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: henrik.mouritsen@uni-oldenburg.de Web : http://www.member.uni-oldenburg.de/henrik.mouritsen/ and http://www.henrikmouritsen.dk Main steps in my philatelic development Ca. 19: 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 judge in Postal History representing Denmark. 2009: Winner of Grand Prix International at IBRA2009 (with 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 judge at ANTWERPIA 2010 ( 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: judge at the 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. 1
2015: I have now won international large gold with my exhibits in 3 different classes (TR,, and ST) and I have so far never exhibited an 8 frame exhibit at the international ( or ) 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. Exhibiting Exhibition Type Exhibit Size Class Result HAFILA 1992 Danish "The Danish and DWI 64 national, junior Bi-colours 1870-1906" TR Vermeil NORDJUNEX "The Danish and DWI Nordic, junior 1993 Bi-colours 1870-1906" TR Large Vermeil NORDIA 1998 Nordic "The Danish and DWI Bi-colours 1870-1906" TR Large Silver ROPEX 2000 US national "The Danish Bi-colours Gold INDYPEX 2000 US national ROYAL/ROYA LE 2001 STAMHOW 2001 STAMHOW 2001 HAFNIA 2001 AMILEX 2002 BANGKOK 2003 FALCOIL 2004 WASHINGTON 2006 LUKKET BEDØM 2007 IBRA 2009 EXPO ODDER 2009 LONDON 2010 KPK 2010 Canadian national US national, Champion of Champions class US national Danish national, championship class Danish local "Design and production of the 1906-1914 pictorial issue of Haiti" stamps 1875- Danish pre-upu øre letter rates stamps issued 1875-16 16 132 TR,S F TR, SF TR Gold, Grand Award, A Research Medal, A pre-1900 Medal, Society Medal Gold, A Research Medal Did not win Gold Large Vermeil Gold + SP Large Gold + SP Candidate for championship class Grand Prix Large Gold + SP Gold Large Gold + SP + Grand Prix International National Grand Prix in the championship class Large Gold + Felicitations Gold + SP 2
HOFI 2011 Seven Nations Challenge Malmø 2014 LONDON 2015 STAMPEX 2016 Swedish special exhibition, criteria Swedish national 7-Nations challenge øre stamps 1875-95 points (Gold since no large golds are given at s) 96 points 95 points + the Silver Postiljon (best in show) 96 points, Large Gold + SP for best in class 97 points, Large Gold Judging LONDON, ONTARIO 1999 (Canadian Regional): Regional apprenticeship: passed ROYAL/ROYALE 2000 (Canadian National in Winnipeg): 1st national apprenticeship: passed STAMHOW 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 ( 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 ( exhibition in Prague): apprenticeship in postal history Accepted as 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 ( 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 ( exhibition): judging assignment. Spoke the German Eagles exhibit SYDFRIMEX 2014 (Danish National in Esbjerg): judging assignment KPK 2015 (Danish local): jury president TAK 2016 (): 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, 131-133. 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?" T 30: 210-211. 2002: Mouritsen, H. "Determining the Grand Award Winner." The Philatelic Exhibitor 16/4: 13-14. 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 for postal history." The Philatelic Exhibitor 17/2: 11-12. 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: 276-2 + part of front page. 2006: Mouritsen, H. "Title and synopsis for my postal history exhibit - with some general comments about raritystatements in competitive exhibits". The Philatelic Exhibitor 20/2: 11-17. (This article was voted the best article of the year 2006) 4
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". T 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. 2001-2019: Mouritsen, H. Working on the definitive 6 volume Handbook on and 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 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 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 2 nd 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. 5