Since 2018, Marco Occhipinti has been uncovering stories from letters, postcards, telegrams or any other interesting piece of postal history and presenting them on his “Sfizi.Di.Posta” website and Facebook page.
A few days ago, the “Sfizi.Di.Posta” book was born, with thirty unpublished such stories – ‘whims’ as Marco likes to call them – that cover 130 years in his country, Italy: from a boy who skips school to the letters of Silvio Pellico, from General Nobile and the survivors of the Red Tent to the poor and abandoned father. Experiences and glimpses of everyday life are brought to light thanks to postal documents.
Foreword by Gianfranco Jannuzzo; historical introduction by Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi; with the collaboration of the graphologist Mirka Mantoan.
Cosmo Iannone Editore, Isernia, October 2023, 216 pp., ill. colour, paperback, format 17×24, ISBN 978-88-516-0240-6, €22 + €5 reg. shipping (for Italy).
How to place an order: http://www.sfizidiposta.it/il-libro
The author, Stavros Andreadis, is a renowned collector and exhibitor of the Large Hermes Heads (LHH). His exhibit has been published twice in Edition d’Or series: No. 28 in 2011 and No. 60 in 2021. He was nominated for the Grand Prix International in “Washington 2006” and “Portugal 2010” and for the Grand Prix d’Honneur in “New York 2016”. Although he reached the top by winning the World Stamp Championship in “Israel 2018”, he is still the passionate collector he has always been.
This book is the product of the author’s affection and devotion to the first Greek postage stamp issue and his enthusiasm to share with fellow collectors the elegance of the design and the abundance of the colour shades of these unique pieces of art of the classical period.
He clearly defined his goal in the preface, which was to help the LHH collector distinguish between the various printings and shades of the LHH postage stamps, by representing each Hellas catalogue number with five different samples – with both their front and reverse sides – in high-resolution enlarged images.
He managed to achieve his goal by (a) the accurate digital reproduction of the postage stamp shades, following their scanning and printing in carefully and professionally calibrated state-of-the-art equipment, (b) his acquired experience after the years he spent classifying thousands upon thousands of LHH stamps and (c) his patience to supervise the printing process of each page of the book, while disposing of dozens of trial pages before being absolutely satisfied with the end product.
This is a publication of outstanding quality in all aspects, at the same time an easy-to-use colour chart of 1144 different shades, and a great companion for the novice as well as the experienced LHH collector; a precious addition to philatelic literature.
The 160-page book is larger than the usual A4 format, at 26×36 cm, it is hard-bound and gold print on a linen-wrap cover, bilingual (Greek and English) and available by A. Karamitsos eshop priced at € 170 postage included.
The Estonian Philatelic Federation is organising the International Philatelic Exhibition MARE BALTICUM 2024, which will be held at the Estonian National Museum, Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, from 26 to 28 July 2024. The exhibition has been granted FEPA Recognition and has become part of the official Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture program.
Entitled to participate are exhibitors from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the U.S.A., and Estonia, as well as from any corner of the globe with an Estonia exhibit. Literature class exhibits are invited to participate with no restrictions.
Deadline for entry forms: 29 February 2024.
Visitors and exhibitors will find all the necessary information on the exhibition website: https://marebalticum.ee
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Sfizi.Di.Posta (the book)
Since 2018, Marco Occhipinti has been uncovering stories from letters, postcards, telegrams or any other interesting piece of postal history and presenting them on his “Sfizi.Di.Posta” website and Facebook page.
A few days ago, the “Sfizi.Di.Posta” book was born, with thirty unpublished such stories – ‘whims’ as Marco likes to call them – that cover 130 years in his country, Italy: from a boy who skips school to the letters of Silvio Pellico, from General Nobile and the survivors of the Red Tent to the poor and abandoned father. Experiences and glimpses of everyday life are brought to light thanks to postal documents.
Foreword by Gianfranco Jannuzzo; historical introduction by Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi; with the collaboration of the graphologist Mirka Mantoan.
Cosmo Iannone Editore, Isernia, October 2023, 216 pp., ill. colour, paperback, format 17×24, ISBN 978-88-516-0240-6, €22 + €5 reg. shipping (for Italy).
How to place an order: http://www.sfizidiposta.it/il-libro
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Large Hermes Heads – Printings and Shades
The author, Stavros Andreadis, is a renowned collector and exhibitor of the Large Hermes Heads (LHH). His exhibit has been published twice in Edition d’Or series: No. 28 in 2011 and No. 60 in 2021. He was nominated for the Grand Prix International in “Washington 2006” and “Portugal 2010” and for the Grand Prix d’Honneur in “New York 2016”. Although he reached the top by winning the World Stamp Championship in “Israel 2018”, he is still the passionate collector he has always been.
This book is the product of the author’s affection and devotion to the first Greek postage stamp issue and his enthusiasm to share with fellow collectors the elegance of the design and the abundance of the colour shades of these unique pieces of art of the classical period.
He clearly defined his goal in the preface, which was to help the LHH collector distinguish between the various printings and shades of the LHH postage stamps, by representing each Hellas catalogue number with five different samples – with both their front and reverse sides – in high-resolution enlarged images.
He managed to achieve his goal by (a) the accurate digital reproduction of the postage stamp shades, following their scanning and printing in carefully and professionally calibrated state-of-the-art equipment, (b) his acquired experience after the years he spent classifying thousands upon thousands of LHH stamps and (c) his patience to supervise the printing process of each page of the book, while disposing of dozens of trial pages before being absolutely satisfied with the end product.
This is a publication of outstanding quality in all aspects, at the same time an easy-to-use colour chart of 1144 different shades, and a great companion for the novice as well as the experienced LHH collector; a precious addition to philatelic literature.
The 160-page book is larger than the usual A4 format, at 26×36 cm, it is hard-bound and gold print on a linen-wrap cover, bilingual (Greek and English) and available by A. Karamitsos eshop priced at € 170 postage included.
Sample pages:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Andreadis-LHH-pages.pdf
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MARE BALTICUM 2024 next July, in Tartu, Estonia
The Estonian Philatelic Federation is organising the International Philatelic Exhibition MARE BALTICUM 2024, which will be held at the Estonian National Museum, Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, from 26 to 28 July 2024. The exhibition has been granted FEPA Recognition and has become part of the official Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture program.
Entitled to participate are exhibitors from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the U.S.A., and Estonia, as well as from any corner of the globe with an Estonia exhibit. Literature class exhibits are invited to participate with no restrictions.
Deadline for entry forms: 29 February 2024.
Visitors and exhibitors will find all the necessary information on the exhibition website: https://marebalticum.ee
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