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- ↑ "New Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists", The London Philatelist , Vol. 128, No. 1465 (May 2019), pp. 198-199.
- ↑ "Académie Européenne de Philatélie".
- ↑ Distinguished philatelists for 2019 announced. Linn's Stamp News , 8 April 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
