Undaunted by COVID restrictions on travel and meetings, the Carinthian Postal History Club (Kärntner Philatelistenclub) of Klagenfurt, Austria, succeeded in holding a display exhibition in 122 showcases on 10th October 2020, marking to the day the centenary of the 1920 plebiscite in Austrian Carinthia.
After the end of the First World War the lands of Carinthia, inhabited in the southern part by a predominantly Slovene population, were occupied by units of the newly formed State of SHS (State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs). Conflict followed and, to resolve the question, the Peace Treaty of Saint Germain stipulated that affiliation to one or the other country (Austria or the State of SHS) should be decided by the plebiscite will of the population.
At the exhibition general historic background was shown as well as postal history documents – letters and parcel mail, postcards and propaganda material, posters – and original newspapers from that time.
Due to COVID-19 conditions the opening of the exhibition was limited to 50 attendees, with mandatory registration at the entrance and wearing of masks. This made it all the more moving when the highly distinguished President of the club, Dr. Hadmar Fresacher, greeted all present, especially the representative of the City of Klagenfurt, the representatives of the Austrian Philatelic Federation (VÖPh) and the Slovenian Philatelic Association (Filatelistična zveza Slovenije) and, of course, all the exhibitors and organisers of the exhibition.
The President of the Club, Dr Hadmar Fresacher, greets all present.
The exhibition was accompanied by special publications by the club and, to mark the occasion, the Austrian Post issued a commemorative postage stamp. Walter Leitner also launched a magnificent new book in 479 pages on ‘The Postal Service during the Struggles and Plebiscite in Carinthia 1918-1920’.
Walter Leitner introduces his new book.
The exhibition was opened to the public the next day, Sunday, 11.10. 2020. Definitely many congratulations to the Organiser that in this special year 2020 he managed to prepare and hold an international event of philately (and history) that will be long remembered.
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The Organizing Committee of the annual Nexofil Awards have announced in Madrid the winners of the ‘Best Stamp in the World’ competition for 2020 and the associated awards for various categories of stamp.
The competitions were judged by an international jury and the winners of ‘Best Stamp in the World’ are:
1st NORWAY. Harald Sohlberg 150 Years. Street in Røros in Winter.
2nd PERU. Inca Culture: Citadel of Machu Picchu.
3rd AUSTRIA. Crypto stamp.
Warmest congratulations to the winners. The competition was strong, reflecting the artistic and innovative quality of modern stamp design.
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Information has reached us about several new philatelic materials now on line.
Seminars on exhibiting postal history. Recordings of the recent, excellent series of seminars organised by the FIP Postal History Commission have been placed on YouTube and are now available to view. Links to them are on the FIP website at:
If you want to bring yourself up-to-date on the latest thinking about major aspects of postal history exhibiting, you can find it here.
‘Il francobolli incatenato‘. The Italian Federation (CIFO) has put the November 2020 issue on line, with articles in Italian by Claudio Ernesto Manzati, Ketty Borgogno, Giampiero Fusari, Giulio Perricone, Costantino Caruso, Luca Andreoni, Roberto Cruciani, Ruben Berta, Domenico Matera, Ernesto Vassallo and Giorgio Migliavacca.
Middle East PhilatelicBulletin. For those interested in the philately of the Middle East, Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi has drawn our attention to this magazine produced in Germany which contains an interesting range of articles. It is now available on line completely free and can be found at:
Philanotes. Our good friend Vojtech Jankovic has again drawn our attention to the range of articles (in English) that are available at the philanotes philatelic portal. Much of the material there is concerned with Czech and Slovak philately but it also looks at topics further afield as well as providing news updates. You can find it at:
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Centenary of Carinthian Plebiscite marked by special exhibition in Klagenfurt
Undaunted by COVID restrictions on travel and meetings, the Carinthian Postal History Club (Kärntner Philatelistenclub) of Klagenfurt, Austria, succeeded in holding a display exhibition in 122 showcases on 10th October 2020, marking to the day the centenary of the 1920 plebiscite in Austrian Carinthia.
