PHILATELIC EXPERTS, STAMP FORGERY GUIDE

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MAJOR SOURCES AND REVISIONS, TOS, ETC.

The sources used for the original list compiled in 2000 were the German BPP's official rolls of members for 1961, 1968, 1976 and 1980, as well as (for German or BPP experts) the Michel catalogues of 1920, 1935, 1950, 1984, and several years between 1991 and 1998. The list's subsequent supplement made use of e.g. several of AIEP's lists of members.

In February 2001 the two lists were published on the Internet (Geocities) in the same format as today. In September 2001 the original list was merged with the extensive supplement to form the present register (by names and areas), which has since been considerably enlarged. The changes in BPP and AIEP memberships are continuously monitored, and other new information is being added too.

The sister page, the Stamp Forgery Guide, was first published in February 2001 as a link directory, and was enlarged in May 2004 with a stamp forgery literature bibliography. In 2005 separate forgery monographs (eg. Ruhleben, Samoa Express) as well as other philatelic articles (eg. Mozambique Co.) written by ourselves were added to the site's contents. This publishing activity has continued with several more papers (notably in November 2006).

Since September 2003 these pages are available on this web site, Filatelia. In October 2003 the tables (Names, Countries and All) were recoded using CSS, which made them load much faster than before and reduced total file size. A search engine for the site was also added (removed January 2008). Since autumn 2006 the layout has been improved, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by wider monitor screens.

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Further reading:
C. Brühl, Geschichte der Philatelie (Hildesheim 1986) [Brühl]. Paolo Vollmeier/Knud Mohr, Fakes Forgeries Experts (Switzerland, Denmark, published annually since 1998) [FFE]. Dezsö Flasch [Flasch]² (an excellent work). Butler, The Expert Committee (Royal Philatelic Society London) 1894–1994. U. Ferchenbauer in FFE 8, 2005. W. Hellrigl, The AIEP Handbook on Philatelic Expertising, 2004. V. E. Tyler, Philatelic Forgers, Linn's 1991 [Tyler]. Ukrainian Philatelist (by the UPNS, USA) 71/72 1995 and 89 2003 [UPNS].


DISCLOSURE

All listings of experts and all links have been inserted by me based solely on their own editorial merits. No form of compensation has been accepted for including or omitting them. There are no advertisements here or other monetary income from this hobby website. I do not undertake philatelic expertising tasks or have financial ties to the philatelic trading industry.

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NOTES:
¹T. Haas. Lehrbuch der Briefmarkenkunde. Leipzig 1905. Page 576.
²A very good source is Dezsö Flasch. Garantiezeichen auf ungarischen Überdruckmarken. Arge-Ungarn e.V. 1998. [Flasch]
³Including some owners' marks, the limited number of unidentified marks worthy of a listing, and a few philatelic expert committee.
⁴AIEP's web site also contains a detailed introduction of each stamp expert. A complete all-time list of members has been published in AIEP's book Philatelic Expertising (2004).

11 March 2008