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Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola

A new generation began at Casa del Lago when notorious figures such as José Luis Ibáñez, Leonora Carrington, Juan Soriano, Octavio Paz and even Juan José Arreola, who along with Miguel Gonzalez Avelar, to name a few, began to promote Poetry Out Loud, Chess Tournaments and the Philatelic Club.

Confederate Stamp Alliance

Editor-in-chief of the project is Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann of Lincoln, Delaware who is responsible for collecting philatelic inputs for the catalog update from members as well as non-members.

Douglas Myall

At the same time, he was working at the Inland Revenue and studied security printing that had been helping him in his philatelic activities.

Edward Knapp

Edward Spring Knapp (1879–1940), member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame

Emilio Diena

In addition to writing numerous articles in philatelic journals, Diena wrote in great detail on stamps of Modena, Romagna, Sicily, Parma, and Naples during the 1920s and 1930s.

James H. Beal

Working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Beal was able to help recover stolen philatelic material, such as those stolen in the May 1977 theft at the New York Public Library, as well as several of the stolen and rare “invented airplane” (Scott C3a) which were stolen from collector Ethel Bergstresser McCoy in 1955.

Jean Lapointe

Lapointe is also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of Canada Post.

Lidman

David Louis Lidman (1905–1982), prolific writer of philatelic literature in journals, books, and newspapers

Louise Boyd Dale

Some of her other philatelic acquisitions included very rare items, such as imperforate pairs of the 1875 government reprints of the 1857 issue of the United States and the Bordeaux issues of France.

McInroy

McInroy Collection, stamp collection of the British Library Philatelic Collections

National Philatelic Museum

The National Philatelic Museum was unusual in that, in conjunction with nearby Temple University, it offered courses in philately through its Philatelic Institute.

Postage stamps and postal history of Colombia

From the Spanish Colonial era to modern times the history of Colombia has been marked by political change and instability which is reflected in its philatelic history.

Rainer Blüm

Rainer Blüm is a German citizen from Bensheim who has pleaded guilty to producing and selling forged philatelic material, including cancellations and expertizing certifications.

Scandinavian Collectors Club

The Scandinavian Collectors Club is a United States-based philatelic society dedicated to the collection and study of the postage stamps and postal history of the Scandinavia region, including the geographical regions of Åland, Aunus, the Danish West Indies, Denmark, the Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Karelia, North Ingermanland, Norway, Slesvig, and Sweden.

Stanley J. Luft

In addition to serving on the council of the American Philatelic Congress, Stanley Luft was a founding member of the Acadéemie Européene de Philatélie and a corresponding member of the Académie de Philatélie, and, at the France & Colonies Philatelist he served as editor.

Takaharu Mitsui

In addition to founding and contributing to Japanese philatelic journals, Baron Mitsui was an official advisor to the Japanese Communications Ministry and Postal Service Ministry, and also Honorary Counselor of the International Society for Japanese Philately.

Yvert et Tellier

Yvert et Tellier is a postage stamp dealer and a philatelic publishing company founded in 1895 in the northern French city of Amiens, where the head office is still located.


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