After the end of the First World War the lands of Carinthia, inhabited in the southern part by a predominantly Slovene population, were occupied by units of the newly formed State of SHS (State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs). Conflict followed and, to resolve the question, the Peace Treaty of Saint Germain stipulated that affiliation to one or the other country (Austria or the State of SHS) should be decided by the plebiscite will of the population.
At the exhibition general historic background was shown as well as postal history documents – letters and parcel mail, postcards and propaganda material, posters – and original newspapers from that time.
Due to COVID-19 conditions the opening of the exhibition was limited to 50 attendees, with mandatory registration at the entrance and wearing of masks. This made it all the more moving when the highly distinguished President of the club, Dr. Hadmar Fresacher, greeted all present, especially the representative of the City of Klagenfurt, the representatives of the Austrian Philatelic Federation (VÖPh) and the Slovenian Philatelic Association (Filatelistična zveza Slovenije) and, of course, all the exhibitors and organisers of the exhibition.
The President of the Club, Dr Hadmar Fresacher, greets all present.
The exhibition was accompanied by special publications by the club and, to mark the occasion, the Austrian Post issued a commemorative postage stamp. Walter Leitner also launched a magnificent new book in 479 pages on ‘The Postal Service during the Struggles and Plebiscite in Carinthia 1918-1920’.
Walter Leitner introduces his new book.
The exhibition was opened to the public the next day, Sunday, 11.10. 2020. Definitely many congratulations to the Organiser that in this special year 2020 he managed to prepare and hold an international event of philately (and history) that will be long remembered.
Congratulations to the NEXOFIL Award Winners for 2020
The Organizing Committee of the annual Nexofil Awards have announced in Madrid the winners of the ‘Best Stamp in the World’ competition for 2020 and the associated awards for various categories of stamp.
The competitions were judged by an international jury and the winners of ‘Best Stamp in the World’ are:
1st NORWAY. Harald Sohlberg 150 Years. Street in Røros in Winter.
2nd PERU. Inca Culture: Citadel of Machu Picchu.
Warmest congratulations to the winners. The competition was strong, reflecting the artistic and innovative quality of modern stamp design.
Other categories judged in the competition were:
Full details of the winners are at:
Nexofil and Nexonum 2020 – Award Winners
Attachments
Interesting new philatelic materials are available on-line
Information has reached us about several new philatelic materials now on line.
Seminars on exhibiting postal history. Recordings of the recent, excellent series of seminars organised by the FIP Postal History Commission have been placed on YouTube and are now available to view. Links to them are on the FIP website at:
https://www.f-i-p.ch/
If you want to bring yourself up-to-date on the latest thinking about major aspects of postal history exhibiting, you can find it here.
‘Il francobolli incatenato‘. The Italian Federation (CIFO) has put the November 2020 issue on line, with articles in Italian by Claudio Ernesto Manzati, Ketty Borgogno, Giampiero Fusari, Giulio Perricone, Costantino Caruso, Luca Andreoni, Roberto Cruciani, Ruben Berta, Domenico Matera, Ernesto Vassallo and Giorgio Migliavacca.
You can find it at:
https://www.cifo.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/N°311-202011.pdf
“Philatelic Fridays” conferences. Also from Italy, videos of the CIFT / CIFO’s regular conferences can now be viewed on YouTube at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-flHMlb-xgomini7W-HBdQ
Middle East Philatelic Bulletin. For those interested in the philately of the Middle East, Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi has drawn our attention to this magazine produced in Germany which contains an interesting range of articles. It is now available on line completely free and can be found at:
https://www.zobbel.de/mepb/mepbulletin.htm
Philanotes. Our good friend Vojtech Jankovic has again drawn our attention to the range of articles (in English) that are available at the philanotes philatelic portal. Much of the material there is concerned with Czech and Slovak philately but it also looks at topics further afield as well as providing news updates. You can find it at:
http://www.philanotes.com/