Mag. Klaus M. SCHÖPFER

Year of Birth: 1948

Occupation: Lawyer

Languages: German, English

Nationality: Austrian

Expert since: 1993

Member of AIEP since: 1998

National Expert Organisation: Member of Austrian Federation of Philatelic Experts (VÖB)

Personal Reference Collections: Austria; Bosnia and Herzegovina

Personal Forgeries Collections: Austria

Current Areas of Specialisation: Austria:  postal history 1815-1918; Bosnia and Herzegovina:  postal history

Type of Expert: Expert philatelist who issues certificates

The Expert Issues: Opinions and Certificates

Expertising for Dealers/Auctions: Yes

Estimates/Opinions on Value: Yes

Normal Turn-Around Time: 3-4 weeks

Major FIP Exhibition Awards: Austria Postal History (Gold, Washington 2007)

Main Publications: "Vom Wiener Kongress zum Österreichisch-Italienischen Postverein" (WIPA 2000 Festschrift) "Die Revolutionsjahre 1848/49 in Österreich und die Post" (WIPA 2008 Festschrift) Articles in "Postgeschichte", Zuerich

Membership: International Postal History Fellowship; Münchener Briefmarken Club; Kärntner Philatelistenklub; DASV; Philatelisten-Klub Merkur Innsbruck; Royal Philatelic Society, London

Offices Held: Past-President, Philatelisten Klub Merkur, Innsbruck; Member of the Literature Board, Federation of Austrian Philatelic Associations; Board Member and Hon. Secretary of the A.I.E.P. (since 1999); FIP Commission "Fight agains Forgeries" Member (since 2008)

Lectures on postal history of Austria, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Levant and Bosnia