List of Members

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Dutch Philatelic Academy.
Collectors Club New York, Past Governor.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Postal history of the Netherlands and its Colonies.

International awards :

Sindelfingen 2000, Golden Posthorn.
Amphilex 2002, Court of Honour.
Naposta 2005 Grand Prix Master’s Class.
Iphla 2012, Grand Prix literature.
Ibra 99, Philexfrance 99, The Stamp Show London 2000, Belgica 01, Philanippon 01, Philakorea 02,
España 2004, Singapore 2004, Washington 2006, Efiro 08, Portugal 2010, Indonesia 2012, Italia 2018,
Stockholmia 2019, Large Gold.
Awards and medals Van der Willigen 2003, Brühl 2003, König 2006, Lee 2008, Luff 2009, Costerus 2010,
Crawford 2012, Lindenberg 2013.

Publications :

The First Postage Dues – Holland’s ‘3S’ Markings 1667-1811, 2002.
Netherlands Mail in Times of Turmoil, 3 volumes, 2010-2011.
The Paper Trail: World War II in Holland and its Colonies as seen through Mail and Documents (with
Jeffrey Groeneveld), 2018.

Spoken languages :

Dutch, English, French, German.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Secretary General of the AEP.
Honorary member of the Rumanian Federation.
AIJP.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Postal history of Sardinia, Lombardo-Venetia and Italy. Express mail. Via Brindisi.

Research projects :

Postal rates and routes in the former Italian states.

International awards :

Portugal 2010, World Stamp Show New York 2016, Stockholmia 2019, Gold.

Spoken languages :

Italian, French, English, German.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Royal Philatelic Society London, Hon. Secretary.
Roll of Notable Cinderella Philatelists, Chairman.
Keeper of the RDP.
Collectors Club New York.
Club de Monte Carlo.
Egypt Study Circle, Chairman.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Siege of Paris/Ballon Monte, British/French/Italian/Austrian P.O.s in Egypt, Israel, French Islands such as Chausey, Mont-St-Michel, Ouessant.
Some Bulgaria, Egypt, Telegrams, Revenues, Cinderellas.

International awards :

International Gold medals for Traditional and Revenue.

Publications :

10 philatelic publications including the standard catalogues for Lundy Island, Channel Islands locals and Isle of Man locals.

Spoken languages :

English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Collectors Club New York.
Club de Monte-Carlo.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Mesopotamia, Iraq: traditional philately, revenue, airmail, fdc, postal stationery and postal history.
Transjordan: traditional philately and postal history.
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt: traditional philately.
United Kingdom: traditional philately and postal stationery.

International awards :

Washington 2006, Thailand 2013, Finlandia 2017, Stockholmia 2019, London 2022, Or.
Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship, 2007.

Publications :

Guide to the Postal Stationery of Iraq (with Clayton Rubic), 2016.

Spoken languages :

English, Arabic, Turkish.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Union of Serbian philatelists, Vice President.
Royal Philatelic Society London.
Club de Monte Carlo.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Principality and Kingdom of Serbia.
Edition Prince Milan.

International awards :

Jofis Belgrade 2000, Grand Prix National.
Philakorea 2002, España 2004, WSC Singapore 2004, Washington 2006, España 2006 (Grand Prix candidate), WSC Israel 2008, Indipex 2011, Large Gold.
China 2019, Gold.

Spoken languages :

Serbian, English, French, Russian.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Federation of Spanish philatelic societies, Honorary President.
FIP past Vice President.
FIP Jury member for aerophilately, traditional philately, postal history and literature.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Aerophilately of Spain, Portugal and Cuba.
Postal history of Chile.
Tuscany, pre-adhesive period.
Thematic cartography.

International awards :

Medalla de la Federación InterAmericana de Filatelia.
Medalla de oro al mérito filatélico, de la Orden civil del mérito postal y las medallas al mérito filatélico.
Two awards Alvaro Bonilla Lara de literatura filatélica de la Federación InterAmericana de Filatelia.

Publications :

Rafael Alvarez Sereix, 1990.
De Isabel II a Juan Carlos I - 150 años de Sellos, Correos y Filatelia, (with Luis Alemany), 2000.
El desarrollo del correo aéreo español 1920-1945 a la luz de la reglamentación postal, 2002.
Máster en filatelia e historia postal española. Volumen I, II, 2008.
Correo aéreo accidentado e incidentado relacionado con España, 2017.
Relaciones postales con los deportados al Sahara tras el intento de Golpe de Estado de 10 de agosto de 1932, 2018.
Encyclopedia of Spanish Airmail and Aerophilately, (with Eduardo Consejo).

