Michael Cortese and Charles Epting have interviewed Peter Congreve in Episode 61 of their series Conversations with Philatelists. Peter Congreve is an Australian, very active on Twitter as Peter (@stampden), with a passion – among others – for birds, genealogy, postal and social history.
“Communication happens between people and not between postage stamps”, says Peter Congreve, then adds: “when you’re holding a cover, you’re holding a piece of primary source; social history documentation, that has the capacity to tell us something about the people involved, the social and cultural period in which they lived, and perhaps something about us. Quite often social histories tend to be limited by virtue of the material that is available to the famous and the infamous, so they tend to be naturally skewed to that direction. But, through letters and covers and postcards it allows us to reconstruct the lives of those who are not any of those things, famous or infamous, it allows the stories of, what of a better term, of the common man”.
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/congreve-800.jpg800800Costas Chazapishttps://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fepanews_logo-107x138-1.pngCostas Chazapis2023-04-04 15:00:592023-04-13 08:50:30Peter Congreve talks about Philately and Social History
We copy the breaking news from yesterday’s post on the APS website:
The American Philatelic Society Board of Directors unanimously elected Cheryl Ganz as president to replace Bob Zeigler, who stepped down on March 31, 2023. Ganz appointed Greg Galletti to replace her as vice president, confirmed by the APS Board of Directors.
Cheryl Ganz joined the APS in 1976 and has served in many capacities, including the Ethics Committee, Strategic Initiatives and Technology Committee, philatelic judging, and numerous show committees. She has served as Vice President of the APS Board from June 2018 to April 2023.
After earning her Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2005, Cheryl joined the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington. In 2007, she became chief curator until her retirement in 2014. She is also the United States Postal Service’s Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee vice-chair.
Cheryl has been recognized internationally for her contributions to philately, including the Collector’s Club’s Alfred F. Lichtenstein Medal for Distinguished Service to Philately (2016) and the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (2018). In 2016, the APS awarded Cheryl the John N. Luff Award, one of the highest recognitions in philately, for Exceptional Contributions to Philately.
[photo credit: Smithsonian National Postal Museum website]
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Cheryl_R._Ganz-800.jpg800800Costas Chazapishttps://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fepanews_logo-107x138-1.pngCostas Chazapis2023-04-04 13:47:422023-05-25 13:55:25New APS President: Dr Cheryl Ganz RDP FRPSL
We would like to inform you that informations from 40 invited FEPA countries is running in to our Commissioner General about the different country responsible commissioners. We have received information from 21 countries so far and you can see the list of commissioners at our web-site www.hafnia24.com under “Exhibitor” and “Find your Commissioner”.
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The exhibitor application form will be available mid April as an online input form direct on the website.
We are happy to inform, that Scandinavian Collectors Club (SCC) in U.S.A. has accepted our invitation to attend HAFNIA 24 and commissioner has been appointed.
SCC has a long relation with KPK going back to previous HAFNIA exhibition and also through many NORDIA-exhibitions in Scandinavia, where SCC normally attends.
Peter Congreve talks about Philately and Social History
Michael Cortese and Charles Epting have interviewed Peter Congreve in Episode 61 of their series Conversations with Philatelists. Peter Congreve is an Australian, very active on Twitter as Peter (@stampden), with a passion – among others – for birds, genealogy, postal and social history.
“Communication happens between people and not between postage stamps”, says Peter Congreve, then adds: “when you’re holding a cover, you’re holding a piece of primary source; social history documentation, that has the capacity to tell us something about the people involved, the social and cultural period in which they lived, and perhaps something about us. Quite often social histories tend to be limited by virtue of the material that is available to the famous and the infamous, so they tend to be naturally skewed to that direction. But, through letters and covers and postcards it allows us to reconstruct the lives of those who are not any of those things, famous or infamous, it allows the stories of, what of a better term, of the common man”.
You can watch Episode 61 here: https://www.philatelypodcast.com/episodes/ep-61-peter-congreve-philatelist-as-social-historian
New APS President: Dr Cheryl Ganz RDP FRPSL
We copy the breaking news from yesterday’s post on the APS website:
The American Philatelic Society Board of Directors unanimously elected Cheryl Ganz as president to replace Bob Zeigler, who stepped down on March 31, 2023. Ganz appointed Greg Galletti to replace her as vice president, confirmed by the APS Board of Directors.
Cheryl Ganz joined the APS in 1976 and has served in many capacities, including the Ethics Committee, Strategic Initiatives and Technology Committee, philatelic judging, and numerous show committees. She has served as Vice President of the APS Board from June 2018 to April 2023.
After earning her Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2005, Cheryl joined the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington. In 2007, she became chief curator until her retirement in 2014. She is also the United States Postal Service’s Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee vice-chair.
Cheryl has been recognized internationally for her contributions to philately, including the Collector’s Club’s Alfred F. Lichtenstein Medal for Distinguished Service to Philately (2016) and the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (2018). In 2016, the APS awarded Cheryl the John N. Luff Award, one of the highest recognitions in philately, for Exceptional Contributions to Philately.
[photo credit: Smithsonian National Postal Museum website]
HAFNIA 24 Newsletter #2
Welcome to HAFNIA 24
Newsletter #2
Copenhagen, 31 March 2023
We would like to inform you that informations from 40 invited FEPA countries is running in to our Commissioner General about the different country responsible commissioners. We have received information from 21 countries so far and you can see the list of commissioners at our web-site www.hafnia24.com under “Exhibitor” and “Find your Commissioner”.
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The exhibitor application form will be available mid April as an online input form direct on the website.
From the hafnia24.com webpage
Scandinavian Collectors Club
We are happy to inform, that Scandinavian Collectors Club (SCC) in U.S.A. has accepted our invitation to attend HAFNIA 24 and commissioner has been appointed.
SCC has a long relation with KPK going back to previous HAFNIA exhibition and also through many NORDIA-exhibitions in Scandinavia, where SCC normally attends.
Photo: Strøget, Copenhagen
[photo credit: VisitDenmark Twitter account]