The Essen International Stamp Fair has been regularly held since 1976. Following the interruption because of the pandemic, the 33rd edition in connection with the IBRA was held in May, with more than 100 stamp dealers or postal administrations and well over 10,000 visitors. Essen has always been an important regional meeting point for all philatelists from Northern and Central Germany.
However, the success cannot hide the problems associated with the planning and implementation of a similar event. Unfortunately, the Stamp Fair organiser, Jan Billion trade fair agency, has decided not to continue with the Essen Stamp Fair.
The BDPh believes that trade fairs and exchanges, such as those in Essen and Ulm, are still valuable for philately. They stimulate the hobby, serve as a meeting place and bring dealers and collectors together. The BDPh is therefore trying to find an alternative solution. Anyone interested in a future event in the Essen area as a retailer, working group or exhibitor, are asked to contact BDPh by email: info(at)bdph.de. We shall keep you up to date and hope to present a corresponding solution shortly.
[photo credit: IBRA 2023]
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The disinfection of mail over the centuries
The Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History, in collaboration with the Mercantile Museum of Bolzano, is organising a scientific conference on the theme: “The disinfection of mail over the centuries”. This open meeting will take place in Bolzano – in the Hall of Honor of the Palazzo Mercantile, via Portici 39 – on Saturday, 15 July 2023.
The morning schedule includes a number of scientific reports concerning Medicine and Post controlling pandemic, with a particular focus on Verona, Venice and Europe, and the Napoleonic Health in Liguria, Tuscany and Corsica. In the afternoon, participants can visit the temporary exhibition “Epidemics and Trade” and the Archive of the Menz company, which houses over 250 thousand letters from the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries.
Participating in the dinner organised by the Academy at the Franziskanerstuben is also possible.
The Conference programme: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Locandina-Convegno-15-07-2023-Bolzano.pdf
For details, please contact info@accademiadiposta.it
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