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Finnish collections published by the Suomen Filatelistiliitto

The Suomen Filatelistiliitto (Finnish Philatelic Association) has recently published in A4 format books three important Finnish collections:

Eero Ravi’s collection: Christmas labels – Against Tuberculosis 1908-1955. Original title in Finnish, Joulumerkit – Tuberkuloosia vastaan Suomessa 1908-1955.
Juhani Pietilä’s collection: Finland Postal Stationery Envelopes 1845-1884.
Jorma Ketur’s collection: Inspection of postal items in Finland 1822-1940. Original title in Finnish, Postilähetyksiin kohdistunut salainen urkinta ja julkinen tarkastustoiminta Suomessa 1822-1940.

Details: https://www.filatelisti.fi/liiton-julkaisut/myytava-kirjallisuus
Orders and inquiries to the office of the Suomen Filatelistiliitto: sfff@filatelisti.fi

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8.11.2023

Exhibitions, News

THAILAND 2023 WSC is coming up at the end of November

THAILAND 2023 Specialised World Stamp Championship Exhibition is organised by the Philatelic Association of Thailand under the patronage of H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the philatelic patronage of the International Philatelic Federation (FIP), the auspices of the Federation of Inter-Asia Philately (FIAP) and the support of Thailand Post Co. Ltd.

The exhibition will be held at the Grand Postal Building, Bangkok, Thailand, from 27 November to 2 December 2023. Among others, it will celebrate the 140th Anniversary of the first Thai postage stamp and the inauguration of the country’s postal services.

Details on https://www.thailand2023wsc.com

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3.11.2023

Article, News

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.

Read the complete article here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/a-visit-to-the-munich-philatelic

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2.11.2023