Philatelic magazine

The first articles about postage stamps were published in newspapers already in 1840 in the UK . The first magazine about postage stamps was the "Mansley Intelligencer" ( English "Monthly Intelligencer" ) from Birmingham (England), soon after the appearance of which many other magazines began to be published ^[1] . According to other sources ^[2] , the first philatelic magazine “Montly Advertiser” ( “Monthly Advertiser” - “Monthly informant”; later “ ” - “Stamp Collector Review and Montley Advertiser”) was published in Liverpool (United Kingdom) on December 15, 1862 ^{[3] by} Eduard Muri. He went out until 1864. From 1863, the magazines “ Le Timbre-Poste ” in Brussels ( Belgium ) and “Magazin für Briefmarken-Sammler” (“Illustrated magazine for collectors of postage stamps”, publishers Zshische and Köder) in Leipzig ( Germany ) ^{[2] [ 4]} . In 1864 the first philatelic magazine of the USA was published. The first magazines did not exist for long. The oldest magazine, published since 1888 and still existing, is the Swiss magazine ^[2] .

The publication of philatelic journals, along with catalogs of postage stamps from all over the world, stimulated systematic collecting ^[4] .

At the end of the 19th century, literature on philately was quite extensive: up to 800 journals dedicated to postage stamps were published in 13 languages; the most common is “ ” , published by the Zenf brothers and having a 17 000 subscribers ^[5] .

In the second half of the 20th century, philatelic journals were published in many countries of the world, including

• in socialist:
  • “ Filatelen Pregled ” ( NRB ),
  • "Filatéliai Szemie" ( Hungary ),
  • Sammler Express ( GDR ),
  • "Filatelia Cubana" ( Cuba ),
  • "Filatelista" ( NDP ),
  • "Filatelie" ( CPP ),
  • Filatelie ( Czechoslovakia );
• in capitalist -
  • " The London Philatelist " and "Philatelic Magazine" (United Kingdom),
  • " The American Philatelist " and " Linn's Weekly Stamp News " (USA)
  • "Der Sammler-Dienst" and "Deutsche Zeitung für Briefmarkenkunde" (later " " ; Germany )
  • Austria-Philatelist ( Austria )
  • Schweizer Briefmarken Zeitung (Switzerland),
  • " L'Écho de la timbrologie " and "La Philatélie française" ( France ),
  • "Il collezionista" ( Italy ),
  • "Dansk Filatelistisk Tidsskrift" ( Denmark ) and others. ^[6]

From 1862 to 1988, more than 350 philatelic journals were known, of which, as of 1988, over 130 were issued. In socialist countries (NRB, Poland, Czechoslovakia) magazines for young philatelists were published separately. Magazines devoted to Russian and Soviet philately were published in Great Britain, France, Germany and the USA ^[7] . The International Federation of Philately has an official publication, the journal Flash ( Flash ) ^[4] .

In 1927–1948, the International Federation of the Philatelic Press (FIPP, from French Fédération internationale de la presse philatélique - FIPP ) existed - an organization of journalists working in periodicals philatelic ^[8] . Since 1962, the International Association of Philatelic Journalists (AIZP, from Association internationale des journalistes philatéliques - AIJP ) ^[9] .

Editions before 1917

Marks Magazine

Philatelic journals in the Russian Empire began to be published at the end of the XIX century. In March 1896, the first philatelic magazine “ Marks ” ^[4] was published in Kiev , which was published before 1902 ^[10] .

Other magazines

In 1897–1898 a monthly magazine “World Mail” was published in St. Petersburg , which was printed in the private printing house of A. E. Vineke. Its editor was I. I. Creving . It was published huge for the then philatelic periodicals with a circulation of up to 800 copies and was very popular among philatelists. The magazine later became the body of the Russian branch of the German Union of Philatelists, which actually financed its publication during 1898, and then, due to lack of funds, the journal ceased to exist.

From September 1903, for about seven years, the magazine Stamps and Collector was printed in the printing house of J. Stauf in St. Petersburg.

From December 1913 to the end of 1917 an illustrated magazine Philately was published monthly in St. Petersburg (Petrograd). Its publisher was a vintage trader E. Eichenthal. The last issues of this magazine came out in the first half of 1918.

