A short story uploaded on the Postal Museum (London) website by Ms. Georgina Tomlinson, Deputy Curator, Philately, introduced us to Marjorie Saynor (1924-2012), an artist, who submitted stamp designs to the Royal Mail during the 70s and the 80s.
Marjorie Saynor has been initially commissioned for two stamps of the 1970 Anniversaries issue, an then on for the complete sets of the 1972 Polar Explorers, the 1973 British Explorers, the 1976 British Cultural Traditions and the 1982 Maritime Heritage. In between, she has also submitted designs in several other occasions.
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Saynor.jpg800800Costas Chazapishttps://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fepanews_logo-107x138-1.pngCostas Chazapis2022-03-29 22:13:082022-03-29 22:13:08The work of British stamp designer Marjorie Saynor
CAPEX 22 is the first large international one frame exhibition. It will take place at the Metro Toronto Conference Centre (MTCC) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 9 to 12 June 2022. A little over 400 exhibits are expected to participate. The exhibition will be held under FIP recognition. All the necessary details are on the exhibition’s website: https://capex22.org
The organisers have already distributed 18 newsletters since the beginning of their campaign. It is never too late to subscribe if you haven’t already. Keep in mind that the newsletters are bilingual: in French and English. You can read the most recent one right here.
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Schwaneberger Verlag has revised and updated the large MICHEL-Online database. It contains the cataloguing from the 16 printed catalogues about European stamps, the 20 catalogues about stamps from overseas and the MICHEL catalogue Germany with all price evaluations and many thousands of high-resolution stamp images. You can search for all contained stamps by many search criteria, for example also for themes. Data on European and many other countries are now also completely available in English.
Club members of all worldwide collectors associations permanently pay lower subscription fees. A special campaign is also running throughout 2022 so that Anglophone collectors can test the paperless MICHEL information: With the coupon code MICHEL-Online22 at the end of the order, new customers pay 30% less in the first year on top to their permanent club member discount.
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The work of British stamp designer Marjorie Saynor
A short story uploaded on the Postal Museum (London) website by Ms. Georgina Tomlinson, Deputy Curator, Philately, introduced us to Marjorie Saynor (1924-2012), an artist, who submitted stamp designs to the Royal Mail during the 70s and the 80s.
Marjorie Saynor has been initially commissioned for two stamps of the 1970 Anniversaries issue, an then on for the complete sets of the 1972 Polar Explorers, the 1973 British Explorers, the 1976 British Cultural Traditions and the 1982 Maritime Heritage. In between, she has also submitted designs in several other occasions.
Read the full story here.
CAPEX 22 International One Frame Stamp Championship
CAPEX 22 is the first large international one frame exhibition. It will take place at the Metro Toronto Conference Centre (MTCC) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 9 to 12 June 2022. A little over 400 exhibits are expected to participate. The exhibition will be held under FIP recognition. All the necessary details are on the exhibition’s website: https://capex22.org
The organisers have already distributed 18 newsletters since the beginning of their campaign. It is never too late to subscribe if you haven’t already. Keep in mind that the newsletters are bilingual: in French and English. You can read the most recent one right here.
MICHEL database with stamps from all over the world
Schwaneberger Verlag has revised and updated the large MICHEL-Online database. It contains the cataloguing from the 16 printed catalogues about European stamps, the 20 catalogues about stamps from overseas and the MICHEL catalogue Germany with all price evaluations and many thousands of high-resolution stamp images. You can search for all contained stamps by many search criteria, for example also for themes. Data on European and many other countries are now also completely available in English.
Club members of all worldwide collectors associations permanently pay lower subscription fees. A special campaign is also running throughout 2022 so that Anglophone collectors can test the paperless MICHEL information: With the coupon code MICHEL-Online22 at the end of the order, new customers pay 30% less in the first year on top to their permanent club member discount.
Everything about MICHEL-Online and registration is available at https://www.briefmarken.de/michelshop/en/michel-online.