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THE THEMATIC PHILATELIST
The PANHELLENIC SOCIETY OF THEMATIC
PHILATELY & YOUTH has published a Bulletin during the whole span
of its life. Since the day it was founded until 1999, the Bulletin was printed
with the use of a polygraph, in sheets of paper of Α4
format. Its contents mainly included club news, philatelic
activities in Greece, as well as information on new
stamp issues of Greece, Cyprus and the United Nations.
The NEWSLETTER of
the P.S.T.P. & YOUTH, as it was then named, achieved a
respectable standard and was awarded various prizes and diplomas in Greece and Cyprus
("ATHENS-PIRAEUS ‘95" Silver Bronze, "KIFISSIA ’98"
Silver,
“CYPRUS– EUROPHILEX ‘95” Silver Bronze etc.).
One of the last issues of the
NEWSLETTER,
before its replacement by the THEMATIC PHILATELIST.
At the beginning of 2000, the new quarterly magazine THE THEMATIC PHILATELIST
was first published. It
started with few pages and a number of technical problems. Its creators
showed a lot of enthusiasm but lacked the necessary technical
knowledge and modern tools. Year in year out, the essential experience
has been
acquired. Contents, quality and appearance of the Bulletin have improved and its
significance within the Hellenic
Thematic Philately continuously increased.
The short history of the THEMATIC
PHILATELIST:
Issue Νο 1, in black and white cover and 16
pages only
Left: Issue Νο 2, coloured
cover, black and white contain and 36 pages
Right: Issue Νο 35, July-September 2008, fool coloured cover and
contain, pages 48.
Issues Νο
34 and 35 (2008)
In the pages of the Thematic
Philatelist one can find:
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all the rules and necessary
information for the correct compilation of thematic
collections.
From theme's
choice,
through the
intermediate stages,
to
the final appearance of the exhibition sheets, all are presented
with analytic and
perfectly understandable way.
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extensive iinformation
on exhibitions
in Greece and abroad.
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our club news.
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news of
other
Hellenic philatelic
clubs,
various
philatelic
activities
and
other
events of philatelic content.
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new stamp issues and commemorative/propaganda
cancellations from Greece, Cyprus and the UN, with corresponding
depictions, if and
when
available.
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a
permanent column
on the
history
of
philatelic exhibitions
in Greece of all types.
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interesting thematic articles
with varied thematic content,
translated or in prototype, written by Greek
or foreign eminent thematic collectors.
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a
permanent
column with
examples of plans of thematic collections,
chosen
from
multi-prized
international level
collections of
foreign collectors.
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publication of exhibition pages of chosen thematic collections,
or even entire thematic One Frame collections, suitable to be
used as models.
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free of charge
publication
of
members'
small announcements.
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caricatures and sketches of philatelic
content etc.
The Thematic Philatelist is
distributed to the members free of charge.
(Contains of the THEMATIC PHILATELIST)
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