Wolfgang Maassen

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Wolfgang Maassen , even Wolfgang Maassen (* 25. January 1949 in Erkelenz ) is a German philatelic journalist , author and publisher.

biography

After attending elementary school in Euskirchen (1956–1960), he received his education in a boarding school (1960–1966), then attended the upper level of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Cologne until 1968 and passed the Abitur in the same year. He studied chemistry until 1970 in Cologne, then further studies (educational science, psychology, philosophy and theology) until 1974 in Bonn, where he passed his first state examination, and two years later in Krefeld the second state examination for teaching. He was a high school teacher from 1974 to January 2010 and since 1980 co-owner of Phil * Creativ-Verlag. He has been married to Claudia Maassen, nee Trost, since 1973, has two children and lives in Schwalmtal near Mönchengladbach and in Denia / Alicante in Spain.

Maassen worked in a leading role for numerous associations and events, and now works as a freelance author, editor and publicist. He is rank 1 juror (for literature). In the course of his life he has published over 80 book titles, supervised countless others, and published more than 4,000 specialist articles in philatelic journals at home and abroad. For two decades, his professional focus has been researching and documenting the history of philately. Since 2013 he has published his own free digital trade journal with an annual volume of 1000 pages, which can be downloaded from www.philahistorica.de. Specialties: machine brands ; Brazil; Ancient South America; Germany; Philately history; philatelic literature . He also maintains a number of thematic collections on socio-political issues.

From the mid-1970s, Maassen wrote regular columns on vending machine brands in the collector's service , numerous specialist articles in sd (including "With a pointed pen" under his alias Michael Trost), DBZ and philately . 1989–2016 he was editor-in-chief of the association and trade journal philatelie , since 1993 its property manager. Since July 2010 he has been editor-in-chief of APHV magazine , and since 2005, with a two-year break, has been editor of the AIJP magazine The Philatelic Journalist .

Publications (selection)

  • Catalog and handbook of philatelic and postal history literature 1862–1914 . Phil Creativ, Chronik der Deutschen Philatelie Vol. 6, 2012, ISBN 3-932198-94-8 .
  • Philately and Associations in the 19th Century . Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 2006, ISBN 978-3-932198-69-4 .
  • The history of testing in German philately (1860–1945) . BPP series - Volume 1, Brühl 2008.
  • Alfred Moschkau , philatelist, local historian and museum founder. A man who became a legend . Phil Creativ, Chronik der Deutschen Philatelie Vol. 5, 2012, ISBN 3-932198-93-X .
  • Auctions, Auctions and Leases - Valuable tips for buyers, sellers, testers and heirs . Phil Creativ, Guide for Stamp Collectors Vol. 11, 2015, ISBN 3-932198-77-8 .
  • From first albums and catalogs to world-class publishers . Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-932198-87-8 .
  • with Hermann Meyer, Philip Robinson: Philatelic dictionary German - English, English - German . Phil Creativ, Guide for Stamp Collectors Vol. 8, 2015, ISBN 3-932198-76-X .
  • Everything the collector needs: the necessary know-how that saves money . Phil Creativ, guide for stamp collectors, Schwalmtal 2011, ISBN 3-932198-60-3 .
  • Real or fake? Counterfeiting and Counterfeiting in Philately . Phil Creativ, Guide for Stamp Collectors, Schwalmtal 2003, ISBN 3-932198-48-4 .

Awards

Memberships

  • AIJP, the world association of philatelic authors and journalists (1982–1998, again from 2003; since May 2005 President of the AIJP)
  • APHV (since 1992, 2001-2009 member of the board of the Association of the West German Postage Stamp Trade)
  • Académie Européenne de Philatélie (since 2001)
  • FIP (1984–1989 coordinator for modern philately)
  • Consilium Philatelicum (guest since 2001, member since 2003, chairman since 2011) a. a.

literature

  • About Wolfgang Maassen. In: The Philatelic Journalist (des AIJP), No. 145, October 2014, p. 19.
  • Andreas Hahn: publisher, author and journalist Wolfgang Maassen. In: DAS ARCHIV Issue No. 1/2012, pp. 60–63.
  • Wolfgang Maassen: bitten by the philatelic monkey: an autobi (bli) graphic preliminary study. In: Phila Historica No. 3/2017, pp. 207-240; continued in Phila Historica No. 4/2017, pp. 197–246

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philatelists' concerns about offspring and the quality of postage stamps - researchers honored. In: The new day - Oberpfälzischer Kurier. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
  2. ^ Association of German Philatelists: Hermann Deninger Literature Prize , accessed on September 6, 2016
  3. ^ Jane Moubray: New signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. In: The London Philatelist , Vol. 123, No. 1414, April 2014, pp. 130-131.
  4. ^ The Philatelic Journalist No. 156, July 2018, p. 16
  5. ↑ President of the AIJP , accessed on 12 September 2016
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Maassen In: Wolfgang Maassen (Hrsg.): Wer ist wer der Philatelie. 2nd edition, 2005–2007 at the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e. V., accessed on September 12, 2016
  7. ↑ W. Maassen at the AEP, accessed on September 12, 2016
  8. ↑ Consilium Philatelicum ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 12, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bdph.de
personal data
SURNAME Maassen, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maassen, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and author; Secretary at the Association of German Philatelists
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Erkelenz