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NEW RDPs TO SIGN THE ROLL OF DISTINGUISHED PHILATELISTS
The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
From the Honorary Secretary to the Board of Election
PRESS RELEASE: 17th March 2015
NEW RDPs TO SIGN THE ROLL OF DISTINGUISHED PHILATELISTS IN LEEDS
Jørgen Jørgensen FRPSL (Denmark), Dr. James P. Mazepa FRPSL (United States), Stephen D. Schumann FRPSL (United States) , Frank Walton FRPSL (United Kingdom).
The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists was established in 1921 by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain with the approval of His Majesty King George V, who was the first Signatory. An invitation to sign the Roll is regarded as the world’s pre-eminent philatelic honour.
Not including the newly elected RDPs, 368 philatelists from 41 countries have achieved this distinction. There are at present 79 Signatories from 27 countries including 17 from the United Kingdom, ten from the USA, seven from Germany, five from France, four each from Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland, and three each from Australia and Sweden. New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and Thailand each have two, with other countries including Austria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Israel, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, The Russian Federation, and Spain.
At a recent meeting of the Board of Election, comprising Jane Moubray (Chairman), Tomas Bjäringer, Christopher Harman, Alan Huggins, Rolf-Dieter Jaretzky, Robert Odenweller, Christopher King, and Raymond Todd, with Richard Stock, Secretary to the Board in attendance, the members unanimously decided to ask Jørgen Jørgensen FRPSL (Denmark), James P. Mazepa FRPSL (United States), Stephen D. Schumann FRPSL (United States), and Frank Walton FRPSL (United Kingdom) to sign the Roll.
The Signing Ceremony will take place on Friday 7th August 2015 in Temple Newsam House a Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, during the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain.
Congress Website: www.gbcongress.uk
BEST PRACTICE IN CROATIA: PHILATELIC EXHIBITION IN THE ZAGREB BOTANICAL GARDEN
The Zagreb Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb celebrates this year its125th anniversary, is the third most popular city attractions located just in downtown of the Croatian capital. Garden was founded in 1889 by Dr. Anton Heinz, university professor of botany. At that time Zagreb had only 38.000 inhabitants, only 2.000 houses, but the University already existed 220 years. The Botanical garden was partly built in English landscape style and partly as French floral parterre with exhibition greenhousefor tropical plants. On the Botanical Garden are grown about 5.000 plants arranged in thematic collections with focus on endangered and 300 statutorily protected sorts of Croatian flora. Two small lakes with a small bridge, floral parterre and expo-pavilion are favorite attractions of the Botanical Garden, protected by law as the monument of culture and park architecture.
Since 1992 Croatian Post every second year issued stamps about Croatian flora. Among them two most recognized Croatian endemics are the Velebit degenia (Degenia velebitica) and Dubrovnik cornflower (Centaurea raguzina). But this year Croatian Post as joined the celebration of 125th anniversary of the Botanical Garden with issue of one interesting souvenir sheet, which bears a smell of roses. In the middle the sheet is stamp which shows detail of the entry to Botanical Garden. The stamp is surrounded by numerous interesting views in the Garden. One of them is Expo-pavilion where was official promotion ceremony of the souvenir sheet. This wooden beauty stood here since1891, as a gift from the Royal Government after the second Jubilee Exhibition of Agriculture and Forestry. During the season there take place various botanical workshops, lectures and exhibitions.
So Philatelic Club Zagreb decided to join tribute this important anniversary of the Botanical Garden Zagreb with a philatelic exhibition. Our project was accepted with enthusiasm by the Board of the Botanical Garden and the Croatian Post. Mrs. Željka Librić, the secretary of the Club, as idea author take organization of the exhibition called »Flora in Philately«. Of course the place for the exhibition was beautiful Expo-pavilion, and for the first time one philatelic exhibition situated in the Botanical Garden. Opening ceremony was on July 16 and exhibition was open for two months until 15th of September.
