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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019 !

Our best wishes to all our readers that from 81 different countries entered into the FEPA Website since the 4th of September 2018 that was established the new Web. Health, peace and prosperity for a Happy Year 2019 to you and to your families!

2018 Nexofil Awards: The Prize to the Best Stamp of the World went to Finland for its stamp “The Sound of Silence”. Stamps from Ireland and Czech Republic, finalists

The independent International Jury, composed by fifty Presidents of National Federations and Philatelic Academies from 37 countries, elected also winners in the other categories stamps from Spain, Austria, New Zealand, France, Croatia, Island, Portugal, United Kingdom, again Spain

The Special One-Frame Philatelic Exhibition DevetoOkno Kranj 2019 is open to exhibitors from all European Federations

The Slovenian Philatelic Association (FZS), organizer of the ninth edition of the one-frame exhibition EnoOkno - OneWindow, announces that the exhibition under the name DevetoOkno Kranj 2019 (NinthWindow Kranj 2019) will be held during September 5-14, 2019 in Kranj, Slovenia and will be open for participation to exhibitors from all European federations

The 2019 European Championship of Thematic Philately (ECTP), in Italy

The year 2019 will be very important for the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies since they we will celebrate our first Centenary. One of the highlights of the celebrations will be the 9th European Championship of Thematic Philately (ECTP), to be held in Verona from 22 to 24 November 2019, with FEPA recognition.

FIP Jury Academy Training Courses 2 and 3: It can not work miracles with the non interested / hopeless jurors, but most of the participants will do much better evaluations

Participants from the FEPA Federations Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey, together with colleagues from other parts of the world, took part in Bangkok in the 2nd and 3rd Courses once finished Thailand 2018. Five intensive sessions plus homework at nights, individual and team works and even final personal interviews with the extremely good trainers: Peter Suhadolç, Peter McCann, Lars Peter Svendsen and Charles Verge…

Julian Demeti, new President of the Association of Collectors of Albania

At the Assembly of the Association of Collectors of Albania, Julian Demeti has been elected new President. The New Board for the period 2018-2022 is as follows:

National Dutch Exhibition with International participation GOUDA 2019

The National Dutch Exhibition with International participation GOUDA 2019 will be held on 17-20 April 2019 together with the 26e International fair for postage stamps and covers. The exhibition of around 700 frames (plus literature) will have international participation. Among some other countries there will be many entries from Belgium and collections from

ITALIA 2018 FEPA Exhibitions: The Royal Philatelic Society London and Eduardo Barreiros (Portugal), winners of the Grand Prizes

The Royal Philatelic Society London with the  book “Southern African mails / Routes, rates and regulations 1806-1916” from Mr. Brian Trotter, won the Grand Prix of the International Philatelic Literature Exhibition, while the exhibit of Dr. Eduardo Barreiros “Portugal in the first World War” won the Grand Prix of the Great War International Exhibition.

THAILAND 2018: Peter Wittsten from Denmark, Grand Prix d’Honneur

Amongst the 603 exhibits present, Peter Wittsten from Denmark won the Grand Prix d'Honneur, the Grand Prix International was for Richard Tan from Singapore while the winner of the Grand Prix National was Ayuth Krishnamara from Thailand

FIP Elections: Bernie Beston, new President

Bernie Beston from Australia has been elected new FIP President at the FIP Congress held in Bangkok on the 2nd of December 2018. Were also on election the representatives of the Asian Continental Federation FIAP at the FIP Board. Prakob Chirakiti from Thailand has been elected as Vice-President and Richard Tan from Singapore as Director.

