
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...
