The Crawford Medal awardees for 2023 were announced at the closure of the two-day 2nd Annual Crawford Festival, which took place at the RPSL on 27 and 28 June.
Crawford Medal winner: Engelbrecht, Lars, Postal stationery of Denmark: the bi-coloured issue 1871-1905 (2 volumes)
Crawford Medal runners-up: Barreiros, Luis & Barreiros, Eduardo, Portuguese India: Postal History and the First Issues from the “Natives” to 1900
Five more works were shortlisted:
Mahler, Michael, Stamp Taxes in Nevada (4 volumes)
Påhlman, Sven, Postal Routes to the Dutch Possessions in West Africa, West Indies and Suriname 1652 to 1919: a Guide to Dutch Maritime Mail
Spivack, David & Reah-Johnson, Stephen, The British South Africa Company King George V Admiral Stamps
Trotter, Brian, Hoffman, Colin & Flanagan, Patrick, Rhodesian Philately to 1924: the British South Africa Company Period
Young, Peter, The Inks of De La Rue & Co. and their introduction of synthetic and aniline ingredients c.1850-1910
Luca Lavagnino has sent us the following Press Release:
Under the patronage of the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies, in Vasto – Italy the 22nd International Musical Thematic Philately Prize “Augusto Massari” will be held from 15 to 17 September 2023, organised by the Circolo Filatelico Vastophil “Rino Piccirilli” in collaboration with the CIFT – Italian Centre of Thematic Philately.
Participation is reserved for exhibits dealing with a musical topic in the classes of Maximaphily, Open Philately, Philatelic Literature, and Thematic Philately. According to the regulation, multi-frame, one-frame, and out-of-competition exhibits can be presented. The exhibition will be held according to the formula “one frame plus”, namely only the first frames will be shown, whereas the pdf of the whole exhibit will be available on computers in the exhibition hall.
The jury members are Koenraad Bracke, Luciano Calenda, Rosario D’Agata, Valeriano Genovese and Damian Läge.
The Massari Prize will be held concomitantly with the national exhibition Vastophil 2023, at Palazzo d’Avalos – Piazza Lucio Valerio Pudente 1 – Vasto.
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/massari-800a.jpg800800Costas Chazapishttps://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fepanews_logo-107x138-1.pngCostas Chazapis2023-06-29 13:07:582023-06-29 13:07:5822° Premio Internazionale di Filatelia Tematica Musicale ‘Augusto Massari’
The One-Frame exhibition, organised by AEP, took place in Saint Pierre and Miquelon between 25 and 28 June. The exhibits presented belonged to members of the AEP, the American Philatelic Society and the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada. The top prizes were awarded as follows:
Grand Prix Europe: Serge Kahn, “Dumont D’Urville helps reveal Antarctica”.
Grand Prix North America: Jean-Jacques Tillard, “St-Pierre-et-Michelon, the fox of 1952. The first two stamps issued for airmail rates”.
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The Crawford Medal 2023
The Crawford Medal awardees for 2023 were announced at the closure of the two-day 2nd Annual Crawford Festival, which took place at the RPSL on 27 and 28 June.
Five more works were shortlisted:
Crawford Medal awardees since 1920: https://www.rpsl.org.uk/The-Society/Medals-and-Awards/Crawford-Medal
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22° Premio Internazionale di Filatelia Tematica Musicale ‘Augusto Massari’
Luca Lavagnino has sent us the following Press Release:
Under the patronage of the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies, in Vasto – Italy the 22nd International Musical Thematic Philately Prize “Augusto Massari” will be held from 15 to 17 September 2023, organised by the Circolo Filatelico Vastophil “Rino Piccirilli” in collaboration with the CIFT – Italian Centre of Thematic Philately.
Participation is reserved for exhibits dealing with a musical topic in the classes of Maximaphily, Open Philately, Philatelic Literature, and Thematic Philately. According to the regulation, multi-frame, one-frame, and out-of-competition exhibits can be presented. The exhibition will be held according to the formula “one frame plus”, namely only the first frames will be shown, whereas the pdf of the whole exhibit will be available on computers in the exhibition hall.
The jury members are Koenraad Bracke, Luciano Calenda, Rosario D’Agata, Valeriano Genovese and Damian Läge.
The Massari Prize will be held concomitantly with the national exhibition Vastophil 2023, at Palazzo d’Avalos – Piazza Lucio Valerio Pudente 1 – Vasto.
Entry forms must be sent by 17th July.
Further information, regulations and entry forms are available on the website http://expo.fsfi.it/index.php?CodiceExpo=PremioMassari22&Ambito=USER&Lingua=IT
Download the Press Release here: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FSFI-Comunicato-stampa-22°-Premio-Massari-Press-release-22nd-Massari-Prize.pdf
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EUROPHIL SPM 2023 in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
The One-Frame exhibition, organised by AEP, took place in Saint Pierre and Miquelon between 25 and 28 June. The exhibits presented belonged to members of the AEP, the American Philatelic Society and the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada. The top prizes were awarded as follows:
Grand Prix Europe: Serge Kahn, “Dumont D’Urville helps reveal Antarctica”.
Grand Prix North America: Jean-Jacques Tillard, “St-Pierre-et-Michelon, the fox of 1952. The first two stamps issued for airmail rates”.
More on the exhibition here: https://tillard-spm-philatelie.fr/europhil-spm-2023
Photo: Jean-Jacques Tillard (left), Serge Kahn
[photo credit: Jean-Jacques Tillard’s FB account]
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