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BICYCLE EXHIBITS ON THE WEB
Exhibiting in philately requires considerable effort, but for those able to participate or attend provides a great opportunity to extend their knowledge of chosen topics. Now thanks to the internet this opportunity is avaible to everyone in the comfort and convenience of their home.
There are several websites devoted to thematic philately, including those on cycling/bicycle exhibits listed here, most of them by Bicycle Stamps Club members with a reputation in the philatelic world. Thanks to them for sharing their efforts with us
Payanotis D. Cangelaris - The Mafeking Blues 1900
Richard Frajola - The Fresno and San Francisco Bicycle Mail of 1894
Mike Farrell - The Fresno and San Francisco Bicycle Mail of 1894
Pasquale Polo - Two wheels is life
This exhibit was published as a booklet by UICOS -> follow this link
Armin Rühl - Die Tour de France
Vojtech Jankovic - Worlds of Pedals
ex-René Geslin - Cycling As a Sport
Raymond V. See - De la Draisienne à Nos Jours
Pasquale Polo - Attraverso “I colori dell’iride
ex-Inge Johansen - The Story of the non-polluting two wheeler (2017)
Brian Sole - Go by Bicycle (part #1) (part #2) (part #3) (part #4) (part #5) (part #6) (part #7) (part #8)
Eduardo Scardino - El Cartero en bicicleta (Postman on bicycle)
Jordi Quintana - The Two-Wheeled (R)Evolution: a Bicycle Tale (IBRA2023)
Jordi Quintana - Cycling: The Epic of Sport (VirtTemFil2020)
Jordi Quintana - The Peace Race (2018)
Jordi Quintana - Un Tomb en Bicicleta (2009)
Is your exhibit here? - Would you share it with others? - Use the contact form
CYCLOPHILATELIC ARTICLES ON THE WEB
Some articles on the internet are in depth studies about some aspects of cyclophilately. Also there are several cycling/bicycle exhibits available in these sites. Most of them are related to Bicycle Stamps Club members. Thanks for sharing them with the community. Enjoy them.
Raymond V. See was one of us until his death on June 2012. He was very active on social networks. He promoted a first yahoo newsgroup until yahoo ceased his activity. Then he promoted the Facebook group. There he posted with keenness.
Raymond V. See contributions on the FB group
Payanotis D. Cangelaris - The Mafeking Blues 1900
Marina Poncioni - The Postage Stamps From The Siege of Mafeking
Coolgardie Cycle Express: Local Posts Eastern Goldfields 1894-7
Ingenuity, Murder, Fraud and Fixies (San Francisco in 1894)
This rogue bicycle pony express delivered mail in 1894
Several articles about Mafeking Siege at Scouts South Africa website
Some notes about australian local parcel carriers, including coolgardie and Lake Lefroy Goldfield cycle post services
Norway: A philatelic raririty
Peter Valdner - Timaru - bicycle post
Pieter Reijbroek - Perfins and bicycles
Uwe Wiedemann - Tandem cyclophilately
Arnoldt Rehm website - Several cyclophilatelic articles
Some examples:
- Norwegian WW II “Søknad” Postal Stationery - Application card for rationing
- Postal Stationery – Czech and Slovak Republic
- What is a "BICYCLE STAMP"?
- What is a "BICYCLE MAIL"?
- Barcelona Postal Express – Ladies of Barcelona
Jordi Quintana - La bicicleta cumple 200 años (The bicycle is 200 years old) (published in El Eco Filatélico y Numismático)
Jordi Quintana - 200 anys en bicicleta (200 years over the bicycle) (published in FINUSGAB journal)
Pasquale Polo - C'era una volta... la bicicletta (Once upon a time ... the bicycle)
Pasquale Polo - Trieste - lo sport durante l’occupazione militare alleata (Trieste, sport during the Allied military occupation)
Pasquale Polo - Il Tour de Trump – Du Pont (the Tour of Trump-DuPont)
Ken Lewis - On your bike! (Australian Bicycle Couriers 1894-97) (Go to page 22)
Von Uli Feick on Der Knochenschüttler (1/2013) - Fahrräder auf Briefmarken (Bicycles on Stamps) (Go to page 19)
Vojtech Jankovič - An unexpectedly rich cycling year 2016 in Slovak philately.
Vojtech Jankovič - Sports and Olympic Games - Triathlon.
