BOOK REVIEW : DIDIER REY, LE TIMBRE-POSTE, UNE MEMOIRE DE L’HISTOIRE EUROPEENNE 1840-2020 (RENNES : PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE RENNES, 2025), 431 PAGES
BOOK REVIEW : DIDIER REY, LE TIMBRE-POSTE, UNE MEMOIRE DE L’HISTOIRE EUROPEENNE 1840-2020 (RENNES : PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE RENNES, 2025), 431 PAGES

Summary/Abstract: In our times, philately, and the more general habit of collecting objects such as stamps, banknotes and coins, postcards and other collectibles, is in decline. Perhaps that is why historians are increasingly turning their attention to these fascinating fields of research. Not only is (or was) philately the most widespread hobby, but the historical research dedicated to it is also surprisingly extensive. There are entire libraries dedicated to this subject around the world, a fact confirmed by the book published in early 2025 by Didier Rey, historian, professor at the University of Corsica and, last but not least, avid stamp collector. In Romania, the historical analysis of philately is in its infancy, but historical research is not lacking (see, for example, the book by Cristian Andrei Scăiceanu, Istoria mișcării filatelice din România [A history of the Philatelic Movement in Romania] (București: Ed. Oscar Print, 2011).

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