User:SIMON TAXIS

Knowledge and research accumulated over 50 years in the following areas:

OPERA: Especially Belcanto repertory - I have written liner notes for major cd releases; reviews and articles for a major quarterly; biography of a major tenor of the 1840s-1860s NUMISMATICS: Mostly Roman coinage, British Hammered coinage, some Greek coinage and Italian Mints PHILATELY AND POSTAL HISTORY: all aspects, hundreds of articles published in 5 languages in 3 continents, 14 books, editor of a philatelic quarterly, recipient of major philatelic awards in Italy and USA, also publisher