At the same time, the magazine “Russian Philatelist” was published twice a month in Kiev under the editorship of A. L. Bernshtein. Its publication ceased in September 1914 "due to the onset of military events and the call-up of an editor-publisher for military service."

Since July 1916, the Russian Journal of Collectors and Correspondents has been published almost every quarter in Moscow . His last double number (No. 8, 9) for April — July 1918 was called the organ of the newly established Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors.

Soviet journals

Prewar

In 1917–1918, the Journal of the Far North Collectors and Correspondents was published in Arkhangelsk . A total of 10 issues of this magazine were released. The first issue was typewritten; it was edited by A. Ponomarev. The subsequent issues were published by V. V. Tarasov, the editor was S. F. Ievlev. In October 1921, V.V. Tarasov and S.F. Ievlev resumed publication of the journal, but under a different name - Northern Correspondence . It was a monthly magazine for collectors of stamps and cards, as well as anyone interested in correspondence and exchanges. The journal was published until January 1923, a total of 13 issues were issued in the form of nine issues - two doubles, one single and one single. Most of the numbers were filled with lists of correspondents and subscribers, news about the issue of stamps, reviews, announcements and the like. Some articles and announcements were printed in English and Esperanto. The magazine was printed in the printing house of the Arkhangelsk Provincial Union of Cooperatives. Although there were quite a few subscribers to the magazine, the cost of publishing it with a circulation of 1 to 3 thousand copies did not pay for itself. The publisher and the editor were going to resume publication on April 1, 1924, with the publication of the journal once in two months, but they could not carry out this intention. After that, the editorial staff and the journal publisher in full began a collaboration with the Organization of the Commissioner for Philately and Bon ^[11] .

In May 1922, the Caucasian Collector Correspondent Collectors magazine was published in Vladikavkaz . It was published by a famous collector- bonist Andrey Yuryevich Kobyakov. The first and, as it turned out, the last issue of the journal contained only two articles - about the fake stamps of Batum in 1920 and about the tkvibulskikh boons of 1919. In addition, a catalog of stamps of Armenia and Azerbaijan was printed, which was an extract from the Iver catalog for 1922. There were messages about new brands of the Caucasus - Soviet Georgia , Armenia and Azerbaijan. Later, A. Yu. Kobyakov moved to Novocherkassk , where he began publishing another magazine, Russian Collector . Nikolay Nikolayevich Lamtev (pseudonym N. Donskoy), an accountant at a local power station, a philatelist Nikolai Nikolayevich Lamtev became the editor of this journal. The first issue was released in July 1922, in total six numbers were published, with numbers 3, 4 and 5, 6 being doubles. The journal contained articles on the history of postage stamps of Russia, a catalog of stamps of the RSFSR , news, various news, reviews, a list of subscribers, announcements. The magazine ceased to exist in 1923. By a resolution of the Moscow City Court, the editor N. Lamtev was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of falsifying stamps ^[11] .

In September 1922, the Crimean Collector magazine began to be published by a group of Sevastopol collectors. He promoted familiarization with the Crimean issues of stamps and bon. However, as noted in the review of the “Russian collector” ^[12] , “there is almost no content, with a few exceptions.” This review is true. In the first issue of the journal, the article “Mail and Tibet postage stamps”, reprinted from the magazine “ Around the World ” for 1912, took up a lot of space. In 1923, A. Yu. Kobyakov, who moved from Novocherkassk, became one of the editors, and placed several articles on bonistics in the journal. His participation in the magazine helped the Crimean Collector to hold out until early 1924. In 1924, the last double issue (4-5) of the magazine "Crimean collector". One of the main reasons for the discontinuation of the publication was an acute shortage of material means ^[11] .

In October 1922, the first issue of the Priuralsky Collector magazine was published in Vyatka . Its publisher was A. P. Lebedev, and the editor was A. G. Eberzin. Almost the entire magazine was filled with editor's articles about stamps and bons. The last few pages were covered by the “Miscellaneous” and “Questions and Announcements” headings. Since there were no subscribers to this magazine, and its content was very weak, this number was the last one. However, despite the complete failure of the Priuralsky collector and the losses suffered by its publisher, A. G. Eberzin managed to incite the brothers A. M. and G. M. Likhachev to release another edition, the Weekly of the Collector . It was supposed to cover all branches of collectibles in the magazine. The magazine was to be sent free of charge to all readers, except for the cost of the paper, which had to be sent forward in the amount of one writing sheet per issue. This edition also ceased to exist on the first issue.

