Dieter Bortfeldt FRPSL (20 March 1940 [1] – 21 January 2014 [2]) was a graphic designer and award-winning philatelist who was a specialist in the philately of Colombia. He designed the "Famous Colombians" and "Tourism" postage stamps of Colombia issued in 1993. [3]
Bortfeldt studied at the Offenbacher Werkkunst-Schule in Germany from 1958 to 1961, specialising in graphic design. He then worked as a graphic designer. [4]
Bortfeldt's personal philatelic interests were Colombian Postal History and Papel Sellado (Revenue stamped paper) and he received fifteen gold medals for his displays along with other awards. [1] His display of Official Mail and correspondence with exemption rate frankings received a gold medal at Chicago and was published in book form by COLOMPHIL in 2006. [5]
Bortfeldt was an Association International Des Experts En Philatelie (A.I.E.P.) expert on Colombian philately and a recognised expertiser in the area who issued his own certificates. [6] He was President of the Fakes and Forgeries Commission of the Federación Interamericana de Filatelia [1] and was a regular contributor to Fakes Forgeries Experts.
Bortfedt was Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, London, and their Overseas Special Representative for Colombia. [7] He was the co-founder and editor of COLOMPHIL, the journal of the Colombian Philatelic Research Society, and a writer for many other philatelic journals. He claimed to have written over 2,000 [1] pages of philatelic works and was instrumental in the production of Alan Anyon's Handbook of Colombian Revenue Stamps, published in 2009. [8]
Bortfeldt was a British citizen who lived and worked in Germany, London and Barcelona before moving to Bogota, Colombia, in 1988. He died on 21 January 2014.
Dieter Bortfeldt FRPSL (20 March 1940 [1] – 21 January 2014 [2]) was a graphic designer and award-winning philatelist who was a specialist in the philately of Colombia. He designed the "Famous Colombians" and "Tourism" postage stamps of Colombia issued in 1993. [3]
Bortfeldt studied at the Offenbacher Werkkunst-Schule in Germany from 1958 to 1961, specialising in graphic design. He then worked as a graphic designer. [4]
Bortfeldt's personal philatelic interests were Colombian Postal History and Papel Sellado (Revenue stamped paper) and he received fifteen gold medals for his displays along with other awards. [1] His display of Official Mail and correspondence with exemption rate frankings received a gold medal at Chicago and was published in book form by COLOMPHIL in 2006. [5]
Bortfeldt was an Association International Des Experts En Philatelie (A.I.E.P.) expert on Colombian philately and a recognised expertiser in the area who issued his own certificates. [6] He was President of the Fakes and Forgeries Commission of the Federación Interamericana de Filatelia [1] and was a regular contributor to Fakes Forgeries Experts.
Bortfedt was Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, London, and their Overseas Special Representative for Colombia. [7] He was the co-founder and editor of COLOMPHIL, the journal of the Colombian Philatelic Research Society, and a writer for many other philatelic journals. He claimed to have written over 2,000 [1] pages of philatelic works and was instrumental in the production of Alan Anyon's Handbook of Colombian Revenue Stamps, published in 2009. [8]
Bortfeldt was a British citizen who lived and worked in Germany, London and Barcelona before moving to Bogota, Colombia, in 1988. He died on 21 January 2014.