Académie de philatélie
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The Académie de philatélie (Academy of Philately in English) is a French philatelic
voluntary association
created in 1928. Its goal is to promote philately and philatelic studies.
The Académie's headquarters is hosted in La Poste's Museum
in Paris, a postal museum the association fought for in the 1930s. Part of the museum library, open to the public, is a loan of the Académie.
The Académie's emblem is the Ceres head
designed by Jacques-Jean Barre
for the first postage stamp of France.
whose members would be important and recognized philatelists. The magazine's readers were invited to elect the 25 founding members, without any list be proposed.
On 19 December 1928, took place the inaugural setting of the . The 25 elected members adopted the rules to become a member: the forty full members () would be French nationals and chosen by the sitting full members. Thirty foreign members () are created too. In the following years, a member has to be a corresponding member () to pretend for full membership. Members are named for a lifelong tenure, but those who want to retire because they do no more have enough time can be appointed the title of honorary member ().
The main public actions of the Académie was to militate for the creation of a French postal museum and to help constitute its collections and library.
conferences.
Since 1959, the Académie edits a trimestrial revue, Documents philatéliques filled by its members. In 1968, the first two tomes of an Encyclopédie du timbre-poste was published.
Each year, if the Académie recognizes enough merits, philatelists non members of the Académie can be awarded in three main domains:
was issued by the French post for the 50th anniversary of the Académie. It represented the Sower by Oscar Roty and the Ceres head
by Barre. It was designed by Académie's member Charles Bridoux and engraved by Claude Haley.
, editor Pierre Yvert
, philatelists Jean-Pierre Mangin
, Joseph Schatzkés
.
Philately
Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps...
voluntary association
Voluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
created in 1928. Its goal is to promote philately and philatelic studies.
The Académie's headquarters is hosted in La Poste's Museum
Musée de La Poste
The Musée de La Poste is the museum of the French postal operator La Poste. It specialises in the postal history and philately of France...
in Paris, a postal museum the association fought for in the 1930s. Part of the museum library, open to the public, is a loan of the Académie.
The Académie's emblem is the Ceres head
Ceres series (France)
The Ceres series was the first postage stamp series of France, issued in 1849 as a representation of the French Republic.The series bore the effigy of Ceres, goddess of growing plants in Roman mythology. Jacques-Jean Barre did the initial drawing and gravure...
designed by Jacques-Jean Barre
Jacques-Jean Barre
Jean-Jacques Barre was the general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, the Great Seal of France, bank notes and postage stamps....
for the first postage stamp of France.
History
On 25 May 1928, Gaston Tournier, editor-in-chief of Le Messager philatélie, launched the project of an academyAcademy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
whose members would be important and recognized philatelists. The magazine's readers were invited to elect the 25 founding members, without any list be proposed.
On 19 December 1928, took place the inaugural setting of the . The 25 elected members adopted the rules to become a member: the forty full members () would be French nationals and chosen by the sitting full members. Thirty foreign members () are created too. In the following years, a member has to be a corresponding member () to pretend for full membership. Members are named for a lifelong tenure, but those who want to retire because they do no more have enough time can be appointed the title of honorary member ().
The main public actions of the Académie was to militate for the creation of a French postal museum and to help constitute its collections and library.
Activities
During its private regular sessions, the members of the Académie de philatélie organise philatelic and marcophilicMarcophily
Marcophily, occasionally called Marcophilately, is the specialised study and collection of postmarks, cancellations and postal markings applied by hand or machine on mail that passes through a postal system and applied by the postal operator through whose domain they pass...
conferences.
Since 1959, the Académie edits a trimestrial revue, Documents philatéliques filled by its members. In 1968, the first two tomes of an Encyclopédie du timbre-poste was published.
Each year, if the Académie recognizes enough merits, philatelists non members of the Académie can be awarded in three main domains:
- literary (since 1930) for the best philatelic book of the year,
- philatelic (since 2001) for the best philatelic exhibition saw at the Fédération française des associations philatéliques Congress' national exhibit,
- internet (since 2001) for the best philatelic website. This award was given only in 2001 to Robert Désert for a website about the French post offices in the Ottoman EmpireFrench post offices in the Ottoman EmpireThe French post offices in the Ottoman Empire were post offices in various cities of the Ottoman Empire run by France between 1812 and 1923. France was one of nine countries that had negotiated "Capitulations" with the Ottomans, various extraterritorial rights in exchange for trade opportunities...
.
Honors
In 1978, a stamp on stampStamps on stamps
Stamps on stamps is a philatelic term for depicting images of postage stamps on postage stamps. Some postage stamp collectors have specialized in collecting stamps on stamps as a topical collection....
was issued by the French post for the 50th anniversary of the Académie. It represented the Sower by Oscar Roty and the Ceres head
Ceres series (France)
The Ceres series was the first postage stamp series of France, issued in 1849 as a representation of the French Republic.The series bore the effigy of Ceres, goddess of growing plants in Roman mythology. Jacques-Jean Barre did the initial drawing and gravure...
by Barre. It was designed by Académie's member Charles Bridoux and engraved by Claude Haley.
Publications
- Encyclopédie du timbre-poste de France [Encylopediae of the Postage Stamps of France] :
- tome 1, 1849-1852 issues (Ceres and Presidency), published 1968 ;
- tome 2, 1853-1870 issues, published in fascicules since 1992.
- Documents philatéliques, trimestrial revue, since 1959.
Other articles
Among Académie's members, the following have an article on Wikipedia: postal museum curator Eugène VailléEugène Vaillé
Eugène Vaillé was a French postal historian and the first curator of the postal museum of France, now La Poste's Museum, from 1946 to 1955.- Biography :...
, editor Pierre Yvert
Pierre Yvert
Pierre Yvert was a French philatelic editor. Son of Louis Yvert, one of Yvert et Tellier's founders, he was manager of magazine L'Écho de la timbrologie and of many philatelic associations.- Biography :...
, philatelists Jean-Pierre Mangin
Jean-Pierre Mangin
Jean-Pierre Mangin is a French philatelist specialized in finding error in the design of postage stamps. He wrote a bilingual world guide of Errors on stamps....
, Joseph Schatzkés
Joseph Schatzkés
Dr. Joseph Schatzkés , of France, was a philatelist who performed in-depth studies of French and Mexican postage stamps and postal history, and wrote extensively on the subject.-Collecting interests:...
.
Sources and references
- Official site of the Académie, created and webmastered by André Hurtré, full member since 1985.
External links
- Les Bureaux français de l'Empire ottoman, website awarded by the Académie de philatélie.