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New President elected at the Club de Monte-Carlo

During MonacoPhil 2022, the members of the Club de Monte-Carlo met for their bi-annual meeting and announced the election of their new President: Olivier Stocker was elected and will replace Patrick Maselis, who held this position from 2009 to 2022, as of 1st January 2023. All the Club members paid a warm tribute to Patrick Maselis for the outstanding work he has done during his fourteen years as President of the Club de Monte-Carlo.

Photo:
Left: Patrick Maselis, RDP, FRPSL, Outgoing President of the Club de Monte-Carlo (2009-2022)
Middle: Claes Arnrup, FRPSL, Premier Vice-President of the Club de Monte-Carlo and Commissioner of MonacoPhil 2022
Right: Olivier Stocker, FRPSL, New President of the Club de Monte-Carlo (2023-)

[photo credit: Monacophil 2022]

6.12.2022

Literature, News, Updates

Linn’s Most Influential Philatelists 2022 now online

Earlier this year, Linn’s Stamp News released the 116-page special publication Linn’s Stamp News Most Influential Philatelists and Their Epic Stamp Stories, which “recognizes 76 individuals who have had an impact on the hobby in the past couple of decades”, according to the editors. At that time, the special publication was available to non-subscribers only in its paper version, but now is freely available on line by Linn’s Stamp News here: https://reader.linns.com/mostinfluential
While copies last, the paper version will be available here: https://www.amosadvantage.com/product/stamp-most-influential

Earlier FEPA post: https://fepanews.com/2022-linns-most-influential-philatelists-list-revealed

5.12.2022

News, Workshops

The Royal Spanish Academy of Philately and Postal History

On Saturday 19 November, the Royal Spanish Academy of Philately and Postal History (Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal) held a major session at the National Mint Museum in Madrid. After the opening speech of Jesús Sitjà, President of the Academy, the following topics were covered:

Avisos de recibo en el siglo XIX, by José Manuel Rodríguez.
La sobretasa de Mirambel (Teruel), by Alejandro Abadía.
La emisión de indígenas de los Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea de 1941, by Enrique Viruega.
Las cartas entre España y el Lombardo-Véneto a través del Reino de Cerdeña 1844-1857, by Angelo Teruzzi and Paolo Zavattoni.
Anotaciones manuscritas de reparto del Correo Central 1830-1860, by Alfredo Miguel Martínez.
La American Bank Note Company y El Salvador: 80 Años de Emisiones, by Guillermo Gallegos.
De Manila a Salamanca… contra viento y marea, by Eduardo Consejo.
¡Ese sello es de dos reales! Cuando los archivos hablan, by José Antonio Herráiz.
Cartas de fraude y fuera de valija anteriores a la Real Renta de Correos, by Eugenio de Quesada.
Teoría sobre el alcance y significado de la francatura de la correspondencia en el siglo XVIII, by David González Corchado.
El gran e irrepetible “padre de la Filatelia” Doctor Thebussem, by José Ramón Moreno.

More details here: https://fesofi.es/noticias/gran-sesion-academica-de-la-r-a-h-f-e-hp/

3.12.2022