Internet forum about Coolgardie Cycle Express on www.stampboards.com.
Doping fight becomes a philatelic topic on www.sportbriefmarken.wordpress.com.
Jordi Quintana - Aristocracia Filatélica y Economía Temática (comments about some cyclophilatelic items' auctions and large prices).
Francisco Piniella - El correo privado en las colecciones temáticas (3ª parte) - correos privados catalanes (Catalan private posts, Barcelona Postal Express among them).
wmsenkus@sbcglobal.net - Mysterious Bicycle Stamp. What is it? How many varieties are there?. - http://alphabetilately.org
Sebastià Torrell - Rodillos de Poca Difusión. Marcofília de La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Postmarks and Cancels of La Vuelta of Spain) - Afinet (Philatelic Digital Magazine) (Page 60).
www.groszy.pl - Specialised website devoted to Poland Groszy overprints.
Delcampe Magazine - La Poste Pneumatique (Part #1). (Part #2). (Part #3).
Delcampe Magazine - French Bicycle Tax Stamps (pages 40-51).
Delcampe Magazine - Leonardo da Vinci (pages 10-17).
Delcampe Magazine - Le Tour de France en philathelie
www.pennypost.org - Concord Bicycle Co.
www.pennypost.org - Bicycle Mail Route Fresno-San Francisco.
Vojtech Jankovic in www.postoveznamky.sk - VI Peace Race 1953 .
Vojtech Jankovic in www.postoveznamky.sk - Peace Race .
CYCLOPHILATELIC WEBSITES
Arnoldt Rehm is a BSC member who devoted his website to Cyclophilately.
Articles, catalogs, bibliography and more can be found in his website
An unofficial Bicycle Stamps Club Facebook group was created by Raymond V. See.
It's a place of direct contact among BSC members where they may share everything related to our hobby.
(Because it's a closed group, first you need to join Facebook and then request group membership. You will need to await the group administrators' approval)
Veloce - Le vélo à travers le timbre
Veloce is the first website devoted to cyclophilately. Not updated, it remains there as an example how internet can help to promote our hobby
PROMOTING CYCLOPHILATELY
Interview to Brian Sole (pages 33-34)
Interview to Piet Hein Hilarides - Passion, cyclisme et Philatelie avec Piet Hein Hilarides
Interview to Vojto Jankovic
Interview to Vojto Jankovic (2)
Pasquale Polo - A Bicicleta na visao filatélica do italiano Pasquale Polo
Hommage to René Geslin
Pasquale Polo, il migliore a Colonia
Hommage to René Geslin (2)
Cycling as a Sport Collection Wins Gold in Beijing - Li Jingbo's collection
Cycling as a Sport Collection Wins Gold in Beijing - Li Jingbo's collection (2)
Rétro : Cyclisme et philatélie - Fabien Charrel
Claude Alain Sintes - Des vélos sur les timbres poste français
Claude Alain Sintes - Vélo et Philatelie
Timbres Mag - Le Cyclisme
Thomas Musch - Die schönsten Radsport-Briefmarken
Edward du Muench - Bicycle Stamps (powerpoint presentation)
Phil-Ouest - La petite reine des timbrés : le vélocipède
Jordi Quintana on the Oficial Catalog of the Exposition of National Spanish Olympic and Sportive Philathely (Tordera 2018) - Cyclophilathely, the Thematic of Cyclism Sport (see last pages)
- La Lupa - Thematic Blog of reference in Spain/South America
- UICOS Unione Italiana Collezionisti Olimpici e Sportivi - Sport Thematic exhibits
- EXPONET - Virtual International Philatelic Exhibition - Thematic exhibits
- American Philatelic Society - Topical/Thematic Online Exhibits
- America Topical Association
- CIFT - Centro Italiano Filatelia Tematica
- Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V. - Topical Exhibits (in german)
- FIP Commission for Thematic Philately - Exemplary Exhibits
- American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors.
- American Topical Association.
- De Danske Motivsamlere (Danish Topical collectors) (DDM)
- Société Suisse de Philatélie Thématique
- Them Com Belgium
- John Hayward - Thematic Philately.
- www.ukphilately.org.uk - What is Thematic Collecting?.
- Stephen Luster / Dr. Ing. Giancarlo Morolli - Introduction to Thematic Philately.