Jubilee Philatelic Exhibition C-S SALON 2018 in Bratislava

It was a Philatelic Exhibition on the 100th Anniversary of the first Czecho-Slovak Stamp celebrating the formation of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. The organisational team under the strong commandment of Miroslav Bachratý (and with the great support of the Slovak post / POFIS) was able to compile an incomparable pile of great exhibits

The FEPA exhibition EXFILNA 2018, Spanish National with International participation, beat records

From October 31 to November 4, more than 35.000 people enjoyed the many activities of the FEPA Exhibition EXFILNA 2018, National Spanish with the participation as invited guest os the Federations of Argentina and Colombia. The events were held in 4 key venues of the historical centre of Seville

Proposal for change Regulations from The Royal Dutch Union of Stamp Clubs (KNBF)

The Dutch Federation, will allow more steps on the exhibition frames than the official 1-5-8. This system is already implemented at national level with positive experience in Spain, Finland, U.K. and other federations. But the aim of the KNBF is that FEPA and FIP implement it officially if their experimental phase is effective

Outstanding activities with the Youth: Timbres-Passion 2018-Périgueux (FRANCE)

The French Federation,FFAP, leaded by the President Claude Désarménien,gives an important rôle to the activities with the youth. « Timbres-Passion 2018 » held in Périgueux from 26th to 28th October has been a new event of efficient and friendly work for the future of philately.

Granted FEPA Recognition to MonacoPhil 2019

The FEPA Board has unanimously agreed in granting the requested FEPA Recognition to MonacoPhil 2019 to be held from 28 – 30 November 2019. Amongst its events will be celebrated the FEPA Congress 2019

FEPA Meeting in THAILAND 2018

On occasion of THAILAND 2018 World Stamp Exhibition and FIP Congress in Bangkok, FEPA has kindly received a slot on the Programme to celebrate a FEPA Meeting on Saturday 1st of December.

Prague 1918-2018: 100 Years of the first Scout stamps

The end of the First World War brought the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the chaotic days that followed, the Czech Post Scout was in operation from November 7 to November 25, 1918 On occasion of the Centenary of the first Scouts stamps, has been held a Conference – Colloquium at the headquarters of the Scout Group “Kolonia de BP 347”, under the Organization of the “Club Filatélico Scouts y Guías” lead by Estanislao Pan de Alfaro.

Postal History Symposium “Spain-America, 500 years of Postal Relations”

Amongst the events of the FEPA Exhibition “EXFILNA 2018”, on the 3rd of November were held in Seville at the “Archivo General de Indias” a cycle of conferences in front of a numerous and interested public coming from Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Panama, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany

25th World Olympic Collectors’ Fair WARSAW 2019

The Organizing Committee of the 25.WOCF has announced that Pre-Registration is now open on the website of the International Association of Olympic Collectors (AICO)

100 Years of the Great War 1914-1918

The Portuguese Philatelic Federation and the Portuguese Academy of the History held in Lisbon on 10th and 17th of October two sessions of 2 conferences each to commemorate the end of the 1st World War. Amongst the lecturers were the well known philatelists and academicians Doctors Eduardo and Luis Barreiros

Philatelic honours in Heidelberg, Germany

At the 2018 General Meeting of the Working Group of Maximaphily and Postcards were honoured Günter Formery (D), Jean-Louis Reuter and Jos Wolff (L)

Great success of MACAO 2018

Macao Post & Telecommunications Bureau, loyal collaborator of FEPA, co-organized with the Macao Philatelic Club, “MACAO 2018 - 35th Asian International Stamp Exhibition”, the first great international philatelic event in Asia organized by Macao Special Administrative Region

Elections at the Hungarian Federation: The new Board

The National Federation of Hungarian Philatelists – MABEOSZ , has elected the new Board for a period lasting until 31st December 2022. Dr. Géza Homonnay is the new President.

LAST CALL FOR ITALIA 2018 !

Italia 2018 International Literature Exhibition is approaching and jurors have already started their work using the special software prepared for the evaluation. As that allows more flexibility, applications for participation can be entered till 10 November at www.italia2018.eu

Alexander Ilyushin – 75 Years! A life devoted to philately

25 years ago he was elected the first President of the Union of Philatelists of Russia. On the year of his 75th anniversary, the VII Congress of the Union of Philatelists of Russia has awarded Alexander Ilyushin with the title of Honorary President for outstanding achievements in the development of national philately

POZNAN 2018 : Ludwik Malendowicz Prymus Award. The Grand Prix d’Honneur to Ryszard Prange for his Thematic Exhibit

On October 3rd-7th, the XXII Polish National Philatelic Exhibition was held in Poznań on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Polish Independence. The Grand Prix d'Honneur was for Ryszard Prange and the Grand Prix of the competition classes was for Zygmunt Żurek

Camilla Granatiero winner of the 2018 Award for University Doctoral Dissertation on the postal field

The 2018 CIFO and Giorgio Khouzam Foundation “Giovanni Riggi di Numana Award” has been given to her “For carrying out an in-depth research and study on forty-two letters sent by Isabella d'Este Gonzaga to his brother, Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, in the years 1504-1506, preserved in the Secret Archive Estense of Modena”.

