Dieter Bortfeldt

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]

Dieter Bortfeldt, 1940–2014
Volume III of Bortfeldt's Workbook

Education

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]

Collecting

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]

Expertisation

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.

Organised philately and writing

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]

Personal life

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.

Selected publications
  • Royal cypher labels 1701–1922: the Dieter Bortfeldt collection. Bogota: Dieter Bortfeldt, 2003.
  • Private mail carriers of Colombia. Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2006. ISBN 978-958-33-9208-5 (Editor with Carlos Valenzuela & Alfredo Frohlich)
  • Notes on Colombian classic stamps. Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2006.
  • Colombia correspondencia oficial Franquicias: Official Mail and correspondence with exemption rate frankings. Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2006.
  • Colombian postal history catalogue. Colombian Philatelic Research Society. Three volumes.

References
  1. Anyon, Alan & Dieter Bortfeldt. A different look at Colombia. Display given to The Royal Philatelic Society London 27 May 2010. London: The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2010, p. 138.
  2. "Ha Muerto Dieter Bortfeldt". Ecuador Filatélico. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014. .
  3. Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Part 20 South America. 4th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2008, p. 246. ISBN 9780852596937
  4. "Dieter Bortfeldt". LinkedIn Colombia. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. "Library News: Colombia Correspondencia Oficial Franquicias: Official Mail and correspondence with exemption rate frankings." in The London Philatelist, Vol. 116, No. 1342, Jan/Feb 2007, p. 21.
  6. "Bortfeldt Profile Page". Association International Des Experts En Philatelie. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  7. "Membership News" in The London Philatelist, Vol. 117, No. 1361, December 2008, p. 369.
  8. Anyon, Alan D. (2009) Handbook of Colombian Revenue Stamps. Bogota: COLOMPHIL Colombian Philatelic Research Society, p. ii. ISBN 9789584450920
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