Archive for month: October, 2018

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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.

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