VORUZ Jean

Membre actif
Ex-President
Lutry (VD)

Mitgliedschaft / Membre de

Royal Philatelic Society London (FRPSL), European Academy of Philately, Club de Monte-Carlo, Grand Prix Club, Collectors Club New York, Académie royale de Philatélie de Belgique (corresp.); Académie de Philatélie France (corresp.), Society of Postal Historians (SPH), Berliner Philatelisten-Klub von 1888 e.V.

Philatelistische Funktionen / Responsabilités philatéliques

- Past President of the European Academy of Philately;
- Secretary General of the Club de Monte-Carlo;
- Former Delegate Suisse romande of the Swiss Society of Postal History;

- Vice-president of Cercle d'étude philatélique du Léman.

Fachbereiche / Spécialités 

- Swiss and Geneva Postal History mainly along the 19^th century;

- Historic artefact collecting relating to postal history research.

Publikationen / Publications

- Articles in misc. philatelic publications on the relating subjects.

- In progress: Geneva Postal History since the French currency (1839) until 1907 (2^nd conv. UPU).

Vorträge / Conférences et présentations

- Postal History presentations, lectures and seminars in misc. philatelic societies and organisations throughout the world;

- Club de Monte-Carlo / Grand Prix Club: exhibits of international rarities.

Erhaltene Auszeichnungen / Distinctions philatéliques

- Lee Medal 2017 of the RPSL (Best Paper 5pm).
- Honorary Award 2018 of the Kimmel Postal History Foundation.

- Honorary member of the Russian National Academy of Philately.
- Exhibit "Geneva from the Cantonal to the Federal Post 1839-1862": FIP Grand Prix International PHILAKOREA 2014; FEPA Grand Prix FINLANDIA 2017; Gold. Posthorn SINDELFINGEN 2010; FIP Championship candidate GPH BRASILIA 2017 + THAILAND 2018 + CHINA 2019; FIP WSC candidate ISRAEL 2018; 98 pts at Stockholmia 2019.

- Exhibit "Swiss Postal Services Development 1862-1900": FIP candidate GPI BRASILIA 2017; 97 pts at FIP THAILAND 2018.

- Exhibit "The Red Cross Mail in Geneva during the 1^st Convention 1864-1906": Award of Merit 2020 at the One Frame Exhibition of the Collectors Club New York; 2nd runner-up of the GP Europhil-SPM 2023.

Schprachkenntnisse / Langues pratiquées

F, D, E