At the opening attended Mrs. Vera Šimić Jajčinović, as representative of the Mayor of the City of Zagreb. Mrs. Biserka Juretić, the Botanical Garden Manager made welcome address thanking for welcome of philately and Mr. Julije Maras, president of the Philatelic Club Zagreb speaking about the importance of philately. Mrs. Željka Librić, the author of the show »Flora in Philately«, pointed outthat the exhibition wanted to present a range of the richness and diversity of the Croatian flora in philately. On the end she said: «Thanks to our botanists on maintenance and enriching the collections of plants with special attention to Croatian wild species. Especially thanks that you enable philatelists to show you our philatelic botanical gardens, which increasing every year by year with new releases stamps of Croatian flora as with many flora stamps from whole world».Thematic floral exhibits prepared Željka and Ivan Librić and exhibit of »Zagreb Botanical Garden on old postcards« by Drago Glujić.
Tribute to exhibition »Flora in Philately«, on design by I. Librić, Philatelic Club Zagreb prepared commemorative cover with motif from Botanical Garden and one special cancellation which show the front door to Garden.
Ivan Librić, AEP, AIJP
The DFH Philatelic “Open University”
The philately and stamps collecting in Denmark is performed by the member clubs in the Danish federation. In the federation there are (2015) 100 clubs with 4.500 members.
Over the period 1987-2015 the DFH has had lectures by all major Danish philatelists as Take Buntzen, Hans EhlernJessen, JörgenJörgensen, Toke Nörby and Henrik Mouritsen.
The DFH was established in 1987 by visionary philatelists on Djursland from four different local stamp clubs. DFH is a dynamic college/high school that seeks to develop philately according to future needs and current trends among Danish philatelists.
Every year on eight Saturdays in the period September-April (a high school day every month) there are two lectures of 2 hours – morning and afternoon:
School consists of 8 high school days (Saturdays – 4 before and 4 after Christmas) during the season. These days held according to the same concept.
The lectures are primarily about the Danish postal history, but there are often foreign philatelists visiting as teachers, performing postal history of their own countries.
Additionally there are subjects which goes from Traditional over Thematic to Open Philately. There have been detailed political philately subjects as “exhibition and exhibitors”, “the future for philately” and practical concerning “how to manage your exhibit” and so on.
The high school is held at the public school in a little town called Mørke (Mörke means darkness). The slogan is freely translated “Come to Mörke – and see the light”!
In 2012 the high school celebrated its 25-year anniversary, and it continues. In 2015 the DFH had 38 members, who turn up for the lectures. It is mainly exhibitors and the high school is supported by the Danish College of Philatelic Judges. The program is sent out every year to member clubs of the Danish federation and to interested philatelists/exhibitors.
The DFH is led by enthusiastic volunteers, of which there are still three left of the original group, who established the school.
The seminars consist of lectures on all aspects of philately at a high level mainly about Danish philately. But there are also many European and international topics: “Danish bicoloured stationeries” by Lars Engelbrecht (Denmark), “The philately map of the world” by Jörgen Jörgensen (Denmark), ”Van Diemens Land” by Lars Peter Svendsen (Denmark), “Crete” and “Jammu and Kashmir” by Sören Chr. Jensen (Denmark), ”Norway Posthorn in Roman Capitals” by Petter E. Pedersen (Norway), Norwegian Shipspost” by Odd ArveKvinnesland (Norway), ”Indore” by Hasse Brockenhuus von Löwnhielm (Sweden), “Swedish Stationeries” by Lennard Daun (Sweden), “Denmark: Conscience, Conflict and Camps 1932-49” by Birthe King (England), “The war of 1864 in Postal History with illustrations” by Chris King (England), “Pre-Colonial Samoa 1836-1895” by Jan Berg (Sweden), “The Caravel Postal Stationery” by Jonas Hällström (Sweden), “Danish Post-rates 1875-1906” by Henrik Mouritsen (Germany), “Malaysia” by Per Bomholdt (Denmark), “Cape of Good Hope” by Johnny Barth (Denmark), “South Africa Republic/ Transvaal” by Lars Jörgensen, Belgium and so on …
Efforts throughout the many years has contributed to the fact that this event has become a “must” for the danish philatelists on high level and an “official acknowledgement” of their skills to make their lectures on DFH.
DFH also organizes biennial regional exhibitions, and until 2014 the high school had its own high quality philatelic library, now sold to the Danish federation.
DFH is an example to be followed everywhere in Europe. This project may encourage upcoming exhibitors to succeed the current in European countries, where the exhibition rate goes down. It’s for free use.
Sören Chr. Jensen
President of The Danish Philatelic Federation