- Svend - What is Thematic Philately?.
- Jordi Quintana - La filatèlia temàtica - Una altra manera d'estimar la Filatèlia (Thematic Philately - another way to love Philately).
- Tom Fortunato - Welcome to The World of Stamp Exhibiting!.
- Tom Fortunato - An Introduction to Thematic Exhibiting .
- Francisco Piniella - ¡Quiero hacer una colección temática! ¿qué puedo hacer? (I want to do a thematic exhibit! What Can I do?).
- The Hong Kong Philatelic Society - Exhibiting for Beginners.
- Joan Bleakley - Philatelic elements for thematic exhibits.
- J.A. Gándara - El montaje de la colección: el tamaño de las hojas (the assembly of your exhibit: the size of the sheets).
- American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, Inc. - How to Build a Philatelic Exhibit.
- Francisco Piniella - 5 consejos básicos para nuestra primera exhibición (5 basic advices to start our first exhibit).
- Mario Ramírez - Espacio: para que tu colección pueda “respirar” (Space: so that your exhibit can breathe).
- J.A. Gándara - Borderline (material límite).
- Yannick Delaey - Una mejor forma de aprovechar espacios: el A3+ (A best way to take profit of the space: A3+).
- Mario Ramírez - Limpio, claro y sin dudas (Clean, clear and without doubts).
- Dan N. Dobrescu - Manualul Expozantului Tematician.
- Joan Bleakley - Philatelic elements for thematic exhibits.
- Hector A. Di Lalla - Elementos que componen una colección temática (Materials of a thematic exhibit).
- Tono D, Putranto - Thematic Philately Seminar China 2019.
- Bernard Jimenez - Thematic Philately Seminar Jerusalem 2018.
- Thematic Development - Damian Läge.
- Thematic Development - Peter Dunai.
- Thematic Development - Alfred Schmidt.
- Evaluation of Thematic Development.
- The new thematic SREV: Innovation - Joachim Mass.
- The FOURNIER Archive - Damian Läge.
- Budapest 2013 FEPA Thematic Jury Seminar - Peter Suhadolc.
- Taipei 2016 FIP Seminar - Peter Suhadolc.
- Zaragoza 2016 EXFILA Seminar - José Ramón Moreno (Spanish).
- Francisco Piniella - Como mejorar la coleccion tematica-1: el guión (How to improve your exhibit-1: The summary).
- Francisco Piniella - Como mejorar la coleccion tematica-2: la presentación (How to improve your exhibit-2: The presentation).
- Francisco Piniella - Como mejorar la coleccion tematica-3: el material (How to improve your exhibit-3: The material).
- Francisco Piniella - Como mejorar la coleccion tematica-4: conocimientos postales (How to improve your exhibit-4: postal knowledge).
- Francisco Piniella - Como mejorar la coleccion tematica-5: conocimientos temáticos (How to improve your exhibit-5: thematic knowledge).
- Francisco Piniella - Rareza, un concepto relativamente raro... (about rarity).
- Estanislao Pan de Alfaro - La condicion de las piezas filatélicas en las colecciones (The condition of philatelic metrial).
- J.A. Gándara - La investigación temática (The thematic research).
- Francisco Piniella - El "material" producido en la elaboración del "material" (1/2) (About proofs/production in stamps drawing).
- Francisco Piniella - El "material" producido en la elaboración del "material" (2/2) (About proofs/production in stamps drawing).
- José Ivars Ivars - Aspectos temáticos de los Franqueos Mecánicos (Thematic aspects of franking machines).
- José Ivars Ivars - La doble estampación en los franqueos mecánicos (double cancellation with franking machines).
- José Ivars Ivars - Las marcas manuscritas en temática y su importancia (Importance of hand writing postal marks).
- J.A. Gándara - Pruebas y Ensayos: Una aproximación didáctica (Proofs and essays: an approximation).
- Mario Ramírez - La “mejor pieza” de mi colección (The best item of my exhibit on the first page).
- Mario Ramírez - Colección temática de competencia versus colección temática personal (exhibiting versus collecting).
- Giancarlo Morolli - Autoevaluación de las colecciones: título y plan (self-judging your exhibit: Title & plan).
- J.A. Gándara - El montaje de la colección: el tamaño de las hojas (The size of pages).