Olympic Philately: Successful IX EXFILCAT & National Spanish Sports and Olympic Exhibition “Tordera 2018”

From the 18th to the 22nd of September was held in Tordera, Barcelona, the IX EXFILCAT & National Spanish Sports and Olympic Exhibition “Tordera 2018”, organized by the Catalan Federation of Philatelic Societies, FECAFIL, with the support of the City Council of Tordera and the Philatelic Club Tordera and with the collaboration of the Royal Spanish Olympic Academy (RAOE).

NOTOS 2021 final schedule

NOTOS 2021 is scheduled to be held in Athens, Greece, from 19 to 22 November 2021. Being a Continental Exhibition, has already applied for and received the FEPA Patronage. It has also applied for and will soon obtain the FIP Recognition as well. The AIJP and the AEP have already expressed their support to the exhibition by also granting their Patronage.

Latin America Philately in London

Three members of The Royal Philatelic Society London showed aspects of Latin America at the meeting held on 4 October. John Shaw MBE FRPSL displayed traditional philately of Paraguay and Haiti, Glen Stafford showed Nicaragua postal stationery, while Ray Todd OAM RDP FRPSL chose traditional philately of Chile, postal history of Haiti and postal stationery of Paraguay.

“Palmarès Grands Prix de la Philatélie 2017” to the Best European Stamps

Bephila, the philatelic arm of Bpost, has published the results of the 20 jurors for the election of the: 1- Grand Prix for the Best Stamps of Belgium ; 2- Grand Prix for the Best Engraved Stamps of the European Union ; 3- Grand Prix for the Best Stamps for Youth of the European Union

„phila-TOSCANA“ 2018, again a great event

From the 23rd to the 26th again GMUNDEN was the center of philately in Austria. A very interesting show reframed from a lot of dealers, postal administration and visitors.

The Best Maximum Card of the World

Monsieur Pascal Bandry has kindly sent us the result of the competition for the best Maximum Card of 2017, organized under the chairmanship of Mrs. Jenny Banfield, President of the FIP Commission for Maximaphily. The result: 21 countries participation Votes…

ODESSAPHILEX 2018: Excellent exhibits from Germany, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Israel met in Odessa

109 Exhibits of all Philatelic Classes including Youth, Literature, Open Philately and Picture Postcard has been present at the FEPA Exhibition ODESSAPHILEX 2018 in the Maritime Gallery at the Marine Station. Dr. Ing. Wolfgang Leupold from Germany and Mr. Spas Panchev from Bulgaria were the winners of the Grand Prizes

FELBA 2018, Bilateral Exhibition Germany-Israel with FEPA Recognition, goes into the final spurt

The level of the participants is such high that the only exhibits not accepted were because they already had so many Large Gold and Gold medals that according to the regulations they were not allowed to participate again. Also the interest of the dealers has been great.

Presentation of the FEPA Awards

Most of the FEPA Awards of the year were presented in Prague on occasion of the FEPA Congress, while some were already handed out and two will be presented in November on occasion of FEPA Exhibitions in Spain and Italy

Young Collectors visit London

Young collectors from across the world, including Belgium, France, Germany, India, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States, were invited to go to London for the week of Autumn Stampex

It is still time to participate in ITALIA 2018, the most important Exhibition of Philatelic Literature, since 2012 !

