In partnership with FSMV University Middle East and Africa Research and Application Centre (ORDAM) and the Ottoman Postal History Research Association (OPTAD), a two-day symposium titled Ottoman Postal History: Organisation – Concession – Trade will be held in Istanbul, Türkiye, on 5–6 November 2026.
Addressed specifically to scholars, researchers, and advanced collectors in the field of postal history, this symposium will focus on the Ottoman era across the Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant. It aims to provide a dedicated platform for the presentation and discussion of research on postal systems, routes, tariffs, foreign post offices, and the broader institutional, economic, and diplomatic frameworks that shaped communication networks in the Ottoman world.
Abstract submission deadline: 29 May 2026
Notification of accepted papers: 10 June 2026
Entry form: postatarihisempozyumu.fsm.edu.tr
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Marco Occhipinti’s La posta dei confinati (2026), published by Cosmo Iannone Editore, presents the first systematic study of postal control and censorship under Fascist political confinement in Italy between 1926 and 1943. The volume is the result of two decades of meticulous research into archival and postal sources, following the author’s earlier acclaimed work on postal history.
Focusing on an often overlooked dimension of repression, the book examines how correspondence sent and received by political exiles was strictly monitored, inspected and, where necessary, censored by the regime. It situates this practice within the broader system of police confinement, introduced in 1926, which affected around 15,000 individuals—ranging from anti-fascists and political dissidents to social outcasts and even regime loyalists deemed problematic—often without trial.
Through extensive documentation, including postmarks and previously unpublished archival material, Occhipinti analyses confinement sites such as Ponza, Ventotene and Lipari, as well as mainland locations. The work also highlights the human dimension, featuring biographies of fifty exiles and paying particular attention to the experiences of women, both as detainees and as family members who shared exile.
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The Royal Philatelic Society London received more than twenty nominations for the Crawford Medal for books published during the years 2024 and 2025. The Society is pleased to announce the short list of six from which the Crawford Medal Committee will select the 2026 winner. The winner will be announced at the end of the Crawford Festival on 17 June 2026.
The shortlisted books are:
Italia e Iberia: la posta fra gli stati delle due penisole 1814–1876 [Italy and Iberia: the mail between the states of the two peninsulas] by Lorenzo Carra.
The Mulready caricature: the philatelic caricatures of the envelope and letter sheet design of William Mulready RA (2 Volumes) by Richard Hobbs & Robin Cassell.
New York City Foreign Mail 1845–1878 (2 Volumes) by N.M. Kirke.
The handbook of stamp production: histories, dummy stamps, collectables, articles, biographies by Glenn Morgan.
Dominica: philately to 1967 by Simon Richards.
Northeast China local overprints by Communists 1945–1949 by Roman Scheibert.
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Ottoman Postal History Symposium
In partnership with FSMV University Middle East and Africa Research and Application Centre (ORDAM) and the Ottoman Postal History Research Association (OPTAD), a two-day symposium titled Ottoman Postal History: Organisation – Concession – Trade will be held in Istanbul, Türkiye, on 5–6 November 2026.
Addressed specifically to scholars, researchers, and advanced collectors in the field of postal history, this symposium will focus on the Ottoman era across the Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant. It aims to provide a dedicated platform for the presentation and discussion of research on postal systems, routes, tariffs, foreign post offices, and the broader institutional, economic, and diplomatic frameworks that shaped communication networks in the Ottoman world.
Abstract submission deadline: 29 May 2026
Notification of accepted papers: 10 June 2026
Entry form: postatarihisempozyumu.fsm.edu.tr
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La posta dei confinati
Marco Occhipinti’s La posta dei confinati (2026), published by Cosmo Iannone Editore, presents the first systematic study of postal control and censorship under Fascist political confinement in Italy between 1926 and 1943. The volume is the result of two decades of meticulous research into archival and postal sources, following the author’s earlier acclaimed work on postal history.
Focusing on an often overlooked dimension of repression, the book examines how correspondence sent and received by political exiles was strictly monitored, inspected and, where necessary, censored by the regime. It situates this practice within the broader system of police confinement, introduced in 1926, which affected around 15,000 individuals—ranging from anti-fascists and political dissidents to social outcasts and even regime loyalists deemed problematic—often without trial.
Through extensive documentation, including postmarks and previously unpublished archival material, Occhipinti analyses confinement sites such as Ponza, Ventotene and Lipari, as well as mainland locations. The work also highlights the human dimension, featuring biographies of fifty exiles and paying particular attention to the experiences of women, both as detainees and as family members who shared exile.
Details: https://www.lapostadeiconfinati.it/
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The Crawford Medal Shortlist for 2026
Announced by the RPSL:
The Royal Philatelic Society London received more than twenty nominations for the Crawford Medal for books published during the years 2024 and 2025. The Society is pleased to announce the short list of six from which the Crawford Medal Committee will select the 2026 winner. The winner will be announced at the end of the Crawford Festival on 17 June 2026.
The shortlisted books are:
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