Spoken languages :

Spanish, French, English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Member of the Board of the AEP.
Auctioneer and founder of Postiljonen AB.
Club de Monte-Carlo, First Vice President.
Collectors Club New York.
AIJP.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Stamps of the world 1840-1860. Various first issues of the world.

Publications :

Publisher of Facit catalogues & The FFE-Journal.

Spoken languages :

Swedish, English, German.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Ottoman Association of Studies on Postal History in Turkey.
Royal Philatelic Society London.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Iraq in British Occupation, Ottoman Levant, Ottoman Holy Land, German Empire.

International awards :

Helvetia 2022, Balkanfila XIX 2023, LV.
100th Anniversary of Turkiye International Stamp Exhibition 2023, Gold.

Publications :

Postal History of Ottoman Iraq During the British Occupation 1914-1923.

Spoken languages :

Turkish, English, Arabic.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Curator-in-chief of the State Philatelic Collection of the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications.
Member of the Committee of the Federal communications agency for official issues of postage stamps and postal stationery.
Member of the editorial board of the official Catalogue of postage stamps and postal stationery.
Honorary member of the Russian Philatelic Academy.

Spoken languages :

Russian, English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Past member of the Board of the AEP.
Académie de philatélie (France).
Consilium Philateliæ Helveticæ, corresponding member.
National & International Jury member for postal history.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Switzerland: Air mail - Postage meter impressions - Post office forms - Canton of Vaud.
France: The Merson type and the postcards of Reunion Island - Postal history of Toulon.
Italy: Postal receipts (AR) and postal stationery from the reunion of Rome to Italy in 1895.
Belgium: Postal stationery with address label.

International awards :

Ticino 2003, Large Gold.
Planète timbres 2008, Bulgaria 2009, Indipex 2011, Planète timbres 2012, Gold.
NABA Lugano 2018, Large Gold.

Publications :

Les cartes (entiers postaux) Suchard, 1994.
La poste par exprès en Suisse (1868-2000), 2005.

Spoken languages :

French, German.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

AIJP.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Portugal during The First World War.
Colonial War 1961-1974.
Portuguese India Crown Issue.
Portuguese during the Spain Civil War.

Research projects :

Portuguese India: postal history and first issues.

International awards :

The Lewandowsky Award of the United Postal Stationery Society, USA, for the best book regarding postal stationery, 2006.
Lubrapex 2009, Italia 2018, Grand Prix International.
London 2022, GPI candidate.
Stockholmia 2019, London 2022, Large Gold.
Finlandia 2017, Efiro 2024, Gold.
European Philatelic Literature Award 2023.

Publications :

History of the Military Postal Service. Colonial War, 1961-1974 (with Luís Barreiros), 2004
Portuguese India (with Luís Barreiros), 2022.

Spoken languages :

Portuguese, French, English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

AIJP.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Portugal and colonies, pre-adhesive period.
The Native Stamps of Portuguese India.
Maritime mail.

Research projects :

Portuguese India: postal history and first issues.

International awards :

The Lewandowsky Award of the United Postal Stationery Society, USA, for the best book regarding Postal Stationery, 2006.
Hunphila 2019, Grand Prix International.
London 2022, GPI candidate.
London 2015, Finlandia 2017, Stockholmia 2019, London 2022, Efiro 2024, Large Gold.
European Philatelic Literature Award 2023.

Publications :

History of the Military Postal Service. Colonial War, 1961-1974, (with Eduardo Barreiros), 2004.
Portuguese India (with Eduardo Barreiros), 2022.

Spoken languages :

Portuguese, French, English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Past President of the FIP Commission for Aerophilately.
AIJP.
FIP Jury member for Aerophilately.
Vice President O.C. Efiro 2024.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Aerophilately: Romania and about Romania - First flights of Air France, Lufthansa, Sabena, Swissair.
Postal stationery: Romania - Transport - Tennis.
Thematic philately: Romania - Roads - Tennis - Edelweiss.
Maximaphily: Aviation.
Postcards: Aviation - Tennis.
Cartophilie : Aviation - Tennis.

