EXPOFILGUA 2002
Joint Meeting of I.S.G.C and A.F.G in Antigua, March 2005
ISGC 2005 Meeting at APS StampShow in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA  Pictures!
The St. Louis Stamp Expo 2006
Mae Vignola Award at WESTPEX 2006
Washington 2006  ISGC Show Activities   Pictures
WESTPEX 2007
EXPOFILGUA 2007
StampShow, Hartford, CT 2008 Pictures
SESCAL 2008 Pictures

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2006   New Issues
2007  New Issues
2008  New Issues
2009  New and Forthcoming Issues

Images of New Issues are now available, beginning with 2006.  Our thanks to Licda. Ziomara de Leon de Ramirez and the Philatelic Dept. of the Postal Service of Guatemala for the images.

Guatemala Has Inaugurated a Philatelic Museum! 

As announced at our meetings in Washington promotion of philately in Guatemala through the I.S.G.C. is taking new forms.  For the past year, in collaboration with the A.F.G., there have been quarterly lectures introducing stamp collecting at the Walt Whitman Library of the educative and cultural center Guatemalan-American Institute (IGA). Last September 22, it was Carlos Rivera’s turn to talk about choosing what types of collections can be envisaged. The next activities will be:

On November 15 at 6.30 pm, interactive lectures on Philately in the World, Philately in Guatemala and How to organize and mount a collection for exhibition will be directed respectively by Lic. Estuardo Soto, (A.F.G.), Jorge E. Baca, (I.S.G.C.) and Carlos E. Rivera Grajeda, member of both societies.

A stamp exposition will be inaugurated in the lobby of the institute after the lectures: it will remain open to the general public from November 15 to 24.   Pictures here.

In view of the success of the 2006 program, a new season of lectures is planned for the current year beginning in March 2007.

I.S.G.C. ACTIVITIES AT THE GUATEMALAN-AMERICAN INSTITUTE (IGA)

Since the publication of The Postage Stamps of Guatemala, 1871-1999 (PSG), a few errors have been found, mostly relating to the proper listing of Scott Catalogue numbers in relation to the ISGC numbers.  The errata list to date (June 2004) is listed here, and will be included with future sales of the book.  Please report any further additions or corrections to Cécile Gruson.

Parts I & II   This now completed and updated comprehensive listing of the postal marking of Guatemala from 1768 to the present day is now available.  This bilingual handbook is in loose leaf format housed in a three-ring binder.  The types of postmarks listed and illustrated in previous ISGC publications and El Quetzal have been revised and completed systematically, and as complete as possible a listing of 20^th c. markings attempted.  This publication was awarded a gold award + special prize at EXPOFILGUA (Guatemala, May 3-6, 2007).

Price postpaid in the USA, Parts I & II:    members  $50.00          retail  $68.00

Part II   Comprising the six chapters left out of the original publication for further study and the additions and corrections to the initial publication. Buy this separately if you already have Part I.

Price postpaid in the USA, Part II:    members  $10.00          retail  $13.00

With postage outside the USA being very variable depending on destination and type of shipment desired (priority or economy), please inquire on the additional mailing costs to other countries before sending your prepaid order to the ISGC treasurer:  Robert Lebow

Read the press release.

Our Guatemalan philatelic friends have a Yahoo Groups site:   http://mx.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASFILGUA/ 

Their webmaster is Gunter Pilz (e-mail: gp@intelnett.com)      

The AFG’s e-mail address is ASFILGUA@yahoogrupos.com.mx

EXPOFILGUA 2007

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of its foundation, Asociación Filatélica de Guatemala organized a national level competitive exposition with the above name. 

It took place from May 3 to 6, 2007 at Palacio de Correos, the main central post office which those who traveled to Guatemala in 1998 visited.  The building has been extensively restored since.

Click here for pictures.