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Editorial

Digital technology is becoming lections Magazine. In philately, you
an increasingly important can find out about the Academy coin,
part of our daily lives. Here along with an article on Trinidad Red
at Delcampe, it’s par for Cross philately, German Zeppelin
the course: for more than stamps and, for those eager to make
20 years, transactions on the switch to postcards, maximum
the site have been conduc- cards bearing the effigy of Marianne
ted online. Though reluctant will feature at the end of the maga-
at first, collectors gradually zine.
made their way to Delcampe Our postcard section takes a look at
and got used to this new way of golf and the illustrator Jean Chape-
doing business. ron, also known as Jean Paris. I’ll
Editorial
Laws are forcing us to make more show you some of the cards he
and more changes in this area, and created. We’d like to take this oppor-
we are obviously obliged to observe tunity to wish Delcampe a happy birt-
them if we are to keep our beloved hday in postcards!
marketplace available to collec- Photography will focus on the very
tors. Given the fines imposed for first portraits, and as you’ll see, there
non-compliance, the very survival of are some really pretty images!
our business is at stake. And, of course, coin collecting aka
With this in mind, we have to constant- numismatics... We’ll be talking about
ly modify and adapt the marketplace. the condition of coins so as to un-
To say that we are taking these mea- derstand differences in their values,
sures with a light heart would be far as well as military tokens, which have
from the truth. We’d love to spend some interesting stories to tell from
less time on restrictive legislation everyday life.
and more time on features to make I’d like to end this editorial by wishing
life even easier for collectors on the you all a wonderful autumn full of
site! exciting discoveries! Enjoy your rea-
Fortunately, the magazine is not sub- ding!
ject to these constraints and our edi-
torial choices are still our own, which
is why I am pleased and proud to pre-
sent this new Delcampe Classic Col-
Héloïse Dautricourt

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