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Contrôle et Censure belge 1939-1940
Contrôle et Censure belge 1939-1940 is a new book by Dr Jacques Stes.
Did you know that censorship for the military came into effect during the Belgian mobilisation of 1939/1940? And that political censorship was exercised by the magistrates? Did you know that the military postal control censored mail in Belgium during the Eighteen Days’ Campaign? Did you know that during the summer of 1940, this same Belgian military censorship remained active to control the mail of Belgian refugees in the south of France? The book provides answers to these and many other questions by illustrating this turbulent period in the history of Belgium through the colour reproduction of more than 200 postal documents.
The 208-page, hard-cover book can be purchased directly from the author (jacques.stes@skynet.be) at the price of €52 plus shipping (€5 for Belgium or €10 for the rest of the world).
Dr Jacques Stes has been president of the Cercle des Poortmanistes since 2002. He is a member of the Belgian Academy of Philately, the European Academy of Philately and the Monte Carlo Philatelic Club. He is also the author of a reference work of more than 900 pages devoted to the genesis of all the stamp issues of Belgium from 1849 to 1949.
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The Philatelic Traders’ Society Awards 2023
Latest Press Release from the PTS:
Please find attached information about the PTS Awards 2023 should you wish to share across your newsletters, social media, websites, magazines, and/ or other fabulous outlets into the hobby.
We are always grateful to you for your support of the PTS & Stampex so if there is any more information we can provide you with, or indeed anything else you think we can help you with to promote philately, just shout.
And as the category for Best Publication includes magazines and journals (print and digital), and we have new categories for Best Website and Best Social Media, there is an additional opportunity here for you to get recognised by the PTS for the great work you do! The nomination form is at www.thepts.net/awards
Details: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PTS-Awards-2023.pdf
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Creatività per un francobollo
The Historical Museum of Communication (Museo Storico della Comunicazione) and the Italian Philatelic Press Union (Unione stampa filatelica italiana, USFI) have sponsored a book with 1,700 designs, most of which have never been published.
From the archives of the Historical Museum of Communication in Rome, which belongs to the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT), a treasure of around 1,700 designs for stamps, which have never been produced and never arrived at the post office counters, has now been released. These findings have only partially been published in any specialist article. They have been collected in the book “Creatività per un francobollo – I bozzetti del Museo storico della comunicazione”, organised in 354 pages of A4 format with colour images. The book has been published by Prodigi Edizioni and is priced at 40.00 euros.
The presentation will take place in MIMIT, Rome, on Tuesday, 28 November (see illustration).
Read more: https://www.usfi.eu/le-notizie-sociali/creativita-per-un-francobollo/
[photo credit: © Ministry of Business and Made in Italy – Historical Museum of Communication]
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