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References
- ↑ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011 , Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
- ↑ Of its board since 1972, Vice President in 1975-76 and President from May 1977 to August 2004.
- ↑ "Giancarlo Morolli". Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal (in Spanish).
- ↑ Moreno, José Ramón. "Giancarlo Morolli received a recognition created especially for him at the Congress of the Italian Federation – FEPA News".
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