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Sergio Sismondo (1943-2023)
We copy the sad news from Linn’s Stamp News website, published on 22nd March:
Sergio Sismondo, an esteemed postal historian and philatelic dealer whose encyclopedic knowledge of classic-era stamps and postal history enriched collectors from around the world, died March 13 in Syracuse, N.Y., at the age of 80.
Mr. Sismondo was born in Italy and during the course of his life became fluent in five languages: Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish and English.
Mr. Sismondo, widely regarded as an expertizer, stamp dealer and author, was profiled in “Linn’s Most Influential Philatelists and Their Epic Stamp Stories”, published in 2022.
Linn’s obituary goes on describing how Sergio Sismondo was heavily influenced by Victor Kneitschel, how he handled some of the world’s greatest rarities, his systematic approach to the expertisation process and his contribution to Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue.
Read the complete text here: https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/sergio-sismondo-1943-2023
[photo credit: linns.com]
New Board at the Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal
On 17th March, the General Assembly of the Royal Spanish Academy of Philately and Postal History took place. A new Board of Governors was also elected:
Details and photos here.
Photo: Eduardo Escalada (left), Eduardo Consejo, José Manuel Rodríguez
A short video on the intaglio process by Musée de La Poste
Musée de La Poste, Paris, celebrates the European Days of Crafts from 27 March to 2 April. Given the opportunity, it presents on its website all we need to learn about producing postage stamps by intaglio with a three-minute video which focuses on the printing process.
Watch the video on the YouTube here.