The Munich Philatelic Library (MPL) (German: Münchner Philatelistische Bibliothek), holding currently about 65,000 media items (Medieneinheiten) in 43 languages, is the largest philatelic library on the continent of Europe. It’s also arguably one of the four most important philatelic libraries in the world along with the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL), the Library of the Collector’s Club of New York (CCNY) in the United States and the Library of the Royal Philatelic Society (RPSL) in the United Kingdom. However, unlike the latter which are privately owned, the MPL is a public library.
The MPL operates as part of the central library of Munich City Library (Münchner Stadtbibliothek). The city (or public) library itself traces its history back to 1843 and has a total stock of around 3 million media items.
FEPA President, Bill Hedley, was interviewed by The Stamp Collector monthly. The interview was published in the magazine’s current November issue.
Bill believes that philately is not a world apart. “Everything about it relates to one or more aspects of the wider world, whether historical, technological, economic, scientific, cultural or whatever. The point is that when people who are not interested in “stamps” as such become aware that philatelic material can improve their understanding of other subjects in which they are interested – family and local history, military history, social, economic and cultural questions, for example – they may begin to understand its relevance to them and take an interest in it”.
He also quotes: “No matter where they come from, philatelists have more similarities than differences, and love to share their interests with like-minded souls”.
ANKARA ’23 was organised by the Turkish Philatelic Federation with the support of the Turkish Post (PTT) to celebrate and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Türkiye. The exhibition is taking place from 20 to 30 October at the Uluncalar Prison Museum. The National part of the exhibition with 450 frames was over on 26 October, and the international part, which has been granted FEPA Recognition, with 300 frames, commenced on Friday 27 and will conclude Monday evening, 30 October, with the announcement of the Grand Prix at the palmares dinner.
For the international part, participation was open to exhibitors from countries that separated from the Ottoman Empire or that had postal organisations within the Ottoman Empire. The themes of the exhibits should be associated with the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish War of Independence, the Republic of Turkey, the Levant posts, military postal services during WWI or the wars before and after WWI in the region.
Despite the short notice, the organisers attracted exhibits from Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Libya, Romania and Türkiye. A great team of philatelists headed by the Federation President, Ziya Ağaoğulları, with Mehmet Akan as Coordinator, Murat Çelebi as General Commissioner, Arman Arıkan as Senior Consultant, Murat Hazinedaroğlu as Technical Consultant and Serdar Yazgan as Assistant to foreign visitors, aided by volunteers from the Federation and the Academy were able to stage the exhibition and make everything possible in practically 60-70 days! These people provided great help to the National Commissioners at the Customs where procedures ran fast and smoothly and astonished all the foreign visitors to the exhibition with their customary Turkish hospitality.
Ziya Ağaoğulları was President of the International Jury and Peter Suhadolc (Slovenia) was Secretary.
A Visit to the Munich Philatelic Library
Abhishek Bhuwalka shared with us today the story of the Munich Philatelic Library on his blog https://thephilatelist.substack.com
The Munich Philatelic Library (MPL) (German: Münchner Philatelistische Bibliothek), holding currently about 65,000 media items (Medieneinheiten) in 43 languages, is the largest philatelic library on the continent of Europe. It’s also arguably one of the four most important philatelic libraries in the world along with the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL), the Library of the Collector’s Club of New York (CCNY) in the United States and the Library of the Royal Philatelic Society (RPSL) in the United Kingdom. However, unlike the latter which are privately owned, the MPL is a public library.
The MPL operates as part of the central library of Munich City Library (Münchner Stadtbibliothek). The city (or public) library itself traces its history back to 1843 and has a total stock of around 3 million media items.
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Bill Hedley talks to The Stamp Collector
FEPA President, Bill Hedley, was interviewed by The Stamp Collector monthly. The interview was published in the magazine’s current November issue.
Bill believes that philately is not a world apart. “Everything about it relates to one or more aspects of the wider world, whether historical, technological, economic, scientific, cultural or whatever. The point is that when people who are not interested in “stamps” as such become aware that philatelic material can improve their understanding of other subjects in which they are interested – family and local history, military history, social, economic and cultural questions, for example – they may begin to understand its relevance to them and take an interest in it”.
He also quotes: “No matter where they come from, philatelists have more similarities than differences, and love to share their interests with like-minded souls”.
Download the four-page interview here: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BH-in-stamp-Collector-Oct-23.pdf
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ANKARA ’23 Catalogue and Results
ANKARA ’23 was organised by the Turkish Philatelic Federation with the support of the Turkish Post (PTT) to celebrate and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Türkiye. The exhibition is taking place from 20 to 30 October at the Uluncalar Prison Museum. The National part of the exhibition with 450 frames was over on 26 October, and the international part, which has been granted FEPA Recognition, with 300 frames, commenced on Friday 27 and will conclude Monday evening, 30 October, with the announcement of the Grand Prix at the palmares dinner.
For the international part, participation was open to exhibitors from countries that separated from the Ottoman Empire or that had postal organisations within the Ottoman Empire. The themes of the exhibits should be associated with the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish War of Independence, the Republic of Turkey, the Levant posts, military postal services during WWI or the wars before and after WWI in the region.
Despite the short notice, the organisers attracted exhibits from Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Libya, Romania and Türkiye. A great team of philatelists headed by the Federation President, Ziya Ağaoğulları, with Mehmet Akan as Coordinator, Murat Çelebi as General Commissioner, Arman Arıkan as Senior Consultant, Murat Hazinedaroğlu as Technical Consultant and Serdar Yazgan as Assistant to foreign visitors, aided by volunteers from the Federation and the Academy were able to stage the exhibition and make everything possible in practically 60-70 days! These people provided great help to the National Commissioners at the Customs where procedures ran fast and smoothly and astonished all the foreign visitors to the exhibition with their customary Turkish hospitality.
Ziya Ağaoğulları was President of the International Jury and Peter Suhadolc (Slovenia) was Secretary.
Exhibition Catalogue:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ankara23-catalogue.pdf
Results:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ankara23-plamares.pdf
Photo: The mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at the Anıtkabir complex, Ankara.
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