The Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History, in collaboration with the Mercantile Museum of Bolzano, is organising a scientific conference on the theme: “The disinfection of mail over the centuries”. This open meeting will take place in Bolzano – in the Hall of Honor of the Palazzo Mercantile, via Portici 39 – on Saturday, 15 July 2023.
The morning schedule includes a number of scientific reports concerning Medicine and Post controlling pandemic, with a particular focus on Verona, Venice and Europe, and the Napoleonic Health in Liguria, Tuscany and Corsica. In the afternoon, participants can visit the temporary exhibition “Epidemics and Trade” and the Archive of the Menz company, which houses over 250 thousand letters from the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries.
Participating in the dinner organised by the Academy at the Franziskanerstuben is also possible.
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The Crawford Medal awardees for 2023 were announced at the closure of the two-day 2nd Annual Crawford Festival, which took place at the RPSL on 27 and 28 June.
Crawford Medal winner: Engelbrecht, Lars, Postal stationery of Denmark: the bi-coloured issue 1871-1905 (2 volumes)
Crawford Medal runners-up: Barreiros, Luis & Barreiros, Eduardo, Portuguese India: Postal History and the First Issues from the “Natives” to 1900
Five more works were shortlisted:
Mahler, Michael, Stamp Taxes in Nevada (4 volumes)
Påhlman, Sven, Postal Routes to the Dutch Possessions in West Africa, West Indies and Suriname 1652 to 1919: a Guide to Dutch Maritime Mail
Spivack, David & Reah-Johnson, Stephen, The British South Africa Company King George V Admiral Stamps
Trotter, Brian, Hoffman, Colin & Flanagan, Patrick, Rhodesian Philately to 1924: the British South Africa Company Period
Young, Peter, The Inks of De La Rue & Co. and their introduction of synthetic and aniline ingredients c.1850-1910
Luca Lavagnino has sent us the following Press Release:
Under the patronage of the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies, in Vasto – Italy the 22nd International Musical Thematic Philately Prize “Augusto Massari” will be held from 15 to 17 September 2023, organised by the Circolo Filatelico Vastophil “Rino Piccirilli” in collaboration with the CIFT – Italian Centre of Thematic Philately.
Participation is reserved for exhibits dealing with a musical topic in the classes of Maximaphily, Open Philately, Philatelic Literature, and Thematic Philately. According to the regulation, multi-frame, one-frame, and out-of-competition exhibits can be presented. The exhibition will be held according to the formula “one frame plus”, namely only the first frames will be shown, whereas the pdf of the whole exhibit will be available on computers in the exhibition hall.
The jury members are Koenraad Bracke, Luciano Calenda, Rosario D’Agata, Valeriano Genovese and Damian Läge.
The Massari Prize will be held concomitantly with the national exhibition Vastophil 2023, at Palazzo d’Avalos – Piazza Lucio Valerio Pudente 1 – Vasto.
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The disinfection of mail over the centuries
The Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History, in collaboration with the Mercantile Museum of Bolzano, is organising a scientific conference on the theme: “The disinfection of mail over the centuries”. This open meeting will take place in Bolzano – in the Hall of Honor of the Palazzo Mercantile, via Portici 39 – on Saturday, 15 July 2023.
The morning schedule includes a number of scientific reports concerning Medicine and Post controlling pandemic, with a particular focus on Verona, Venice and Europe, and the Napoleonic Health in Liguria, Tuscany and Corsica. In the afternoon, participants can visit the temporary exhibition “Epidemics and Trade” and the Archive of the Menz company, which houses over 250 thousand letters from the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries.
Participating in the dinner organised by the Academy at the Franziskanerstuben is also possible.
The Conference programme: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Locandina-Convegno-15-07-2023-Bolzano.pdf
For details, please contact info@accademiadiposta.it
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The Crawford Medal 2023
The Crawford Medal awardees for 2023 were announced at the closure of the two-day 2nd Annual Crawford Festival, which took place at the RPSL on 27 and 28 June.
Five more works were shortlisted:
Crawford Medal awardees since 1920: https://www.rpsl.org.uk/The-Society/Medals-and-Awards/Crawford-Medal
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22° Premio Internazionale di Filatelia Tematica Musicale ‘Augusto Massari’
Luca Lavagnino has sent us the following Press Release:
Under the patronage of the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies, in Vasto – Italy the 22nd International Musical Thematic Philately Prize “Augusto Massari” will be held from 15 to 17 September 2023, organised by the Circolo Filatelico Vastophil “Rino Piccirilli” in collaboration with the CIFT – Italian Centre of Thematic Philately.
Participation is reserved for exhibits dealing with a musical topic in the classes of Maximaphily, Open Philately, Philatelic Literature, and Thematic Philately. According to the regulation, multi-frame, one-frame, and out-of-competition exhibits can be presented. The exhibition will be held according to the formula “one frame plus”, namely only the first frames will be shown, whereas the pdf of the whole exhibit will be available on computers in the exhibition hall.
The jury members are Koenraad Bracke, Luciano Calenda, Rosario D’Agata, Valeriano Genovese and Damian Läge.
The Massari Prize will be held concomitantly with the national exhibition Vastophil 2023, at Palazzo d’Avalos – Piazza Lucio Valerio Pudente 1 – Vasto.
Entry forms must be sent by 17th July.
Further information, regulations and entry forms are available on the website http://expo.fsfi.it/index.php?CodiceExpo=PremioMassari22&Ambito=USER&Lingua=IT
Download the Press Release here: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FSFI-Comunicato-stampa-22°-Premio-Massari-Press-release-22nd-Massari-Prize.pdf
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