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Robert Lebow and Michael Barie Carlos Rivera and Cecile Gruson Cécile Gruson
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Bud Hennig, Cécile Gruson, and David Jickling   Mary de Peralta, Cécile Gruson, Arq. David Emilio Peralta del Valle
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Jorge Baca and Jaime Marckwordt    Members honored for outstanding service to our Society:  Bud Hennig, Cécile Gruson, Jorge Baca, Jack Jonza
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Arq. David Emilio Peralta del Valle, Postmaster General  of Guatemala Arq. David Emilio Peralta del Valle, Postmaster General  of Guatemala, David Jickling, and Jaime Marckwordt On Sunday, May 28th, the Director of Posts of Guatemala, David Emilio Peralta Del Valle, visited the Postal Museum with the International Society
of Guatemala Collectors.

All were pleased to see the stamps of Guatemala on display in the pull-out frames. Longtime NPM volunteer David Jickling, who has worked for years in Guatemala and is a member of the Society, was their tour guide.

Photo:  Jim O’Donnell, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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David Jickling

At the Postal Museum, in front of a statue of Benjamin Franklin, 1st Postmaster General of the USA

From L to R

Mike Barie, Cecile Gruson, Jaime Marckwordt , Eric Dyck , Jorge Baca, Mary de Peralta, Arq. David Emilio Peralta del Valle, Postmaster General  of Guatemala, David Jickling, Carlos Rivera, Licda. Ziomara de Leon de Ramirez, chief of the Philatelic Dept. in Guatemala

Photo:  Jim O’Donnell, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution

 Jack Jonza

All photos by Eric Dyck, except as noted