ITALIA 2018 will be the most important Exhibition of Philatelic Literature, since IPHLA 2012 in Mainz, Germany. It will take place in Verona, on 23-25 November 2018 in the frame of Veronafil 2018, the largest philatelic fair in Italy. Exhibits from all over the World are welcomed. Only one copy of every exhibit should be sent. The fee for each item presented is 40 Euros. Due to the flexibility of the innovative system applied, will be accepted further applications until a week before the show.

Minutes of the FEPA Congress 2018

On the 19th of August was held in Prague the 2018 FEPA Congress with the participation of 38 National Federations. It was a very alive and interesting meeting within a positive and friendly atmosphere. Were handed out the FEPA Gold Pin to the Member’s Presidents present at the Congress and the FEPA Awards of the year.

The ECTP 2019 in Verona received the FEPA Recognition

The year 2019 will be very important for the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies since they will celebrate their first Centenary. One of the highlights of the celebrations will be the 9th European Championship of Thematic Philately (ECTP), to be held in Verona from 22 to 24 November 2019.

IBRA 2021: Great support by FEPA and FIP

The Specialized World Stamp Exhibition to be held in Essen from 6th to 9th May 2021 will include the Championship Class, Traditional Philately, Postal History, Thematic, Open Philately, Picture Postcards and a large Philatelic Literature Class.

New FEPA Exhibition: BALKANFILA 2020 in Bucharest

The Romanian Philatelic Federation together with the Museum of Romanian Records will organize the BALKANFILA 2020, an exhibition for the Balkan countries, in the period 17-20 September, 2020, being special guests the Philatelic Federations of Israel and Egypt.

Jan-Olof Ljung and Mats Ingers Grand Prizes of MALMEX 2018 Bilateral Sweden-Denmark FEPA Exhibition

MALMEX 2018 Bilateral Sweden-Denmark National Stamp and Postcard exhibition was organized by a number of philatelic clubs in Skåne within the Swedish Philatelic Federation from the 31st August to the 2nd September 2018 at MalmöMässan, Malmö, joining 121 Exhibits.

Granted the FEPA Recognition to Alpe-Jadran Fila 2018 Varaždin International Philatelic Exhibition

The FEPA Congress granted by unanimity the Recognition to the Alpe-Jadran Fila 2018 Varaždin International Philatelic Exhibition to be held from 18th to 21st October 2018, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the issue of the first Croatian stamp. In this occasion on top of all the countries of the Working Group Alpe-Adria Philately, the Czech exhibitors will be the special guests.

The European Parliament Award of the AEP 2018 won by Chris King

Since 2016 the European Academy of Philately has created the European Parliament Award in agreement with this major European institution, which thus recognizes the relevance of the vision, missions and values of the European Academy of Philately

AIJP Congress: Wolfgang Maassen Presentation

Amongst the very interesting events hosted on occasion of "PRAGA 2018" was held the AIJP Congress to which were invited representatives of all European federations and the president of the FIP literature commission. The President of the AIJP, Mr. Wolfgang Maassen gave the lecture "Philatelic literature at exhibitions: a critical examination" which you can read here in full

A friend and a teacher have left us

Mr. Francisco Gilabert, known by all as “Paco” has passed away at the age of 72. He was awarded with the highest decorations of the Spanish Post and the Philatelic Federations of Spain, Italy, Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. He was the main organizer of the successful FIP Exhibitions “Granada 92” and “Lorca 98”

Complete FEPA Seminars on Picture Postcards

On occasion of "Praga 2018" were held many appealing events. We will post here quite a few of them. Now, the FEPA Seminars on Picture Postcards presented in front of a very interested audience by Birthe King, Bojan Bracic and José Ramón Moreno , with the whole PowerPoint Presentations availables for downloading. 

GREAT SUCCESS OF PRAGA 2018 !

It was wonderful looking at the daily long queue of the enthusiastic Stamp lovers patiently waiting for their turn to enter the Exhibition and their appreciation to enjoy the competitive exhibits. Furthermore, the most impressing was their willingness to pay 12 Euros every day for the admission tickets.

Malmex 2018 results

Malmex 2018 results can be found here.

ESTEX 2018, the largest exhibition held in Estonia

ESTEX 2018 was a huge effort from the International Estonian Philatelic Society (REFS) "Estonia". It proved to be a well organized event with many happy visitors.

