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“Italy, its colonies and territories” is this year’s theme of Opus XXV, featuring eighteen articles by different authors in 236 pages.

“The fact that the current Opus bears the number 25 means that the annual book of our European Academy of Philately is already a quarter of a century old,” Guy Coutant remarks in his editor’s message and continues, “From Opus VII onwards, a central theme is chosen each year, and we ask that the submitted articles be related to this theme. As editor, this has enabled me to make the acquaintance of very high-level philatelists in various countries, and I have remained in friendly contact with many of these authors.” The editor also announced that next year’s theme is Benelux.

In his message, AEP president Peter Suhadolc writes, “I am particularly glad to have this year’s Opus focused on Italy, with which I had and still have many links. Thanks to our enthusiastic editor, Guy Coutant, you will enjoy several high-quality articles covering an important part of Italian postal history. In fact, you will find articles ranging from pre-philately to the Second World War and beyond.”

Cover design: Dr Myrsini Vardopoulou, Hon. AEP.

The current and a few earlier volumes are available from the European Academy of Philately (AEP): https://www.aep.eu.com/en/publication

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