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PHILATELIC MAGAZINES FREE ONLINE
Publishers of some philatelic magazines are facing the problem that their production facilities are closed for an indefinite period due to the coronavirus lockdown. So some of them have made their April issues available free online to their readers and to the philatelic community in general.
The following journals are available to read:
L’Écho de la Timbrologie (French) https://t.co/eGLmG4ZmWO?amp=1
L’Arte del Francobollo (Italian) https://bit.ly/2R3m2TP
El Eco Filatelico (Spanish)html5/ecofilatelico/elecofilatelico
http://www.doopaper.com/visor_
Journal of the Archivio per la Storia Postale in Prato (Italian). https://bit.ly/3e7qBGN
Fil-It (Journal of the Italy and Colonies Study Circle) (English) https://bit.ly/2S9nbd1
Also available are:
Stamp Collector (English) is still printing its monthly magazine but as a gesture of goodwill in the current crisis it is also making its May issue available to collectors free on the internet. To find it go to https://www.allaboutstamps.co.uk/news/keeping-you-collecting-read-stamp-collector-for-free/
Stamp Collector is also offering a range of other options for collectors – have a look at the attached press release.
The American Philatelist (digital version) is free to all readers during the COVID-19 crisis. Go to: https://stamps.org/the-american-philatelist.
You will then need to create a free account registration.
Have a look also at the APS’s stamps.org website has a lot of great free philatelic content.
In addition, some philatelic federations may offer additional reading on their websites. These are listed under “FEPA Family”. Several have exhibits that may be downloadable.
Let us know if you have a journal that is free to all readers and we will add it to this post.
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News from Italy: PHILATELIC VIDEO CONFERENCES DURING THE LOCKDOWN
Thanks to the initiative of Aniello Veneri and the prompt participation of a group of philatelists who used to have a monthly “philatelic dinner” in Rome that was suddenly cancelled because of the lockdown, a regular programme of video conferences is helping to overcome the absence of philatelic events, also at the social level. Each conference is staged using the Zoom platform and is based on a thirty minutes presentation on a specific subject, followed by a Q & A session among the participants. The first conference, on 2 April, was based on Emilio Simonazzi’s talk about Carlo and Emilio Diena and was attended by philatelists from a number of Italian locations as well from New Jersey. Its success resulted in a schedule of new events – one every second or third day – open to anyone interested in attending.
Another conference on 19 April led by Paolo Guglileminetti on the theme of “From the train, with the train” had 38 participants including some from abroad. Impressive!
For information please contact FEPA VP Giancarlo Morolli.
Dutch PostNL legalizes Magazinekaart
As could have been read on Fepanews a year ago the Netherlands has a new type of postal stationery as of January 2019.
It is a standard postcard size (A6) card with an imprinted stamp, meant to be for shipment of the Dutch monthly ‘Filatelie’ in which the Dutch federation and FEPA-member KNBF is publishing their official announcements.
This Magazinekaart was issued by the other Dutch postal operator Sandd. Dutch UPD postal operator PostNL has taken over Sandd as per February 1st 2020 and merged the two companies together as PostNL. This means that Sandd is completely from the market.
The magazine cards were – as was for the year 2019 – produced as a set in December 2018 for the entire year. In 2019 the topic was coat of arms of places where the month after a philatelic event took place. Not only Dutch places, but also abroad. In total eleven different cards.
The theme for 2020 is leap year. Persons (international) born or died on February 29th.
The first two issues were still fully under Sandd operation, as the February issue was already delivered to the postal operator in January.
The March issue was however fully PostNL business. There have been major discussions with PostNL who were not enthusiastic about the idea of having a Magazinekaart as address card for the magazine. It could also cause problems as the sorting centres and machines could not handle these cards with imprinted stamp. As the Magazinekaart was part of the original contract with Sandd, PostNL had to find a solution and now the cards for 2020 (with Sandd imprint) are used together with a PostNL postmark! This will be done for the entire year 2020.
The value of the imprinted stamp is € 2,10 for 2020 and was € 1,55 for 2019.
Design mistakes happen from time to time with stamps and so it happened by the first Magazinekaart of 2020. Designer Annemarie Zijl had made a mistake which one of the keen readers of Filatelie found out. The first person on the card is Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III (1468-1549). Born on February 29, 1468. By mistake the wrong Alessandro Farnese (1545-1592) was pictured! He was Duke of Parma.
The wrong and right picture of the Alessandro Farnese.
A new Magazinekaart was produced with the right picture.
Hans Kraaibeek