Membre Corr. Etranger                  07.10.2017

Collections

• Postal history of Geneva and Switzerland (19th century)

Distinctions

• Lee Medal of the Royal Philatelic Society London
• Medal of Honour of the Kimmel Foundation for Postal History
• Award of Merit of the Collectors Club New York

Expositions

Geneva from the Cantonal to the Federal Post 1839-1862:

• FIP Grand Prix International PHILAKOREA 2014
• FIP GPH Candidate Championship BRASILIA 2017, ISRAEL 2018, THAILAND 2018 and CHINA 2019
• FEPA Grand Prix Championship FINLANDIA 2017
• GP National Candidate NABA Lugano 2018
• Golden Posthorn Sindelfingen 2010

Swiss Postal Services Development 1862-1900:

• FIP GPI Candidate BRASILIA 2017
• Qualification for Championship Class

Publications

Various articles on Swiss postal history – including the advent of the Swiss Franc and the birth of the Red Cross – in the main national and international philatelic publications.

Catalogue of the Postmarks and Cancellations on mail to and from Geneva 1839-1907 to be published in a near future.

Membre Académies Etrangères et/ou Soc. Savantes

• AEP
• Club de Monte Carlo
• FRPSL
• AIJP
• Collectors Club New York
• Academie de Philatelie (France), corresp. member
• Russian National Academy of Philately, honorary member
• Grand Prix Club

Fonctions philatéliques

• President of the AEP (European Academy of Philately)
• President of the Consilium Philateliae Helveticae (Swiss Academy)
• Secretary General of the Club de Monte Carlo
• Vice President of the Cercle d’Etude Philatelique du Leman (Switzerland)