 | The British Empire Study Group invites you to a candid discussion with Hugh Jefferies, the editor of the Stanley Gibbons Catalogues. After our last talk with Hugh, we were swamped with requests to have Steve and Hugh return to explore other areas and stories from his 48-year history with Stanley Gibbons. We are delighted that he agreed to return. Steven Zirinsky brings his own unique experience with discovering and listing new finds to probe Hugh’s vast knowledge, entertaining and educating all of us.
Hugh Jefferies & Steven Zirinsky will take questions during the conversation, and after the formal talk, the doors will open to allow you to ask Hugh or Steve your questions directly. This a great opportunity for collectors to speak directly with a catalogue editor. Please join BESG member Steven Zirinsky and Hugh Jefferies, editor of the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, the premier catalogue for Great Britain, for a conversation about the catalogue, the role of the catalogue in the hobby, and Hugh’s unique perspective on the future of our hobby. Hugh speaks to our group as a friend and not as a representative of his employer |  Convert the Time to your Time Zone | Thursday,March 30th 6:00 PM - 07:00 PM (ET - NY) (10pm GMT) followed by an open Social By registering you will receive a Zoom link and you can add the program to your calendar. - If you can not attend - that is fine - you will receive information about the recording. | This is a Free Webinar open to anyone who would like to attend. Please share. All of our programs offer optional computer-aided close captioning for those who prefer to watch programs with captioning. Now available Captioning Language Translation we now provide closed captions in many languages. The presenter will speak in English and your closed captions will translate his talk to (Chinese (simple), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian or Ukrainian) | “Anthony Hugh Mostyn Jefferies was born in Berlin in May 1948. Hugh joined Stanley Gibbons in 1975, and in 1988 became editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly. In 2003 he became the editor of the Stanley Gibbons catalogue on the retirement of David Aggersberg. He has since retired as editor of the magazine but continues as editor of the catalogue. He was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2015 for services to philately.
Jefferies is a trustee of the Bath Postal Museum,[5] a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and a member of the Ferndown & West Moors Philatelic & Postcard Club.” From Wikipedia | Steven Zirinsky has been involved in philately ever since the day his father dumped 10000 stamps in his lap and said, "Sort these!" when he was 10 years old.
He is now 63 and a full-time architect with his own practice, working and living in New York City with his wife Paula, son Ethan and Buddy the dog.
Steve is a member of 20+ societies, and has focused on recent commercial mail usages from smaller islands- in the Pacific and in the Atlantic. This evolved into understanding local overprints. He has been a member of Pacific Island Study Group for 30 years, and has been secretary of the Fellowship of Samoan Specialists for the last 20 years at the behest of the late Howard Lee, President of the Society of Australasian Specialists/ Oceania for 10 years (or more), and a director of the British Caribbean Study Group for the last couple of years.
Steve also is a part-time stamp dealer- and his wares can be found on www.zirinskystamps.com. The emphasis is on the unusual- recent commercial mail and revenues are the norm. He also maintains a monthly newsletter of special offerings He can also be contacted directly at szirinsky@cs.com. | This is a Free Online Webinar Open to anyone who would like to attend - so please share this email. Membership in the British Empire Study Group is Free but never required. For more information on who we are go to https://bestudygroup.org | To learn more about the event visit our Facebook page. To register for the event, please select the "Register Now" button above | Click on the link or visit our website, BEStudyGroup.org to register for any of these free programs. | | |