International awards :

American Air Mail Society, George W. Angers Award for outstanding service to international aerophilately
2007.
Philakorea 2002, Bangkok 2003, España 2004, España 2006, Jakarta 2012, Gold.

Spoken languages :

Romanian, English, German, Russian.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

FIP Jury member for postal history and postal stationery.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Postal stationery of Spain and Peru.
Postal history of the Spanish civil war and of the División Azul.
Postal history of Asturias.

Publications :

Historia postal del Consejo general de Asturias y León (with Manuel Vázquez Enciso), 1997.
Historia postal de la División Azul (with Manuel Vázquez Enciso), 2006.
Las emisiones conocidas y desconocidas de la F.N.M.T. del final de la República 1938-1939, 2006.

Spoken languages :

Spanish, German, English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Bavarian Academy of Philately.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Bavaria 1876-1920.
Classic German stamps.
Parcel post Germany to foreign destinations 1874-1945.

Spoken languages :

German, English, French.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Past President of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
Curator of the Philatelic Collections, The British Library, 1983-2013.
Collectors Club New York.
Past Trustee, Revenue Philately Trust, and of The Stuart Rossiter Trust.
AIJP.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Philately of all countries and all periods.

Research projects :

Mauritius: 1847 “Post Office” issue printing plates.
The H R Harmer auction houses.
Shanahan’s Stamp Auctions Limited.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika: 1954-59 issue.
British Philatelic history.
Hejaz: 1916 issue and its literature.

International awards :

Membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to philately.
Smithsonian Institution, National Postal Museum, Philatelic Lifetime Achievement Award 2013.
Tapling Medal 2017.

Publications :

Falkland Islands: The Travis Franks and Covers (with Andrew Norris), 1977.
New Zealand and Dependencies – A Philatelic Bibliography
(with Allan B. Berry and Robin M. Startup), 2004.
Hejaz: The First Postage Stamps of 1916 and T. E. Lawrence, 2005.
How to Look After Your Collection – A Basic Guide, 2006.
Treasures in Focus Stamps, 2009.
The Crawford Library of Philatelic Literature at the British Library
and for the World in Digital Form, 2016.
The Printing Plate of the Mauritius 1847 “Post Office” Issue
[Revised text reflecting new information (2016)], 2016.
A Guide to Philatelic Research at The British Library, 2019.
Philatelic Research A Basic Guide [Third version] 2019.
The History of Philately in Great Britain and Ireland – A Bibliography of Monographs, Grey Literature
and Selected Texts, 2021.
Philatelic Research La recherche en philatélie. How to look after your Collection. Principes élémentaires
pour la conservation d’une collection, 2022.

Spoken languages :

English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Stamp dealer in classic philately.
AIEP.
Royal Philatelic Society London.
Club de Monte Carlo.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Postal history of the Franco-Prussian war.
Classic French stamps.
French colonies.

Spoken languages :

French, English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Past Deputy and Senator co-founder of the Parliamentary Group the Friends of Italian philately.
Co-signatory of the law against forgeries of non-current stamps.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Italian philately and postal history.

Spoken languages :

Italian, French.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Club de Monte-Carlo.
Collectors Club New York.
FIP Grand Prix Club.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Samoa 1836-1895.
Indian Feudatory State of Rajpipla.
Pre Colonial Madagascar.
The early Cameo Issues of the Gambia.

International awards :

Singapore 2015, Grand Prix d’Honneur.
Nordia, Grand Prix International, Grand Prix National.
Thailandia 2013, Taipei 2016, Nordia 2017, Israel 2018, London 2022, Large Gold.
Europhilex London 2015, Singapore 2015, Gold.

Spoken languages :

Swedish, English.

Society membership and principal philatelic positions held :

Royal Philatelic Society London.
Club de Monte-Carlo.
FIP Grand Prix Club.

Collections and philatelic interests :

Austria.
Hungary.
Switzerland (Ticino).

International awards :

Philataipei 2016, Finlandia 2017, Efiro 2024, Large Gold.
London 2022, Gold.
HUNFILEX 2022, Grand Prix National.
HELVETIA 2022, World Stamp Champion.
EFIRO 2024, GPI candidate.

Spoken languages :

Italian, French, German, English.