The thirteenth biennial Postal History Symposium will be held on 1-2 November 2024 at the American Philatelic Center in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The theme for the 2024 symposium will be “The Universal Postal Union: Connecting the World by Mail,” commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Bern.
The biographies of the presenters, the abstracts of their papers as well as their presentations and session videos of previous Symposia are all available on the library’s Postal History Symposium page.
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Over the years, he has held countless roles in organised philately at every level. Being the president of the FIP Commission for Thematic Philately from 1977 to 2004, he is rightly considered the father of Thematics in its modern conception. With countless contributions as an ambassador of philately to the general public, a columnist or speaker at seminars and conferences, and an artist of writing regulations, and guidelines, he pursued the improvement of organised philately, with an eye towards the future. He was a pioneer in the use of information technology in philatelic exhibitions.
The Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal (Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History) is the most prestigious philatelic institution in Spanish-speaking countries. Its objectives are research, study and promotion of everything related to philately and the postal history of Spain, its former possessions, dependencies, and protectorates. It has a maximum number of only 50 Full Academicians (https://www.rahf.es/academicos-de-numero), while the number of Corresponding Academiciens is unlimited (https://www.rahf.es/academicos-correspondientes).
The general assembly held in Madrid on 8 March was chaired by its President, Eduardo Consejo, Vice-president, Fernando Aranaz, and Secretary José Manuel Rodríguez. The Academy’s activities in 2023 were reviewed. In total, 34 conferences were given by Academy members throughout 2023, in various events held in Madrid, Teruel, Montevideo, Barcelona, and Milan. Major activities planned for 2024 are:
– Extraordinary Academic Session at the Naval Museum, Madrid, 15 June.
– Academic Session at EXFILNA 2024, Valladolid, 4 October.
– Ordinary Academic Session, Madrid, 16 November.
By secret vote, the following candidates were elected:
(a) Numerary Academicians (Académicos de Número). Numerus clausus limited to 50: Walter Britz, and Julio César Ponce Lozada. The two will be considered provisionally “Elected Academicians” until they present their discourses.
(b) Corresponding Academicians (Académicos Correspondientes). Unlimited number: Rafael Acuña Castillo, Miguel José Casielles, Marcelino González Fernandez, Reinaldo Estevâo de Macedo, Carlos Malpica Lizarzaburu, and Aldo L. Samamé y Samamé.
The Academicians Juan Antonio Llácer, and Raimundo Almeda who had been elected Numerary Academicians (Académicos de Número) in past years and were provisionally “Elected Academicians”, presented their discourses and so entered into the list of Numerary Academicians (Académicos de Número).
Warmest congratulations to all of them!
Latest publications of the Royal Academy were also presented:
– El Señorío de Vizcaya, dos demarcaciones postales y tres provincias vascas (recopilación de su historia postal, 1520-1870, in two volumes by brothers José María, and Rafael Raya Sánchez.
– Enciclopedia Histórico Descriptiva “Correo Aéreo y Aerofilatelia” España 1870-1970. Tomo III, by Fernando Aranaz del Río, and Eduardo Consejo Prieto.
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2024 Postal History Symposium
We’ve picked it up from the APS website:
The thirteenth biennial Postal History Symposium will be held on 1-2 November 2024 at the American Philatelic Center in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The theme for the 2024 symposium will be “The Universal Postal Union: Connecting the World by Mail,” commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Bern.
The event is jointly-sponsored by the American Philatelic Research Library, the American Philatelic Society and the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. The 2024 symposium will also be co-sponsored by the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, which sponsored the 2020 Virtual Symposium held in lieu of an in-person event.
The biographies of the presenters, the abstracts of their papers as well as their presentations and session videos of previous Symposia are all available on the library’s Postal History Symposium page.
Reservation details are here.
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Giancarlo Morolli honoured in Lavagna
We’ve picked it up from Vaccari News: Giancarlo Morolli was honoured today in Lavagna (Genoa) with the City of Lavagna Philatelic Award.
Giancarlo is currently Vice-President of the Federation of European Philatelic Associations (FEPA), FSFI delegate for international affairs, national representative of the Royal Philatelic Society London, counsellor of the Italian Union of Philatelic Press, and an FIP juror for over fifty years. In 1989 his name was included in the Albo d’oro della philatelic italiana, and in 2010 he was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.
Over the years, he has held countless roles in organised philately at every level. Being the president of the FIP Commission for Thematic Philately from 1977 to 2004, he is rightly considered the father of Thematics in its modern conception. With countless contributions as an ambassador of philately to the general public, a columnist or speaker at seminars and conferences, and an artist of writing regulations, and guidelines, he pursued the improvement of organised philately, with an eye towards the future. He was a pioneer in the use of information technology in philatelic exhibitions.
Photo: Luca Lavagnino (left) and Giancarlo Morolli.
[photo credit: Vaccari News]
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Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal
The Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal (Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History) is the most prestigious philatelic institution in Spanish-speaking countries. Its objectives are research, study and promotion of everything related to philately and the postal history of Spain, its former possessions, dependencies, and protectorates. It has a maximum number of only 50 Full Academicians (https://www.rahf.es/academicos-de-numero), while the number of Corresponding Academiciens is unlimited (https://www.rahf.es/academicos-correspondientes).
The general assembly held in Madrid on 8 March was chaired by its President, Eduardo Consejo, Vice-president, Fernando Aranaz, and Secretary José Manuel Rodríguez. The Academy’s activities in 2023 were reviewed. In total, 34 conferences were given by Academy members throughout 2023, in various events held in Madrid, Teruel, Montevideo, Barcelona, and Milan. Major activities planned for 2024 are:
– Extraordinary Academic Session at the Naval Museum, Madrid, 15 June.
– Academic Session at EXFILNA 2024, Valladolid, 4 October.
– Ordinary Academic Session, Madrid, 16 November.
By secret vote, the following candidates were elected:
(a) Numerary Academicians (Académicos de Número). Numerus clausus limited to 50: Walter Britz, and Julio César Ponce Lozada. The two will be considered provisionally “Elected Academicians” until they present their discourses.
(b) Corresponding Academicians (Académicos Correspondientes). Unlimited number: Rafael Acuña Castillo, Miguel José Casielles, Marcelino González Fernandez, Reinaldo Estevâo de Macedo, Carlos Malpica Lizarzaburu, and Aldo L. Samamé y Samamé.
The Academicians Juan Antonio Llácer, and Raimundo Almeda who had been elected Numerary Academicians (Académicos de Número) in past years and were provisionally “Elected Academicians”, presented their discourses and so entered into the list of Numerary Academicians (Académicos de Número).
Warmest congratulations to all of them!
Latest publications of the Royal Academy were also presented:
– El Señorío de Vizcaya, dos demarcaciones postales y tres provincias vascas (recopilación de su historia postal, 1520-1870, in two volumes by brothers José María, and Rafael Raya Sánchez.
– Enciclopedia Histórico Descriptiva “Correo Aéreo y Aerofilatelia” España 1870-1970. Tomo III, by Fernando Aranaz del Río, and Eduardo Consejo Prieto.
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