FIP Postal Stationery Commission Newsletter August 2018 is out

The latest issue of the of the FIP Postal Stationery Commission can be read and downloaded here:  

FEPA Congress at hotel Clarion Benada restaurant

The 2018 FEPA Congress will be held at the Clarion Congress hotel, Benada restaurant, 2nd floor from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. After the Congress all Delegates are kindly invited to a lunch by the O.C. of PRAGA 2018.

Praga 2018 ready to open its doors

Praga 2018 international stamp exhibition is about to begin!

Back in the air!

fepanews.com address works again and leads to the renewed FEPA website!

NORDIA 2018: Hallvard Slettebø winner of the Championship Class

  The Silverpostiljonen (silver post-rider) challenge trophy was presented by Claes Arnrup and Lars-Olow Carlsson from Postiljonen AB, to the right Sigurður R. Pétursson, chairman of the organising committee.  Hallvard Slettebø…

In Memoriam : Ingolf Kapelrud (1943 – 2018)

We have the sad task to inform that Ingolf Kapelrud, FRPSL passed away on the evening of the 10th of July 2018 at the age of 74. He was President of FEPA 1995-2001, and Honorary FEPA President since 2001. He was a fantastic philatelist who worked very hard for philately. He was also an extremely kind person and we were lucky to have worked together and to became a good friend of him. Rest in peace.

Federations of South East Europe meet in Sofia with FIP Board

Presidents and representatives of the federations of Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Montenegro and Turkey met in Sofia the FIP Board on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Union of the Bulgarian Philatelists’ membership in FIP.

New book of Pedro Vaz Pereira on the First Republic of Portugal

Pedro Vaz Pereira , specialist in the research of the 1st Portuguese Republic (1910-1926) presented a new book in this framework at the Portuguese Academy of History, “The Secular Republican Missions and the Historical and Missionaries Misconceptions of the Catholic Church”.

Invitation to host the 2020 FEPA Congress in London on occasion of LONDON 2020

We received the kind offer of Mr. Frank Walton RDP FRPSL, Chairman of the London 2020 Organising Committee, to host the 2020 FEPA Congress at the news Royal premises. Here you can see some of the rooms that could be used for the Congress.

¨phila” – Toscana International Exhibition with FEPA Recognition: The complete Program

The FEPA Board received the request of the Austrian Federation, Verband Österreichischer Philatelisten-Vereine, to change the name of the Exhibition to be held from the 23 to the 26 August 2018. Instead of “Gmunden 2018” will be called ¨phila” – Toscana.

EUROSCOUT 2018: Eleven Countries Exhibition

Portugal, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland participated in the 12th EuroScout held in Évora, Portugal. It also hosted the 37th World Scout & Guide Collectors Meeting, being elected new President Estanislao Pan de Alfaro.

Granted the FEPA PATRONAGE to “NOTOS 2021 – European Philatelic Exhibition”

The Exhibition is open to all Classes and to all European Federations as well as to exhibits related to Europe from all over the World. Literature Class also open to entries from all the World. The FEPA Board has been pleased granting by unanimity the FEPA Patronage.

ANKARA 2018 Exhibition: Ephemera in Philately

The first ephemera exhibition ‘Ankara 2018, Ephemera in Philately’ , under TFDF (Turkish Philatelic Federation) patronage, is a Philatelic Exhibition, having Postal History 2c, Open Philately, Postcard & and Ephemera classes.

Debate article on Open Philately from the Swedish Federation

The Swedish Federation is very active in Open Philately Class. We are pleased to post the very interesting article that we are receiving from Peter Nordin and Bo Dahlner.

Program of the WSC Israel 2018

We are pleased to post the official Program of the WSC Israel 2018 to be held in Jerusalem from the 27th to the 31st May 2018.

RDPs 2018: Robert Abensur, Gustaf Douglas, Cheryl R. Ganz and Geoffrey Lewis

At a recent meeting of the Board of Election , the members unanimously decided to ask Robert Abensur (France), Gustaf Douglas FRPSL (Sweden), Cheryl R. Ganz FRPSL (United States of America), and Geoffrey Lewis FRPSL (Australia) to sign the Roll.