In February 1928, the Southern United Branch of the Soviet Philatelic Association (SFA) in Kharkov began issuing a newsletter ( "Monthly Bulletin of the Southern United Branch of the Soviet Philatelic Association" ). Most of it was occupied by trade information: prices, reports of preferential sales, auctions. The number of articles on collecting was insignificant. The articles on philately are written by four authors V.S. Fedorovsky, E.E. Stefanovsky, L. Malkin and A. Likhachev. Much more space in the publication was given to bonistics and numismatics. The editor of the bulletin was V. A. Sapozhnikov. In order to increase interest in publishing, the editorial office placed collecting quizzes and a list of subscribers with an indication of collectibles. In 1928, 12 issues were published in the form of nine issues, three of which were doubles; in 1929 - six numbers, the last number was released in October.

From September 1922 to 1933, the magazine “ Soviet Philatelist ” was published in Moscow (for a number of years it was called “Soviet Collector”).

Postwar

From July 1966, the monthly magazine Philately of the USSR was published (from April 1991 it became known as Philately ); In 1963, the publication of the annual “ Soviet collector ” (now “ Collector ”) began ^[4] .

In December 1990, the first issue of the magazine “ Estonian collector” ( est. “Eesti kollektsionäär” ) was published in Tallinn . According to the plan of the founders and the editorial board, this was supposed to be a quarterly collection devoted to Estonian collecting, primarily to the classical fields of philately, philocarty , numismatics and applied art .

Modern

In the period after 1991, some Soviet-era philatelic magazines continued to be published in Russia and new ones appeared. The Union of Philatelists of Russia has the following publications: the Newsletter of Philately Newsletter, the Philately magazine and the Collector Yearbook ^[4] .

• Magazine
• International Association of Philatelic Journalists
• Philately

• Glazer M. Old Philatelic Journals // Philately of the USSR. - 1986. - № 9. - p. 40—42; № 11. - p. 38-39; № 12. - p. 39.
• Glazer M. Old Philatelic Journals // Philately of the USSR. - 1987. - № 4. - p. 38; № 7. - p. 37-38.
• Mayorov A. Press for collectors (brief excursion) // World collector. - 1996. - № 3 (4) . - p . 7 .
• Nikishin G. In addition to the published // Philately of the USSR. - 1987. - № 7. - p. 39.
• Pevzner A. Philatelic editions of Estonia // Philately. - 1991. - № 4. - p. 6-7.
• Philatelic journals // Big Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Illychev, I. Ya. Levitas, PF Mazur, I. N. Merkulov, I. A. Morosanov, Yu. K. Myakota, S. A. Panasyan, Yu. M. Rudnikov, M. B. Slutsky, V. A. Jacobs; under total ed. N. I. Vladintsa and V. A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communication, 1988. - p. 279-280. - 320 s. - 40 000 . - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Checked March 22, 2016) Archived March 22, 2016.
• Philatelic Dictionary // USSR Philately. - 1980. - № 2. - p. 57.
• Philately / NI Vladinets // Ulyanovsk - Frankfort. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1977. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. Ed. AM Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, v. 27). (Checked July 15, 2011)
• The reader asks - we answer // USSR Philately. - 1984. - № 8. - p. 37.
• The Philatelist: An Illustrated Magazine for Stamp Collectors: Vols. 1-8. - L .: E. Marlborough & Co., 1874. (Eng.) (Tested 15 July 2010)

• Novoselov V. А. Chapter 5. Brief milestones in the development of philately (Neopr.) . Acquaintance with philately: The world of philately . Smolensk: World m @ rock; Union of Philatelists of Russia (November 6, 2008). - EBook. The appeal date is May 12, 2010. Archived on February 27, 2012.
• Reviews of current world philatelic publications on the site “Stamplover” (Verified December 1, 2008)