Philatelic International
(Filintern)
AbbreviationFilintern
Formation22 June 1924 (1924-06-22)
Founded atMoscow, USSR
Dissolved1940s
TypeNGO
Legal statusinternational association
Purposephilately, scripophily[lower-alpha 1]
Location
  • Moscow, USSR
Coordinates55°45′N 37°37′E / 55.750°N 37.617°E / 55.750; 37.617
Region
world
Membership (1924)
102 members
Official language
Esperanto, English, French, German
Editor
Leongard Eichfuss
PublicationRadio de Filintern
Remarksprivate persons

Philatelic International (Filintern)[lower-alpha 2] was an international philatelic society of collector-workers. It was founded and based in the Soviet Union in the 1920s to 1940s.[1][2]

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,[lower-alpha 3] June 1924, No. 7 (23).[1]

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

  • "propaganda of the international union of philatelist-workers of all nations for the struggle against organised philatelist-dealers",
  • "wide popularisation of ideological philately",
  • "introducing Esperanto into philately and thus the establishment of lively communication between philatelists around the world."[1]

Filintern facilitates the goals of philatelists, scripophilists[lower-alpha 4] and Esperantists. Within Filintern, they could:

  • collect stamps and paper money,
  • publish philatelic bulletins, journals and catalogues,
  • most importantly, conduct foreign exchange.[1]

Using philately, scripophily and Esperanto, the Soviet authorities also hoped for promoting communist propaganda among the foreign proletariat.[1] Filintern received a further boost from the SAT (Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda) Congress of 1926.[2]

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.[2] Its Editor was a prominent Russian philatelist L. K. Eichfuss. The first issue of the journal appeared in January 1925.[1]

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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Collecting stock and bond certificates.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ Central organ of the Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily and the All-Russian Society of Philatelists (Soviet Philatelist).
  4. ↑ 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]. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Society of Russian Philately. 40: 3–5. Bibliographic ID: UF00076781 (University of Florida). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-14.

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