Philatelic International

Philatelic International
(Filintern)
AbbreviationFilintern
Formation22 June 1924; 102 years ago (1924-06-22)
Founded atMoscow, USSR
Dissolved1940s
TypeNGO
Legal statusinternational association
LocationMoscow, USSR
Coordinates55°45′N 37°37′E / 55.750°N 37.617°E / 55.750; 37.617
Region served
world
Members102 members (1924)
Official language
Esperanto, English, French, German
Editor
Leongard Eichfuss
Publication
Radio de Filintern
Remarksprivate persons

Philatelic International (Filintern) was an international philatelic society of collector-workers. It was founded and based in the Soviet Union in the 1920s to 1940s.

History

The creation of the Filintern was set up at a conference in Moscow in 22 to 30 June 1924. Its formation was greeted by all branches of the All-Russian Society of Philatelists and at the same time by the Soviet Esperantists. At the conference opening, Feodor Chuchin, the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily, declared:

Within the Filintern and through it we will not only adhere to all the rules of international philatelic ethics but also watch to make sure others uphold them.

— from Sovetskii Filatelist, June 1924, No. 7 (23).

A program for the Filintern's central organ was developed that included:

Filintern facilitates the goals of philatelists, scripophilists and Esperantists. Within Filintern, they could:

Using philately, scripophily and Esperanto, the Soviet authorities also hoped for promoting communist propaganda among the foreign proletariat. Filintern received a further boost from the SAT (Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda) Congress of 1926.

1928 Esperanto cover sent from Filintern in Moscow to Mr. J. Bantle in Basel

The Philatelic International's organ was the journal Esperanto: Radio de Filintern. It was an insert included in the monthly magazine Soviet Philatelist or Soviet Collector. Its Editor was a prominent Russian philatelist L. K. Eichfuss. The first issue of the journal appeared in January 1925.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Филателистический интернационал (Filatelisticheskii international), brief name being Russian: Филинтерн (Filintern). This was similar to Comintern (Communist International) and Profintern (Red International of Labor Unions).
  2. ↑ Central organ of the Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily and the All-Russian Society of Philatelists (Soviet Philatelist).
  3. ↑ Collectors of paper money, and stock and bond certificates.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Polchaninov, R.; Translated by G. Shalimoff and D. Skipton (1986). "From the history of philately in the USSR". Rossica. 108–109: 46–52. ISSN 0035-8363. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-15. Reprinted from 'Novoye Russkoye Slovo', New York, 27 July 1986, in the column 'Collector's Corner'.
  2. 1 2 3 Klein, J. J. (June 1997). "A Filintern cover sent to Montreal" (PDF). Ямщик [Yamshcik = Post-Rider]. 40. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Society of Russian Philately: 3–5. Bibliographic ID: UF00076781 (University of Florida). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-14.

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