During the Palmares of IBRA 2023, the FIP Board announced a medal of appreciation to FEPA Vice President Giancarlo Morolli in recognition of his service as a juror at FIP exhibitions. FIP Vice President Yigal Nathaniel presented the award, and FIP Director Peter Suhadolc read the motivation.
Dr Giancarlo Morolli RDP was a delegate of the FIP Thematic Commission since 1968, then Vice-President since 1975 and President from 1977 to 2004 and provided leadership in developing the FIP Regulations of Thematic Philately achieving universal acceptance of their concept. As a FIP juror, he served in over 50 FIP exhibitions from Belgica 72 to Ibra 2023, often as team leader and twice as the jury president.
Photo: Giancarlo Morolli (left), Yigal Nathaniel
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385 steamship companies, 110 private shipping agents, and 1657 maritime handstamps comprise the framework of the 500-page brand-new book recently released by Nikos Antypas. The reader will also have the opportunity to get acquainted with Greek shipping legends like Embiricos, Typaldos, Vlassopoulos, Goulandris, Potamianos, Nomikos, Livanos, Pantaleon, Onassis etc.
We read on the book’s back cover:
About 40 years ago, in November of 1984, on the banks of the Congo River, the well-traveled Cephalonian Nikos Antypas dreamed of a collection of maritime handstamps related to the wider Greek area. During the decades of the 1950s and 1960s, philatelists had already begun studying Shipping Companies that had contracts with the Hellenic Post after discovering that many letters had been transported by ships. The imprint of the shipment was obvious (maritime handstamps) or implied (postage, sender’s notes, etc.). The passion of the author led him to gather an amazing and rare collection, to even retrieve information of unknown majority owners of a single ship and to highlight the impressive organization and operation of larger companies.
The time has come for this exciting and scarce material to emerge in this rich and fascinating book that we leafing through with admiration. All the 1657 handstamps presented here were found by the author on stamps, envelopes, letter slips, bills of lading, tickets, charters, sales contracts, advertising publications and timetable posters. They reflect the rich activity of Greek shipowners in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Format A4, 500 pages, in colour, hardcover, price € 70 plus postage (postage: Europe € 36, rest of the world € 46), availability at nicolasantippas@yahoo.com
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FIP Medal of Appreciation to Giancarlo Morolli RDP
During the Palmares of IBRA 2023, the FIP Board announced a medal of appreciation to FEPA Vice President Giancarlo Morolli in recognition of his service as a juror at FIP exhibitions. FIP Vice President Yigal Nathaniel presented the award, and FIP Director Peter Suhadolc read the motivation.
Dr Giancarlo Morolli RDP was a delegate of the FIP Thematic Commission since 1968, then Vice-President since 1975 and President from 1977 to 2004 and provided leadership in developing the FIP Regulations of Thematic Philately achieving universal acceptance of their concept. As a FIP juror, he served in over 50 FIP exhibitions from Belgica 72 to Ibra 2023, often as team leader and twice as the jury president.
Photo: Giancarlo Morolli (left), Yigal Nathaniel
IBRA 2023 Awards and Photos
The IBRA 2023 Grand Prizes were announced at the Palmares dinner on Saturday evening, 27th May:
IBRA 2023 Palmares booklet:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ibra_palmares_v2.pdf
Cover photo: IBRA 2023 Grand Prizes
[photo credit: Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V.]
Hellenic Steamship Companies and their Handstamps
385 steamship companies, 110 private shipping agents, and 1657 maritime handstamps comprise the framework of the 500-page brand-new book recently released by Nikos Antypas. The reader will also have the opportunity to get acquainted with Greek shipping legends like Embiricos, Typaldos, Vlassopoulos, Goulandris, Potamianos, Nomikos, Livanos, Pantaleon, Onassis etc.
We read on the book’s back cover:
About 40 years ago, in November of 1984, on the banks of the Congo River, the well-traveled Cephalonian Nikos Antypas dreamed of a collection of maritime handstamps related to the wider
Greek area. During the decades of the 1950s and 1960s, philatelists had already begun studying Shipping Companies that had contracts with the Hellenic Post after discovering that many letters had been transported by ships. The imprint of the shipment was obvious (maritime handstamps) or implied (postage, sender’s notes, etc.). The passion of the author led him to gather an amazing and rare collection, to even retrieve information of unknown majority owners of a single ship and to highlight the impressive organization and operation of larger companies.
The time has come for this exciting and scarce material to emerge in this rich and fascinating book that we leafing through with admiration. All the 1657 handstamps presented here were found by the author on stamps, envelopes, letter slips, bills of lading, tickets, charters, sales contracts, advertising publications and timetable posters. They reflect the rich activity of Greek shipowners in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Video presentation of the book (2 minutes): https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZisHhZLYAacNDkW5FYuHl5MI2ho8q4S4dk
First 29 pages in pdf: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Antypas_1-29.pdf
Format A4, 500 pages, in colour, hardcover, price € 70 plus postage (postage: Europe € 36, rest of the world € 46), availability at nicolasantippas@yahoo.