It has been a year since the noted philatelist and philatelic bibliophile, Yves Vertommen (30 July 1957 – 2 July 2024) of Luxembourg (Figure 1) left us; he was just 67.
I first read of Yves in 2013 when I received the just-published Milestones of the Philatelic Literature of the 19th Century by Wolfgang Maassen and Vincent Schouberechts. Many of the beautiful books illustrated in it, especially in the chapter ‘20th century philatelic literature’ were from his collection. Over the years, we communicated over emails, the last of which I received on 6 June 2024. The only time I met him was at Stockholmia 2019.
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