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MonacoPHil 2024 Philatelic Exhibitions

The Club de Monte-Carlo are honoured to announce a programme of three exhibitions at MonacoPhil 2024, showcasing world-class philatelic material, representing an exciting and diverse selection from our wonderful hobby. As we move the show to a new venue, we have sought to maintain our traditional commitment to class and pedigree, while adapting our exhibitions into exciting new fields and formats. 

100 World Philatelic Rarities

In addition to our usual 100 World Philatelic Rarities Exhibition, hosted at the Musée des Timbres, we are piloting a new rarity format at the brand-new One Monte-Carlo Exhibition Centre, with fantastic, custom-built A0 frames provided by our friends at Prestige Philately Club Prague. This new format offers exhibitors space for supporting material to tell the story behind their rarity, providing an eye-catching overview for newcomers and seasoned philatelists alike. We are honoured and privileged that this year's rarity from the Collection of His Majesty King Charles III will be included in the exclusive run of 12 frames.

 

As ever, we are greatly thankful to the Members of the Club de Monte-Carlo and associated museums for their contributions to this year's selection of 100 Philatelic Rarities, which forms a phenomenal showcase of world philately, and has constituted, since the exhibition's inception, the jewel in the crown of MonacoPhil. A list of exhibitors follows:

The Philatelic Collection of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II

The Royal Philatelic Collection of His Majesty King Charles III

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The German Postal Museum

Kimmelstiftung für Postgeschichte Museum Bauernhof

The Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Ringström Philatelic Museum

Museum of Romanian Records

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Akthem Al-Manaseer

Claes Arnrup

Helmuth Avi

Mark E. Banchik

Alberto Barcella

Pascal Behr

Jan Berg

Adriano Bergamini

Paolo Bianchi

Alberto Bolaffi

Carol Bommarito

Giacomo Bottacchi

Stéphane Boule

Maurice Boule

Semyon Brayman

Walter Britz

Frédéric Chesnais

Andrew Cheung

Prakob Chirakiti

Peter Cockburn

Guido Craveri

Markand Dave

Gordon Eubanks

Andreas Fahl

Louis Fanchini

David Feldman

Hartmut Flöter

Luis Frazão

Guillermo Gallegos

​Luigi Garosci

Khosrow Ghadiri

Ian Gibson-Smith

Fred F. Gregory

Carlos Gutiérrez Garzón

Joseph Hackmey

Maurice Hadida

Majed Halawi

Leonard Hartmann

Terje Heskestad

Tim Hirsch

Leon Hong Li

Jan Huys

Sandeep Jaiswal

​Esa Kärkäs

Dinesh Kanabar

Itamar Karpovsky

Alfred Khalastchy

Chris King

Vince King

Keith Klugman

Tom Komnaes

Yamil Kouri

Pavol Lazar

Jan-Olof Ljungh

David Lu

Rafael Maccarón

Thomas Madl

Simon Martin-Redman

Patrick Maselis

Frantz-Caspar Moldenhauer

Vittorio Morani

Bernardo Naddei

Shiv Nair

Yigal Nathaniel

Philip Neyt

Kai Nieminen

Guido Morolli

Göran Persson

Federico Pincione

Jean-Claude Porignon

Ake Rietz

Omar J. Rodriguez

Daniel Ryterband

Wade Saadi

Hany Salam

Mark Schwartz

Claire Scott

Charles Shreve

Santpal Sinchawla

Jacques Stes

Olivier D. Stocker

Douglas Storckenfeldt

Angelo Teruzzi

Jean-Jacques Tillard

Scott Trepel

Enrique Trigueros

Jean Voruz

Benny Winther

Frank Yao

Takashi Yoshida

Angelo Zanaria

Mario Zanaria

Stamps and Postal History of the Far East

This year's thematic exhibition has covered one of the most exciting areas of world philately: the Stamps and Postal History of the Far East, excluding the Indian Subcontinent and Mainland China. Overseen by our Commissaire d'Exposition, former President of the Royal Philatelic Society Peter Cockburn FRPSL, the exhibition contains a spectacular selection of material from this vibrant area, ranging across the geographical and thematic varieties of the region.

 

In line with His Serene Highness Prince Albert II's ambition to draw closer links between the numismatic and philatelic collections of the Principality, this exhibition also hosts a small selection of banknotes of the Far East, introducing the attendees MonacoPhil to an area of numismatics in which they will find much common ground with their philatelic pursuits.

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This year's exhibition book, authored by Jeremy Dickson FRPSL, is an in-depth study into the Queen's Head Issues of Labuan, which will serve as the standard scholarly reference in the field for years to come. In keeping with the theme of the publication, we are once more honoured and extremely grateful to include a frame of Labuan from the Royal Collection of His Majesty King Charles III, which leads the exhibition. 