Fast and Ecological Deliveries

These are guaranteed by the Zurich-based Notime, 51% of which has now been acquired by Swiss Post. The employees speed through the city using bicycles.

International Exhibition “World of Revenues”

The Revenue Salon “World of Revenues", devoted solely to fiscal philately, to be held in Essen, Germany, in May 2019, has issued its Bulletin number 1.

Exceptional Exhibition: “EXTREME”, 175 Years of Swiss Stamps

Exactly 175 years after the first Swiss stamp, the Museum of Communication in Bern, in collaboration with the Postage Stamp Interest Group and the Swiss Post, celebrate the exhibition "Extreme: 175 Years of Swiss Stamps".

Promotion of Czech philately on PrahaTV continues

Mr. David Kopřiva, was a guest on a talk show Guest of the day on PrahaTV. He talked about beauties of philately, the opportunity to see the iconic blue and red Mauritius during the PRAGA World Expo, the recent sale of the most expensive Czechoslovak stamp…

José Ramón Moreno awarded with the 2018 FESOFI Medal

At the General Assembly of the Spanish Federation were awarded the 2018 FESOFI’s Medal, the highest recognition of the Spanish Federation. The Individual Medal was granted to the FEPA President, José Ramón Moreno, while the Collective Medal was for the Rioja’s Philatelic and Numismatic Society.

New Board of the Swedish Federation, Sveriges Filatelist-Förbund: Bo Dahlner re-elected President

At the Congress of the Sveriges Filatelist-Förbund held on the 7th of April was elected the New Board as follows: Bo Dahlner (President), Leif Ledmyr (Vice President), Ulf Nilsson (Secretary).

Change of the FIP Guidelines for Open Philately

According to the FEPA request, proposed through the FIP Vice-President representing FEPA, Bernard Jimenez, the FIP has agreed in changing the points for the evaluation of the Open Philately Class, deleting the criteria “Importance” and joining in just one criteria of “Treatment” the previous separation of “Philatelic Treatment” and “Non Philatelic Treatment. This could be considered as a first step towards the wishes expressed by the Swedish Federation in its Motion at the 2017 FEPA Congress.

News from the Austrian Federation: Know-how for the Stamp Collectors

The "Lehrsammlung Philatelie", compiled by Siegfried Nestler, provides valuable know-how for every stamp collector. It is not only informative for teenagers and beginners, but also for advanced philatelists and professionals - and an indispensable reference book for every club library.

The Belgian Gabriel Eastern 2018

We are receiving from its kind President, Mark Bottu, the Belgian Gabriel Eastern 2018, in both French and Dutch languages. You will find the introduction in English on the website of the Weltbund www.weltbundgabriel.eu

Piero Macrelli re-elected President of the Federation of Italian Philatelic Societies

The new Board, elected on the 24th of March for the next three years, is formed by President, Piero Macrelli; Vice-president, Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi; Secretary, Nicolino Parlapiano. Members of the board of directors:

Mr. Brian Warren elected President of the Federation of Ireland

At the Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Philatelic Societies of Ireland, the following Executive Council Members were elected.

News from FYROM – Zoran Angelov elected President of the Union of Philatelists of Macedonia

We are receiving the information of the election of Mr. Zoran Angelov as President of the Union of Philatelists of Macedonia, as well as the sad news of the passed away suddenly of Mr. Stevan Savevski, Secretary of the Union.

Minutes of the annual FEPA Board Meeting

Has been held in Milan the 2018 annual FEPA Board Meeting attended by all the members of the Board. Here you can see the 17 points discussed and decided.

New FEPA International Exhibition in Austria in 2019: ÖVEBRIA 2019

The Exhibition will commemorate the 500 Anniversary of the death of Emperor Maximilian of Austria. It will be held in Wiener Neustadt, the home city of the Emperor, from the 18th to the 20th of October 2019, organized by the Briefmarkensammlerverein Wiener Neustadt.

