Philatelic books on José Martí and Che Guevara to be presented

Three digital philatelic books will be presented in June to pay tribute to José Martí and Ernesto Che Guevara on the occasion of the 170th and 95th anniversaries of their births, respectively.

The first of the materials is entitled Martí, Fidel and the Moncada Program and is the result of the joint work of Cuban specialist Juan Hernández Machado, winner of the 2012 National Philatelic Prize, and Gilberto Gallo Martínez, an outstanding Colombian philatelist and researcher and friend of Cuba.

This presentation will take place on Saturday, June 10, at 10:00 a.m. at the Fidel Castro Center, located at Calle 11, entre Paseo y Calle A, in El Vedado, and, in addition to paying tribute to the Cuban national hero, it will serve to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, which took place on July 26, 1953.

It will also celebrate the founding of the Association of Fighters of the Cuban Revolution, three decades ago, and the 40th anniversary of the existence of the Cerro Philatelic Circle.

The books dedicated to the heroic guerrilla are De viaje con el Che, by Hernández Machado, and El Che y el coleccionismo, in its fifth edition, by Gallo Martínez, whose presentation will take place on Saturday 17th at 10:00 a.m. in the Domingo del Monte Municipal Library, located on Calle Tulipán, near the corner of Falgueras, in El Cerro.

In both events, in addition to the exchange with the authors, the participants will have the opportunity to take the three materials, the distribution of which is free, and those interested will only have to come with a digital storage device, such as a pen drive.

Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez

Photo: Philatelists Juan Hernández (left) and Gilberto Gallo during the presentation of another of their books at the headquarters of the José Martí Cultural Society. Photo: Gilberto González.