The Royal Philatelic Collection of His Majesty King Charles III

The Labuan Surcharges: 1880-1892

Luis Barreiros FRPSL and Eduardo Barreiros FRPSL

The Postal History of Macao

Semyon Brayman 

Maritime Postal History of the Russian Empire in the Far East

Vikramm Chand

The Meiji-Ishin Collection of Hand-Engraved Stamps Sheets of Japan, from 1871 to 1876

Dr Andrew Cheung FRPSL, AIEP

British Treaty Post Offices in China

Postal History of the French Post Offices in China

Dr Prakob Chirakiti

Siam: The Development of Early Post Offices 

Dr Eu Tiong Chua

Airmails from, through and to the Straits Settlements and Malaya, 1911-1942

Peter Cockburn MA., FRPSL.

North Borneo

Revenues of North Borneo

Picture Post Cards of North Borneo

Antonio Cuesta

Philippines 1776-1879: pre-U.P.U. era

Ding Jinsong

The 1897 Red Revenue Surcharges of China

David Feldman

The Emerald Collection: Imperforate Classics in Green

Ian Gibson-Smith

Treaty Port "China" Overprints

Tom Gosse

Japanese Occupation of South-east Asia During WWII

Keiko Nishio

The 1871 Inverted 500 Mon of Japan

Kim Young Kil FRPSL

Postal History of Great Josun and Imperial Daehan

Bryant E. Korn

Indonesian Postal History on Java, 1945 to 1949

William Kwan

Hong Kong Archival Material

Anthony Hon-Man Lee

The Early Banknotes of Hong Kong

Simon Martin-Redman FRPSL

Sarawak - the First Forty Years, 1858-1898

Patrick Maselis

The Tientsin Concession

Michel Muszynski

Banque de L'Indochine

Ambassador Shivshankar Nair
GCEG. OV. FRPSL.

Archival Material of Sarawak

Yigal Nathaniel

Japan: Etched Stamps, 1872-1876

Vincent Ong

Development of Mail in the Cocos Islands, 1903-1955

Kumala Indera Claire Scott FRPSL

a Journey through Brunei's Postal Services, 1895-1984

Santpal Sinchawla

Postal History of Classic Burma

Takashi Yoshida

Japan 1855 to GPU

Tan Ah Ee

Straits Settlements Stamp Issues of Queen Victoria, 1867-1899

Richard Tan

"East India" De La Rue Stamps Used in Singapore

Richard Wheatley FRPSL, FSPH

Netherlands East Indies Mail 1789-1877 (GPU)

Paul Wijnants

Overweight Mail in pre-GPU Times (1738-1876)

Danny Wong

The Postal History of Tibet

Frames of the Members of the Club de Monte-Carlo

Alongside the main exhibitions at MonacoPhil 2024, we are delighted to be displaying contributions from members of the Club de Monte-Carlo, who are exhibiting some of their favourite pieces outside of the scope of the Rarities and Far East exhibitions. Our sincere thanks go to these members for contributing to the philatelic material on show at MonacoPhil, as well as providing greatly-welcomed financial support to the Club. Special thanks goes to Dr Paolo Bianchi, Maurice Hadida and Giacomo Bottacchi for their hard work in gathering exhibitors and organising this miniature exhibition of Club members. A list of exhibitors and their themes can be found below:

Dr Paolo Bianchi

​3 Frames:

  • Etat Independent du Congo - Première Emission sur lettre

  • British Somaliland. Forerunners

  • Timbres type Aigle utilisés en Assinie et au Gabon.  

Luis Frazao

​1 Frame:

  • Cabo Verde : lettres de la première émission au type Couronne                                                                                   

Giacomo Bottacchi

​3 Frames:

  • Lake Maggiore: Early lake mail ambulant post offices - cancelations and usages                   

  • Kingdom of Sardinia & Italy: Domestic registered letters 1851-1863.                                 

  • Kingdom of Sardinia: Forerunners - The postage due labels Mod.200bis                            

Adriano Bergamini

​3 Frames:

  • Switzerland: Classic letters from the Canton Tessin

  • Austria: Classic issues

  • Hungary: Classic issues

Angelo Teruzzi

​3 Frames:

  • Etat Independent du Congo - Première Emission sur lettre

  • British Somaliland. Forerunners

  • Timbres type Aigle utilisés en Assinie et au Gabon.  

Dr Guido Morolli

​1 Frame:

  • Romagne 1859: Letters to foreign destinations                                                                      

Guido
Craveri

​3 Frames

  • Principalty of Bulgaria - Ist & IId issue

  • Varna - The French Post Office

  • Mexico 1867/68 - Guadalajara provisional issues

Olivier D. Stocker

​1 Frame:

  • La Réunion                                                                                                  

Freddy Khalastchy

​1 Frame:

  • Iraq and Baghdad Occupation Stamps                                                                                                  

Vitorrio Morani

​1 Frame:

  • Tuscany and the Far East                                                                           

Prof. Akthem Al-Manaseer

​1 Frame:

  • Rarities of Transjordan

Alberto Barcella

​1 Frame:

  • The Austrian Consular Post Office in Belgrade 1841-1869                    

Maurice Hadida

​1 Frame:

  • Morocco Postal History Selection

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