
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.
