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Postal History
Philapedia.com Postal History Encyclopedia & Catalog, is a multilingual, web-based, FREE-content project for postal history collectors.
Philapedia project provides historical, philatelic, price valuation and other philatelic information regarding postal history items from all over the world.
You can view the items by using the search or by category using the tree below.
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PhilaPedia at 'MonacoPhil 2011' Exhibition
Philapedia project presentation at "MonacoPhil 2011 - The Club de Monte-Carlo", will take place on Saturday December 3rd at 15:30 in Hotel Columbus.
We would be very happy to meet postal historian visiting the exhibition.
Please email me at Moti
PhilaPedia Video
Philapedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project for postal history collectors. Following is a short video explaining how to use the site
PhilaPedia Video On Youtube.com
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Data entry to Philapedia site.
We are posting items sold in auctions in the site.
To improve search possibility items are listed by country and town they were sent from, destination and date.
If you are interested to help please contact us at Moti
Introduction Postal History
Postal History is the study of the development of postal services by national government and/or privet entities.
Postal History tells the story of how mail has been handled, who has handled it, and why. In postal history, research is necessary to interpret a cover and its postal markings. In so doing one comes face to face with the history and the personalities of a particular event, place or postal service.
The study of material carried by, and related to, official, local or private mails. It illustrates routes, rates, markings, usages and other postal aspects, services, functions and activities related to the history of the development of Postal Services.
Postmark collections - also called 'marcophily' - demonstrate classifications and/or studies of postal markings related to official, local or private mails on covers and other postal items.
To learn more about Postal History click here.
About the Site
Philapedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project for postal history collectors. The name PhilaPedia is a portmanteau of two words "Philatelic and Encyclopedia".
Philapedia project provides historical, philatelic, price valuation and other philatelic information regarding postal history items from all over the world.
The most important objective of this project is to introduce this hobby to new collectors. As one philatelist told me in this year's London 2010 World Exhibition, “since the young generation will inherit our collections, we must make sure they inherit our knowledge as well….”.
The official launching took place during London 2010 Festival of stamps world exhibition, and received positive responses from collectors, dealers and auctioneers present.
Philapedia is supported by the FIP Commission for Postal History as well as specialist Postal History Societies and work groups.
Background
As a collector of “Postal History” I have always been looking for a central source to find historical, philatelic and valuation information regarding an item, relying on numerous philatelic literatures, auction catalogs and becoming familiar with relevant collection to gather information about an item.
The traditional stamp collector can easily find information regarding a stamp via large number of general and specialized “Stamp Catalogs” that are published in Great Britain, USA, Germany and many other publications from around the globe.
The advanced postal history collector has gained his information throughout the years of collecting stamps; however, to the beginner and upcoming collector it is a difficult task. One needs access to philatelic centers in major cities in order to find the information he is seeking.
Philapedia.com project was created to become a world center for “Postal History”, where collectors can acquire information and add philatelic items and data, criticize and evaluate it.
How did we come about to develop Philapedia site
The idea evolved from my needs as a postal history collector spending a great deal of time and effort looking for information about various items in my collection; hence, as the old English proverb goes: "Necessity is the mother of invention".
Through my experience of operating www.Stampcircuit.com site, I have become aware that the solution lies in the internet and with the media/pedia technology. This open source technology is the basis for the wikipedia.com web site, the largest encyclopedia to date.
Conclusion
As an active participant in organized philately on national and international levels I know that one of our most important tasks is to introduce our hobby to new collectors. Today, the main source of information for the young generation is through the internet, and unless we bring philatelic data to the internet we will lose that public.
The cooperation we received from the FIP postal history commission, other postal Societies and the many auctioneers working with us at stampcircuit, reinforces the feeling that this project is much needed.
We are sure that with all of us behind this project, philately in general and postal history in particular, will become more relevant than ever.