Giancarlo Morolli received a recognition created especially for him at the Congress of the Italian Federation

At the Congress of the Italian Federation Giancarlo Morolli has received a recognition created especially for him. As he had already signed in 1989 the Roll of Honor of the Italian Philately, the highest award of the Federation, he was presented a Diploma of Honor in acknowledgment of 50 years of continuous service as FSFI delegate.

Congress of the Union of Philatelists of Russia: Sergey EVTUSHENKO elected new President

At the VII Congress of the Union of Philatelists of Russia, Sergey EVTUSHENKO has been elected new President. Alexander ILYUSHIN was elected Honorary President. Elected Vice-Presidents of the Presidium of the Executive Board: Aleksei BORODIN and Vladimir DEVYATOV.

Prestigious new premises for The Royal Philatelic Society London

One hundred years since the purchase of its legendary headquarters at 41 Devonshire Place, London W1, The Royal Philatelic Society London is moving to new and larger premises in the historic centre of the City of London at 15 Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BW.

“Discover Postage Stamps”: the new appealing book of Ivan Libric to attract youth and new collectors

Sponsored by the Croatian Post, this very useful book has been distributed to every Primary school in Croatia free of charge as well as to public libraries and all philatelic clubs having youth sections.

25th Anniversary of Jos Wolff as President of the FSPL “Féderation des Sociétés Philateliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg”

The 20th March 1993 in Dommeldange Jos Wolff was elected President of the Philatelic Federation of Luxembourg FSPL for the first time. Now we are very pleased to congratulate him on his 25th Anniversary as President of the Federation and 45 years member of the Bureau.

Contest for the Awarding of the 2018 “Giovanni Riggi di Numana Prize” for University Doctorial Dissertation

It is hereby announced that a selection for the awarding of one Doctorate Prize totaling €3,000.00 aiming to be a fantastic tool to promote philately and postal history! The Chairman of the Selection Board will be the Attorney at law Giorgio Khouzam; the Board’s Secretary will be Dr. Claudio E. M. Manzati, CIFO’s President.

Back to Earth the letters sent from FINLANDIA 2017 to the International Space Station!

This Åland post card was postmarked at the “Finlandia-2017” FEPA exhibition in Tampere and addressed to the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Being delivered to Russia, the card was handed over to the crew of the Russian "Soyuz MS-05”.

Granted the FEPA Recognition to the EXFILNA 2018 in Seville

The FEPA Board has unanimously agreed in granting the requested FEPA Recognition to the Spanish National Exhibition with International Participation “EXFILNA 2018” to be held in Seville from the 31st of October to the 4th of November. The three beautiful spaces where would be displayed the 750 frames are right in the center of the city.

FEPA Award winners 2017

The FEPA Board carefully considered the proposals received from the member Federations for the FEPA Medals 2017 at its meeting in Milan on 3 February 2018. The recipients are Ivan Libric, Raul Moreira and Brian Trotter.

FEPAnews website will be updated!

FEPA website "fepanews.com" will be updated. The current website has been in production for many years and its technology is outdated. Simultaneously with the modernization the layout and structure of the site will be renewed. However, the rich content of the current site will be intact.

A most interesting Magazine: Il Francobollo Incatenato (The Chained Postage Stamp)

It is the montly magazine of the CIFO, Association of Collectors of the Italian stamps and its Postal History. Managed by a very young Board (19 to 63 y.o.), they are also very active in the Social Networks with an excellent Website: http://www.cifo.eu and a most innovative Contest for awarding an University Doctorate study of wich we will publish details here soon.

Alps-Adria 2018 Exhibition in Varazdin, Croatia : Bulletin number 1

We are pleased to inform that Croatia hosts the next 2018 Alps-Adria Exhibition with the participation of its seven countries. It will be in October 25 -28th 2018 in the beautiful city of Varazdin at the Croatian National Theater. The Bulletin number 1 has just been published.

The 2018 first issue of “FEPA NEWS” Magazine includes articles informing of 38 FEPA National Members. Here the Digital version

The printed magazine “FEPA News” covering the main events of the second part of 2017 and informing about those of 2018 have been sent to all FEPA Members for its distribution within the countries. In its 84 pages, this issue presents articles and information of 38 National Federations, Associations or Unions members of FEPA. Here you can read or download the whole magazine in its digital version.