- F. Aranaz - Como se juzga una colección filatélica (How to judge an exhibit).
- José Ramon Moreno - Seminario Temático FIP en Exfilna 2016: Cómo mejorar la evaluación de nuestras colecciones (F.I.P. Thematic seminar: How to improve the evaluation of my exhibit).
- Peter Suhadolc - Thematic F.I.P. Seminar Taipei 2016. How to prepare a thematic philately exhibit: Some guidelines.
- Peter Suhadolc - Materials in thematic exhibits, its rarity and condition.
- Tono Dwi Putranto - Metrial in a thematic philately exhibit: Some guidelines.
- Bernard Jimenez - Como mejorar un exhibit: La importancia del material (How to improve an exhibit: the importance of metrial).
- Omar Carrillo - El desafío de 1 marco (1 frame exhibits).
- Francisco Piniella - Como mejorar una colección temática (How to improve a thematic exhibit).
- Damian Läge - Elementos filatélicos esenciales en una colección temática (Essential philatelic elements in a thematic collection).
- Damian Läge - Exhibiting thematic philately: Where we do stand today?.
- Francisco Piniella - Construyendo una Colección Temática (building a thematic exhibit).
- Francisco Piniella - Construyendo una colección temática (building a philatelic exhibit).
- J.R Moreno - La evaluación de una colección temática (The evaluation of a thematic exhibit).
- Josef Charrach - Thematic Exhibiting and Philatelic Studies.
- John Hayward - Thematic Exhibiting.
- Eileen Meier - Topical Exhibiting & Judging One Frame Exhibits.
- (see pag 18) Yukio Onuma - My strategy for thematic exhibiting (to Large Gold)
- Raudel Busto Galup - El uso de los BLP en las colecciones temáticas (the use of BLP on thematic exhibits).
- Raudel Busto Galup - La utilización toponímica de las marcas postales (the use of postal marks with names of places).
- Raudel Busto Galup - Las imágenes secundarias o parciales en la Filatelia Temática (The use of marginal images of topical items).
- Raudel Busto Galup - Los sellos personalizados en las colecciones temáticas (the use of personalized stamps).
- Miguel García-Lescano - Caminando por la cornisa (border line material).
- Miguel García-Lescano - La innovación en las colecciones temáticas (innovation in thematic exhibits).
- Jonas Hällström - El tamaño de las láminas en las exposiciones competitivas (The size of exhibiting sheets).
- Roberto Cravero - Elementos filatélicos complejos (2): las Filigranas (Talking about the thematic use of watermarks).
- Ángel Iglesias Vidal - Competir es progresar (To compete is to improve).
- Luiz Paulo Rodrigues Cunha - El uso de enteros postales en las participaciones temáticas (the use of postal stationeries in thematix exhibits).
- Carlos Capúcio - ¿Por qué ellos tienen FIP Oro? (Why they have gold award?) (Lecture in portuguese on youtube).
- Jorge Mavilla - Los textos en una colección temática (the text in an exhibit).
- J. González-Herrera - Consideraciones acerca de las cartas con marca de "Franqueo Pagado" (comments about Pre-paid post).
- Francisco Piniella - ¡A ver si nos aclaramos... con los Franqueos Pagados! (more comments about Pre-paid post).
- Estanislao Pan de Alfaro - "Les Prêts-à-poster"... los sobres prestos para el Correo (... about the Les Prêts-à-poster and his philatelic use).
- José Ivars Ivars - PUBLIBEL los enteros postales belgas con publicidad privada (... about PUBLIBEL and how it worked and his philatelic use).
- J.A. Gándara - Enteros postales... ¿en ventana? (windowing the postal stationeris in our exhibit).
- Michel Meuwis - El buen uso en temática de las maquetas (stamp design process and production and his philatelic use).
- Paco Piniella - "Hacerse mayor", o pasar de A4 a A3 (A3 page size versus A4).
- Raudel Busto - El desarrollo, ¿cómo lograr mayor profundidad? (developing the plan).
- Luiz Paulo Rodrigues Cunha - La importancia de las hojas introductorias, o del plan (The importance of the first page).
- Luiz Paulo Rodrigues Cunha - ¿Qué hacer para mejorar una participación temática? (How to do to improve your exhibit).
- José Angel Gándara - El Esmero en la Presentación (The importance of presentation).
- International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog.