Philatelic Curriculum Vitae including publication list
Name: Henrik Mouritsen
Address: AG Animal Navigation, IBU, University of Oldenburg,
D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
Occupation: Full Professor of Neurosensory Sciences
Born: 1971 in Denmark
Civil status: Married, two sons (born 2009, 2014)
Phone: +49 (0) 441 798 3081; Fax: +49 441 798 3620
Email: [email protected]
Web pages: http://www.member.uni-oldenburg.de/henrik.mouritsen/ and
http://www.henrikmouritsen.dk
Main steps in my philatelic development
Ca. 1980: Started collecting stamps.
1987: Started my traditional exhibit of the Danish and DWI bi-colours by buying 7,000 8 øre stamps.
1988: First visit to archives of postal museum.
1992: Debut as junior exhibitor (traditional): “The Danish and DWI bicolours 1870-1905”.
1992: Visit to Hans Ehlern Jessen started my transformation from traditional to postal history collector.
1998: Debut as senior exhibitor: “The Danish and DWI bicolours 1870-1905”.
1999: Moved to Canada and started as apprentice judge.
1999: Switched 100% focus to Postal History: “Danish Postal Rates 1875-1906”.
2000: Accredited as a national judge in USA and Canada.
2000: Won my first “Grand Award” (best in show) at INDYPEX 2000.
2003: First international large gold medal at Bangkok 2003 (the first ever exhibit of a Danish subject of nonimperforated issues to gain a large gold medal).
2004: Accredited as Rang 2 juror in Germany.
2005: Accredited as a national judge in Denmark.
2008: Accreditation as FIP judge in Postal History representing Denmark.
2009: Winner of Grand Prix International at IBRA2009 (with PH exhibit: Danish Postal Rates 1875-1906).
2010: Debut as postal stationery exhibitor: “The Classic Danish Postal Stationeries 1865-1905” at local show
(91 points).
2010: Debut as a FIP judge at ANTWERPIA 2010 (FEPA exhibition).
2010: First international large gold medal for my traditional exhibit “The Danish bicoloured stamps issued
1875-1905” at LONDON 2010 (the first ever exhibit of Danish non-first issues to gain a large gold
medal in the traditional class).
2011: 95 points for my postal stationery exhibit at its first national level exhibition (HOFI 2011).
2013: FIP judge at the FIP show in Melbourne, Australia.
2014: My exhibit “The Classic Danish Postal Stationeries 1865-1905” receives 96 points at the “Seven
Nations Challenge” in Malmø, and, simultaneously, at the national Swedish exhibition, my traditional
exhibit “The Danish bicoloured øre stamps 1875-1905” made me the first Danish exhibitor to win the
Silver Postilljon.
2015: My exhibit “The Classic Danish Postal Stationeries 1865-1905” receives 96 points at LONDON 2015
and wins the best in class award for postal stationery.
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2015: I have now won international large gold with my exhibits in 3 different FIP classes (TR, PH, and ST)
and I have so far never exhibited an 8 frame exhibit at the international (FIP or FEPA) level without
getting at least 95 points and international large gold.
2017: Invited by the commission chairman, Malcolm Groom, to become member of the Postal History
Commission Bureau of the FIP.
Exhibiting
Exhibition
Exhibit
"The Danish and DWI
Bi-colours 1870-1906"
"The Danish and DWI
Bi-colours 1870-1906"
"The Danish and DWI
Bi-colours 1870-1906"
"The Danish Bi-colours
1875-1906"
Size
64
pages
80
pages
80
pages
80
pages
INDYPEX 2000 US national
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
80
pages
PH
ROYAL/ROYA
LE 2001
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
128
pages
PH
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
128
pages
PH
Did not win
16
pages
TR,S
F
Gold
TR
Large Vermeil
PH
Gold + SP
PH
Large Gold + SP
PH
Candidate for
championship class
Grand Prix
PH
Large Gold + SP
PH,
SF
Gold
HAFILA 1992
Type
Danish
national, junior
NORDJUNEX
1993
Nordic, junior
NORDIA 1998
Nordic
ROPEX 2000
US national
STAMPSHOW
2001
Canadian
national
US national,
Champion of
Champions
class
STAMPSHOW
2001
US national
HAFNIA 2001
FIP
AMPHILEX
2002
BANGKOK
2003
FALCOPHIL
2004
FEPA
FIP
Danish
national,
championship
class
"Design and production
of the 1906-1914
pictorial issue of Haiti"
"The Danish Bicoloured
stamps 1875-1905"
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
80
pages
80
pages
128
pages
Class
Result
TR
Vermeil
TR
Large Vermeil
TR
Large Silver
PH
Gold
Gold, Grand Award,
APS Research Medal,
APS pre-1900 Medal,
PH Society Medal
Gold, APS Research
Medal
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
128
pages
WASHINGTON
FIP
2006
LUKKET
Danish national
BEDØM 2007
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
“Danish pre-UPU øre
letter rates”
128
pages
16
pages
IBRA 2009
FEPA
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
132
pages
PH
EXPO ODDER
2009
Danish national
128
pages
PH
LONDON 2010
FIP
128
pages
TR
Large Gold +
Felicitations
KPK 2010
Danish local
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
"The Danish Bicoloured
stamps issued 18751905"
"The classical Danish
postal stationery 18651905"
128
pages
PS
Gold + SP
Large Gold + SP +
Grand Prix
International
National Grand Prix in
the championship class
2
HOFI 2011
Seven Nations
Challenge
Malmø 2014
Danish national
Swedish special exhibition,
FIP criteria
Swedish
national
LONDON 2015
FEPA
STAMPEX
2016
7-Nations
challenge
"The classical Danish
postal stationery 18651905"
"The classical Danish
postal stationery 18651905"
"The Danish Bicoloured
øre stamps 1875-1905"
"The classical Danish
postal stationery 18651905"
"Danish Postal Rates
1875-1906"
128
pages
PS
95 points (Gold since
no large golds are given
at Danish nationals)
128
pages
PS
96 points
128
pages
PS
95 points + the Silver
Postiljon (best in show)
128
pages
PS
96 points, Large Gold +
SP for best in class
128
pages
PH
97 points, Large Gold
Judging
LONDON, ONTARIO 1999 (Canadian Regional): Regional apprenticeship: passed
ROYAL/ROYALE 2000 (Canadian National in Winnipeg): 1st national apprenticeship: passed
STAMPSHOW 2000 (USA National and Champions of Champions): 2nd national apprenticeship: passed
BALPEX 2000 (USA National in Baltimore): 3rd national apprenticeship: passed
Accepted as nationally accredited philatelic judge (I was the youngest national judge in North America at
the time of accreditation).
ORAPEX 2001 (Canadian National in Ottawa): 1st real judging assignment
01/Jan/2002: Moved back to Denmark/Germany
THYBRIA 2004 (German Rang 2 exhibition in Arnstadt) 1st German Apprenticeship: passed
Accepted as regionally accredited (Rang 2) philatelic judge in Germany.
Fredenbäck 2005 (German Rang 2 exhibition in Fredenbäk): judging assignment
AALBORG 2005 (Danish regional exhibition in Aalborg): 1st Danish apprenticeship: passed
VEJLEFRIM 2005 (Danish national exhibition in Vejle): 2nd national apprenticeship: passed
Accepted as nationally accredited philatelic judge in Denmark.
DJURS20 (2006) (Danish National in Hornslet): 1st real Danish judging assignment
NAPEX 2007 (US National in Washington): judging assignment
HEIDE-POSTA 2007 (German Rang 2 exhibition in Bad Fallingbostel) judging assignment
PRAHA 2008 (FIP exhibition in Prague): FIP apprenticeship in postal history
Accepted as FIP accredited philatelic judge in Postal History.
STAMPEX 2009 (British national in London): jury assignment
HONSLET 2009 (Danish local): jury president
HILLERØD 2010 (Danish National in Hornslet): judging assignment
ANTWERPIA 2010 (FEPA exhibition in Belgium): judging assignment, spoke for the later winner of GP
International (Chris King’s Sleswig)
NORDIA 2010 (Nordic exhibition in Sweden): judging assignment, team leader in postal history
RY 2012 (Danish local): judging assignment
MELBOURNE 2013 (FIP exhibition): judging assignment. Spoke the “German Eagles PH exhibit”
SYDFRIMEX 2014 (Danish National in Esbjerg): judging assignment
KPK 2015 (Danish local): jury president
TAK 2016 (Danish national): jury president
OLDENBURG 2017 (German-Danish bilateral national): main organizer and jury president
Examples of philatelic publications (far from being complete)
1995: Mouritsen, H. "Danmarks og Dansk Vestindiens tofarvede frimærker - Setting 5 - 18 og 77
3
omvendt serien". NFT 102: 138-150.
1998: Mouritsen, H. "The mute canceller of St. Thomas". Haiti Philately **:***.
2000: Mouritsen, H. "Tofarvet posthistorie: Lokal 12 øres brevkort takst?" With English summary.
NFT 107: 60-62.
2000: Mouritsen, H. "Tofarvet posthistorie: 118 øres ekspresbrev?!" With English summary. NFT
107: 99-101.
2000: Mouritsen, H. "Tofarvet posthistorie: Ikke-postpakke til Belgien!" With English summary.
NFT 107: 140-142.
2001: Mouritsen, H. "Et underfrankeret værdibrev eller hvad?" With English summary. NFT 108:
67-68.
2001: Mouritsen, H. "Reply cards with correct two-country mixed franking!" NFT 108: 74-77,
131-133.
2001: Mouritsen, H. "Svarkort med korrekte to-lands blandingsfrankaturer." NFT 108: 74-77, 131133.
2001: Mouritsen, H. "Dansk pakkepost med franske revenues." With English summary. NFT 108:
154-156 + front page.
2002: Mouritsen, H. "Takst på kun 5 øre for en postopkrævning til Sverige?! - og lidt tidlig KPK
historie." With English summary. NFT 109: 36-38.
2002: Mouritsen, H. "Postanvisning til USA". NFT 109: 74-75.
2002: Mouritsen, H. "En hidtil ukendt forsendelsestype med tofarvede! - 100 øre single på
avisomadresseringsformular." With long English summary. NFT 109: 103-106 + front page.
2002: Mouritsen, H. "Denmark". In: Handelman, D. "AR Avis de Reception". The postal History
Society of Canada, pp. 125-132.
2002: Mouritsen, H. "Eksprespakke-forløber visende langdistance- ekspresgebyr?" PHT 30: 210211.
2002: Mouritsen, H. "Determining the Grand Award Winner." The Philatelic Exhibitor 16/4: 1314.
2003: Mouritsen, H. "Postpakker til Finland." With English summary. NFT 110: 34-38.
2003: Mouritsen, H. "Vejen til Guld!". DFT 64/3: 101-104 + part of front page.
2003: Mouritsen, H. "Design of exhibit pages for postal history." The Philatelic Exhibitor 17/2: 1112.
2003: Mouritsen, H. "47 øres pre-UPU brev til Canada fra 1. kvartal 1875." With English
summary. NFT 110: 52-54.
2003: Mouritsen, H. "Udstillingsteknikker". DFT 64/8: 337-341 + part of front page.
2003: Mouritsen, H. "Danish pre-UPU cover to Canada". Canadian Philatelist 54: 349-352.
2003: Mouritsen, H. "Pre-UPU brev til British Guiana og efterskrift om pre-UPU brevet til
Canada." With English summary. NFT 110: 156-158.
2004: Mouritsen, H. "Indenlandske postbeviser" With English summary. NFT 111: 15-18.
2005: Mouritsen, H. "Det traditionelle eksponat". DFT 66/1: 12-14 + part of front page.
2005: Mouritsen, H. "Det posthistoriske eksponat". DFT 66/7: 276-280 + part of front page.
2006: Mouritsen, H. "Title and synopsis pages for my postal history exhibit - with some general
comments about raritystatements in competitive exhibits". The Philatelic Exhibitor 20/2: 1117. (This article was voted the best article of the year 2006)
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2006: Mouritsen, H. "Tidlige adressebreve til USA". DFT 67/1: 8-13 + front page.
2007: Mouritsen, H. "Mystisk 48 øre brev til Dansk Vestindien". NFT 113: **-**.
2007: Mouritsen, H. "Synopsissider - et nyt fænomen i Danmark, der kan hjælpe danske udstillere
og dommere". DFT 68/4: 19-21.
2007: Mouritsen, H. "Synopsissider: - eksempel på egen synopsisside". DFT 68/4: 21-24.
2007: Mouritsen, H. "Pre-UPU øre brevkort til Canada". NFT 113: **-**..
2007: Mouritsen, H. "Danish Pre-UPU Letters to Foreign Destinations Paid in Øre Currency".
Collectors Club Philatelist 86: 333-344 + front page.
2007: Mouritsen, H. "Lette pakker". PHT 35: 200-201 + front page.
2010: Mouritsen, H. "Dåbsattesten for danske helsager" with English summary: “The birth
certificate for the first Danish postal stationery”. NFT 117: 151-156.
2011: Mouritsen, H. "20 øres brevkort til en oversøisk UPU destination fundet". NFT 118: 36-37.
2012: Mouritsen, H. & Pieper, M. "To ikke-filatelistiske blandingsfrankeringer mellem
tjenestemærker og postfrimærker: posthusene hæftede for deres egne fejl". NFT, in press +
front page.
2012: Mouritsen, H. "Judging postal history exhibits of the early second period (1875-1914)".
Malmö Philatelic Summit Paper #2, Postiljonen.
2001- Mouritsen, H. Working on the definitive 6 volume Handbook on "Danish Postal Rates and
2019: Regulations 1875-1907", bilingual (English-Danish) 2000-3000 page Handbook planned to
be released at Stockholmia 2019.
Special prizes, honors and talks
2005: Held two day seminar on invitation from Jonas Hällström for the Swedish judges in Stockholm, where
my presentation of my synopsis page helped introduce synopsis pages into Scandinavian philately.
2007: AAPE prize for best article written by a new author in “The Philatelic Exhibitor” in 2006.
2008: Invited seminar teacher at the Swedish exhibitor’s weekend seminar in Skövde.
2009: Invited speaker at the Malmö FIP seminar on thematic and postal history exhibiting.
2011: Winner of the Hans Ehlern Jessen trophy for work and presentations related to the Danish bi-colours.
2012: Invited speaker at the 2nd Malmö Philatelic Summit focussing on treatment across the exhibiting
classes.
2012: Gave seminar on exhibiting and judging in San Jose, Costa Rica.
2014 and 2016: Danish team member in the 7-Nations Challenge.
2000-2017: Many seminars on philatelic exhibiting and judging given at national federation and club
meetings in Denmark, Great Britain, and Germany.
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