PRAGA 2018 Bulletin # 1 was just published !

At the currently released Bulletin # 1 of PRAGA 2018, you will find information about the exhibition, the national commissioners, members of the Organizing committee, the EXPO Fair and last but not least about the partners of the prominent exhibition.

The great philatelist Mr. Zbigniew Mikulski, RDP, has passed away

Zbigniew Mikulski, RDP, died in Switzerland at the age of 92. A legendary Polish philatelist has passed away. Let him rest in peace.

The use of the drawing drafts in Thematic on the front cover of “Belgaphil”

A very interesting article about the use of the “Maquettes” on the Thematic exhibits lead the January issue of the magazine of the Belgian Federation

Die Brief-Marke, Post und Philatelie in Österreich

The January 2018 number of the magazine of the Austrian Philatelic Federation presents a wide selection of interesting articles and information over the 48 pages of one of the best European Philatelic magazines

January 2018 Newsletter of the Postal Stationery FIP Commission

The very active Postal Stationery FIP Commission has issued its first issue of the year which contains interesting information and articles as “A New Discovery”, “Card Stock Ecuador”, “News from the Delegates”, “Literature Review”, “PS Society Journals” among others. Well done!

Meetings at the Royal: Mind-blowing quality

‘The best I have ever seen. The depth and quality is mind-blowing, and the condition wonderful.’ So commented Murray Gellatly FRPSL, Chairman of the GB Overprints Society, at the display of Morocco Postal History (1852-1925) given by Maurice Hadida FRPSL to the members of The Royal Philatelic Society London on 11 January.

Italia 2018. Celebrating the end of the Great War: two international philatelic events in Verona, Italy, 23-25 November 2018. With the Patronage of FEPA

On the occasion of 131st Veronafil 2018, the important autumn philatelic event where international collectors meet, the Federation of Italian Philatelic Societies organizes Italia 2018, a major international philatelic competitive exhibition, divided in two parts:

Great promotion for Philately: Interview to Anthony Virvilis on the Internet

On the 14th of January, Anthony Virvilis had an interview talking about the positive aspects of our hobby and about the actual problems in the philately. It is a bilingual text French and English of top interest.

Presented the Number 104 of Phila-Sport, the magazine of the UICOS, Italian Union of Olympic and Sports Collectors

This number covers the main events of the last quarter of 2017. There is an ample reportage of “Genova 2017” that counted with the presence of three Olympic Champions

January issue of “El Eco Filatélico y Numismático”

The official magazine of the Spanish Federation, which received the Prix of the European Academy of Philately as the best Philatelic Magazine of the year, presents in its January issue

Philatelie, the magazine of the German Federation BDPh

We are receiving the January issue of Philatelie. It includes articles as “Bdph: Image change through a modern appearance”, “The Post of Northern Germany 1868-1871”, “Social Philately in the discussion”, a most interesting debate and so many appealing...

MonacoPhil HOSTS YOUNG COLLECTORS

A group of young high potential collectors was recently invited to attend MonacoPhil by members of the Club de Monte-Carlo. There were 2 from the UK, 2 from Belgium, 1 from Russia, 1 from Italy and 10 from the USA. They were invited to all the activities.

La Philatélie Française

The January-February issue of the magazine of the French Federation presents a research on the Olympic Games of 1924, a deep study of the “Semeuse”, and an important dossier on the Youth competitions among other very interesting matters.

Outstanding Illustrated Philatelic Dictionary

Just beginning the New Year , we are receiving this extraordinary work, the biggest and better of this kind ever done in Spanish language and may be even in any other language. It is the result of five years of great efforts of the authors: more than 1860 entries and around 2000 related meanings, with the same number of full colour images on 428 A4 pages. It is a key tool not only for the Spanish speaking Philatelic Community, but also for the thousands philatelists from all around the world who collects some philatelic areas related to the over 20 countries which official language is Spanish...

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