STONE Harlan F.

Corresponding Member
New York (USA)

Mitgliedschaft / Membre de / Membership

American Helvetia Philatelic Society, Schweiz. Vereinigung für Postgeschichte, Schweiz. Ganzsachensammler Verein, American Philatelic Society (life member), Collectors Club New York

Philatelistische Funktionen / Responsabilités philatéliques / Philatelic Duties

President, American Helvetia Philatelic Society, 1981-1982, 2007-2010

Editor, Postal History Journal (U.S.A.), 1989-1999

Council of Philatelists, National Postal Museum, Washington, 2005-2006

Director of Education, Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1990-1993

General Commissioner, PhiLITex 1992, world’s largest literature exhibition (605 exhibits)

Fachbereiche / Spécialités / Expertise Domains

Switzerland: Perforated Sitting Helvetias; Postal Envelopes; Postage Due Charges

Publikationen / Publications

- Switzerland: A Panorama of Its Stamps (2011 DVD)

- Switzerland’s 13 Types of Postal Stationery (2011 DVD)

- Postal Stationery (U.S. journal), seven articles on Swiss postal stationery, 2007-2008

- Numerous articles on Swiss subjects in American, British and Swiss publications, 1969-2012

Vorträge / Conférences / Presentations

Six presentations on Swiss subjects at The Collectors Club New York

Two presentations on Swiss subjects at the Society of Postal Historians (Great Britain)

Erhaltene Auszeichnungen / Distinctions philatéliques / Philatelic Awards

- FIP large gold medal, Perforated Sitting Helvetias, TOKYO 2001 and HAFNIA 2001

- FIP gold medal, Swiss domestic postage due charges, ESPAÑA 2000

- FIP gold medal, Swiss postal envelopes, BANGKOK 2003 and PHILANIPPON 2011

- American Philatelic Society single-frame Champion of Champions winner, 2002

- American Philatelic Society multi-frame Champion of Champions winner, 2005

- Winner of Swiss Team ("American Helvetia") Championship, NABA BADEN, 2006

- 11 multi-frame and 10 single-frame grand awards at U.S. national-level exhibitions, 1979-2010

- American Philatelic Society’s Luft Award for distinguished philatelic research, 2006

- The Collectors Club’s Lichtenstein Award for lifetime philatelic achievements, 2009

- Golden Dove Award of Schweizerische Briefmarken-Handler-Verband for promoting philately of Switzerland in the United States, 2009

Schprachkenntnisse / Langues pratiquées / Languages

E, F